Things to do when its raining

[flexo]

So with all the rain around and no bimini on the boat, all the reels serviced ,all lures with new trebbles, soft plastics sorted reels spooled , what now???. I know lets change the fish tank layout. Now the average fish tank to clean and do a water change takes 1/2 maybe 1 hour 2 hours if you clean the filters, My tank takes 3-4 hours to do a water change 2-3 hours to clean the gravel 1-1.5 hours to clean the filter and countless hours arranging rocks cleaning glass ect.This time however I decided to go the hole hog and remove every thing except the fish and the gravel.as no to stress the fish 2 much I did this over 2 week ends

The first weekend remove 100+kg of rocks and wood clean gravel through filter as not to lose water. replace some rocks for fish to hide in clean filter and rocks leave for a week .

The next week end 500ltr water change replace rocks and wood add a few of plastic plants and this is what you get.

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[adambris]

is that an 8x2x2 ?

[fishingnut]

awesome setup there flexo, all malawi by the looks? my fav out of the three

[shortie]

think its a 12 footer Adam

[flexo]

12 x30"x28"

[adambris]

bloody hell puts my 4 footer to shame!

and mine definatly isnt that pretty at the moment!

how many litres is that?

adam

[Little Grey Men]

That's a really beautiful setup mate I've got a tank full of cichlids...on rainy days I tie a length of sewing cotton to a drinking straw and tie tiny bits of raw chicken to the other end. Real finesse fishing..they actually go pretty hard for little squirts !!!

[flexo]

last guess was 2800 including the sump give or take never figured it out.

[adambris]

BCC must love you every quarter when the bills come through.

[mongrel jack]

Little Grey Men wrote:

That's a really beautiful setup mate I've got a tank full of cichlids...on rainy days I tie a length of sewing cotton to a drinking straw and tie tiny bits of raw chicken to the other end. Real finesse fishing..they actually go pretty hard for little squirts !!!

Hahaha - love it - I would do the same. Sweet setup Flexo.

Cheers.

[Mack_attack]

flexo wrote:

12 x30"x28"

(12x12x2.54)x(30x2.54)x(28x2.54)

=about 1980L

[adambris]

ill take ur word for it :laugh:

[mick fillet]

whoo-aaa thats huge. nice set set up looks the goods flexo.I like it alot!

[flexo]

Mack_attack wrote:

flexo wrote:

12 x30"x28"

(12x12x2.54)x(30x2.54)x(28x2.54)

=about 1980L

+ 4x2x2 sump.

[jeff f]

need a spangled perch in there

[Do$tylz]

or a jack...

man that's a big tank. I've seen some tanks at that size that are marine and they're intense.....c'mon.. you know you want to

[tomca]

jacks can live in fresh tanks just fine Henry. Just need to reduce the salinity gradually by way of small water changes. If I didn't have my red devil, I'd get a jack off that bloke from forest mistake...oops, I mean lake

[Davo_Dinkum]

that's a mega nice look tank .

looks like the one's at the shows or the ekka .

i thought 6 footers look big 12 foot that's massive.

i don't know if its cause of the fish tank activity on here or cause i my daughters fan tails here .

but i got off my lazy ass today and clean and cut all the sealer out of my tank to reseal it .

i showed the mrs the pics ,she said no i can't have 1 .

i didn't even ask.

mind readers hey .

[flexo]

More than welcome to come over and drink beer and look Davo

[ellicat]

Some serious setup there mate. Very impressive. :woohoo:

[Kenshin]

iv kept many kinds of fish and reptiles over the past 6+ years iv never had the pleasure of owning a tank that big that b@stard would be heavy! has the kind of size you would ask of a proper native setup ither that or a nice tankbuster to munch up all ur exess cichlid fry

[elops]

very nice setup mate looks great.

Would be a fantastic native tank, less upkeep to, but I am a bit biased

[Milan]

That is one awesome fish tank man. I take my hat off to you.

Must take up alot of your time every week to keep that kicking along nicely.