Freak's 120 gallon Uaru and crew

[Brookster123]

Looks kind of industrial with the angle iron up the sides.

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[Freakgecko91]

So far so good!

Opened up the glass lid and there's a giant crack in the back of it....luckily I had an extra sheet of egg crate laying around for the time being, but I had been saving that for another project

They're doing work on our water system, so the water is pretty yellow, but it doesn't seem to be affecting any of my other fish lucky enough

Here it is so far!




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[Brookster123]

Your stand wobbly? Mines a bit wobbly..

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[Freakgecko91]

So I modified the plans for the shelf a bit, i used the double braces for both shelves on this one instead of the single braces. It made this stand way stronger, but I wasn't able to use the other two shelves as a separate unit as I planned cause it needed a set of double braces. In the end, this thing (knock on wood) seems solid

 

[Freakgecko91]

I like the driftwood but don't think I have the right piece. Definitely looks different in person but opinions? The idea came from watching Jewels of the Rift, where an altolamprologus sp. hides in a sunken log from an otter. The bristlenose seems to love it


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[Gillie]

If that piece is staying there, then yes, keep it. It looks pretty freakin sweet.

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[Tbox]

Any wobble is bad wobble where I come from.

The dw does seem to defy gravity. Are you painting the back black.

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[Gillie]

Got room for another big tank?http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwcichlids&1453476244

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[Freakgecko91]

Got room for another big tank?http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwcichlids&1453476244

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Once I get these uaru going and breeding (hopefully) Pandas are next. So cool!

I usually just use poster board to "paint" the back black, but forgot to pick some up and by the time I remembered, I didn't want to leave the house again, lol


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[Freakgecko91]

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[PoppaRyno]

Lookin good man. Shelf holding steady.

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[Freakgecko91]

Went in to check on the tank and found two of my tanganyikan bullheads dead....no signs of a fight or anything....and I think it may have been my breeding pair....they were maybe a couple years old sad day


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[Poetical1]

Sorry for your loss.

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[Nils]

Any idea why? Sorry too hear it.

 

[Freakgecko91]

Not a clue. Usually these guys fight with my bristlenose over a cave and can get carved up, had that happen with two in the past. These two were sitting in nearly the same spot, weren't stuck anywhere, and their gills were not discolored. No damage to their bodies whatsoever. AGHHHH frustrating! These guys are not easy to find either :/ luckily I know a store the breeds them...9 hours back home in Michigan....I'm gonna try and grab some next time I visit or have my buddy ship some up to me...

 

[Gillie]

Not a clue. Usually these guys fight with my bristlenose over a cave and can get carved up, had that happen with two in the past. These two were sitting in nearly the same spot, weren't stuck anywhere, and their gills were not discolored. No damage to their bodies whatsoever. AGHHHH frustrating! These guys are not easy to find either :/ luckily I know a store the breeds them...9 hours back home in Michigan....I'm gonna try and grab some next time I visit or have my buddy ship some up to me...

Wow that's odd and frustrating.

The next time you're in town you'll have to check out fishy bizness, Chris has the store rolling pretty good and fins looked to be nose diving a few weeks ago when I was there, I got really terrible service.

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[Freakgecko91]

Wow that's odd and frustrating.

The next time you're in town you'll have to check out fishy bizness, Chris has the store rolling pretty good and fins looked to be nose diving a few weeks ago when I was there, I got really terrible service.

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I can't wait to check out his new place! I miss Michigan for that reason, a fish store in nearly every city, and so many good ones. Definitely not the same here. I live 3 minutes from one and still haven't been to it lol

Hey gillie, wanna go get some bullheads from Dale for me and ship em my way?

 

[Gillie]

I can't wait to check out his new place! I miss Michigan for that reason, a fish store in nearly every city, and so many good ones. Definitely not the same here. I live 3 minutes from one and still haven't been to it lol

Hey gillie, wanna go get some bullheads from Dale for me and ship em my way?

That may be tricky, the guy has to actually be there for any of the bred stuff to be stocked and he's only there like twice a month now.

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[Freakgecko91]

Aw man, that sucks....I know he has a breeding pair next door, but he always was terrible at stocking them into the store unfortunately