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[revrange]

Grayham said:

They are no problem
They seem to be the most placid fish in the tank.

I don't think it will be long before they becom too big for their current home. I will defiantly replace them with some pups when they out grow this tank.

These guys get upto around 12"?

[dxbtiger]

revrange said:

These guys get upto around 12"?

And then some probably, I am not sure on the exact species of these particular ones but generally speaking the genus are all big fish!

[Grayham]

revrange said:

These guys get upto around 12"?

The tank is 350 litres

[y2blade]

Roberty said:

Here is my effort.

It is set up as a South east Asian Rainforest Stream.

I like that

[AceOfHearts]

Just moved the Trigon 190 into its new space, so not set up properly yet. At least the fish are in















The fish came with the tank (bought the entire setup) but i can't bring myself to get rid of them even though i really want to set it up for Malawis. I love the Kribs though

[otolith]

Malawis would be a good choice for that tank - I've got one set up as a planted Amazonian, and even with a T5 upgrade and some additional lighting, I struggle for light at the bottom of the tank.

[Tiggsy]

y2blade said:

I've been busy this morning...new Tetratec EX1200 (filter), I put some of the old media from the Fluval 305 in it and I'll run the internal Fluval4 for a while too.


It is a bit taller than the old Fluval 305 so won't go in the cupboard, but then I knew that when I ordered it...My 2013 tank will be using two of these big boys

Is it not just so much simpler to run a sump?

[y2blade]

AceOfHearts said:

Just moved the Trigon 190 into its new space, so not set up properly yet. At least the fish are in















The fish came with the tank (bought the entire setup) but i can't bring myself to get rid of them even though i really want to set it up for Malawis. I love the Kribs though

That is a lovely looking tank.
Great looking fish you have in it, tbh it was a tough break for me to switch from community to Malawis (Mbuna) but I'm glad I did.

The Malawis are so much more interactive, they are real characters

[King Herald]

y2blade said:

Wow, those colours are amazing. All but on of our fish died recently, so we have put Frankie the turtle in the tank.



He likes to climb up on his rock and sunbathe.

[y2blade]

King Herald said:

y2blade said:

Wow, those colours are amazing. All but on of our fish died recently, so we have put Frankie the turtle in the tank.



He likes to climb up on his rock and sunbathe.

ah he's cool (I had terrapins when I was a nipper, they were great)

Thanks.
I've just removed the background sheet, I think it looks much better now

[Mr Trophy]

That copper is very cool!

[megapixels83]

My first dabble with marines. 38l nano. Currently cycling. Will have reef spec par38 lighting, auto r/o water top system when ready for fish.

Looking at zoas and mushroom frags, red leg hermit crab and turbo snails. Not sure on fish, prob some sort of filefish.

[Tiggsy]

megapixels83 said:

My first dabble with marines. 38l nano. Currently cycling. Will have reef spec par38 lighting, auto r/o water top system when ready for fish.

Looking at zoas and mushroom frags, red leg hermit crab and turbo snails. Not sure on fish, prob some sort of filefish.

On something that small I'd go for Pistol/Goby and small rock sitting goby. Just avoid anything fee swimming, always looks mean in a nano!

Far more interesting to get some cool inverts - pompom crabs are always fun.

[King Herald]

y2blade said:

ah he's cool (I had terrapins when I was a nipper, they were great)

He is a yellow bellied slider turtle.

And I think we need some colour in our tank, as it is pretty bland.

[Silver940]

Mine, had this about 6 years now in various guises.

[Rib]

y2blade said:

ah he's cool (I had terrapins when I was a nipper, they were great)

Thanks.
I've just removed the background sheet, I think it looks much better now

something which I have seen that works well is just a plain blue vinyl background. A friend is making one up for me as I have an external filter so can see all the pipes behind which doesnt help

[OldJohnnyYen]

My betta life space 700', metal hallide on top and a deltec skimmer, phosphate reactor etc in the sump.

[Tiggsy]

Simplest is to paint the back of the tank - anything stuck on looks nasty after a while. Nothing worse than being able to see gear in the tank....apart from seeing gear behind it!

Is that 3 nems in the tank above? How are they doing/been running long? thats not a easy stocking choice!

[otolith]

If I were going to paint the back of a tank, I think I would use Plastidip for ease of removal if I changed my mind.

[OldJohnnyYen]

Tiggsy said:

Simplest is to paint the back of the tank - anything stuck on looks nasty after a while. Nothing worse than being able to see gear in the tank....apart from seeing gear behind it!

Is that 3 nems in the tank above? How are they doing/been running long? thats not a easy stocking choice!

The only problems I've had with the tank is feeding the sun coral and we had a royal gramma jump out, probably due to an SG drop when I got lazy with the top ups!