At last it's tank time

Ratvan · Nov 25, 2019 10:33:00 am

Quote from: Animal on Nov 25, 2019 10:11:33 am

Morning Ratvan me ole mucker ,how's things with you ,good to see a friend seems ages since been on here ,lol
Dave

Morning mate, tank looking good. Really like Percy. Things arent bad, need to sort a few things out and slowly trying the Mrs for a bigger Reef at home

Animal · Nov 25, 2019 10:40:49 am

Well I know that feeling , I had to redecorate to get mine ,lol
Worth it now though , got me tank and now I ignore her and sit round the tank

It's like the Wild West all I need now is a black coffee and a can of beans in the evenings ,

Maybe offer to do a bit of decorating or try the old ..... if I buy you this for xmas can I have a bigger tank ,if she says no then tell her it's the pound shop for her pressie this year , that might work ,

Dave

Ratvan · Nov 25, 2019 11:02:48 am

Yeah its just too many choices and not enough space for them at the minute

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/fish-tank-previously-from-maidenhead-aquatics/254431329235?hash=item3b3d49fbd3:g:5x8AAOSwPbdd2WiU very very temped

Animal · Nov 25, 2019 11:05:16 am

There's a Maidenhead aquatics in Windsor aparantly that is just for marine and is supposed to be one of the best around ,so that's my next trip out to see what that's like ,
Anyone been there ?
Dave

Animal · Nov 25, 2019 11:09:19 am

Yeah nice tank but don't say the size ,
Dave

Animal · Nov 25, 2019 11:10:06 am

What sort of size was you thinking or should I say hoping to get
Dave

Animal · Nov 25, 2019 11:26:42 am

Doug has woken up ,
So peaceful watching in the tank between them .
Dave

Ratvan · Nov 25, 2019 11:43:16 am

Quote from: Animal on Nov 25, 2019 11:10:06 am

What sort of size was you thinking or should I say hoping to get
Dave

I have space for a 5' tank, but there are a few "non Standard" options that I wouldn't mind trying, however not sure if I want to do a large reef now and worry about moving in next few years and just get something easy like a Boyu TL-450, or even a IM14 if i can find one (not charter house I hate that place)

Animal · Nov 25, 2019 12:07:46 pm

See what you mean ,it's quite a big upheaval to move a large reef tank ,time consuming,stressful not just for you and moving house but for tank inhabitants and their house to .
Think that's why I like the sort of size I got 180L .easy to maintain,easy to move if need be and don't need to have a massive tank as you know for it to look good ,
End of the day if you design you're tank right and be patient doing it a small tank can look just as stunning as a bigger tank if not better,all good things in small packages that's what the golden rule says ,
But we're all different,we all know what we want so good luck and have what you like ,I'm sure whatever you decide will look great
Dave

Animal · Nov 25, 2019 12:20:59 pm

Take mine for example , love it , the floating rocks were only supposed to be a trial idea just to see what it would look like , I love them , think it's added another dimension to the tank instead of just throwing in some live rock make a pile and hey presto you have a saltwater rockery .

No disrespect it works for some but I wanted that something different, some people probably look at mine and say nah don't like it , that's fine , it's my tank not yours and I love it .
Each to their own
I've found that individuallity makes the best tanks , (thank god for spell check on that one

) make it you're own ,don't copy someone else if you can and can't go wrong .
Dave

Animal · Nov 25, 2019 12:34:24 pm

I've seen a few torch corals that I like to be stuck to the floating rocks. was thinking of one of them being one large multi coloured torch rock. That's what I'm looking into at the moment , what different colours are available and making sure they would be ok put together as a mass without stinging the hell out of each other ,
Got a few mad ideas (love a challenge) so watch this space , coming soon to a screen near you , Dave's mad hatters floating rocks .

Dave

Animal · Nov 25, 2019 12:39:25 pm

Such a drama queen

Dave

Ratvan · Nov 25, 2019 1:10:08 pm

I might just start slowly buying stuff for my 15G Freshwater tank and convert that, just need a couple of wavemakers, rock, sand and water...so £300

Animal · Nov 25, 2019 6:20:31 pm

Thought I was going to lose Percy earlier,
He all of a sudden went mental , swimming back and forward totally flipping out swimming on his side and upside down a few times it was like a remake of top gun but using fish instead of a plane ,

Poor Doug shit himself and hid in the sand ,think it was more like took cover ,

I panicked at first didn't know what to think then me 15 years + keeping marines kicked in ,turned everything off and started doing water tests ,everything was coming up fine till got to ph that had dropped a little bit so added seachem four four ,and added some stability just for good measure. I've left everything off for about an hour then turned it all back on apart from lights , will turn them back on tomorrow,
Doing a 10 % water change in a bit .
He's calmed down now .
Dave

Animal · Nov 25, 2019 6:36:08 pm

Henry was ok he had a shell to tuck inside

Dave

At last it's tank time

At last it's tank time

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