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[Robbotheyobbo]

This is when my house was being built and i had it full of malawi`s at the mother inlaws house



This one was when we moved into our new house (still full of malawi`s)


So now this is the tank going back together for a much better look, i think so anyway, hope you enjoy

empty tank still with old back ground on it


3D back ground glued on with bags of sand putting presure on the bottom half and G clamp at the top


sand in ready to go


wood in place, what a bastard it was to get it in the tank


dads helper


everything in place ready to fill


right side


left side


centre


ive been playing with one of my other tanks since then so when i clean the finger prints off ill put up the finished product with fish in it and the new light i fixed inside the hood make it look much better.

Cheers Dale

[Cawdor]

Looking good Dale, that's a big piece of wood
Is it gonna leach or was it soaked?

[Robbotheyobbo]

Thanks Tim, its all good mate, this is the piece that Juls was selling not so long ago, so thanks to him for the great price and also a BIG thanks to Dom and Amy for all the rock for free

[golden_dase]

Don't get tooo attached to that piece of wood, mate. Next time I drop by your place... it's going into my car....

[dazzabozza]

Question is..... what's going in it (fish wise)??

[jared82]

Nice

[Fox]

Very nice indeed. Great job.
The only comment I would pass, Too much sand. Watch for dead spots......... They can be DEADLY!

[Juls]

Nice to finally see my old piece of wood to good use!

Yes total bugger to get in the tank, luckily I'd gone through the effort of cutting it down to fit in a 2ft high tank!

Looking forward to seeing how this pans out my new 5x24x30 project will start in 2-3 weeks hopefully.

Malaysian trumpet snails will keep your sand fresh by burrowing in it during the day then coming out to clean the tank during the night. Can get some at aqoutix I think.

Juls

[Angelo]

The only comment I would pass, Too much sand. Watch for dead spots......... They can be DEADLY!

x 2

tank looks great otherwise, get some discus in there

[Robbotheyobbo]

Don't get tooo attached to that piece of wood, mate. Next time I drop by your place... it's going into my car....

you got no chance BIG Kev, it`ll take ya a week to get it out

Question is..... what's going in it (fish wise)??

Daz, ive got quite a few in there atm, i know ill have to thin these out in the future due to the size they will get, but here is what ive got in there, 1 30cm giant gourami, 1 15cm silver scat, 1 15cm saratoga, 1 20cn feather fin cat, 2 10-12cn salmontails, 2 8cm humbug cats, 1 12-15cm decorus cat, 1 20 albino Asian Redtail cat(really is like a pussy cat), 1 20cm sailfin gibby, 1 15cm albino sailfin gibby, 5 10-15cm clown loaches + 1 5cm, 3 yoyo loaches 7-10cm, the loaches use the albino Asian Redtail as a pillow, they all getalong very well, i put the loaches in there when i had a cone snail problem in the lime sand, but they didnt get them all

The only comment I would pass, Too much sand. Watch for dead spots......... They can be DEADLY!

Az, what do ya mean by this ? i had just as much lime sand in there before and didnt have any probs

Thanks for the kind words guys

[Westie]

mate, that looks freakin awesome!
where did you get the tank from? decent size
Makes my poxy tank look ....... well ...... poxy!

[Robbotheyobbo]

Thanks Jason, i bought it a couple of years a go out of the quokka for a good price and ive just added all the other stuff to it, its a 6x2x2

[anchar]

Gidday...the angular black slate/quartzite rocks with the quartz veins....where did you get them? Am looking for something similar for an upcoming project.

Andrea

[Robbotheyobbo]

Hi Andrea, i got them off Dom and Amy for free, not sure where to get em from, ive got a pile of smaller ones left over, if you want them you can have them, ill try take a pic tomorrow and send it to ya

[deena_me]

Hey Dale , any pics with the fish in ?
awesome scape