New pics of my 75 gal African tank

[Riot84]

Been a long time since I've posted anything on here, much less pics but I've had some time off recently and decided to share some pics.

 

[Riot84]

Pics of the tank and of some of my faves.

 

[ArtesiaWells]

Some very colorful Africans, Riot! The fish look great, as do their rock caves you created!

I'm a goldfish enthusiast myself, but your tank looks shweeeeet! Do you plan on adding a background of any kind? That's just one of the MANY caveats of MY tank...

 

[Riot84]

I've thought about putting a background on but unfortunately the tank is not in an easy spot to get behind so it would be a hassle. Shoulda thought about it before I set it up but oh well. I don't mind the white wall behind it. However if I ever have to tear it down for some reason I think I'm gonna do a 3D background in there to add depth.

 

[ArtesiaWells]

I've thought about putting a background on but unfortunately the tank is not in an easy spot to get behind so it would be a hassle. Shoulda thought about it before I set it up but oh well. I don't mind the white wall behind it. However if I ever have to tear it down for some reason I think I'm gonna do a 3D background in there to add depth.

I'm in the SAME spot as you with regard to that -- in fact, I tried slipping a "wannabe" background on the back of mine and ended up making a mess with the HOB filters, scratching the glass as I attempted to slip the background on between the filters' leveling knobs and the glass....

You are absolutely right -- backgrounds should go on BEFORE a tank is fully assembled...

The 3D backgrounds are really, really awesome as well -- I've seen a lot of Chichlid tanks done with these, and they really add a natural effect...from what I understand though, the intake tubes of HOB filters have to be specially adjusted because the 3D backgrounds sit WITHIN the tank itself...

 

[ArtesiaWells]

BTW -- Let me know what you think of my tank in the thread just a couple of threads below yours here ("Artesia's 60 Gallon Goldfish Redesign Journal")...

 

[Riot84]

I've actually got a canister filter on this one and my 55 so it shouldn't be too hard to fit a 3D background in later. And I'll definitely check out your thread.

 

[ArtesiaWells]

Oh, okay, well with a canister filter the 3D shouldn't be much of a problem, if at all; and thanks for checkin' out my setup!

You'll see what I mean when I tell people on this forum I have absolutely NO idea what I'm doing when it comes to 'scaping, theming, designing or tank layout.....

 

[Andrew McFadden]

Been a long time since I've posted anything on here, much less pics but I've had some time off recently and decided to share some pics.

Very nice! I really like the ob color morph.

 

[Riot84]

That ob is probably my favorite in the tank. He's actually the one that made me want to set up an African tank.

 

[Convict2161]

Nice setup!! Love the OB!! I have the same looking one! Very nice colors! Yours has more red though... Very jealous lol

 

[Pufferfriend]

Awesome fish man

 

[Riot84]

Thanks!