River tank *Picture heavy*

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River tank *Picture heavy*

Post by Ashleigh » Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:44 pm

Well tonight I finally decided to stop being so lazy and do the river tank that I had been planning to do for some time. Proir to this I just had an old 4ft with a couple of good strong internals, not much effort put into decor or such.
Theres still a bit to do mind, the internals will eventaully be swapped for powerheads, but they are an online order only :roll:

So here is the final product of an evenings hard work :lol:

The tank itself is 50 us gallons, home to a shoal of Puntius denisonii, various Sinibotia and numerous Acanthocobitis botia , theres a few unidentified Schistura mixed in somewere as well.

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The only stock I could get pictures of was the Acanthocobitis botia , two of which started to act most odd, not to sure if its a dominance disagreement or what as one of the involved was my (what I think is) largest female who has always been some what fiesty with the others.
So these two turned the most intense red (camera did not pick it up as strongly as it was), around the barble/mouth area, pectorals, dorsal and tail. Be haviour was most odd :? nipping at the dorsal and chasing in very tight circles. Anyway pictures :mrgreen:

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Bright red barbles
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The two acting up (excuse that awful water mark!)
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Just need to wait on those plants filling out a bit now..... :D


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Post by andyroo » Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:46 pm

Lovely.
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Post by Ashleigh » Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:49 pm

Photobucket... only beacuse the other half has it, to lazy to set up my own :lol: Its pretty quick in uploading, nice and easy to arrange pictures into folders etc :D

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Post by daspricey » Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:58 pm

Nice pics!!!! Wonderful tank!

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Post by mickthefish » Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:32 pm

Ashleigh, i think your acantho's are rubidipinnis,
count the dorsal rays if theirs 14 then they are.
btw it's gonna look good when it's settled and the waters cleared, nice job.

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Post by Jim Powers » Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:56 pm

Beautiful tank!!!
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Post by starsplitter7 » Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:11 pm

They have the most innocent looks on their faces. :)

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Post by chefkeith » Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:47 am

That's a very nice layout. Nice looking fish too.

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Post by Lakeland Loach Lover » Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:27 am

You could run an excellent 'guess the caption' competition, especially with the last photo!

Looks fantastic :D

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Post by Ashleigh » Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:03 am

Thanks guys. Just waiting on it filling out... long as the loaches don't dig up the plants first :roll: :lol:
mickthefish wrote:Ashleigh, i think your acantho's are rubidipinnis,
count the dorsal rays if theirs 14 then they are.
mick
That had crossed my mind a while back :? ... don't think we came to any conclusion over it. Il have a count later and see, not to bothered either way... nice little loaches :D



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Post by mickthefish » Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:22 am

where did you get them from?, if it was Neils then they are rubi's.


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Post by Emma Turner » Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:56 am

Your hard work paid off Ash, the tank looks great! 8) There have been shipments of A. botia, A. rubidipinnis and A. urophthalmus doing the rounds over the past few months.

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Post by Ashleigh » Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:10 am

mickthefish wrote:where did you get them from?, if it was Neils then they are rubi's.


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Grosnver tropics in Northern Ireland :D £1.20 a piece, I couldn't resist :lol: . Mick you're right, just had a count of one of the old pic's; 14 rays, they are A. rubidipinnis.

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Thanks Emma :D fish seem to have settled in well, the Puntius denisonii are looking a heck more relaxed now and have coloured up nicely, seems a minimal look doesn't suit them :lol: :lol:

Emma, do you have any A. rubidipinnis in or Sinibotia still :?:


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Post by Emma Turner » Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:13 am

I think we may have a few A. rubidipinnis left, will have to check and let you know. Definitely still have plenty of Sinibotia in, I ordered a large number of them that last time. :wink:

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Post by Diana » Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:23 am

I like the rock layout. A little something for everyone: rounded rocks, layers of rock that make caves, sloped rock to re-direct the water flow...
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