New Tank

[Davo86]

 

[fish.com1]

Nice tank. Like the wood and the clowns are really colourful. nice job.

 

[markandhisfish]

looking good davo. love the centrepice wood a lovely gnarly branchy looking piece. good to see you got yourself a sev in there too! worth the wait id say mate very nice looking tank . you must be pleased with it only question is tho with that geophagus how come you didnt go with sand?

 

[shroob]

A nice range of fish that tank has, liking the reedfish shot.
How big is it and could you provide a stocklist?

 

[Davo86]

Nice tank. Like the wood and the clowns are really colourful. nice job.

Thanks, took a while to setup but worth the trouble

looking good davo. love the centrepice wood a lovely gnarly branchy looking piece. good to see you got yourself a sev in there too! worth the wait id say mate very nice looking tank . you must be pleased with it good.gif only question is tho with that geophagus how come you didnt go with sand?

Thanks Mark, TBH i even went as far as buying sand, (its still in the boot of my car) but last minute i decided against it, not really sure what swayed my decision and at the time didn't even think of the Geo. I know gravels not ideal for the Geo but my Nicaraguense has the same earth eater trait of taking in sand and spitting it out, soon as he went in he started doing the sam with the gravel, so hopefully when the Geo is bigger he should be ok.

A nice range of fish that tank has, liking the reedfish shot.
How big is it and could you provide a stocklist?

Thanks Shroob, using the calculator on here it appears to be around 475 Litres so 125US Gallons

stocklist atm consists of a lot of fish i've been given off customers from work and is most likely to change but includes:

1x Nicaragua Cichlid,
1x Gold Severum,
1x Geophagus Surinamensis,
1x Sajica,
2x Keyholes,
1x Krib,
1x Pimelodella Gracilis,
1x Striped Raphael,
2x Spotted Raphael,
2x Hoplos,
3x Ancistrus,
1x Leopard Peckoltia (L008)
2x Albino Cory
5x Giant Danio,
1x RTB Shark,
2x Clown Loach, - going to add to this
1x Botia kubotai, - trying to source more of these
1x Botia Lohachata, - trying to source more of these
1x Flying Fox,
1xGarra
1x BGK,
1x Reed fish, - trying to source 2-3 more as we speak
2x Golden Panchax,
1x Three Spot Headstader

 

[markandhisfish]

holy s__t! thats quite some stocking. i too love to stock my tank like that i like a good variety.

 

[Davo86]

holy s__t! thats quite some stocking. i too love to stock my tank like that i like a good variety.

Lol, yeah trouble is when a customer wants to rehome something i just see it as me getting free fish
eventually thoughi'd like to just have a few cichlids, the BGK, a shoal of clowns, a bichir and a group of reed fish,

 

[markandhisfish]

plans for the tank sound good. that would look fantastic with a sand substrate and a black background

 

[pinkdolphin_113]

that tank looks pretty amazing the big spindley centre peices of wood seem to be the trend at the moment...how much did yours cost? or did you go out and find it?

also, did you set up your new tank all in one day?

pink.

 

[prmdc098]

im liking the rope fish
how big is he/she

 

[poconoboss]

So you put all those fish in there before cycling the tank and letting the water clear??

 

[Davo86]

that tank looks pretty amazing the big spindley centre peices of wood seem to be the trend at the moment...how much did yours cost? or did you go out and find it?

also, did you set up your new tank all in one day?

pink

Thanks, had loads of trouble getting it and setting it up but worth it, the piece of redmoor cost me £16 and is about 3x1x1

It was set up over two days,

Basicly I only have room at home for one tank, so I had to build the new tank, transfer the filters across, then strip the old tank down, The bioload is the same as on the old tank so i don't expect much of a spike if there is one at all.

im liking the rope fish
how big is he/she

She is about 10-12inches

So you put all those fish in there before cycling the tank and letting the water clear??

the murkiness was caused by the gravel and i have 2 year matured filtration on the tank.

 

[sangah10]

you have a lovely tank there. I really love the position you put it in that room as well. Good job!

also, you have a beautiful black ghost knife..is it hand fed ?

 

[Davo86]

you have a lovely tank there. I really love the position you put it in that room as well. Good job!

also, you have a beautiful black ghost knife..is it hand fed ?

Thanks, hate to say it but thats where my mum said it would look best, i wanted it on another wall, but guess she was right in the end.

Yes i have "ghosty" whos quite a character always swimming around but will only seem to eat from the bottom of the tank

 

[Gilli]

Im so glad it all went well in the end - especially after id recommended the sale!! Tank is looking really great! I had the same problem with mine being cloudy when I first set it up too but after 3 days it was clear. I will have to take some pics of mine.