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State: | None/Other | Country: | | United Kingdom |
| Photo caption: | 10 footer, now with Co2 and plants growing at last. | Description: | Diy project done September 2007, it is now fully set up and (touch wood) in six months I have only lost one of 70 odd fish, but gained three baby catfish and one Zebra danio. Which all somehow managed to survive in the tank without being eaten by the larger fish.
The tank is 10ft long x 16" high x 15" depth. The stand is made of 2" X 2" steel box section and will hold the weight of over 2 tonnes,On top of that is a timber flat base and polystyrene. All the doors are pine and painted. The hood is pine and primed and painted. The glass is 8mm thick but the bottom has an extra section (which is 16mm smaller than the base) thus forming and corner to bond the sides to. Used six tubes of top quality silicone. But was still petrified when I GRADUALLY filled it. (No leaks. phew!!)There are 2 x 42" T8 Auaqglow lights and the condensation tray is made from poly carbon and cut into 6 sections with handles fitted for ease of access to any section of the tank.
The are 2 external fluval 405 filters and 2 300 watt heaters. | Advice: | Never be too eager to put new fish into a tank, Always quarantine them first. I have learned from my mistakes. Don't forget to change around 10 to 15% of the water once or twice a week.Although some people disagree with this but because I live in a hard water area I filter natural rain water for topping up the tank and since doing this the fish look a lot healthier and the catfish have started laying eggs on the glass.
Just by watching your fish on a daily basis you get to know when they are happy or are in anyway stressed and can act accordingly.
Addition 24/11/2006 > Have set up another small breeding tank for my Corydoras and currently have about 20 baby Catfish and believe it or not some are Bronze Cory's and some are Peppered, so they are all breeding at the same time. Fantasic. Will add photo of babies when they are large enough. | Fish: | Bronze catfish - 18
Peppered catfish - 13
Neon Tetra - 11
Glowlight Tetra - 9
Silver Dollar - 2
Clown loach - 1
Zebra Danio - 6
Black Neon - 4
Black Widows-3
Harlequins - 10
Rummy nose Tetra - 6
Humbug catfish- 1
Angels - 2
Guppy's -15 | Corals/Plants: | There are around 8 different species of plants, along with rocks and bogwood. Plenty of hiding places for the shy Bronze Cory's and Clown loach, which shares it's habitat with the humbug.
| Quote: | Don't do today what you can put off until tomorrow.(Only joking, of course) | About Yourself: | Work for a worldwide excavator production company (NOT Caterpillar) but we do hold the land speed record for the fastest desel engine as from 2006.) as an Industrial Engineer.
Have kept a tropical tank for around 27 years and it's that long ago I can't remember what got me into it, probably the beauty of the fish in particular the Siamese Fighting Fish which I managed to breed a few years back. Sat up until around 2.30 am watching them fertilize the eggs and put them into the bubble nest. In general I just love keeping fish and find it rewarding once the tank is all set up and planted out well, the latter being the hardest to do for me.
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| Photo caption: | My 7 year old Silver Dollar and new female partner. Love is in the air already!!! |
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| Photo caption: | New tank started, well cupboard in place. It's not a cat bed!!!! And that's not a catfish. |
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| Photo caption: | Glass all bonded and ready for final run of silicone. |
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| Photo caption: | Ready for the worst bit..........filling it with water and praying. |
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| Photo caption: | Second thoughts, I'll just add a couple more strengtheners to the top (now 8 in all). Just in case. |
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| Photo caption: | Finally filled with water (phew, no leaks) A few bunches of plants changed around a few times and away we go. Not a bad bit of joinery for an amateur neither. |
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| Photo caption: | For those who could only spot 3 baby cory's, I've circled them. |
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| Photo caption: | 2 Breeder or quarantine tanks added under main tank and hidden away in cupboards. |
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| Photo caption: | Just to prove there are some fish in that big tank. |
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| Photo caption: | And my 2 angels hiding away up the other corner |
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