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Post by murdock6701 on Mar 11, 2009 23:10:47 GMT -5
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Post by eve on Mar 11, 2009 23:23:13 GMT -5
John, what you did with your tank is just absolutely amazing and astounding it looks awesome
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Post by kagome on Mar 12, 2009 0:35:57 GMT -5
John, when I show my husband these pictures of your tank he is going to show up on your doorstep and want to move in with you. lol Lucky for you he is a good cook and carpenter with a great personality. I would suggest putting him to work in the barn. In all seriousness this is exactly the kind of rock caves he loves to build and this tank is just awesome! Did you buy the rock or find it?
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Post by demfish on Mar 12, 2009 8:30:36 GMT -5
Wow! John that looks great!! Ya did good!!
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Post by brenda on Mar 12, 2009 9:30:03 GMT -5
Looks awesome John!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Carl on Mar 12, 2009 9:52:03 GMT -5
Looks awesome John! I guess it is the engineer side of you showing off again (as you showed us with your summer pond last year) Here is the pond for those who may not have seen it (other pictures of this can be found on the members picture page, just follow the link there for more of John's pics) Carl
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Post by murdock6701 on Mar 12, 2009 10:38:00 GMT -5
Kagome - it's actually granite from my land - hand split by yours truly....boil the crap out of it and when it's still hot, whack it with a sledge hammer along the grain lines - the amish take binder twine and soak it in kerosene, then light the kerosene on fire and after it burns out, pour water on it and it splits! pretty cool huh? you can see the changes in this tank from the one it used to be in some of the older pics posted in my members pics - thank you for the compliments btw - maybe I should be a cave engineer while I'm laid off....LOL! thank you all for your kind words - did you all also notice the abscense of the labs in these pics? guess where they are? IN THE FREAKIN' CAVES!
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Post by babygeige on Mar 12, 2009 10:56:10 GMT -5
That looks awesome John! Very nice!
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Post by jonv on Mar 12, 2009 13:16:52 GMT -5
That's some good work you did there John, and should work out well to reduce exertiveness from the males. I picked up a group of F1 yellows last night, and I will wait for some males to emerge out of that group and cross them with the females I have growing out of my 75. It wouldn't be too much trouble at all for me to pass you some extra females either. Easy way to avoid any sexing questions, I'll just wait for someone to spawn so there is no doubt!
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Post by goldenpuon on Mar 12, 2009 15:23:57 GMT -5
Very very nice John. How much work you did really shows your how devoted you are to your fish. I love the granite in your tank. It looks like it was done by a professional. It also makes your tank look a lot more natural. Congrats!
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Post by bikeguy33 on Mar 12, 2009 16:15:33 GMT -5
hey johnny.....tank looks awesome. while ya have the time off....why don`t ya drive the tractor down here and redo my tank for me.....yer way better at that then me....nice work my friend.....
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Post by bikeguy33 on Mar 12, 2009 16:16:38 GMT -5
btw....what an odd footprint on that tank.....it looks WAY bigger than a 20 gallon....
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Post by murdock6701 on Mar 12, 2009 16:28:07 GMT -5
I tink it's a shallow 29 gallon prototype that's only a foot deep - it measures 30" long x 14" deep x 12" tall - made the top myself - it was part of all that freebie stuff I got a while back
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Post by eve on Mar 12, 2009 16:43:49 GMT -5
I tink it's a shallow 29 gallon prototype that's only a foot deep - it measures 30" long x 14" deep x 12" tall - made the top myself - it was part of all that freebie stuff I got a while back which makes it a 21.81 us gallon tank ;D
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Post by murdock6701 on Mar 12, 2009 17:31:14 GMT -5
thank you Professor Eve - calling it a 20 was close enough for me....LOL! I did the numbers too - why don't they make tanks w/ nice even numbered sizes? anyway, I am really happy w/ the way it turned out myself - the patience to do it came from reading and learning about them before I got them – what they actually needed I realized after I got them! was happy w/ the job I did but was bummed until today that all they did was hide in their new environment – I came home today w/ a pair of powder blue dwarf gouramis and put them in there – within an hour, everyone came out of hiding and there seems to be both beauty and harmony at last in the tank – keeping my fingers crossed
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Post by bikeguy33 on Mar 12, 2009 17:35:02 GMT -5
way to go John.....who woulda thought it was such a simple fix....congrats and i hope the harmony remains...
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Post by kagome on Mar 13, 2009 22:07:51 GMT -5
That's awesome that you could find the rock on your own property and then split it yourself. You are such a mountain man! Sadly, here in Florida you can only find pebbles and so if you want big pieces of rock you have to buy them. It drives my husband nuts because he used to live in Virginia so when he wanted to build rock caves for his aquariums he just walked around and picked up stray rocks and gave them a good home.
I just love this tank!
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Post by murdock6701 on Mar 13, 2009 22:34:30 GMT -5
That's awesome that you could find the rock on your own property and then split it yourself. You are such a mountain man! Sadly, here in Florida you can only find pebbles and so if you want big pieces of rock you have to buy them. It drives my husband nuts because he used to live in Virginia so when he wanted to build rock caves for his aquariums he just walked around and picked up stray rocks and gave them a good home. I just love this tank! Thanks Kagome - I'm pretty resourceful and could easily live off the land - my Dad always said I was born 100 years too late - thanks for the compliments - I'm really proud of it - the contrast between the yellow labs and the powder blue gouramis is phenominal! just the touch it needed without worrying about aggression!
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Post by eve on Mar 13, 2009 23:19:29 GMT -5
more pictures pelase
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Post by kagome on Mar 13, 2009 23:22:18 GMT -5
my Dad always said I was born 100 years too late That's funny, I always say that about my husband! He's a big burly thing, 6'2" and well over 200lb. He would have made an excellent frontiersman. I bet you would have, too. I used to have the powder blue gouramis and they really are gorgeous. It's great that you've such enjoyable contrast in there now.
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