New river tank underway (updated)

KhuliKhilla · Post by **KhuliKhilla** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:44 am

now... hows the BIG new tank coming along?

Mad Duff · Post by **Mad Duff** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:26 am

KhuliKhilla wrote:now... hows the BIG new tank coming along?

So far its in position and the back is painted, I have got the hood to build but things should start moving along with that as of tomorrow because I can start adding water, I will keep you updated

avant · Post by **avant** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:17 am

Excellent river tank!

lf11casey · Post by **lf11casey** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:42 am

Very nice tank. I love the last fishie pic, it's really cool.

Ded1 · Post by **Ded1** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:51 pm

OMG. I could swear I heard one of your fishes singing that famous song
" Heaven...I am in Heaven...lalal lalalalalalaaaaaa "

BTW, who sings that anyway?

What about clowns...when those guys are getting in, or you have something else in plan for them?

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:56 pm

Ded1 wrote:What about clowns...when those guys are getting in, or you have something else in plan for them?

>>> http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=7781

Mad Duff · Post by **Mad Duff** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:17 am

Ded1 wrote:OMG. I could swear I heard one of your fishes singing that famous song
" Heaven...I am in Heaven...lalal lalalalalalaaaaaa "

What about clowns...when those guys are getting in, or you have something else in plan for them?

You could be right about heaven

they certainly seem to be enjoying the tank

The link that Graeme put up (thankyou Graeme) is the new home for the Clowns

Ded1 · Post by **Ded1** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:38 pm

Please dont shoot me ig this was asked and allready answered. if it is not secred, what was the final cost for your new tank? Tank and Technical stuff only?

Asking, because what you just created is my dream, so...

Martin Thoene · Post by **Martin Thoene** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:21 pm

Ded1 wrote:OMG. I could swear I heard one of your fishes singing that famous song
" Heaven...I am in Heaven...lalal lalalalalalaaaaaa " BTW, who sings that anyway?

"Cheek to Cheek" is a song written by Irving Berlin, and first performed by Fred Astaire in the movie Top Hat (1935).

The song is probably most famous for its opening lines, "Heaven, I'm in heaven, and my heart beats so that I can hardly speak..." and was featured in the Astaire-Rogers movie, soon becoming a standard sung by many other artists, including Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Eva Cassidy, Doris Day, Jane Monheit and Frank Sinatra.

The song, as sung by Astaire and Fitzgerald, is featured in the movie The English Patient. It is sung by Kenneth Branagh in Love's Labour's Lost. It is also shown being performed in The Green Mile and The Purple Rose of Cairo when Top Hat is being viewed.

Martin.

Mad Duff · Post by **Mad Duff** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:19 pm

Ded1 wrote:Please dont shoot me ig this was asked and allready answered. if it is not secred, what was the final cost for your new tank? Tank and Technical stuff only?

Asking, because what you just created is my dream, so...

No probs, I already had the tank, gravel, bogwood etc so all it cost me for was the powerheads which I got a deal on and they cost me £40 for the 3 with 6 filter cartridges, I used 4 lengths of pipe @ 70p a length and then there was the elbows, t-pieces and connecters which cost about £10 all in.

I did buy a large sack of Caledonian Cobbles from a local garden centre which cost £5 and the only other thing I puchased was a small fan to keep the tank cool which cost £4.99 which makes total cost £62.79.

I probably could have done it with out buying new powerheads but my old ones were getting on a bit and they are all different makes.

Ded1 · Post by **Ded1** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:38 am

Not expensive as I was expecting it will be. ( I mean the specific stuff you are mentioning ).

Well, you waited for your tank 10 years, and I started today with mine project, with a small but important decision.

I decided I can not say goodbye to my 5 Clowns, some of them are 4 years with me allready, and I am planing new tank, ONLY for them, for their needs and simulating their enviroment only.

The best I can do ( as room is concerned ) is 6,2 x 2 x 2. Comparing it with my 4 x 1.6 x 2 about 75gl now, sharing it with gouramis...I think it will be a very nice step forward in their lives.

Mad Duff - now you know that you are a true inspiration to someone about thousand miles away. This goes for entire loaches online team, with their great examples of how loaches deserve to be kept.

Now, I only need that lottery ticket,

Lucky me half of my clowns are juveniles and they dont mind waiting little longer at this time in 4 feet tank.
But you know what they say, "journey of 1000 miles, begins with one step "...and that step was my final decision not give my guys away, but to start planing new tank.

@Martin - incredibile

. Next time if I am going to have some question regarding music, I know who to ask

Martin Thoene · Post by **Martin Thoene** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:41 am

I can't take credit for those words, but I did know which song the lyrics were from

Martin.

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