Hows my tank looking?

smithrc · Post by **smithrc** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:46 pm

As the topic says...

This is my Zebza tank as it is at the moment (with columbian zebras at the moment too)

Any tips for improvement?

NeoCult · Post by **NeoCult** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:45 pm

looks good to me m8

jerms55555 · Post by **jerms55555** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:42 am

Looks great!!!! Any pics of the zebbs???? I noticed that the powerheads are on both sides......maybe you should put them all on one side...so it forms that river ......JMO

smithrc · Post by **smithrc** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:26 pm

jerms55555 wrote:Looks great!!!! Any pics of the zebbs???? I noticed that the powerheads are on both sides......maybe you should put them all on one side...so it forms that river ......JMO

I wanted one low down to keep the water moving - and cant fit the both at the same end if i do that - i tried laying them both down but it looked wrong

The zeba are in the 3rd piccy - Colombian Zebs at the moment

Shell231 · Post by **Shell231** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 6:11 pm

I love the way u have the little caves arranged well done mate!

Will u be puttin zebs in there?

Shell231 · Post by **Shell231** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 6:12 pm

Sorry, didn't read up!! you are puttin zebs in there.

I dont really know how you could improve that looks FAB!

smithrc · Post by **smithrc** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 6:36 pm

the smaller slate cave only went in there yesturday (just before the piccys were taken... someone has move in already

water change at the weekend and see if we get fry in there

Shell231 · Post by **Shell231** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 6:44 pm

Do water changes trigger spawns then?

Des · Post by **Des** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:58 pm

Hi Smithrc,

Nice tank, just a couple of queries though.
All the heater thermostat leaflets that I have read recommend them not to be placed horizontally ????
Are your tubes capped at the back end , so that they can be removed with eggs/fry if required.
With one of your powerheads lower down, do you not find that the food circulates in the water rather than settle on the substrate?

Regards,
Des.

smithrc · Post by **smithrc** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 11:13 pm

I move the heater like that to avoid them sitting on it... havent come acros not having them horizontal (mind you i dont ever remember reading the instructions) I'll bung it next to the large filter on the left...

Hadn't consodered the food thing.. it gathers in areas and they pick at it there - i normally feed heavier food anyway but might change that now too...

McEve · Post by **McEve** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:13 am

It looks great!

I just came to think of a discussion I had a while back, about how the caves should be positioned according to the water flow - and if it made any difference.

After a while it seemed that a pattern arised, where some fish preferred a cave where the flow was comming from the side, others when it came straight into to opening, and others again - from behind.

Porbably just coincidence, as the research material was way to small to say if it means anything, but just in case - how about angling the caves differently according to the current, see which fish prefers which cave - which one does the dominant want? You'll get "good" and "bad" breeding spots/caves out of an experiment like that, could be the winner of the best cave got ready to utilize his find too

Des · Post by **Des** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 11:35 pm

Hi smithrc,

Regarding the heater thermostat, you could always buy a moulded heater /thermostat guard, to prevent the fish getting heater "burn".

Regards,
Des.

smithrc · Post by **smithrc** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 1:55 am

Des wrote:Hi smithrc,

Regarding the heater thermostat, you could always buy a moulded heater /thermostat guard, to prevent the fish getting heater "burn".

Regards,
Des.

Its in one so i'm not sure what i was thinking!!

smithrc · Post by **smithrc** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 12:09 am

Bump...

just a question of size... the tank is about 820mm long and about 350mm wide... (35us gallons)

there are 5x L129s in there at the moment... hopefully (fingers really crossed) we will be collecting 2 L046's on friday

will they be ok in the same tank (I've replaced all the tubes with slate caves (6 at the moment) I'll make some more during the week wor more places to hide and I'll ad some layering too.

will they be ok?

smithrc · Post by **smithrc** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 4:36 pm