720 liter Green Phantom species tank

Morten · Post by **Morten** » 10 Nov 2007, 03:27

Sunday is ok, just give me a call when you are ready to start. <deleted>

Haavard Stoere · Post by **Haavard Stoere** » 10 Nov 2007, 16:37

Sure! Thanks

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 10 Nov 2007, 16:46

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Haavard Stoere · Post by **Haavard Stoere** » 10 Nov 2007, 18:11

I totally agree Mats:D

FuglyDragon · Post by **FuglyDragon** » 16 Nov 2007, 08:05

very inspiring tanks.

What are the clips / fastenings you are using on the eheim compacts to hold them at the surface like that ? mine just have the 4 silly little suction cupand are forever flling foward into the tank.

Haavard Stoere · Post by **Haavard Stoere** » 16 Nov 2007, 08:44

Suction cups are silly

They work fine the first few months, and then they suck (not literally).

The fasteners are very good. They are supplied with the pumps.

jopbgon · Post by **jopbgon** » 24 Nov 2007, 19:53

Harvard finally what kind of fishes did you add?? Tetras?Silver dollars?...none

Haavard Stoere · Post by **Haavard Stoere** » 24 Nov 2007, 20:21

Thats kind of embarrasing

I have tried rummy noses, diamond tetras and Emperor tetras. None of them thrived. Seems like they have a tendency to vedge themselves between rocks to escape the currents. They simply die in the crevaces. I have given up on tetras for now.

These days I try to simulate the dry season. The temperature is 28 degrees, and I powerfeed the fish. Food is always available. The main food item I use is canned peas. I also use shrimp pellets, redworms, artemia and other frozen stuff. I don`t change any water, and have used sea salt to slighly increase the conductivity. I have also added some plaster to the water to increase the gh. When I get tired or NO3 rises to a significant level I will start a daily daily water changes to simulate the start of the rainy season. I have never done it this purposely before, but I have a good feeling about it. At least long term. My Hemiancistrus are really thriving in the their new permanent home, and the tank looks beautiful. I will make a few night photos in a few days. I shall connect my computer to my camera, and shoot remotely in total darkness using my powerfull flashlights. From the photos shot in intervals I will make a sort of collage in photoshop.

Bas Pels · Post by **Bas Pels** » 25 Nov 2007, 09:23

When doing the waterchances, be sure to simulate rain on the weater. I once read some fish are sensitive for this signal, it might tell them more than the actual changes in water chemistry

Thinking about it, this might even make sense: after the dry season, the first rain will be a sign of more to come, and if a fish wants its fry to benefit the most from the coming good times, they should hurry to produce said fry

barksten · Post by **barksten** » 25 Nov 2007, 11:01

I thought that it would be best to let the fish starve a little during the dry period and then feed them richly.
But I should add that I have no experience of rainyseason simulation other then "by mistake" ( you forget to care the fish during the lazy summer, when the autum comes and you take care of them better they spawn..)

Haavard Stoere · Post by **Haavard Stoere** » 18 Dec 2007, 23:20

This photograph was taken tonight in total darkness with the method described above.

I will continue to shoot remotely all through the night at 8 minutes intervals. I believe the fish will eventually filter out the flashlights as harmless noise and ignore it.

Haavard Stoere · Post by **Haavard Stoere** » 23 Dec 2007, 14:10

This thread is coming to an end. The tank has settled nicely, and everything is working well. The fish seems to feel at home in their permanent home.

The last few days I have been experimenting with remote shooting at timed intervals between 2 minutes and down to 30 seconds. It works very well, but it takes a lot of shots to make a few good images. About 1500 shots this far. Making good photographs of the fish in surroundings that look natural was one of the reasons for building such an elaborate tank.

Thank you all for encouragement and advice

The following are the best shots from these sessions. Enjoy

Whole tank:

Far left side:

Two hemis resting on top of a rock slab:

Middle of the tank, and the cave where the first spawn took place:

Far right side of the tank:

Hemi checking out rocky outcrop:

Morten · Post by **Morten** » 23 Dec 2007, 15:12

As allways Haavard,

Outstanding photos.

jopbgon · Post by **jopbgon** » 23 Dec 2007, 17:06

Well done Haavard

,I think we've been lucky to witness the evolution of this tank

, from the "masking tape tank"

to this, a very inspiring thread!!!!!

Joren56 · Post by **Joren56** » 23 Dec 2007, 17:28

You create one of the most beautiful and the most naturel tank(s) I ever saw

and the fish must be very happy 2.

BlkMagik79 · Post by **BlkMagik79** » 24 Dec 2007, 22:41

Completely speechless...

Seedy · Post by **Seedy** » 24 Dec 2007, 22:43

BlkMagik79 wrote:Completely speechless...

Ditto.

A public aquarium would be lucky to have such an incredible display as your tank.

inser · Post by **inser** » 26 Dec 2007, 21:19

One of the best tanks i have ever seen for sure...and in my opinion the most beautiful catfish

I hope to get a group one day....

Bigpig · Post by **Bigpig** » 27 Dec 2007, 10:34

It has been very inspiring to see this tank developing from an idea, up to this beautiful indoor world.
Thanks for making the effort to share it with us.
happy days,
Bigpig

andywoolloo · Post by **andywoolloo** » 28 Dec 2007, 00:25

it's simply amazing and ure fish are very beautiful and lucky! ((clapping))

pLaurent1251 · Post by **pLaurent1251** » 28 Dec 2007, 17:04

A public aquarium would be lucky to have such an incredible display as your tank.

Absolutely. You have truly created a living work of art!

DAWN · Post by **DAWN** » 07 Jan 2008, 18:46

What a lovely setup, pleased to see the finished project

Is this the biggest one you've done?

Haavard Stoere · Post by **Haavard Stoere** » 07 Jan 2008, 22:20

Thank you DAWN

My 3 biggest tanks are all 720 liters, so I am used to the format. It is definetely my favourite among present and previous tanks.

gage · Post by **gage** » 09 Jan 2008, 03:42

your tank looks beautiful man, great job! you wanna do my tank for me??? hehe

DAWN · Post by **DAWN** » 09 Jan 2008, 14:54

Reckon he's got his hands full at the min, what with his HUGE tanks

grokefish · Post by **grokefish** » 09 Jan 2008, 18:43

super result

Gog · Post by **Gog** » 02 Feb 2008, 12:35

One of the best tank I have ever seen!

katmandu · Post by **katmandu** » 02 Feb 2008, 23:21

it is fantstic

i have a 4ft tank only for L 66,there is 6 of them,well and 2 L 134,because they are a breeding pair

regards

Katmandu

Jørn Kåsa · Post by **Jørn Kåsa** » 05 Mar 2008, 08:52

More fotos Håvard?

Jørn

追风大人 · Post by **追风大人** » 28 Nov 2008, 10:52

Haavard Stoere wrote:While I´m waiting for the two 720 liter tanks from Denmark I spend my afternoons planning and making mockups with rocks. The following tank setup was initially going to be a Tanganyika setup, but somehow I changed my plans and decided it would be a species tank for my nine Hemiancistrus subviridis and two Baryancistrus demantoides. The Baryancistrus will get their own tank some time in the future if I manage to get more of them.

The tank I am going to use is the same size and dimensions as the Rio Zingu tank. The measurements are 160x75x60. The rocks for the background have already been cut. Now I am planning the sides that will hide the tecnical stuff. I am also making caves in different sizes and shapes for the fish.

This is me amidst some of the rocks I am using

hello friend i am from beijing china
it is first time for me to see so beautiful tank
my english is too bad so i have a lot of words to say but i don't know how to express them
waiting for your new pictures
thank you

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