some pics of my 120gal tank *larger pics*

BK · Post by BK » 06 Mar 2003, 04:56

hi,
some pics of my 120 gallon

tank

filter

one of my commons

Post by **Dinyar** » 06 Mar 2003, 15:50

Can't make out very much about your tank, but the filtration system looks interesting. What kind of filter is that that you are running?

Dinyar

BK · Post by BK » 06 Mar 2003, 17:46

hi,

Fist off I apologize for the bad pics, my dad took them with a old Polaroid camera and they lost further quality when I scanned them in with my low end scanner.

the tank houses 2 10-12 inch common plecos, common chaestoma, a whiptail, 3 clown plecos, a banjo cat, a columbian rams horn snail, and a bolivian ram cichlid.

its a custom system I built. It has tree intakes in the tank and 4 adjustable outputs and is powered by a cs velocity t4 pump (very quite and helps heat the water so my heater doesn't have to run as much). The first two blue canisters (omni whole house filters $9 at menards/home depot) are used just to collect small gravel/sand so if they get sucked up some how the don't get to the pump. The other 4 blue canisters can run 75micron, 50micron, 20 micron, 10 micron, 5 micron, 1 micron, and carbon cartridges alone or in series. I plan to make some foam cartridges in the near future to. The two white chambers made of 3inch pvc are filled with lava rock chips as a biofiltration media. Every major section has a union so it can be replaced/removed easily. There are a few kinks to the system but it works well over all.

BK · Post by BK » 06 Mar 2003, 23:05

some better pics

BK · Post by BK » 10 Mar 2003, 21:33

any suggestions for getting better pics?

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » 10 Mar 2003, 21:40

What type of Camera have you got BK?

Sid Guppy · Post by **Sid Guppy** » 10 Mar 2003, 21:46

What are those two pink weird things with the two white spots on them???

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » 10 Mar 2003, 21:54

I think they are Veggie clips with suckers on them.

BK · Post by BK » 10 Mar 2003, 22:00

hi,
I have a old polaroid (first pics) and an old 35mm cannon (2nd post pics) that were used to take the pics above. A web cam i used to take the pic in my avitar. I also have a camcorder i would like to use to video record fish and then get them on the computer using an old Snappy (scans video to still images onto computer) i have. The web cam seems to take the best pictures out of the three i have tried.

i believe the "pink things" you are refering to are the veggie clips on the front glass.

BK · Post by BK » 10 Mar 2003, 22:07

do you think a pyrex (glass) cassarole dish would work for taking close up pics of small plecos. i would really like to get some good pics of the pleco in my avitar.

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » 10 Mar 2003, 22:17

It might work great for above Pictures of them and maybe angled pic's. But i think for side view pictures the thick rounded glass may spoil the pictures.

some pics of my 120gal tank larger pics

some pics of my 120gal tank larger pics