Abby Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 ok so after an entire month of building (and being screwed over for three weeks by the first builder) my 8 bay tank is finally here! My young girl Tamina died on friday and was replaced with a little ct i named louie. valentines day arrived and i picked spongebob up for my own valentines day gift so now i have: Dastan Nero Benny (whos eaten most of his tail and dorsal) Melvin (who destroyed his dorsal) Sponge Bob Fish Pants Louie The Tank: Some other pics to enjoy: Sponge Bob Fish Pants tail Loving the blue iridescent LOL Melvins beard upon putting these too in QT divided tank for both tail biting this is the face Melvin pulled at Benny LOL Louie Louie's tail varies from see through to aqua with black around the base Louies see through blurry tail louie top shot Ill post more later Enjoy!OH should mention: My bf will be putting an Eheim Classic 2215 on as soon as he replaces the impeller, so for the moment its got two aqua one (clear view 100, and a clear view 280) with an aqua one heater 100watt. Temp lighting is a two foot aqua one 18watt T8, it will have two led lights put in by my bf in two or three weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillieOrCory Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Looks very good! Hope you have great success with this tank. Looks very solid too! I saw that and thought; "I can breed a lot of killies in that!" :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 It looks great Abby! I would have it as a center-piece of a room, especially since it has two sides. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Looks very good! Hope you have great success with this tank. Looks very solid too! I saw that and thought; "I can breed a lot of killies in that!" LOL my partners setting up a reef tank and was like hrmmmm im like NOOOOOO -shakes head- lol Sarah, ita between a set of draws (clothing) and plastic draws (paperwork) but i woud love it as a display tank and it will be after my barracks are up ill put my pretty fishies in it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Looks great. Any chance of a photo from above? Trying to figure out layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 sure just let me pu out the step ladder lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Posted February 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 4 bays wide 2 bays deep and a filter/heater section at back: (Sorry ahead of time for blurry pics but my short no like high tank ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 (edited) Abby, the new tank looks great! I bet your boys are happy to have all that space and fresh filtered water! Edited February 15, 2011 by shadoh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Posted February 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 yeh they are having a blast. next pay I'll add gravel and more plants Melvin may get some sort of cave as he hides UNDER his java moss lol its funny to watch him squirm under the moss.All apart from nero he wasnt too happy in it so i returned him to his critter container. when the new filters on the 8bay ill put a filter on nero if hes happy as a pig in mud in the critter container then so be it. ill try him again in the big tank in a week or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Thanks. Looks really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Posted February 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Cheese likes to hide under the Java Moss too. It is pretty funny to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Posted February 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 ok so i rearranged the sponge bob into neros bay and put nero in the bay on the angle so he has an empty bay either side he seems happier there everyones happy now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 (edited) Are you going to card them? That will make the shy guy settle a bit. Edited February 15, 2011 by Busman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanagi Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 How does filtration work, does the water share between/under the dividers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Posted February 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 @ busman: Not carding im planting. Cant card the tank. Nero's not shy he was a little intimidated by them where he is now hes happy just to watch it all. When my barracks are built i'll spread them out a bit more maybe slip some ladies in the spare bays to mix it up a bit. @ Yan: Yes yan, currently the flows off two small filters, when the eheim is put on it the rain bar will be pointed down at the base of the dividers to push the water through..... i know your all going to ask what happens if one gets sick, they will all be treated as well. because they have all identical water conditions if one were to get some sort of sickness then id be doing preventive medicating on all other tanks due to they all get same food, water and everything. No more fish are entering the 8 bay for a few weeks, Ive bought some fish off kermadum, and the two males will stay seperate for a few weeks anyway until i know the filter can handle more fishies. the ladies will be split between the three remaining tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Cant card the tank. You could get like those plastic book sisplay covers, and cut them to size. Sometimes they float up a little, or a cheeky Betta pushes them away.. I just put a couple pebbles at the bottom. It works really well. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannonbjs Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Busman was thinking the same - how are you planning on Carding? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Posted February 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 i will defiantly look into carding them, but as stated (if i did state it) they only flare up for 20-t30 minutes when the lights are first turned on and then they ignore each other :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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