Thunderstorm

Hi Guys been a while since i was here last, Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:50 pm to be exact lol Some of the oldie regs may remember me Anyhoo, what have we been doing for the last 5 years? Having 4 kids to add to our existing 3 and buying a house kinda absorbs the time haha My tanks suffered so we emptied them, we kept the 6ft and gave the giant ones away. The missus wants me to setup the 6ft again and i remembered this board forum, away a bit of guessing of which email i used and a password reset later, here we are I been reading the posts about the converted garages into fishrooms with much interest, hmmmm anyway, just wanted to say hi and catchup 5yrs of posts. take care Peter

this section of my gallery shows shots of my stand before i covered it, it holds a 6 x 2 x 2 all up 1000 litres including sump, sand etc etc. Click Here Its made from 3x4 and 2x4 timber held with 6" nails and "no more nails" glue, super strong it is. Peter

there is a very large tank on display in the henderson jansens with no top bracing, but is very thick glass, 12 or 16 mm

i had a tank about 7 years ago the same spec as that one all in 6mm, had 4 200mm cross braces with 50mm edge brace top and bottom on all edges.

mine doesnt have any screws on the top of the motor housing?

nnnoooo more bubbas Click

Xmas blue LED lights cheap and work well, can use them as they are or as a cheap source for loads of blue LED's with wires attached

i was using a pool filter but flagged that idea, So now the water get drawn through the gravel into 4" tall baskets connected by 2" tubes and then makes its way through the baskets into the uptake and out to a trickle filter and pumped back again. Heating is via a spa pool heater which is on very little i might add due to the poly walls in the tank.

I quite like them too I like their colours when in "heat" lol

Hiya here is a link to the pleco photos, please excuse some of them, bit blurry. Clicky for piccys Thanx peter

Yes, we have a little 103 on the jewel tank in the bedroom , what do you want me to look at? Peter

Cheers Boi Over the weekend we added 2 new tank mates, 2 plecos. Big thanx to Whetu and Xukev for having them for sale They are awesome plecos and have settled in well, though Mr Aro likes to watch them with interest but i know he is thinking about how he can make them his next meal lol Both are about 8 inches long at a guess.

Gnarly tank will look awesome all setup

Thx Alan Yes i have seen others on here in the past trying to get rid of them so kinda glad i still havent got billions lol

Hiyas, I got bubba jewls Few weeks old now only got 15 - 20 left there was about 20 billion lol Click here to see bubbas and mummy

Nice tank dude

thanx wilson Still looking for a mate or 2 for him, he must be bored all alone. another aro or 2 would be nice if anyone knows of any for sale

Ok Mystic I have some new ones, they not that flash but you get the idea Clicky clicky

Hiya Mystic He is doing really well, will post some new ones tonight after dinner

Mincie - that would look cool with neons and other small tetras in it PS - I am not in a "who has a bigger *Insert whatever here* " comp either. Just happened, Right price / time etc, Like others we have dreamed of a huge tank, that was but a dream untill someone posted here about them, as there was 2 i even asked a few if they wanted to go halves in costs / tanks, I am not loaded and has taken a long time just to get the small one going with costs of pumps, plumbing, heating etc etc and its all 2nd hand equipment. I just needed a big tank for my big fish that we love and 2 come up at the right time. My 6ft one was filled with neons and other tetras untill an emergency happened with Mr Aro's tank as he cracked it and we HAD to put him in there. Thought others might liked to have seen and enjoyed the pictures. Thats it. /end rant **Edited for spelling.**

yup bigger tank, big is good lol

thanx every one for you comments Mr Aro says thanx too lol Yup the kids had fun cleaning it, htey thought it was a hoot Fishboi - the dimensions of the tank are starting from the right side looking at it, its a odd shape, 560mm right - 4200mm front - 1260mm left - 5760mm back - 1230mm tall. Approx 3000 litres yup there is 2 the other is about a 1/2 bigger in volume but that one i will be removing the glass panel and making a new tank the same way these are made, wood frame, poly walls covered in fibreglass, the new one will be approx 6000 x 4000 x 1600 mm to give a volume of approx 38000 litres, might go smaller with the width to keep it the size of a car trailor so i can still move it when needed. Mr Aro is in his new home and has loads more room, not so cramped like in his little 6 footer lol Thanx heaps

24 hrs later and the tank is nearly clear. Will be putting Mr Aro in soon and his buddy Mr Severum lol

thats what i said in my first post lol they were on trademe so i bid and won the auction, went to napier and picked them up and here we are

Pic of aro Pic