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Its true lol .. a good looking bloke and a good looking scape

Do you want more pics of the scape or antoni ? :D I liked version one alot but version two is def looking even better. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2

I must be the odd one out I love the gap .. really enjoy your hardsacpe and with the extra height you mention i think it will look superb

This is prob a less than helpful reply .. But im sure i have read this before and it actually said in the pump manual that the taps can be used to reduce the flow ... Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2

Haha i worry sometimes when i look at something like your cabinet and can't stop think how sexy it looks lol Just in the middle of building two mdf cabinets and i was really chuffed with them til i saw yours ;) I think you should paint it grey haha so all us jealous watchers will stop turning...

Re: 90x45x45 Optiwhite (not yet named) I have a pair of them but must be slightly different cause on the male the flame esk patterning covers his whole tail? They are a stunning pair but due to a soonish rescape i will be letting them go :( If you want them chris they are yours i would really...

Looks like jbl sansibar sand to me ... which i have used too and after rinsing for hours it still gives off loads of grey cloudiness!!

+1 to that :thumbup:

Cant beleive I have missed this Journal :shock: What an awesome tank ... like many on here I love moss and shrimp and to see such a well crafted tank with both in is just stunning :thumbup: Haha started my own moss/shrimp tank in my shed recently also going low tech ... was a little...

Re: Barb Island. new video page 30 Haha heres some feedback from a non respected member :oops: Everytime I come round bud your tank is looking better and better ... chuffed your hard work is paying off I reckon this will be the first of many great tanks :thumbup:

In my opinion I think you put together the best journals on here Mike ... have just reread it all and its great to see all you hard work paying off so well :thumbup: Im still a low tech guy but if i made the switch i would be refering to your journal as a guide 5* bud :D

Haha I have been messing around with my shed tank so much and trying to think what I want to do with my tank I bought from ED (pieceoffish) that this tank has been a little ignored :( Will be stripping it down soon so I had better pull my finger out and get some pics done :D Thanks for...

Yeah im in the process of putting together an order with Tom .. problem is i dont really know what i want and i think he would prefer a more detailed request :crazy:

Absolutely loving that wood!!! Hopefully i will have a box heading my way soon :) Im now running a moss stroke shrimp tank in my shed so if you wanna try some moss in your new tank setup let me know :thumbup:

Zebra plecs are stunning .. but they do like to bury themselves in sand!

Re: Rob's 300L (to be named)(week 1 photos) I really like the black background especially as the dark substrate forms a diagonal path which lines up nicely with it making the light beech look even better :thumbup:

Cant beat knocking a tank together from left overs ... haha and sometimes they seem to work better than the ones you spend ages planning. Looking forward to seeing some crs in there especially if the water stays that crystal clear :thumbup:

haha i have always been shallow ... looking forward to seeing this, there are some crackers out there

Thanks alastair, yeah i am really happy at the moment :) Yeah i just do the one water change a week at prob 30% ... whatever you do in your tank keep doing lol it looks amazing.

Is it Bury huntingdon or Bury st edmunds? I am itching to go have a look :)

They are not Apistos, but similar for sure i cant remember the name I know the common name ended in nigerian red? Did a quick google lol they are Pelvicachromis taeniatus there common name is nigerian red

I cant beleive she found the big hole in the wood ... I did not know it was there until I saw her heading bobbing in and out of it. Would be very cool to have some babies ... first take i have had without any breeding going on :(

Feel like my tank is finally starting to fill out a bit :D Thanks easer for popping over with your camera, shame we did not have much time .. haha so be warned dirty glass and floating food :oops: Full tank shot ish Think i need to stop trying to edit my pics because i make them look...

Re: Adding 60 cherry shrimp Thanks for that bud :) haha I always question my decisions ... cant wait to get the shrimp in the tank :thumbup:

+1 to that ... the hardscape now pulls the eye deeper into the tank, looks really good dave

Re: Adding 60 cherry shrimp Was wondering myself if i had overcooked the goose so to speak :lol: The existing cherries seem fine plus 10 amanos and 2 bamboo shrimp .. so hopefully this means the water paramiters are good and if the bioload visibly increases then i will up my water change to...

That c.zebra is awesome and now i am even more jealous of you :lol: Seriously great looking plec ... and great that he (maybe he) is showing so much character already. Need to get myself to Bury I think because I really do love these plecs. Have to be honest i really like the red ramshorns...

Adding 60 cherry shrimp I have had roughly 10 cherry shrimp in my tank for about a month... I only ever see about two at a time but then its quite a big tank and there are lots of hiding places. So i have bought another 60 cause i really like the two i normally see .. and by my maths i might...

Re: Happy tank .. Thanks buddy hopefully the new pics this weekend will look even better :D

Re: Happy tank .. Shrimp offer is there if you decide to have a practice run with some freebies :D I have amanos in my tank now and they are cool to watch and now they are 1" to 2" they really look after themselves. No camera tonight plus my compact battery was completely flat lol checked...

Re: Happy tank .. Awful pics Hey there Andy The tank imo is looking pretty good at the moment :D hopefully easerthegeaser will be coming over with his dlsr tomorrow night, cause i am well past an update. For the first time i think there will be some noticeable growth! I thought my moss...

Looks great ... like kris would love some more info on this :lol: we are junkies for the numbers and lists

you are gonna spend many happy hours on that couch right by the tank.. and the altums are gonna look stunning in there :thumbup:

Re: Eheim Aquastyle 35 +1 to that ... why try and make such a great piece of wood work in this tank, when im sure in a future tank it will become an awsome focul point (and not a potential problem)

Thats really bad news mate... i quite often wish that i had a spare tank for situations like this. what are the common names of the L134 and L200's My tank like yours is ticking over slowly, I have had a really big clear out and i think it looks better for it. Will try to get some pics up soon...

hope the tanks going well, how are you getting on with your moss? mine seems to be doing nothing ... if anything i think its going downhill?

Cracking start ... Cant believe you get store credit for returning fish are lfs round here would laugh at us!

Re: Happy tank .. Awful pics Cheers bud :D yeah was really gutted to lose the chocolate zebra plec, hopefully the pepermint is still looking good

Re: Happy tank .. Awful pics Happy with the tank atm .. learning about growing which is the main aim :D Hopefully I might learn abit about photography by the next tank :oops: My wife was so amazed by how bad I have made the pics look, that she is now having a belemy moment :lol: The...

Re: 80x35x45 Opti White - Tank arrived.. glassware issues.. Tank looks really nice you must be chuffed :) Any chance of a first hand review

Re: more plants Help is always apreciated :) my tank runs at 25c so this would not of helped, what a stupid mistake to make!! I have been thinking of setting a puffer tank up for a while but im now tempted to do alot more research and maybe try again with c.zebra in a purpose built tank. I...

Re: more plants thanks for the info... suprised as he stayed at the bottom. Hmm i would love another but i certainly dont want to cause another death of such a fine fish. My tank is nearly covered by frogbit and duckweed, plus two other floaters which i have no idea what they are? So hopefully...

Re: more plants I can only think he starved himself ... i introduced a pepermint plec three weeks ago and he seems fine, so loosely based on that i think my water is fine. but im no plec expert, truly hope it was nothing i did cause they are such an attractive fish. Dunno if i will be able to...

Re: more plants Really impressed with the moss Basil sent me (thankyou) I only planted a quarter to see how it looked and on next water change i will be planting the lot :D Had my first trim in the tank, only a couple of stems but it was still a trim :lol: Easer forgot his camera so i did...

I definately have the plec bug :lol: hopefully easerthegeaser will bring his camera round tomorrow to take some pics of my new two, just wish they were as active as the two bristlenose plecs. After seeing how pristine your tank is i need to have a good couple hours of maintenance before i take...

Wow im so glad you have started your journal have been wondering for a while what your set up was like. It looks really good and its even better reading a journal where someone knows and cares so much about his fish. Everything looks so healthy and clean, haha definately gonna have a big clean...

Re: more plants Basil is sorting me out aswell, looking forward to covering up some of my wood and hopefully adding a bit of texture to the tank, plus hopefully a nice hiding place for some baby shrimp. Need to get some kind of sheeting pronto !

Re: more plants cool thanks for the advice i will try to get some, shame its so hard to get hold of moss cause my tank has definately got some wood that needs covering. Im gonna get some update pics on here this week cause i might actually need some trimming advice :D

honestly i dont watch the only way is essex, but whenever i see a tank look this good i just want to leave a well gel comment :) Will keep my envious eyes on this set up

Re: 90x75x45 optiwhite. flow improved. Chuffed for you bud ... glad you did not have to drill anymore holes, hopefully with your new warpspeed (cegs not the only scifi fan) distrubution the tank will get better and better :clap:

Nice start to your first tank, have you considered any clean up crew for your tank?

Re: more plants Damm straight :lol: I cant get the moss right atall in my tank. But i will keep trying

Re: more plants I def want to moss the ugly flat end up, if i could turn back time i would have drilled it out a bit so i could have planted in it.

Re: more plants Would say thats my biggest problem now, understanding ferts? As you know bud i use tnc complete but i dont really understand whats in it ? And i definately would not know what to dose based on what my plants are telling me! Guess the answer is the same as usual .... more...

Hey there When you say all diy does that include the tank and stand, if so it would be awesome to see some pics or if you could share some tips. Especially about the tank build. Gonna have my first stab at pipe bending this weekend :) Great start to the tank will be coming back to check your...

Re: more plants I have three denisons although one does not look so happy or healthy really not sure why? He is the only fish that looks less than %100 ! Saw some fully grown denisons at swallow aquatics and they looked really good :D The growth is happening im finding taking lots of pics...

Re: Got me some holes? Thanks for the reply yeah looking at it now i dont really know why i put the reflectors back on ! It was all ticking over nicely :D Thats the problem with sunday driving, every now and then you want to put your foot on the gas ... but might come unstuck on a corner!

Re: more plants The banded barbs are great little (ish) fish and the colours look great when the lights are on and off. They actually shoal quite tightly and look really good exploring the bottom of the tank. So far they have been really peaceful only complaint would be that once in a while...

Re: Got me some holes? After having a moan thought i better put some new pics up and say that im happy with the tanks progress. I think it is actually starting to look like a planted tank :) I still need to add some more plants to the centre and the right and i really want to get some moss...

Re: Got me some holes? I will up me ferts which makes sense :oops: Been having a look through the pics today cheers bud, and will get some posted later on. Im supposed to be doing paperwork and the boss is home !

Re: Got me some holes? yeah i was thinking that would probably be the best bet, but as the frogbit is spreading and the giant vallis i was hoping i could get away with it. Plus i was thinking that because i had upted my plant mass so much it would be fine, but i guess more plants would not...

Re: Got me some holes? zero added c02, and where this group of crypts are the flow is as it always has been. I live in cambrdgeshire and i think im right in saying this is a hard water area. I add tnc+ about 15ml twice a week. dont know what i have done but they are not happy

Re: Moving plants? My crypts that have been in the tank from start up and that have actually grown well have started to get holes, and within a day of this to totally melt? I have added alot more plants recently and wondering whether this could be the cause and the other factor is that i have...

Loving the thread so far and cant wait to see you beast of a setup take shape. Quick question where did you get the wood from it looks amazing dave

Re: Re: Re: 90x75x45 optiwhite. few pics There is definately a little choc apreciation club starting here, just need to get you avatar pic sorted bud. Having seen them in your tank i must admit i wish i was in the gang they are really good looking fish.

Re: Re: Re: 90x45x75 optiwhite. few pics Great pics bud .. keep them coming then i wont have to pop round yours so much :)

Re: Moving plants? Gonna be messing with the tank tomorrow ... like i sad to introduce some ill suited plants also i will be moving a couple of plants around because as they have grown i have realised the initial placement was wrong. Is it really bad to keep moving plants? Cause of my...

Re: stupid is as stupid does!! Well they arrived today, thanks to antipofish's super organized sales :) so im gonna plant them and see what happens + i get to mess with the hardscape, which is very boring atm.

stupid is as stupid does!! Im guessing the idea of these journals is to be totally honest :oops: I was looking through the forsale section and saw antipofish's Blxya japonica and ench tennelus, i really liked the look of these plants and it gave me a good idea on how to alter my hardscape very...

Re: The Transparent Tank Challenge - getting near the end Great journal have really enjoyed reading it all and its journals like this that really help ukaps work thanks (hope im as honest with my mistakes)

Re: 4 weeks on! thanks andy, im just missing some special little plecs :D they have a nice pepermint ancistrus in amwells, nice looking little fella. my two standard ancistrus are really growing now and are both very active, but i cant get out of the habbit of cycling fish every few...

Re: 4 weeks on! seriously thankyou for the time and effort you have spent in your reply i just have to read up on what half the plants are you listed. saying that more crypts, anubias and echinodorus i think are the right way to go as i seem to be getting some growth and healthy looking...

Re: 4 weeks on! thanks alot steve you should take the plunge, everyone on here is so helpful and its really good to get feedback especially for us new guys although i have a long way to go with this one im looking forward to my next journal, this time starting it in the planning stages ...

Re: 4 weeks on! cheers, im happy with any growth atall at least we are going in the right direction.

Re: What is this? Glad to report that all my fish seem like happy little troopers now :) And its about time i updated with some pics ... still need a beginners course on how to use a camera! Well theres growth but its slow, added my first pic to compare with my new pic at ten weeks in...

great looking light ... i love the brick / steel conduit backdrop really works for me. love to see the tank on an industrial looking stand too .. the kind of look i would love to have

Re: What is this? Thanks I have dosed the tank with melifix, but all the fish seem very happy I think i over reacted and it was just natural bacteria on a dead fish. The sae in question was very new to the tank and these things happen i guess Keeping a close eye on them

Re: What is this? I know!! i was away from the tank for about 72 hrs so my wife was feeding etc .. it could of been dead for a while Took it to my lfs and they believe its just natural bacteria breaking down the fish ? I hope this is the case, all my other fish look a ok trying to calm down...

Columnaris !!! As people will know who have read this post and another thread called 'clean freak' I have tried to make my tank low tech, following the tom barr report, but sadly i tried to shoehorn this onto my tank after i had started it had been set up, so it was never ideal. i have not done...

Re: Back to day one!! I should just bite the bullet and get the congos i think, im really missing the mid water activity. Scotsdales here i come :D

Re: Back to day one!! Thanks for the encouragment guys i will be posting some pics this weekend :) oh on a side note has anyone seen a bleeding heart tetra in the flesh so to speak, they look pretty good in some pics.

Re: Back to day one!! damm now the best looking thing on my journal are your pics :lol: really love those little fellas and the chocalate is really very nice i popped into amwells yesterday but theirs had gone ... probably best as with your advice they would not of been that happy in my tank...

Re: Back to day one!! yeah i have not seen a healthy looking emperor tetra for a while to be honest i think the congo's would suit my tank better and if in your experience they are higher swimmers then they could be spot on. how are you getting on with your tiger plecs?

Re: Back to day one!! thanks for that Andy and trust me compared to my camera skills that pics a cracker. i must admit they do look good but dont tell easerthegeaser i said that :) where do they tend to swim ? i know that sounds stupid but i would really like a mid to high level fish. i had...

Re: Back to day one!! thanks for the extra info i have more plants coming this week and i think i will be at the mid/heavy planted stage, although the wood in my tank makes it hard to judge. i have been using tnc complete but maybe i should dose according to tom barr no point in ignoring...

Re: Back to day one!! cant find any love for them ... but i will pop over to MA to see the ones you mentioned, and probably have another jealous gawk at your tank

Re: Back to day one!! sounds good the tank does look pretty empty fish wise as all my current fish stay at the bottom. except the angel which is going to a friend as im hoping to have shrimp soon. the corys are such entertaining fish and i will definately be getting some more, as to the...

Re: Re: 90x45x75 optiwhite.Planted, FTS and light arm after seeing it friday night, i would say its a really smart bit of kit and worth the wait.... plus the tank is looking top notch bud (although it pains me to say it :) )

Re: Back to day one!! After doing some much needed research ... maybe 2 months to late :) and with some help from some kind people on here, i have come to realise my desire to run a low tech tank was being hampered by my lack of no how. No more weekly 50% water changes for a start .. plus if im...

Re: 90x45x75 optiwhite. Progress really like it buddy and cant wait to pop over and see it properly :)

Re: mossed it up! cool thanks for that ... gonna see how what i have put in gets on, then add some more.

Re: mossed it up! thanks bud :) Most of the bits i put in were very small cause of the way i attached them ... with any luck it sounds like that could work to my advantage. will put a couple of pics up this weekend. My biggest problem now is wanting to change something every five seconds :lol:

Re: mossed it up! thanks :D

Re: mossed it up! tried to plant some moss to break the wood up... i really struggled, i ended up stuffing it into any crack/split i could find. any tips on planting it? so i can add some to where i want it to be )

Re: too much splash? thanks darren ... so in my tank i can concentrate on making sure the fish have oxygen and not worry about the co2 :)

Re: too much splash? my top water inlet to the tank really aggitates the surface (splashes). my tank being low tech with no added co2 ... i have read that this will disperse any co2 that is in there. my question is if i set it up so it just ripples will the fish still get enough oxygen? i will...

thats a monster tank to fill ... i just upgraded to 300ltr and panicked :lol: will keep watching with interest. sorry not a great one for advice cause im new too .. like your plateau style rock on the right and cant wait to see the plants grow in.

Re: my first low tech tank yeah its one solid lump and i could not resist it :D i might of done things differently after spending a few hours on here, and tried to of been more creative. saying that i still like the wood :lol:

Re: my first low tech tank will be happier when this view has some more green in it :) or maybe red or brown lol being colourblind has its drawbacks with a planted tank ... a bit cloudy cause of me messing with it :oops:

Re: 90x45x75 optiwhite. Congos and RCS?? getting closer now bud bet you are itching to get elbow deep in plants :) cant wait to pop over next week and have a look