Sploke's Tanks
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Wow, Sploke those are great shots of the pond...love the frog on the back on the turtle....and great tanks also...
Hey man, you certainly have some nice tanks!
The aptly-named betta jungle looks well, the betta seems active (?) and it's certainly planted to the brim. How did you get over crowding issues with a ten gallon? also, were the plastic/glass deco's a random addition, or is there some sort of deeper purpose, like betta entertainment?
I really am impressed (as whenever i see it) with the amazon biotope tank. No hatchett pics though? do they zip around too much? also, how do the cories get along with the otos?
The cichlid tank is nice, very open design, like a river shelf area. is that driftwood still floating?
Oh man, the pond....
thats another masterpiece, btw, how deep is it for it to be 1,000 gallons?
Also, i was wondering if having it close to the house helps in the winter with ice and temps. do you have gutters? just occured to me as i was typing that the pond seems to be right under the roof lip, if there was one.
anyways, kudos on the production!
B.W.
The aptly-named betta jungle looks well, the betta seems active (?) and it's certainly planted to the brim. How did you get over crowding issues with a ten gallon? also, were the plastic/glass deco's a random addition, or is there some sort of deeper purpose, like betta entertainment?
I really am impressed (as whenever i see it) with the amazon biotope tank. No hatchett pics though? do they zip around too much? also, how do the cories get along with the otos?
The cichlid tank is nice, very open design, like a river shelf area. is that driftwood still floating?
Oh man, the pond....
thats another masterpiece, btw, how deep is it for it to be 1,000 gallons?
Also, i was wondering if having it close to the house helps in the winter with ice and temps. do you have gutters? just occured to me as i was typing that the pond seems to be right under the roof lip, if there was one.
anyways, kudos on the production!
B.W.
Ok more recent pics. There have been some changes since the last ones.
Full tank shots of 55 Reef:
10gal planted - our betta died of some fin-rot type stuff, we tried for several weeks to beat it but were unable. He was replaced by a dwarf gourami several months ago.
The 5gal has been turned into the home for a new betta. He also had some fin issues but they got straightened out. They're not as nice as when we first got him, but at least he's healthy.
Sweet moss balls this is a piece of one I chopped up to try and "frag" it...we'll see how it does.
Everyone's favorite - the mudskipper tank - this is getting upgraded to a 75 i the near future...I have the setup, just need to build the place its going.
55 - had some issues here as well. I had two old fluval canisters running this tank. One of them, a 203, died after a water change and I never caught it. There was a post about it...I lost several angels, all the tiger barbs, the flying fox, pretty much everything. Now, I have the remaining 2 black neons, one angel, and about 5-6 assorted cories, and a bamboo shrimp. Plus a whole heck of a lot of plants, about half of which came from Mgamer,
A few pics of the new blue neon gobies that just went into the sw QT tank:
The 30gal amazon tank - well, the hatchets didn't last long. One died in the tank and I lost the rest to carpet surfing incidents. I thought I had the tank covered, but I guess not well enough. Now, inhabitants are 2m/2f rams (when they pair off, one pair will be moving into the 55), 8 rummynose, about 5 otos. The cories were all moved into the 55 as well. This tank is hard to take pics of, the light is awful.
Then, on to the big guys. 150 is running well - 1 oscar, pair of gold severums, 1 Paratilapia sp. "small spot", 6 silver dollars, 7 pictus cats and a gold nugget pleco.
No new pics of the pond as of yet, but coming soon.
Full tank shots of 55 Reef:
10gal planted - our betta died of some fin-rot type stuff, we tried for several weeks to beat it but were unable. He was replaced by a dwarf gourami several months ago.
The 5gal has been turned into the home for a new betta. He also had some fin issues but they got straightened out. They're not as nice as when we first got him, but at least he's healthy.
Sweet moss balls this is a piece of one I chopped up to try and "frag" it...we'll see how it does.
Everyone's favorite - the mudskipper tank - this is getting upgraded to a 75 i the near future...I have the setup, just need to build the place its going.
55 - had some issues here as well. I had two old fluval canisters running this tank. One of them, a 203, died after a water change and I never caught it. There was a post about it...I lost several angels, all the tiger barbs, the flying fox, pretty much everything. Now, I have the remaining 2 black neons, one angel, and about 5-6 assorted cories, and a bamboo shrimp. Plus a whole heck of a lot of plants, about half of which came from Mgamer,
A few pics of the new blue neon gobies that just went into the sw QT tank:
The 30gal amazon tank - well, the hatchets didn't last long. One died in the tank and I lost the rest to carpet surfing incidents. I thought I had the tank covered, but I guess not well enough. Now, inhabitants are 2m/2f rams (when they pair off, one pair will be moving into the 55), 8 rummynose, about 5 otos. The cories were all moved into the 55 as well. This tank is hard to take pics of, the light is awful.
Then, on to the big guys. 150 is running well - 1 oscar, pair of gold severums, 1 Paratilapia sp. "small spot", 6 silver dollars, 7 pictus cats and a gold nugget pleco.
No new pics of the pond as of yet, but coming soon.
