Taking the plunge!

[flash.dan]

hello guys ivebeen very quiete as you may / may not have realised since cutie died but im picking up 2x mbus next wednesday with the intention of keepng one of them on as my own feel enough time has passed to start again im drilling a 6x2x2 for them tomorrow w a 10,000lph pump / sump they will live with a pleco and some blue acaras should be a amazing setup w super filtration which the one i keep will be in for about a year or so then into my 10x3 with jags arro and rays

[LilGreenPuffer]

And you said you were going to quit fish!

[flash.dan]

i still might yet.... yesterday drained my tank to drill and paint it. all went well appart from today when i filled up the 25mm bulkheads let a slight amoutn of water through so i have just siliconed all of them in also. yesterday before i started at 7am i noticed my male suv had killed the female after 7 months of peice! great hey. i moved all my fish fine into 2x 180L containers with airfilters. this mornign i went out to get silicone all of them were fine returned. 2x jags jumped out my fireeel 24" eric died my stingray died im left with blue acaras and a plec great!

have a look at the tank anyway in the link below! its for sale now! 6x2x2 10,000lph sump pump solid pine lid / base which will be sanded and painted again. 4 foot strip lights 40kilos of eheim media 10m of jap mat £ 500.00 for the lot! 10x3x30acrylic for £1200 also! ill keep the suv in the 4 foot tank you saw in my daughters room decided to sell on the mbus just one of those days!

http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=2mc7ub7&s=3

[LilGreenPuffer]

Your fishkeeping life sort of keeps sucking these days. I'm sorry. Don't give up!

[flash.dan]

yea its gone downhill i know why the fish died whilst i was working yesterday mornign on the stand emilia put copper plated nails in one of the 180L containers think the fish died due to those being there. I had a fw choice words with emilia but whts done is done. ive put the tank on e bay now going to start up agin in a year or so for now ill keep my suv and a few crays

[LilGreenPuffer]

That's too bad. I'd be frustrated, too. Well, you'd better start back up!

[flash.dan]

yea i decided wo custom buld a 14 footer when we move. first thing is getting out new place sorted though have a look at the sale it has pictures of my pipework at the back so much care and plannign went into this tank after loosing my fav 2 fish i will stop for a while just so i can come back with a much better system.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :MESELX:IT

[flash.dan]

im on track for the new tank

slightly smaller due to Emilia buying a HUGE sofa! so its a 10x36x36 about 740 gal i think. ordered the acrylic pannels today although still havnt moved in my new house yet thats next weekend. hopefully the build will be complete by December. ive named my mbiu that ibve had for 3 weeks her name is Lola after the kinks song.... at the moment with a few senegal birchirs and 4 blue acaras and a 12" plec. the RTC 5" is in a seperate tank as thembu is a similar size to its mouth 1.5" ish. in a few weeks / 2 months i think they will cohabitate well

[doraemon]

Wow Dan checked out your tank and video...really nice handy work there, better than the ones you can buy in my opinion..if i ever need one that big you will have to build it for me hehe..How long did it take you to build the one for sale now?

[flash.dan]

took me one whole day to build the stand and hood and about two days to sand and varnish although that needs redo-ing. I sold it for a ruibbish £400.00 with lights sand the lot but with the on site build i cant take it with me....... got a 4x2 to keep my acaras and mbi in shes on 1.5" so times ticking hhahaha

[doraemon]

Cant wait to see