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February 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| 66.49 Gallon Cichlid Tank
Here are the pics of the tank we set up last night. We're not sure yet if we are going to build or buy a new stand for it. In the pictures you'll noticed that we laid out some 2x6's along with a sheet of plywood to help distribute the weight as a temporary fix. What do you guys think? | 
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February 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| wow ! nice ... a touch of paint here and there and that stand is done. it dont look temporary to me. dont even need any paint. Maybe you can stick some fake plant stalks waterfalling out of the hole between the 2x6's. cheap nice effect. It really don't need nothing from where i'm sitting. cool. enjoy
Last edited by slimfish; February 9th, 2009 at 12:27 AM.
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February 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| nice tank  | |
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February 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| that looks wonderful!!!! IMO (unless you really don't like it) the "makeshift" stand you've got looks great to me! | |
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February 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
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February 9th, 2009
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| | Moderator
|  what a fantastic job you did with the aquascaping! Congrats it looks great!  | |
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February 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| That looks great! | |
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February 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| Nice tank. That looks like a fluval filter...is that right? | |
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February 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| nice setup, is the driftwood real? | |
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February 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| It is a fluval filter and the driftwood is real. We're currently trying to assemble a sort of underwater watermill where the bubble turn it out of wood I collected for a nearby creek. Thanks for the comments guys. | |
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February 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Nice tank, how come it's 66.49g? I didn't think they came in those sizes. | |
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February 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
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Originally Posted by spider_pig  Nice tank, how come it's 66.49g? I didn't think they came in those sizes. | There are volume calculators where you put in the dimensions like the one on this website. 48x16x20 inches. | |
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February 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| i see. | |
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February 13th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Quote:
Originally Posted by BlowPhish Here are the pics of the tank we set up last night. We're not sure yet if we are going to build or buy a new stand for it. In the pictures you'll noticed that we laid out some 2x6's along with a sheet of plywood to help distribute the weight as a temporary fix. What do you guys think? | Gorgeous thank BlowPhish. ;] What kind of substrate are you using ? I myself have a 40gl cichlid tank with 3 firemouths, 2 convict cichlids, 1 pictus catfish, and 4 Labidochromis sp "mbamba". Also if you really want your plants and fish to stand out a black background would do great. ;;] | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
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Originally Posted by l33tak Gorgeous thank BlowPhish. ;] What kind of substrate are you using ? I myself have a 40gl cichlid tank with 3 firemouths, 2 convict cichlids, 1 pictus catfish, and 4 Labidochromis sp "mbamba". Also if you really want your plants and fish to stand out a black background would do great. ;;] | Thank you. Its a fine coarse substrate about 2-3 mm average pebble size mixed with eco-complete. We need to add another bag of eco-complete for a thicker layer of substrate which will darken the substrate quite a bit. I agree with you on the darker colors. We are going to go with a gradient blue background for the backdrop. We have one on one of our 33 gallons and really like it. it gives such a nice watery effect. | |
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February 17th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| We wanted to add something to the tank that we made ourselves. The wood was collected from a nearby creek. We were going for a ferris wheel.  | |
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February 17th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| Unfortunately it wasn't strong enough we thought in the end and we scrapped it. We need the proper tools to make angled cuts in the wood so we just made something simple for now using aquarium silicon. | |
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February 17th, 2009
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| We changed the background to a nice gradient blue, added another bag of eco-complete and re-arranged things AGAIN. There's kind of a little stonehenge going on in one of the photo's. | |
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February 17th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Okay wood creators.. I will need you when I do my congo tank....
Pretty tank Blowphish | |
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February 17th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| This second hand tank came with a fluval 204. The filter is made to do up to 40 gallon tanks. We stuck our whisper 30-60 HOB on there to help things along. They combined didn't do a very good job so we picked this nice filter up last night. It's made to do up to 175 gallons with a flow rate of 340 GPH. | |
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February 17th, 2009
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| We brought our Jewel back to the local fish store because he wasn't very happy. We replaced him with this Blue Ahli who seems to be doing alot better than the jewel was. | |
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February 17th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
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Originally Posted by steveangela1 Okay wood creators.. I will need you when I do my congo tank....
Pretty tank Blowphish | Thanks Angela. Working with the wood was actually pretty cool. I've never done anything like that before but my girlfriend and I thought it would be something we could do together. We're thinking of tying some java fern or java moss to the rooftop and sides with some fishing line. Any ideas of what plant we could find in town that would work? | |
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February 17th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I would search for malawi safe plants , stuff that they won't eat because of the taste. | |
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February 19th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| We decided to go with java moss for the little cabin we built. We tied it with fishing line and rearranged things one last time to make room. Here are some pics. | |
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February 19th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| That is great looking setup you have! | |
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February 19th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| Thanks Kittenface, we'll keep the pics coming if you like em . | |
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