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So people would actually would want these hanging on their walls? I thought they looked pretty amateur and they look heaps better in the photos than close up. But if anyone is interested in them i could do sum more. fills in my spare time after work during the week and lazy Sundays :lol: Would anyone buy them cos I wouldn't know what sort of price to put on them...? ideas anyone? I could even do the fish, plants, rocks etc of your selection if that is what people want. I think the sheet drawings are 2.6m x 1.0m at a guess. the sheets are folded in half to have a piece to cover it when they are folded up to prevent smudging. (typical queen size sheets)

sure am

Ive always wanted to do this, its going to be very interesting to see the finished tank

Thats exactly what i thought so I'm gona do discus on the next one.

i know, I'm not very good at rumynose :oops:

Dont boil them alive, they make an awful noise if you do, we have always put them in a bucket on fresh water to kill them. when dead, put them into boiling water for 10mins, just like boiling an egg :lol: they should cook perfect every time.

The pleco Started a new sheet maybe this thread should be in a different place...? not really technical anymore My pen has just run out so gotta go get sum more

:oops: well it looks similar. :oops:

i wish i had an eyebiter

Ive just acquired a box of sheets.... im going to have to get some more pastels lol so next i might do: -marine -tree stumps -shallow river maybe

there is now a pleco

ok this is where im at, i need more ideas to fill in the gap on the left side of the tank

:oops: whoops was sposed to be 5000L/h. 5000 i heaps over 5 x so should be ok. ill have a look around for one

lol i knew someone would bring that up. They are all good friends and grew up together from when they were just lil pencil drawings :lol: as suggested: Koura frontosa stripes darker and oscar darker added more plants too and a few snails to help with the algae

ok ill see what i can do, might make the frontosa a lil better too

Ive use 100x50 framing just cos it was cheapest and 1 sheet of 12mm ply. each sheet is 2.4x1.2 so got two pieces to cover the top so total of 24mm screwed together.

Yea i was thinking a 500L/h would do the job its going to be a frontosa tank so freshwater. i just want enough flow to keep a good downward current towards the bottom to stir up the waste. and with 2-3 outlets it may slow down the flow...?

Ive just made a stand for the new tank being built, 2.0m. Stand is 900mm high 600 wide and until i get some nice wood to put on the sides and varnish i have improvised lol I got told off for ruining our sheet. My defense was, "it made it look better" :lol: Peacock and johanni didn't turn out so good but oh well. Anything you want to see on there or think i should add?

I need a pump for a sump and tank setup Tank will be 720 litres (2.0m x 0.6m x 0.6m) Sump is 100 litres head height for pump will need to be 1.5m min sump will be fed via overflow pipes drilled into back of tank My question is... what size return pump (pond pump) will i need? i.e litres/hr What brands are good. I'm wanting to also have the pump run 2 or maybe 3 return inlets to create the needed current in the tank to keep the waste moving up to the overflow. So what size return pipes will i need that will suit the pump so i don't get any loss in water pressure from having too big pipe of too many outlets? Ive done heaps of research on sumps etc and got it all drawn down what I'm going to do but just a few final things i need to know so thought i would ask people that have these setups already.

Lots and lots and lots of tetras Get a huge shoal of tetras in there and some nice bright lights to grow the plants out.

There are no silly questions, just silly people :lol: :lol:

Shouldn't do, i've epoxied over acrylic and enamel and it has been fine.

You can thin it down with thinners, i forget the name and number at the moment but can be thinned down easily. It needs to be thinned down when i use it on my models too, to keep them lite I think $350-$400 is quite a bit when you can spend $50-$100 on a resin sunken airplane aquarium ornament(mustang i think it is) im sure some people have seen the one im thinking about. and i think its a little over 40cm. JMHO. But i guess you pay more for the great looking details if you want your tank to look good.

yes i agree, my parents have one of these that my mother drives around and it has only lasted 3 years and done hardly any Ks and its starting to pack up already. not the best reliability for a family car.

A red one