Yahoo! - New 5 Footer Has Come!

[fishprotector]

Looking good nice tank. Can't wait to see it stocked.

I have a medium blue background on my tank and it looks good. Used to have Argos sand with it, but now limpopo and both looked fine.

 

[slimeneo]

Looks great, I vote for black background!

 

[Harlequins]

OPted for planted background , has thats all they had

This is what it looked like after cleaning nearly 3 bags of very dirty argos playsand and backing on on Tuesday



Now all up and running
Spent 6 hours yesterday moving the decor,fish and filters,adding plants etc etc... went bed at 1.30am

9am this morning tested water, spot on i was worried about the filters,they'd been off for a few hours,plus i had to seed the new bigger ex1200 with media from the ex700...but all looks good at mo

Will take pic later when there's no daylight glare on the tank

Off to see what fish is about

 

[slimeneo]

Looks great! Have you decided what fish you're going to get?

 

[Harlequins]

Possibly blue tetras or Cardinals to start with.... they had both in Maidenhead aquatics.... but might end up with something different

 

[Livewire88]

Looks good, wish I could afford a tank that size.

Out of interest are you going to be adding a second filter?

 

[Harlequins]

It has 2 x tetratec ex1200 external filters on there, also has a built in filter in hood ...which i haven't decided whether to connect it yet....

I've just added 12 Cardinals and 6 lemon tetras, also got 3 peppered cories,but they're in the other tank
They've only been in there 30 mins after i acclimatised them and they're shoaling together happily
Here's a pic of tank - still some glare happening


Just uploading video of it so will put up when its ready

 

[Livewire88]

That looks very nice, I can barely see any fish the tank is so big lol

 

[Harlequins]

Corys are in hiding lol!

Here's a video - will try to catch the corys at feeding time tomorrow, they all come out to play lol!

 

[Crossfire]

It's looking to be gorgeaus! You know how you can make it more beautiful?


Save some room in your stocking for some kuhli loaches!

 

[brian1]

This tank is a dream,at first I didn't like the backing but now I see it gives it depth and works really well, in fact you would think the fish are actually swimming in it on the vid..........fantastic!!

 

[Harlequins]

Thanks all

I managed to catch the cories at feeding time

http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=krVna5VDygw

Next project is to transform my 4 footer into a breeding tank... thats under way

 

[Salam]

Oh wow, that's just cool!