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Hi Everyone,
I am new here :) I keep several tanks of Africans:
265 gallon tank with a breeding colony of C. Gibberosa Kapmapa
125 gallon community tank with brevis, compressiceps & cyprichromis
55 gallon grow out tank for kapampa juvies
20L nursery tank for cyp & kapampa fry
And a couple other small fry tanks & a turtle tank.
I hope you all like pictures as much as I do ;) Here's a few pics, I hope you like...
265G Kapmapa Tank
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc158/ts13b41/eNoFlashWCKaps002.jpg
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc158/ts13b41/Pa190019.jpg
My alpha male
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc158/ts13b41/e-AdultKapampa003.jpg
Couple of the females
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc158/ts13b41/NightimeKaps006.jpg
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc158/ts13b41/e-AdultKapampa014.jpg
125G Tanganyika Community Tank (just put that in the wall last summer)
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc158/ts13b41/BasementBuildoutUpdate7-23-08002.jpg
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc158/ts13b41/MorePictures008.jpg
My orange fin comps (QTY 6)
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc158/ts13b41/Compressiceps015.jpg
My cyps (QTY 20)
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc158/ts13b41/MorePics028.jpg
My brevis (QTY 6)
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc158/ts13b41/MiscellaneousPictures073.jpg
jackiomy
03-05-2009, 4:02 PM
I love your back yard! And the fish are really cool.
tetramoon13
03-05-2009, 4:24 PM
wow!! sweet room and tank setup!! very nice.
7620le
03-05-2009, 4:49 PM
wow awesome tanks...
nd the ping pong table =)
june2000
03-05-2009, 5:20 PM
Very Nice tanks!!! Especially in wall 125G. That is our dream setup. Large in wall tank. :)
I love your back yard! And the fish are really cool.
LOL - thank you.
:D
wow!! sweet room and tank setup!! very nice.
Thank you :) We just finnished it last summer/fall. We have been enjoying it.
wow awesome tanks...
nd the ping pong table =)
Me and my 16 YR old daughter have put it to good use. She now defeats her old man regularily (without any help). We got it off Craig's list for a steal last summer: a college kid home on summer break won it in a Wii ping pong tourneyment as first prize. Of course he didn't care for the real thing and he sold it to us... brand new, in the box, unopened.
Very Nice tanks!!! Especially in wall 125G. That is our dream setup. Large in wall tank. :)
Thank you. That thing leaked a few months after we put it in the wall :eek: We almost didn't set it back up and seriously thought about patching the wall. I resiliconed it and put it back in service around Christmas time (glad we stuck with it).
Thanks again for all the kind words :)
Stunners ! The fish and the tanks - love the cyps.
Welcome to AC & see you in the rift lake forum :)
rich311k
03-05-2009, 6:15 PM
Beautiful tanks and fish!
Death Pony
03-05-2009, 6:49 PM
The fronts look amazing! Nice tanks.
Reframer
03-05-2009, 7:16 PM
Sweet! You have really nice tanks and they are just the right size for your beautiful home. Some people get addicted to more and more tanks and then I think the beauty is lossed, especially if the rest of your home looks like a disaster.
jm1212
03-05-2009, 7:35 PM
cool frontosas
huffmagx
03-05-2009, 11:34 PM
Stunning tanks and fish! Makes me want a bigger tank.... whats that you say I have tank envy? Yup.
ProAquatics
03-05-2009, 11:36 PM
:welcome:
nice fronts and leps
Egress
03-06-2009, 1:38 AM
Do you ever catch the Frontosa watching you play table tennis, turning their heads left and right, left and right? :)
smoochxoxo
03-06-2009, 6:11 PM
everything looks wonderful! How the heck do you clean out a tank in the wall???
Mgamer20o0
03-07-2009, 12:33 AM
very clean very nice looking
Rbishop
03-07-2009, 7:43 AM
Terrific looking tanks!
ChrisK
03-07-2009, 7:46 AM
Awesome tanks, love your fronts. :welcome: to AC
Hurley
03-07-2009, 8:25 AM
Excellent setups!
Do you ever catch the Frontosa watching you play table tennis, turning their heads left and right, left and right? :)
Our games of ping pong are too intense for the frontosa to watch - it stress them out. They also root for my daughter too much :)
everything looks wonderful! How the heck do you clean out a tank in the wall???
Here's some construction photos. I do most maint (water changes & filter cleanings) from the back side. I have a swinging hinge that allows access to the front/finished side and that is where I do my feedings and algae cleaning duties.
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc158/ts13b41/Rearoffishtankwall.jpg
I have piano hinges on the left & right sides and a hinge in the middle that locks the access door in place.
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc158/ts13b41/SwingingPanel-06.jpg
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc158/ts13b41/SwingingPanel-05.jpg
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc158/ts13b41/SwingingPanel-04.jpg
I made a rollout section for the canister filter, on casters, so I can roll it out when it is time for a cleaning. I also use a HOB filter which is easy to maintain from the back side.
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc158/ts13b41/e-Wednesday2-28-08006.jpg
very clean very nice looking
Terrific looking tanks!
Awesome tanks, love your fronts. :welcome: to AC
Excellent setups!
Thank you for the kind words. You all have a very nice site (AC) here. I have enjoyed looking at the different forums and the AC community has been very helpful with some questions I have had. Thank you :)