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sthomas048
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Post by sthomas048 » Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:20 pm

Andre. Wow. :shock:

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Post by palaeodave » Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:49 pm

sthomas048 wrote:Andre. Wow. :shock:
What he said.

And Shari, your road trip tank looks brilliant!

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Post by shari2 » Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:07 pm

NICE, Andre!

My photographic skills leave much to be desired, I'm afraid. They do look better in person. At least then you can see the fish. 8)
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Post by bslindgren » Mon Dec 17, 2007 11:07 pm

Andre - those are beautiful!! I am overcome by an inferiority complex all of a sudden.....
Why does my aquarium always seem too small?

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Post by andre » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:31 am

Hello Friends

Thank you for your comments. They are in fact very low-tech tanks.

I was lucky that the clowns were still for a moment. Mine are quite strange as they never hide during the day. In fact they bask in the lightest spot and only gather in their cave at night. :roll:

The new large one (119g or 450lt) was a lucky strike as it was a plant display tank in a FS which was closing down. I only had to add bogwood and few more plants. Everything else was included!!!

It was supposed to be an Amazon biotope but in the end we thought that it was silly to keep the clowns in the 63g when they can enjoy the space in the new one.

So as soon as I am certain that it is mature and the existing fish have no disease the clowns will be moved to the larger one.

I love your ones too, especially the khuli ones. There are 5 in my loach tank but contrary to the clowns they are always hiding. Possibly because the current is too strong for them.

All the best!

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Post by helen nightingale » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:12 am

Image

sorry for the bad photo, i havent learnt all the settings on my mobile yet. its my loachtank, but its too early for them to be out yet. i wish i could get my tanks looking as good as everyone else's, but at least there are lots of hiding places, which is most important for me.

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Post by sthomas048 » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:53 am

Helen, its looks like its a nice tank to me. :) Ive come to the conclusion we have all the best "aquascapes" here on this forum ! They keep getting better. I havent even started mine yet. :wink: I have plans.


Stephen.

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Keith Wolcott
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Post by Keith Wolcott » Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:58 pm

Helen- I like the style of your tank. Very nicely done.

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Post by mickthefish » Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:20 am

helen, you'll have to get emma round to get a better shot of your tank.
it looks good from what i can make out, tons better than mine. :lol:

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Post by mickthefish » Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:07 pm

here's my offering, it's a new setup, my other tanks aren't worth taking pics of, except the fish that are in them.

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andre
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Post by andre » Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:05 pm

Nice Mick, what fish are you going to put in the new one?

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Post by mickthefish » Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:24 pm

there's some already in andre,
L dispar, L guntea, sewelia lineolata's and the vietnamese hogface loaches.
theyr'e all loving the current.

mick

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Post by shari2 » Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:31 pm

I think I can pick out three of them...
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Post by helen nightingale » Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:37 pm

thanks for your kind comments :D #

i currently have a big chunk of anubius just floating around, as the loaches kept barging through it at lower levels. style? never mind style. they just seem to like moving the furniture :roll:


Mick it looks like you have tons of current in your tank :D your plants look much healthyier than mine

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Post by mickthefish » Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:40 pm

helen that filter can punch out 500 gph, i got it at an auction for all of 7 quid, i just replaced the sponges.
not bad eh

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