fish2water Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 Looking good David. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matto Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 couldn't help but sing this in my head :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted July 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 Haha! Over a hundred different beers there, represents a fair sum invested in improving my palate... Looking good David. Cheers, just remembered I forgot to reply to your email, I will when I get home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 Holy Crap! I didn't realise how big your sump actually is until I saw it compared to your dog!! nice! Yeah Geos must be loving it in there, good stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 Looking wicked man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 nice, cant wait to see more of the wood in there. low and dense right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted July 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 Yep, one big low dense tangle of wood across the back left, ideal pleco habitat. Just transferred the angels across as it was too hard trying to feed them in the 400L with no geos to clean up the spare flake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 cool, cant wait to see it! Might get some inspiration from your wood configuration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 So exactly what type of Angels are those David? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 So exactly what type of Angels are those David? I know noone spelled it wrong, but it was just too good a pic to pass up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 I know noone spelled it wrong, but it was just too good a pic to pass up... Dammit Ira I checked my spelling three times so you wouldn't make a smartass remark :nilly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted July 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Haha!! They are Pterophyllum scalare 'Peru Altum'. So basically an altum-ish looking Peruvian variety of the regular angel. Phil Collis imported them and they have been bred here many times since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted July 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Someone on MFK wanted to see a quick video, so here it is! http://youtu.be/EQqWsuCOYbM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 WOW just WOW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Ahh. I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matto Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
si_sphinx Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Needs some orange spotlights for night lighting effect instead of tannins in the water. I like how there is heaps of open water where the fish can dig in the sand. If they were african cichlids in there I wonder if you would get the crater breeding nests that they make. Looking awesome :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted July 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 The big crater is from when I filled it up, I probably should have levelled it out before making the video. :oops: The sand actually looks like the craters of the moon at the moment, I think because they have so much space the geos take a mouthful then swim a couple of lengths while spitting it out, and because they aren't going over the same ground it leaves the little dimples in the sand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Do you find that because of this constant picking up and dropping of sand and because of your prevalent current in your tank that the sand always ends up in one end of the tank and you have to shuffle it back every month or so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted July 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 All part of the fun with eartheaters! I think I'm going to need some sort of long plastic rake for this tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nudge Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Holy smoke! i think i'd even be comfortable in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted July 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 Today is the day!! Just spent the past two hours emptying the 400L and catching the fish to transfer them to the 2000L. I moved the aro first, caught it in a large plastic bag and carried it downstairs to acclimatise. Then it was the plecs, damn they can make a mess!! The big Panaques have also been doing some serious wood-eating, this once thick and interesting piece had been chewed down to paper-thin in the middle and snapped when I picked it up. All caught and ready to be acclimatised Of course I had a very attentive helper through-out the entire process... Transferring to the big tank, one of the smaller L14 Biggest L190 This was him exactly 13 months ago, grown from about 6cm to a solid ~20cm Same fish Thin striped L190 My favourite of the four L190, ex Jamosfish Last of the L190, this one doesn't have great patterns but it does look like they could be getting kinda spotty (L330-ish?), and I love the fact that it's a short but stocky little tank. Largest of the three L14 L81 Sadly I didn't get any of the L128, they didn't seem to like sitting still! Now for the fun part, cleaning up the mess! I'll take shots of the tank later tonight when it has settled down. Now the 400L has no fish I can use it to soak the bigger pieces of wood I'll eventually add to the big tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted July 10, 2013 Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 Plecs everywhere! I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted July 10, 2013 Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 Really nice collection there David. I'm spending a lot of time in Ruakaka over summer, so might drop by sometime then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgustipated Posted July 10, 2013 Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 looks like you had a fun day! awesome bro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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