camtang Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 This is my dem/yellow/shellie tank I made roughly 750 ltrs, its 4 foot long approx 500 ltrs, the rest is in the sump The fish are still young there is around 25-30 dems, and 7ish yellows 5 shellies I hope you enjoy it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 lol, those shells make the shellies look like midget fish :happy2: interesting effect with the rocks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted September 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 They are still pretty small, I was thinking about taking some of the bigger ones out as I have lost a adult yellow in one and dont want it to happen again, but the bn in the tank love them so I dont know just yet. The 3d background works great, the dems and yellows have there own little spot so they cant see each other. one of the shellies has claimed a big ledge rite up top, was thinking about putting a few shells up there to make it a bit more happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 lol, those shells make the shellies look like midget fish :happy2: they are midgets :slfg: i like it but would try adding some plants or fake plants to add a little green to break up the background colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted September 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 I had some in there for a while, one of the pics may still show that. but one of the plants looked horrible and just didnt work so I removed it and in a frantic rush one day I left some twisted al out of water for nearly 2 days. and it just never recovered. I am trying to grow some algae on the white rough bits to break a bit of the background up as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 time for an update. Out of desperation I had too add some new fish so I added my brown haps, snow whites and my 3 smallest cuckoo cats ( havnt seen a single one since I added them :tears: ) as well as adding some plants. The background is slowly starting to age so is getting a nice look to it, shellies keep breeding but I am yet to spot a fry after a day or two after venturing out of the nest. I am going to remove the group to breed from them next year to increse my numbers if they cant do it in this tank. Dems getting bigger and breeding like rabbits, several fry coming out of cracks and from under shells I have also finshed to stand except for the colour of it, so no more seeing the sump :tears: but it does look cleaner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 wow stunning!!!!! :thup: how are the dems and the albino's doing???, the dems I had kept shredding the albinos fins (probably boredom, or displaced agression from the XL tangerine with them) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 so far so good, had my snow whites in with my other group of dems without issue as well. my dom male SW takes on the dom brown hap a bit, which from what I understand is unusual for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 ime dems are lil %$#$% but really pretty though............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 most africans are stropy lilttle buggers, I havnt had many issues with my dems since I have uped my numbers to over 20 per group and addded much more rock work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 fair enough, nice group size.... still the boss is the boss and a lil %$#%%# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 yip and in both tanks with the dems they are far from the boss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 well played ...... Still amazed though that my dominant dem (6cm max) beat up my dominant redtop zebra (14cm (recently asked to rehome him due to being to agressive )) If I had the $$$ I'd do a dem tank p.s. love how the plants are growing out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 they are pluging holes and hiding white parts :thup: :slfg: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletmonuka Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 ahhh i can't wait till my brown haps grow up like yours.. i always liked the look of the snow whites too... well done. love the background Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 thank you :thup: browns are sweeet fish, rite up with some of my fav fish. I had a big old boy but I did a massive tank over haul change around and gave all my fish to a mate to look after for a few weeks and it never came back :tears: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgustipated Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 how/where did you get that background? sorry if you already explained elsewhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgustipated Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 looks freakin choice btw, much respect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 I made it my self. it took a long time and made a heck of a mess but well worth it thanks man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 how/where did you get that background? sorry if you already explained elsewhere... Sorry i didnt explain it. I got heaps of poly, a jig saw and some silicon, cut heaps of diffrent shapes and sizes and then siliconed it all together then applyed a couple layers of cement then coloured the cement and painted it a couple more times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgustipated Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 cool man it really does look good. it's awesome how there are multiple shelves for the fishies to claim as their own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 That was pretty much the thought behind it as well. and they all have there own spot so it keeps agression down a little and leaves the bottom for the shells. it is also cool seeing fish that normaly hang around at the bottom in the middle and higher because they feel a bit safer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeusterae Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 it looks really nice man!!! congrats!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted December 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 cheers man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 :nfs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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