A few of my tanks

Feb 14, 2012

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Alowishus

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75 - A. latifasciata & Pund. sp. "red flank"

125 - X. phytophagus

33L - Hap. sp. "blue obliquidens"

Comments and criticisms are welcome, of course (though criticism is more helpful ). Thanks for looking!

 

Feb 14, 2012

• #2

verbal

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Nice tanks.

I like the sand in your 125. What is it?

 

Feb 14, 2012

• #3

hotwingz

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Wow nice tanks!!! And ya i like that color a lot too!

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Feb 14, 2012

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Alowishus

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verbal said:

Nice tanks.

I like the sand in your 125. What is it?

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Thanks! It's natural red Repti-Sand. It was an experiment that didn't work out, I'm afraid - it was very fine and went anaerobic on me. I've since swapped it out for PFS.

 

Feb 14, 2012

• #5

Shane

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Here are some pics from Nawampasa, where Astatotilapia latifasciata hails from.
-Shane

 

Feb 14, 2012

• #6

Leffler817

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Great tank photos Ryan! 'Where's the fish?' JK Too bad the red sand didn't work out.

 

Feb 14, 2012

• #7

londonloco

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Very nice.....

 

Feb 15, 2012

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crazyclowntang

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really nice tanks!!!

 

Feb 15, 2012

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skanda

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Could you get the sand in black?

 

Feb 15, 2012

• #10

verbal

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skanda said:

Could you get the sand in black?

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There is Tahitian moon sand. It is pricey, but it is nice stuff.

I have heard of people using "Black Beauty" blasting grit as an aquarium sand.

 

Feb 15, 2012

• #11

minifoot77

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black 3m color quarts works good

 

Feb 16, 2012

• #12

mscichlid

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I'm digging the 75.

I don't think the black 3M quartz is made anymore. M. Barber used to have the hook-up.

 

Feb 16, 2012

• #13

hollyfish2000

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I really like the 75! That rock pile is gorgeous! The 125 looks bare to me, but then again, my tanks always are the antithesis of bare!

 

Feb 18, 2012

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Alowishus

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Yeah, the red sand really was a shame - I thought it was very close to that red dirt they've got over there. I had planned to make a Lake Kanyaboli tank, but the papyrus I wanted turned out to be very expensive. So I ended up just sticking a bunch of generic plastic plants in there.

It looks a bit bare to me in that picture, too, now that you mention it, Holly. The tank was brand new when I took that. I've since added a stand of jungle Vals.

Thanks to all for the kind words!