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More action in the tank!

Okay that's what I thought, this guy is in a all male tank so this guy is never going to breed. The man at the local fish shop should have givin this guy a sea burial to make sure he didn't cross any further! he was in a tank with other female's.

I think the yellow came from mystic

Thanks Frenchy The yellow is a nice fish, good colour

He is about 110mm long approx, swapped him at the local fish shop didn't know what he was I just wanted a bigger fish for my male peacock tank and wondered what he was as I have no idea?

Hi I listed everything on page two thanks for your interest

Hey guys, Had this in with my peacocks what is it anyone know? Thanks

Thanks David and Steve quite happy with the out come myself. :bounce:

Sorry I will sort out picture size's and repost. Thanks

Alright sorry for the delay in answering your questions. Here is the background in my 4 foot tank looks good very happy I built up layers of 60mm poly medium density sourced at placemakers, glued with gorilla foam out of my builders kit. 2.Cut to fit tank with cut outs for filter in/out, heater. positioned heater close to power head so it draws water passed heater 3. Carved out rock shape's with my builders knife and gib keyhole saw. made holes in heater area in the rock cracks and holes for filter, power head.(what a mess on a drop sheet but still every where!) 4. Plastered poly with CEMIX patch and CEMIX multibond mixed together with coarse sand, Patch 3 parts, sand 2 parts and multibond watered down half/half. applied with brush and by hand with rubber gloves. two coats all around. 5. Cut background up into 4 bits, cutting down the rock crack lines so to hide cut as good as possible, plaster cuts once done 6. Painted with CEMIX aquastop tinted with coloured oxides whatever colour you want two full coats and a few other partcoats mix of colours flicked over top with brush. 7. mix some more patch, multibond, and a little aquastop not to much as I want to put some black oxide in to get as black as possible and aquastop will lighten this up 8. Soak the bits of rockwork for couple of weeks to let any excess lime bleed out. 9. Install in tank and enjoy keeping an eye on PH to make sure. I am still going to do daily water chances for a week to make sure. Also I rang technical people at cemix and they said there should be no proplems with these products they recommended to put aquastop on to waterproof everything last as I have done above.

Thanks David been thinking about it a while and finally gets closer to finish I'm sure the fish will love it!

Will do Wilson thanks for your interest

4ft, 350L tank, Jebo 819 and overhead filter 450Lph which I am setting up for display tank malawi peacock males. Coral substrate hopefully should look nice

above pic's of finished background before install in tank, note cut into four to fit in tank easy. Cut last after all done so I could hide cuts

Maybe a day and a half all up, I have been doing it on and off over a couple of weeks. I rang the rockmix guy mentioned in this diy forum and the rep didn't know much and the man he put me on to Angus didn't even bother to ring me back! so flag them.

Thanks Wilson made it so i can hide the filter's, heater and a few cave's through the back also made a few smaller rocks to glue together for some more hiding holes

I will post some pic's once I have it in the tank if anyone's interested

Yes I got it thanks for your help!

Sorry guys forgive me!

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Dam why are my pics not coming up? Dixon's helping me out here! thanks Dixon