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Title: trying some pics on the 125 and 55
Post by: TrailerParkFishTanks on August 25, 2013, 10:08:28 PM
i like changing my rock work around on a fairly regular basis. this is my latest tinkering session.
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Post by: linuxrulesusa on August 25, 2013, 10:12:05 PM
Nice layout.
Title: Re: trying some pics on the 125 and 55
Post by: TrailerParkFishTanks on August 25, 2013, 10:17:07 PM
some more of the 125. im crappy with a camera but i am going to be playing around with settings and try to get some good ones.
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Post by: TrailerParkFishTanks on August 25, 2013, 10:35:22 PM
these i just thought were neat
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Post by: css merrimac on August 31, 2013, 06:15:10 PM
Good Pics. and decor. Nice set-ups.  8)
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Post by: Mission Man on August 31, 2013, 09:12:28 PM
Nice Pics !!!!

I see a lot of nice cover and great use of rock.

It has always amazed me how much weight in rocks you can put on a piece of glass (and that's on top of the weight of the substrate and water) !!!!

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Post by: LoveTheFishies on August 31, 2013, 10:07:53 PM
Those look great.  Mission Man mentioned the rock in a glass tank.  Question- does anyone out there put anything under the substrate or rock formations to act like a cushion?

Just wondering as I will be setting up a 195 in a few months and have quite a bit of holey rock and nice river rocks.
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Post by: Regalblue on September 01, 2013, 12:00:52 AM
Looks good Wayne

Dawn,  some people like to use eggcrate to lay across the bottom & cover with substrate.
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Post by: jcunningham0295 on September 01, 2013, 09:24:42 AM

Dawn,  some people like to use eggcrate to lay across the bottom & cover with substrate.

I use eggcrate in all my 6 ft tanks and then in my 4 ft tanks I am going to put heavy rock in.
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Post by: LoveTheFishies on September 01, 2013, 10:26:44 AM
Looks good Wayne

Dawn,  some people like to use eggcrate to lay across the bottom & cover with substrate.

I thought I read that at some point.  Just use the kind they have at WalMart or hobby store?

Thanks Blair and Josh. 
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Post by: Regalblue on September 01, 2013, 12:46:40 PM
Looks good Wayne

Dawn,  some people like to use eggcrate to lay across the bottom & cover with substrate.

I thought I read that at some point.  Just use the kind they have at WalMart or hobby store?

Thanks Blair and Josh. 
Lowes or Home Depot
Title: Re: trying some pics on the 125 and 55
Post by: LoveTheFishies on September 01, 2013, 03:04:02 PM
Looks good Wayne

Dawn,  some people like to use eggcrate to lay across the bottom & cover with substrate.

I thought I read that at some point.  Just use the kind they have at WalMart or hobby store?

Thanks Blair and Josh. 


Lowes or Home Depot

I looked it up online and found what "egg crate" you were talking about.  Found some at Menards today.
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Post by: Frenchie on October 02, 2013, 06:03:53 PM
Nice pictures of your tanks.
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Post by: TrailerParkFishTanks on December 04, 2013, 11:24:55 PM
I've tried so long to get my male fuelleborni to stay still enough for a pic. I had my cell phone with me tonight. I snapped a pic of one of the little tbar cichlids too(archocentrus sajica). The acei itungi photo bombed the third pic.
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Post by: TrailerParkFishTanks on December 04, 2013, 11:27:47 PM
I rearranged a bunch of times since I last took a pic of the aquascape but this is my most recent layout.

Left side then right side respectively
Title: Re: trying some pics on the 125 and 55
Post by: TrailerParkFishTanks on December 04, 2013, 11:34:24 PM
The green phantom pleco is doing well. He's not hiding as much as he used to and the common pleco is the weirdest dopiest fish I've ever kept.
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Post by: African cichlid Keeper on December 05, 2013, 10:37:52 AM
Nice cichlids.
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Post by: Steve on December 05, 2013, 12:42:13 PM
Looks good Wayne, that green phantom plec is really cool looking. Nice looking substrate too, is that tan sand with crushed coral/argonite bits in it or?
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Post by: TrailerParkFishTanks on December 05, 2013, 01:06:44 PM
Looks good Wayne, that green phantom plec is really cool looking. Nice looking substrate too, is that tan sand with crushed coral/argonite bits in it or?
Yep. Home depot playground sand and a bag of crushed coral I had.
Title: Re: trying some pics on the 125 and 55
Post by: TrailerParkFishTanks on April 06, 2014, 02:03:44 PM
Some more pics of the 55 "grow out" tank. Although bare bottom tanks are right for some situations like fish rooms and breeders, I personally prefer to decorate my stuff so its a little more aesthetically pleasing for me. I recently came across a tank for tear down and I sold most of the plants. What was left I threw in the grow out tank. Here's what I have going on...
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Post by: mpa on June 13, 2014, 10:49:44 PM
Nice tanks. Like the green pleco. I have a blue phantom and he never comes out. Think I have one pic of him.
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Post by: Big Dog on July 17, 2014, 01:08:02 PM
Nice looking fish. :)