westy1 Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 Gidday all,Dave at Hollywood fish farm has finished aquascaping his new showtank,ready to put the front glass on,700cm deep x 5' long.Anyone wanting aquascaping ideas,check it out,looks very cool. .No wall,islands,coves,grottos,bridges,overflow hidden by rock.as will be the streams,gonna emulate this on the next tank,especially building up your rock formation prior glueing on the front glass.Dave has used a coral sand/cement mix to fix the coral rocks.Off to the barrier reef to see how nature does it,cheers Westy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 Off to the barrier reef to see how nature does it lucky bugger....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifty Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 I saw the tank last week, really like the aquascaping lots of open space and also lots of room for corals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puttputt Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 sure makes it easy without the front on, saw it last week, and does look very good, hope he backs up the aquascaping with good stock. Don't think I'd be confident enough on my next big tank to leave the front off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 Seen the tank last week, pretty interesting. Looks good. I understand he is getting Deltec skimmer, tunze streams, chiller and 2-3 250w halides.Delltec calcium reactor. so i think he has all the good gear to keep good stock so we might see a few acros also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeBlog Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 Where are the pictures!!! I want to see this "awesome" aquascape too!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzza Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Pics would be good as it is a bit of a trip for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 went out of my way this morning for a look , arrived at 9.37am THEY OPEN AT 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzza Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Well put. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westy1 Posted August 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Must remember the camera next time i need salt,thanks for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 just winding. I don't know many people who take cameras to the LFS with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmatix Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Yeah its looking really sharp, gonna have to strip the reef at work down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Which HFF? Mt Roskill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossco Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Hey Ben, I'll do ya a favour and look after the Rose BTA for ya while you are doin it. You should get at least a 1/4 back... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Rossco How do you like this one? Snapped in Fiji last month. Seriously wanted to bring it home with me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petplanet Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 just winding. I don't know many people who take cameras to the LFS with them. Went into a big fish shop in Melbourne a few years ago and there were signs everywere warning that the use of cameras and recording devices was banned in the store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie extreme Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 glad dave listened to somebody's advise regarding aquascaping his new show tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossco Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Skippy - looks radioactive! Must have all the right additives to the tank :lol: Why don't we all pitch in together and bring back a planeload? :-? Even just a chilly bin full.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 When I went to Sydney 14 years ago, I took in my Vid. cam, introduced myself and asked if I could film. "No sweat mate, go for it" All you have to do is ask. Different when I filmed in the Sydney airport tho. Didn't like those little machine guns one little bit. Very short film, for obvious reasons there. Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Rossco It was all I could do to stop myself stuffing it in my BC pocket and bringing it home with me. The corals over there were awesome. Could easily filled half a plane back with me. Some of the other anenome's I saw were simply massive - like 6ft x 4ft. And on one dive it was wall to wall fungia's - they were everywhere and all sorts of colours. Just stunning Mind you, if we all picked a couple up and brought them home with us when we were on holiday (assuming we were actually allowed to ) then it wouldn't be too long before the reefs were trashed and there would be no place to dive on holidays and be blown away. As much as I would like to bring stuff home - I think I prefer them where they are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeBlog Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Went into a big fish shop in Melbourne a few years ago and there were signs everywere warning that the use of cameras and recording devices was banned in the store. I've taken pictures/video in stores all over the world, including Melbourne. Just as Alan said, all you have to do is ask politely and let them know what you want to do with it. I tell them to share with my mates and possibly post on my local forum. Every time they've been stoked to get a bit of free advertising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevan Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 for out of towner's excuse pore quality but did it in lunch break Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Cool! Cheers Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeBlog Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Thanks heaps for the pictures! It does look quite good. With the pillar design, it always look MUCH better in person as well since it is almost impossible to get the depth it creates in a 2D picture. Looking forward to seeing some pictures of it all stocked up!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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