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Re: My new aquarium

Postby Jesper » Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:46 pm

And 20 minutes after the aquarium is where it belonges again.

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Re: My new aquarium

Postby Jesper » Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:58 pm

And today the modules and rocks are back in the tank.

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Re: My new aquarium

Postby Jesper » Sun Apr 27, 2008 2:03 pm

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Re: My new aquarium

Postby Jesper » Sun Apr 27, 2008 2:04 pm

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Re: My new aquarium

Postby Jesper » Sun Apr 27, 2008 2:06 pm

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Re: My new aquarium

Postby zappa » Fri May 02, 2008 12:45 am

what kind of fish your plannin to hold in the aquarium of the last pictures, stunningly beatifull :D
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Re: My new aquarium

Postby bald » Fri May 02, 2008 1:40 am

That is one nice tank! :D

Is the price of the tank it self a secret?

It looks a litle diffrent from my own 720ltr.
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Re: My new aquarium

Postby Jesper » Sun May 04, 2008 12:31 pm

The fish I´m planing to but in the is seven B. tricoti and teen C. pleurospilus "Kigoma"

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Re: My new aquarium

Postby Jesper » Sun May 04, 2008 12:33 pm

Some new pics of the tank with water in.

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Re: My new aquarium

Postby Jesper » Sun May 04, 2008 12:34 pm

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Re: My new aquarium

Postby stausholm » Mon May 05, 2008 5:34 am

very nice Jesper. I´m looking forward to see it irl. but what about the blue sponge ? are you covering it with sand ?

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Re: My new aquarium

Postby Jesper » Mon May 05, 2008 12:53 pm

Hi Allan !!!

Yes the blue spong is now covered with beach sand. I´ll post some new pics tonight,
the only things I have left to do is connect the sump and introduce the fish to there
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Re: My new aquarium

Postby Fazi64 » Tue May 06, 2008 4:03 pm

Jesper wrote:The fish I´m planing to but in the is seven B. tricoti and teen C. pleurospilus "Kigoma"

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Hi,
Oh my, my - they will have plenty of space in your tank, which is so impressive to me I have to look at everytime scrollin' onthrough CRC Forum pages :) :)
And by coincidence - there are C. pleurospilus Kigoma in my tank too (purchased last week 1+3) - great, small fish :) :)
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Re: My new aquarium

Postby Jesper » Mon May 12, 2008 2:46 pm

Yes they have plenty of space in the tank :D
Here is a pics. taken tonight the water is a bit
more clear now.

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Re: My new aquarium

Postby RED PRINCES » Mon May 12, 2008 5:24 pm

Jesper,

what lighting are you using ?
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Re: My new aquarium

Postby Jesper » Wed May 14, 2008 3:31 am

The lighting I´m using is three T5 80W JBL Ultra marine blue. Two T5 80w ultra marine Day.
Two TL8 58W Sylvania Gro lux and one TL8 58W Sylvania Aqua Star.
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Re: My new aquarium

Postby RED PRINCES » Wed May 14, 2008 8:31 am

Jesper wrote:The lighting I´m using is three T5 80W JBL Ultra marine blue. Two T5 80w ultra marine Day.
Two TL8 58W Sylvania Gro lux and one TL8 58W Sylvania Aqua Star.


are you using them all at the same time, ?
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Re: My new aquarium

Postby Jesper » Thu May 15, 2008 3:57 am

Some to make the green algae and some running in the evening and
the blueish at night (moonlight).
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Re: My new aquarium

Postby Jesper » Thu May 15, 2008 4:55 am

Last night I moved the Callochromis to there new home :D
And in about a week the B. tricoti will be moved to the tank to.
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Re: My new aquarium

Postby Jesper » Thu May 29, 2008 2:08 pm

At last my project is almost finish. The T5 ligtning is now installed with sunset and sunrising. The light is hanging
down from the ceiling in a steel cable.
Here is a pics. of the aquarium taken on a ladder.

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