The new tank

[sin]

This is the new home for my axies

My darling b/f landscaped it for me over new years and both of us and the little guys are impatiently waiting for it to cycle. We still have to do a bit of modifying with the filter so that the water flow isn't as strong but i thought I'd share what we've done so far. It's certainly going to be a change from the little 2 foot tank.

 

[rob]

looks really nice Sin

looks like a good sized tank too, plenty of room for ur axies...
i know what u mean about waiting for it to cycle

it took all my patients not to just put em in, but worth the wait......

 

[sin]

hehehe tell me about it, the first tank i did all wrong, this is the "we have learned" tank. Many thanks to everyone here for their wisdom on how to care for the little critters.

Patience is a virtue..... so is it cycled yet?

 

[charlotte]

wow that's a brilliant tank! what's the measurements? the landscaping is lovely.

where'd you get the tank?

how long does it take for a tank that size to cycle from scratch? hahaha sorry, all these questions.

 

[ron]

is it cycled yet? is it cycled yet? It had to be a large tank cause my 2 girls are rather "big boned" as Cartman would say

 

[sin]

it's 103cm x 46cm x 54cm and I got it from a store over at Underwood Charlotte. Ron and I aren't entirely sure how long it's going to take to cycle, we've been adding water from my little aquarium every so often to hopefully give it a kick start. We've both outgrown our small tanks so it's going to be very interesting on how all our kids fair together in one big one.

 

[rheann]

Oh it is very beautiful! Great job! Might I offer a suggestion? A nice colorful background! Hehe

. I think a solid blue would really bring out the colors. I'm starting to think I should have gotten a blue one rather than one with a picture on it because it is so dark, but oh well, silly me lol

.

 

[sin]

We've got a black (reverse side is a blue gradient) background we're going to stick to the back of the tank, i want to see how bad the condensation is when we put the chiller on the tank first before we put it on though. May have to get it laminated so it doesn't get ruined.

 

[hayley-jane]

It gorgeous, very natural

 

[dane]

That tank is pretty good

 

[theresa]

Wow, Nice JOb!! I like the tank without the background, makes it look even bigger... How many US gallons ?

 

[jojo]

Yeh, ive just put the background on my 2 foot too and it makes it look so much smaller. But it still looks better i reckon. I hate seeing my bare wall behind the tank. Much better having a background for taking photos too (the photos dont come out so light anymore, stupid peach walls LOL)

 

[jojo]

Oh an Vanessa - your tank is looking great! Thats an A1 axie home!