wojo Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 (edited) I had a cichlid tank many years ago and decided that it was time for another. This may be over the top for some people but I had fun and the winter passed by fairly quickly. Their are 36 homes in this tank and was built in 34 modules. The reason for all the modules was so I could move them to my tank. The cabinet is made out of African Zebra wood. The tanks is 48 x 24 x 32 high. I run a FX5 to a reverse flow UG (made from pcv pipe). The UG is covered with Rift Lake substrate. I also run a Ehiem pro 3 and 2 powerheads. I like lots of flow and clean water. I made 2 shelfs in the tank, one for sand and the top for plants. I was hoping the plants up top would give it greater depth. The visual effect that I was hoping for was to have it look like an ancient ruins. Edited April 28, 2008 by wojo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 Sounds cool. What is the background made out of? Some bigger pics might help. Its hard to tell whats what from those thumbnails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
African_Fever Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 I saw this tank for myself a couple of weeks ago, and it's got to be one of the coolest projects I've ever seen. The 'background' is made of slate, all cut and glued together to give the appearance of almost being like an apartment building, with essentially different levels of 'rooms' all opening up into the middle. Very cool, and hopefully we can get some larger pics that will do this project justice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFISHGUY Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 Sounds cool but no pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFISHGUY Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 Pics work now , pretty cool . Does water flow through the modules? I just wonder about dead spots and cleaning. Great project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slough Shark Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 Looks very clean, cool idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharuq1 Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 I am really liking the slate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenDrake Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 Thats a really cool idea. Looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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