My 85 gallon Peacock tank (update 12-27-13)

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I'll just call it my mutant hap from now on.

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Some current pictures.

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A few more.

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And a few more.

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Added some more holy rock.  I was planning on adding some more and getting rid of the wood... but, I am not sure anymore.  I kind of like how it looks now.

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One more.

[linuxrulesusa]

Looking good.  Thanks for sharing the pics!

[LoveTheFishies]

Nice looking fish.  Nice aquascape too.

[Nick]

Thats a sweet looking piece of driftwood.

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Thats a sweet looking piece of driftwood.

Thanks

Its actually 3 large pieces and about 3-4 smaller pieces.  Its finally done leaching color into the tank too!

[LoveTheFishies]

Thats a sweet looking piece of driftwood.

Thanks

Its actually 3 large pieces and about 3-4 smaller pieces.  Its finally done leaching color into the tank too!

How long does the wood leach?  I soaked a large piece of mopani wood for about a week in a tub.(changed water every day)  It still is turning the water after  being in about a month.

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Every piece in there... I put in a large cooler and filled the cooler with boiling water.  IT would be BLACK in about an hour or so.  I would let it sit in that water until the next day and then do it again.  I did that 4-5 days with each piece of drift wood.

Even with doing that... for months afterwards after a week, my water would be significantly tea colored.  After the weekly water change, it would be good... but then a week later... tea colored.

I was REAL close to taking it out.  Now, 5 months later... at each weeks water changes, you can barely see the tea color.  I would say another month and it should be completely gone.

No clue how long it would have taken if I hadnt boiled it day after day after day.

[LoveTheFishies]

Every piece in there... I put in a large cooler and filled the cooler with boiling water.  IT would be BLACK in about an hour or so.  I would let it sit in that water until the next day and then do it again.  I did that 4-5 days with each piece of drift wood.

Even with doing that... for months afterwards after a week, my water would be significantly tea colored.  After the weekly water change, it would be good... but then a week later... tea colored.

I was REAL close to taking it out.  Now, 5 months later... at each weeks water changes, you can barely see the tea color.  I would say another month and it should be completely gone.



Thanks, I did take out some smaller pieces 2 weeks ago.  It's not turning as fast, but I still see the "tea" color after 4-5 days.  Will give it more time.

No clue how long it would have taken if I hadnt boiled it day after day after day.

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Here is the Blue Panaque that I got.  Very disappointed in the pictures, because they dont show the true blue color.  Its a neat steel blue to the fish.

But, it hasn't come out since the first day.   

So, here it is.  One picture with the flash off and one with the flash on.

I'll get a better picture on of these days.

[PaulineMi]

That's a nice looking pleco.  If it's anything like the Panaque maccus, clown pleco, you may not see it very often.