The new 1.6

[Henk Hugo]

Hey guys,

I recently got a new 1.6M tank (1.6X60X70) and we started setting it up today. we painted 3 sides and and replace the base board of the tank... add some potting soil and now we are busy washing 120kgs of river sand... yayness....

We plant on running 6x 80watt T5s ( still need to figure that one out) with a canister filter - i'll most prob take the Eheim Pro3e off the 2.5 as its only being used to polish the water....

will post some photos laters

[Zafgak]

Love to see the photos - I saw the tank before you started, and man that required SOME cleaning .........

[Henk Hugo]

yup yup - its got about a L of black PVA on it now :D

btw when are you coming over?

[speedz]

washing 120kgs of river sand???:push: nice knowing you:p


pics please

[Zafgak]

As soon as you have the tubes and ballasts for the 1.6 :) :)

[Henk Hugo]

hahahahaha - check veegals pm's :D

[Jaak]

Nice Henk, i'll have to come have a look. Where did you put it?

[Henk Hugo]

Next to the braai :D you must see the plant you gave me - doing really well :D

[veegal]

I can't wait to see the progress on the tank! I'm SO glad I'm not there while you are washing all that sand - ENJOY! :D

[Henk Hugo]

So here is the fish list for the 1.6 (650L)....

12X Clown loaches
20X cherry barbs
1X pair of Pearl gourami
20X Harlequin rasbora

I really want to add a school op leopard danios but we will see.... believe it or not but i have never kept them....

Plant wise i plan on these... but i might cut it down...

Cryptocoryne lucens
Cryptocoryne mioya
Cryptocoryne petchii
Cryptocoryne tonkinensis
Cryptocoryne undulatus
Cryptocoryne costata
Cryptocoryne blassii
Cryptocoryne balansae
Echinodorus tenellus
Diniplis diandra
Limnophila aromatica
Lindernia rotundifolia
Ludwigia brevipes
Ludwigia inclinata
Ludwigia arcuata
Ludwigia sp.(cuba)
Myriophyllum matogrossense
Nymphaea rubra
Nymphoides aquatica
Tiger lotus
Barclaya longifolia
Hemianthus callitrichoides
Proserpinaca palustris
Pogostemon helferi

[LiftCrazy*]

That's quite a selection of plants Henk, must have set you back some.
Please post some pics of the proress

[Henk Hugo]

yea it did - but well worth it - i'm going to build a temp light unit day and then go hunt for some 80watt ballasts

[Fish Fantasy]

All that sand washing is going to give you back ache, good luck Henk!

[Henk Hugo]

naw its all done... looks really good :D

[Fish Fantasy]

Ok so if you're done then we need some photo's soon!!! :)

[LiftCrazy*]

:D I feed a bad case Tourettes coming on... :p

[butcherman]

how about some pics?

[Zoom]

Didn't Henk once say somewhere that without photo there is no proof??

[veegal]

Didn't Henk once say somewhere that without photo there is no proof??

And your own words come back to haunt you Henk :D Best get those photo's taken :bigsmile:

[butcherman]

i once saw a post on a forumand i quote .... "this thread is useless with out pictures"

[veegal]

i once saw a post on a forumand i quote .... "this thread is useless with out pictures"

Anything you say can and will be used against you on TASA :D - And the evidence piles up - Get those photos up Henk :bigsmile::blink1:

[Fish Fantasy]

LOL!!! Ya Henk no pics this thread is useless! :)

[Henk Hugo]

yes yes yes vee - the moment gav has got the lights on :D

[LiftCrazy*]

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t208/LiftCrazy/addpics2.gif

[Henk Hugo]

hehehehehehehe - yes yes :D

I need to heat the water before i can put the crypts etc in....

[veegal]

yes yes yes vee - the moment gav has got the lights on :D

No no - don't blame us for this thread being useless :blink1: I'm working on it, keep your socks on buddy :bigsmile::D

[Henk Hugo]

hehehehehe - but i like blaming you :D

[Henk Hugo]

so the tank is planted up - took most of the day... got 6X 6500k 54watt Sylvania T5s going on there tonight.... bribed Veegal and Zafkak with dinner and wine :D

[speedz]

somehow we always trouble henk for pics haha

[stormbringer101]

because his pis are so cool.

mean pics .sorry

[veegal]

The lights are up Henk so where are those photos??? :D:D:D

[Henk Hugo]

oivey veegal - just give me a gap to wake up and upload them :D

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o34/henkhugo/IMG_1391.jpg

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This is a newly setup tank so the water is still a little milky and the plants need to obviously grow and settle in....

[speedz]

wow it looks very natural. What substrate are you using there?

[solex69]

A Barclaya Longifolia or two would break in the colour nicely. Have you planted a bulb or two already?

Oh, looks gr8 btw :)

Cheers
D

[Henk Hugo]

theres 7 BL in there Solex....

speedz i use rose and shrub mix as the base (due to its clay content) and then i cap it with river sand

[solex69]

gr8, can't wait to see this tank develop!

[Henk Hugo]

so i found 5 Odessa barbs today for R4.50 each at Panorama.... couldnt resist! so i bought the last 5 they had... 5 fish is a 650L tank with a seeded Eheim Pro3E.... over filtration? :D

for those that dont know what they look like here is a photo of the adult fish... mines stilll juvies...

http://www.tedsfishroom.com/wp/wp-content/gallery/asian-barbs/odessa_barb_m_mar8_07_001.jpg

[Jaak]

Nice setup Henk, i'll have to come have a look.

[SauRoN]

Nice Henk!

Now I don't feel so bad about my scratches.

[Henk Hugo]

some update photos of the 1.6....


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[f-fish]

Nice pictures well worth the wait .. tank looks great ..

[Henk Hugo]

ummmmmmmm - the last photso were posted a week ago... wtf

[f-fish]

Just got browsing in the forum .. so is not time to send some updates ?

[Henk Hugo]

you must be slow... i posted new ones tonight - the previous batch was uploaded a week ago.... read back in the thread

[Henk Hugo]

small update on the tank.

Added 10 Botia Striata, 10 Kryptopterus minor and 10 Puntius semifasciolatus.

Some photos of the aqua scape - i trimmed many of the stem plants back and replanted them - hence the short back ground plants

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o34/henkhugo/IMG_1513.jpg

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http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o34/henkhugo/IMG_1520.jpg

C. Tonkinensis

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o34/henkhugo/IMG_1522.jpg

roots in the substrate

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E. Tenilus runner

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o34/henkhugo/IMG_1538.jpg

[Zoom]

Henk..

I bow my head and tip my hat... that is an AWESOME planted set up.

Are you running CO2?

What is the grass stuff in the front?

While I'm messaging you... I am able to get (Osram) T5 24w Daylight spectrum from a local lighting shop. Are they any good? I'm currently running T8 Aquaglow (rubbish) I bought from lps.

[Henk Hugo]

The small one thats growing under teh substrate? thats Eleocharis parvula. No CO2....

Yea the osram daylights work great. they should be around 6000K

[veegal]

Lookin' good Henk :D

[Zoom]

The small one thats growing under teh substrate? thats Eleocharis parvula. No CO2....

Yea the osram daylights work great. they should be around 6000K

Yeah, the one that looks like grass.

OK cool... I seem to remember seeing 6000K in the catalogue. Can get them for R69.00. (Good price?)

[Henk Hugo]

yea thats a fair price... not a GREAT price but a fair price - i buy salvania 54watt T5s for R45 each

[Sean J]

Where do you buy them for that price Henk?

The tank is looking good man! Those B. Striata look fantastic. Not as rough as Pakistani Loaches.

[Henk Hugo]

i get them from Lamp House - each lamp house branch varies their prices on the landed cost of each shipment - so it goes up and down the whole time

[Ferryman]

there's a Lamp House just off Malboro road slagter...

[Sean J]

Thanks guys.

[Gareth]

that tanks looks awesome

[Henk Hugo]

thanks man :D

[johan008]

Great looking tank I wish my plants would grow like that
So when are we getting the latest update on how the tank looks

[Henk Hugo]

http://www.tropicalaquarium.co.za/showpost.php?p=15283&postcount=45

thats what i posted last night.....

[veegal]

http://www.tropicalaquarium.co.za/showpost.php?p=15283&postcount=45

thats what i posted last night.....

LoL Henk - this always happens when you update SO DON'T update until you are asked to :D:D:D:D

[Henk Hugo]

pondering that.....

[Ruan]

Eish, another dream tank!
Henk, you have skills!

[Gareth]

That Tanks looks seriously AWESOME!!!!!

[Henk Hugo]

glad you like

[High-wash]

seriously good where did you get the River sand cleaned or should i say how and what did you put underneath it ?

[Henk Hugo]

Thomas washed the 4 or 5 bag of river sand till 11pm at night :D

All i have underneather the river sand is a few bags of rose and shrub mix as it is a clay based soil.... just dont every dig in it or keep fish that dig

[Whipme]

Looking good Henk!
I have a question about your stock list though, you said not to keep fish that dig, but you've got Kuhlis in there...

And what happened to the Clowns? Or are you going to keep them with the Zebras?
As for the Harlequins, I've got 19 in a 3ft and they're awesome in a big group like that, but you could most likely put quite a few more in there and they'd school beautifully :)

I'd love to see how 10 Zebra loaches go on in a tank that size, I'm still planning on getting a 5ft sometime soon for my loaches.

[Henk Hugo]

yea the stock list... things changed :D Kuhlis dont dig - when i say dig i tank about fish like my Geophagus in my 2.5 tank - they move 500kgs of pool filter sand around in a day....

i have 25 odessa barbs in there, 10 zebras, the glass cats died :( 4 pearl gouramis, 20 kuhlis.... ummmmmmmmmm

[Whipme]

Wow, that sounds like an awesome setup! But yet you can't really see any fish in your photos. Are they camera shy?

Oh, diggers and movers, I suppose the Kuhlis would just kick up a bit of sand on the surface in that case. Mine have dug a trench on the one side of my tank where they swim round and round all day.

[Henk Hugo]

they are REALLY fast.... i'll try and grab some of the fish

[Henk Hugo]

Here's the plant list.... might have left one or 2 out....

Ammania senegalensis
Cryptocoryne balansae
Cryptocoryne blassii
Cryptocoryne retrospiralis
Cryptocoryne mioya
Cryptocoryne tonkinensis
Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia
Didiplis diandra
Echinodorus tenellus - micro sword
Ceratopteris thalicroides - Onion plant
Ludwigia arcuata
Ludwigia sp.(cuba)
Myriophyllum matogrossense red
Polygenum sp.
Aponogeton crispus
Nymphoides aquatica - Banana plant
Tiger lotus red
Hemianthus callitrichoides
Proserpinaca palustris
Pogostemon helferi

[Slojo]

Here's the plant list.... might have left one or 2 out....
Ceratopteris thalicroides - Onion plant
Nymphoides aquatica - Banana plant



:bigsmile:See my point here Henk.BUT it sounds like my Veggie Garden.LOL

Most of us have only one or two varieties,maybe three.
When i read the list i cannot even begin to imagine the plants.

Keep it up!
You might get us to start a heavily planted tank as well.(Oh i see another tank coming)

[Henk Hugo]

i'll start taking some photos - also go look at www.tropica.dk

[wito-zn]

Hows about an update. Really really jealous. You have natural talent at building the most beautiful tanks.

[slayer]

awsome tank.

[kathie]

Tank is looking awsomes dude. I see the plants are taking well.

[stripes]

Great looking tank!!Any chance we can get some runners or clippings from you?

[Henk Hugo]

sure stripes any time....

Heres a photo of i think the red tiger lotus....

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o34/henkhugo/IMG_2061.jpg

its got that flower and another thats just started to come out

[johan008]

so when are we getting a new full tank photo

[Henk Hugo]

the momenti clean the front glass :D

[Henk Hugo]

flower starting to open

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o34/henkhugo/IMG_2092.jpg

[ACE007]

That looks nice

[Henk Hugo]

yea i cant wait to see it in full bloom

[speedz]

looks promising

[Henk Hugo]

yea its sloooooooooooooooooooooooooowly opening atm

[PeeKay]

That looks amazing!

[Henk Hugo]

here we go guys... timed opening of the flower:

+-10H00
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+-12H00
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o34/henkhugo/IMG_2104.jpg

and at 13H40

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o34/henkhugo/IMG_2113.jpg

[speedz]

looks fantastic, could you please post a pic of the plant from the stem to out of the water. I would really like to see how tall it grows

[Henk Hugo]

wilco - its basically from breaking the surface to the top tippie of the flower like 10cm - its a tropical lilly

[corylyle1]

wow that's amazing!! please post a pic of what it looks like now.

[ACE007]

Sjoe daai lyk nou rerig nice!!

[Gaawie]

HOW do you scape like that? It blows my mind... Awesome tank Henk

[Gareth]

That looks awesome

[Henk Hugo]

wait for the 2.5 to be rescaped Gaaaaaaawie :D

[Gaawie]

Yessssss! I'm here with bated breath.

[Henk Hugo]

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o34/henkhugo/IMG_2118.jpg

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[Big G]

Wow Henk! That looks stunning! The colours are like wow! Just wish I had that kind of headspace above my tank for some of them! I'm currently trying to reply to your pm by the way, so wish me look! Had a few issues with it! Cheers! Big G!

[Henk Hugo]

Glad you like it - just saw your pm

[PeeKay]

WOW!! That is beautiful! Worth the wait then!

[Cory]

Very awesome

[komodoking]

Congrats very nice tank

[WaRn00b]

Absolutely STUNNING!!

Nice work!!

[ak47]

Amazing looking tank!!!! You definately have green fingers!