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[Scat]

Hey Guys

Just thought id post up the progress with the amazon background that Neil has done for me.
Firstly let me say thank you Neil(cobby) for all your excellent work and we did have a good time today

Ok here`s some work in progress shots...........








And finally after 6 hours work Neil put in i think my wife and i done his head in



Will post more pics in a week when i can refill the tank

Cheers
Craig

[booze]

looks good mate
keep us posted

[KrAmEr]

Looks good!!!

What fish are going in this tank?

[Scat]

Thanks Booze and KrAmEr

The fish that are going into this tank in a week or so will be , 3 Royal whiptails,6 Corydoras sterbai,13 peppermint bristlenose and 4 clown loaches and 1 gibbecep.
There will be some L 333`s and L 102`s going in down the track when they get a bit bigger also

Cheers
Craig

[booze]

awesome, i love catfish tanks!

[jack]

that looks great i take it you had to cut it to get in through the supports

[cobby]

Craig & Christine

You didn't do me ed in Guys

I Enjoyed doing it and your great company

Photos still don't do it justice though 8O

But when its full of water with the lights turned on and the room lights off
should look the business





Cheers Cobby

P,S can def recommend Christine's Asparagus And Cheese Puffs YUM 8O

[Scat]

Thanks Neil
Will be great to see it up n running

Craig

[Fish Antics]

well done Neil..fantastic looking.

Tony.

[Zak78]

Looks awesome Craig, one hell of a job Neil.

You could start up your own specialised fields of stand making and backgrounds quicker than you know.

Awesome Awesome Awesome...

Zak

[cobby]

Thanks for the comments Guys

Cheers Neil

[Scat]

Hey Guys

Spent most of the day and night working on changing this tank around with the help of my wife

Heres the end result and first pics.





And my upset peppies getting moved before going in to the new cat tank tommorow, ( they`re in a 3x2x18 tonight )





Neil this is going to look awesome in a few days time

Cheers
Craig

[cobby]

Hey Craig

Its looking gooooood Mate cant wait for that water to clear

Awsome mate

Cheers Neil

[DR14GoNF14SH]

looks real nice guys! outstanding effort...

i particularly like the rock parts...

nice tank and set up too...

e. :wink:

[Dramat1c]

wow very nice tank man!!!

[jack]

looks great

[Scat]

Hey Guys

The tank is alot clearer this morning Just cant seem to get a pic to do it justice!





Will be putting the cats in tommorow.

Cheers
Craig

[Den]

Hi Craig

Tank looks real nice, sorry stupid question for you, I read the threads about this background and I didnt notice what it was made from and what it was sealed with? Some materials can effect PH, I've seen some cements make water go so alkaline that it kills fish in a short time.

Have you been monitoring the water? - especially the PH? personally I would monitor water parameters for at least a three days to a week before I put any fish in there, and then only add a few fish in and see how they go for a few days, you know the old saying, better to be safe than sorry.

Cheers
Den

[Scat]

Yeah thanks Den

Its has been sealed with pond sealer which should keep it from changing the ph levels, I would say that Neil can answer this question better than i but i will be doing ph readings for a few days.

No fish have been put in yet .

First ph came back at 8.2 and put some acid buffer in and will check again tommorow.

Cheers
Craig

[cobby]

Mine has been running for 3 weeks now 2 water changes and ph is the same as my tap water 7.9

i have tested it every 3 days since filling it

Cheers Neil