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[Cicolid]

Hi all,

I have had several requests regarding photo's of the Coral background I made for our 60 x 24 x 18 Tanganyikan community tank

So here they are. These photo's show the end result. I will get some better ones soon.

I do intend to post an article in the DIY section giving all the step by step details and more photo's.

Col

[cobby]

WOW

Regards Cobby

[alec]

Cobby i agree WOW 8O
That is one of the most amazing tanganikan tank i have ever seen
but just wait untill you add the fish
welldone

cheers alec

[Cicolid]

Thanks for the comments guys.

These photo's were taken weeks ago, I will have to get my A into G and take some updated ones.
The tank now have fish & a few plants .
It' can't be that bad as the Cordo's & Beuscheri have both bred.


Col

[Fox]

Awesome Col. Job well done.
I was impressed when I saw it in the newsletter, But seeing the pics makes it even better..

[jack]

great tank

[Scat]

Very nice Col
As ive said before you dont have time for a job!!!!

Cheers
Craig

[benckie]

nice work col good effot :!:

[DR14GoNF14SH]

damn, very nice job... how many hours did it take Col? 8O

[Cicolid]

The most time consuming part was getting the pieces fitted together, it was like a complicated jigsaw puzzle. I wanted to arrange them so that there were none or very little gaps.It just depends how particular you want to be.

I suppose the whole project including sanding flat areas & actually assembling the pieces & then fitting it into the tank only took about 3 hours.

From start to finish it took about 2 days, as several hours was spent waiting for the silicon to cure.

When you consider making a polystyrene back ground can be spread over 2 or 3 weekends it didn't take that long.

Cheers
Col

[DR14GoNF14SH]

well speak for yourself col,... I think if it were me... The tank would still be half done sitting in the shed a year later....

damn, 2 days...thats lightening quick...

[benckie]

well speak for yourself col,... I think if it were me... The tank would still be half done sitting in the shed a year later....

damn, 2 days...thats lightening quick...

lols well i just would of brought a coral back ground and gone walla 2 mins down but it would be as nice or as rewarding

[anchar]

One of the nicer DIY background tanks I've seen. Very nice Col.

Andrea

[blue_acara-fishes54321]

WOW

[Cicolid]

Coral background update.

Thanks for all the comments guys...& gals.

I decided to change the tank from Tanganyikan to a Malawai set-up but keeping the back ground in place.
I have since changed it again into a Tropheus species tank.

To cut a long story short... I had to take the water level down to 5cm because the fry & smaller fish were all hiding in the coral & I couldn't catch them. I had buckets & anything else that would hold water all through the house.
It proved to be a real big headache

I also had trouble with very thin flakes of something floating round the tank & getting caught up in the coral etc. IEven though I boiled all the coral & shells etc I am convinced it came from the worm-tubes etc.

When I had it stripped I took the opportunity to spray the back ground with the hose set on jet, you should have seen the debris that I dislodged, it was like a snow-storm.
Another hassle I noticed was that the silicon I use for making tanks does not stick coral to coral which I think is due to the porous nature of the coral.

Since setting it up as a Tropheus tank the debris has not returned....so far..fingers crossed.

The back-ground still looks good IMO, I don't know if I would do another one though.

Col