My second bigish tank!!!!

Don't know yet. when i got the gravel i saw that its a bit sharp(i Think). do clown loaches dig at all?

Hope the sword are ok. the tank is filling up but the leaves look like they want water badly

 

^&$^%$&^$^%( forgot to put iron nails is before the gravel and the hosepipe came out of the tank hehe. NeilH did you put the sponge filters in the first or last chamber? and would it make a difference.

 

Last chamber. Use filter floss/batting in the first to catch all the detritus and rubbish

 

Happens to everyone, well to me it does

 

rocks look awesome!

 

after the water is in. still need to install lighting but I need to figure out how.

 

can only see image on phone....whys that?

 

Whats with the pipe by the overflow?

 

Its the return from the pump. I took it through the down pipe and over the overflow. also lengthened the downpipe so that its submerged in the sump (allot less noise) I did all this after you warned me about noise and so that a canopy can sit cleanly on the top. now the only noise I hear is the sponge filter bubbles. Hope my Afrikaans English makes sense hehe

 

That is really looking good this is going to turn into a show peace of a tank.

 

Thanks. I expected the water to go brown like some other members on the forum . but mine stayed Crystal clear.

 

Where in PTA can I buy perspex about 10mm or thicker

 

PTA im not sure. Plastic world probably has but they in JHB

 

Video of the tank. All the cichlids are going to be moved. they are just in here until the display tank is done with its cycle. As you can see the convicts are digging in the pfp so sorry about the dirty water. This is an HD vid but its taken with my digital camera (not dslr) so the auto focus is very slow and crappy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPSiO3nbRA

at 50 sec you can see a hungry kitten looking at the tank on the left

 

Very Nice tank Franna,what fish are you keeping with your convicts?

 

at the moment 2 gourami's , 2 rapheal catfish , 2 sun catfish, 2 ottos/cae (not sure) 3 small plecos and one other cichlids. but its only temporary. all cichlids and plecos are going to be moved. their original tank's sump silicone came off.

 

Just a few update photos

and 2 new additions (Going to have to move the Tetras soon)

 

another update
with and without flash

 

Franna, where did you get that slate from?

 

That really does look awesome

"Great Job young simpson"