Gwenz

Just thought i'd post some pics as you've all been asking to see them!

Gwenz

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Tom

Looks great, I can see some of the Dr. Who things on the side.
Tom

COBettaCouple

Great job!!! and great pics too!

timg

You have a nice tank there Gwenz. Well done and the shrimp picture is great!

armadillo

hi hi hi, you've finally joined us in the shrimpy ranks. They're great, aren't they?

Sabi

Nice tank Gwenz!

Stradius011

Nice picts Is the shrimp in any of those picts?

Tom

It's in the 3rd and 4th pic.
Tom

Isabella

Such a pretty tank. I love your cute tiny shrimp!

Gwenz

Thanks everyone!

Tom - I just had to add some doctor who things somewhere! hehe! lol
Timg - Thanks. They finaly stopped moving for a bit while i took the pics, so managed to get some good shotts!

Yep! they are brilliant! Although i don't always see them all. Theres usualy 1 or 2 about then maybe sometimes i'm able to count 4, but the last time i counted 5 was on thursday, while i did a water change. I hope all five are still alive and there. counted 4 yesterday + 3 just now! lol!

Hopeing to get some tiger barbs tomorrow! Sooo, hopefully there'll be more pics for you to see!

Isabella - thanks. I like the way ive re-decorated the tank. before i just had a few random things in there, now i kindof have a theme and looks realy nice! 2 of the shrimp are much smaller than the other 3! they're very cute! lol

Gwenz

Beeboy

Nice Tank!!!

Beeboy

Gwenz

thanks!

Gwenz

more pics of the shrimps. ( soz can't find these pics any more! I must have deleted them off my pc + they've dissapeard after the upgrade) lol

Tom

I don't remember what type of shrimp it is. What type is it?
Tom

timg

It's the ones that dave wrote about I think.....

Tom

But a 15 gallon is too small.
Tom

timg

they're only babies yet!

timg

gwenz will have to go into MTS very soon!

Tazmiche

I believe they are Armano shrimps. Right Gwenz?

Callum The Cat

COBettaCouple

great pics Gwenz!

Gwenz

thanks! Yea they're amano shrimp.

Yea it is! Its been discontinued now tho. When i got mine it was the only one they had left and it was the display tank. They were planning on just getting rid of it so i got it really cheap with some free stuff as well. 1 problem as well is that because its discontinued, they don't make the sponges that fit the filter any more, so i have to buy the bigger ones and cut them in half!

Don't worry i'm already there! Thinking of getting a new tank. I saw one in my LFS the other day. looks good, not to big not to small. It's a 120 litres which according to the calculator here on fishloreits 31.7gallons so lets just call it 32. Might get it. what do you think? http://www.online-garden-centre.com/...Aquariums.html its the third one down!

Gwenz

COBettaCouple

looks like a great tank! is that about typical in the UK on pricing for a tank & stand that size?

timg

Unfortunately, it is about average, for that size of tank. Why do you think I went into DIY? lol gwenz, you might want to wait for a while before you buy......

Gwenz

what? why? Am i missing something? sorry im tired right now. Didn't sleep much last night (overnight trip with the school - not much sleep happened )

Gwenz

COBettaCouple

is it mainly because of the VAT?

Callum The Cat

Tazmiche

Tanks and stuff are expensive over here. I reckon i have spent just over ?500 in the 10 months since staring fish keeping and i have kept to buying as cheap as possible, oh and that doesn't include the cost of the fish. It's an expensive hobby!

Gwenz

yep it is!

timg

Like I said, that's why I went for the DIY option! My entire setup cost around 2000, for all 15 tanks, stands, heaters, filters and everything! If I had bought them from a shop, they would have cost nearly 5 times that! It would have also been impossible to obtain either the overall look or the number of tanks any other way. The shop-bought units are designed as stand-alones, not the effect I wanted, and because of their design, waste a lot of space.

I started with standard tanks, but have always built my own stands. Now I build the lot, including the tanks, since I can get a much neater job that fits where I want it to, rather than having to make a space to suit the unit.