SHOW TANKS

[jrodriguez]

I LIKE TO SEE SOME SHOW TANKS.If anyone wants to post it here or show me where I can get some idea's that would be great! I'd like do a sand bottom with driftwood.

[Eddie]

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/forumdisplay.php?f=37

HTH
Eddie

[jrodriguez]

Hello Ed and thank you, but I couldn't find any there? not many picture's anyway

[05 LL Stang]

Not as involved as some tanks..........but I like it

Simple silica sand, coarse Sand blasting sand.........well rinsed and a very fine white sand I picked up from the pet store. About a 2:1 mix.

The wood is from Manzanita Burlworks
http://www.manzanita.com/

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu261/jlglenny/NewAquarium1.jpg

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu261/jlglenny/NewAquarium4.jpg

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu261/jlglenny/NewAquarium2.jpg

[jrodriguez]

That is a sweet tank.The discus are going to love it!
keep the pic's coming

[Wahter]

Hello Ed and thank you, but I couldn't find any there? not many picture's anyway

Here's an easy way to see some tanks:

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showpost.php?p=556993&postcount=7

Hope that helps,


Walter

[jrodriguez]

Wahter thanks, I must say there are a lot of nice members here compared to others.
Thanks again everyone!!!!!!!!!!!

[terps]

Here are some:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMrTe1TPodU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pklycfmcTX4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT2a3j2AyJw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9XgFi2K5og
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsUGahwEXNU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjqiHAh9d8Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwPfH9Buf8Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-p-OmPhV-0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu7Nayyvul0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ34KqohPR8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgeyCcTI_7o
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=246289
http://www.koiphen.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96325
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=202645&highlight=discus+tank
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208748&highlight=%22discus+tank%22

[tcyiu]

Not as involved as some tanks..........but I like it

AND I like it too. You may not have seen my question to you on the other post, so I'll ask again. That background is seriously cool. Where'd you get it if you don't mind?

Tim

[05 LL Stang]

I got it off of Ebay...

Search for "Ocean Sea Blue/Driftwood Aquarium Background"

The Ebay store that is selling it has multiple sizes for a wide variety of tanks

[rickztahone]

here's mine...not a show tank by other members standards but i tried :o

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b284/rickztahone/discus%20tanks/P9021542.jpg

[tcyiu]

I got it off of Ebay...

Search for "Ocean Sea Blue/Driftwood Aquarium Background"

The Ebay store that is selling it has multiple sizes for a wide variety of tanks

Thanks!

Nice tank Rick. The retaining walls make it look like your fish are strolling around someone's backyard. :-)

[05 LL Stang]

Rick........I like that tank as well!!!! That retaining wall is pretty slick and took some time to put together I am sure.

JRod.... FYI, use SeaView to help adhere the background to the glass. You can get it from the same guy that is selling the background or at your LFS. After using the stuff I had several bubbles between the glass and the background, which you can see in the picture. The easiest way I found to get rid of them was to use a credit card edge to move the bubbles to the edge. Not sure if this is common knowledge.....but I thought I would offer it up....

[Eddie]

Sorry about that J, should have narrowed it down further.

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?t=36137

Eddie

[jrodriguez]

very nice indeed! i see u put some sort of sponge over your filter intake.

[jrodriguez]

Sorry about that J, should have narrowed it down further.
Eddie, no worries great tank shot.

[seanyuki]

This is my friend's tank....hope to have one like this one day.

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh127/seanyuki/Stansplantedtank-1.jpg

[Cooldadddyfunk286]

thats amazing Francis! If I ever get bit by the WC bug, Im totally gonna do a tank like that, wild discus and angels together, I love the looks of it!! :D

[jrodriguez]

one word for this one. elegance! keep those pictures coming

[Eddie]

My favorite show tank by Takashi Amano

http://truthinart.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/amanotank1.jpg

[jrodriguez]

It looks never ending. Very cool this must be a lot of work.

[MikeF]

Can anyone tell me how hard the planted tank by Takashi Amano would be to reproduce? Any special lighting, or any need for CO2? That is by far one of my most favorite tanks.

[yim11]

Here it is in detail:

http://www.aquatic-gardeners.org/stemplants.html

HTHs,
-jim

[MikeF]

Thanks Jim

[terps]

I like the size of his personal tank.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZGleTattRo

[Matt in Houston]

Here are some pics of my 7ft long 210 gallon in progress...I need to take some updated pics, maybe this weekend. The wood is a little more water logged now and sits a bit lower...and I have the brazilian pennywort wrapped around a branch instead of just floating...I also removed the floating anacharis for now.

http://ace.oplink.net/pics/Aquarium/Discus/Woodmounted/highmidday1.JPG

http://ace.oplink.net/pics/Aquarium/Discus/Woodmounted/lowclosemid1.JPG

[jrodriguez]

Hello Matt,
By far one of the best one's yet. I love the way the drift wood doesn't touch the sand.I'm going to do that to my display tank.If you can show or explain to us how it's done I would appreciate it.
GOOD LUCK !!!!!

[Sharkbait]

90 Gallon Planted (pre-discus)....I've replied to the "Aquascaping Critique" thread today. Take a look and let me know what you think....

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?p=578638#post578638

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs228.snc1/7518_532158610651_293001460_1887678_1534759_n.jpg

[rickztahone]

90 Gallon Planted (pre-discus)....I've replied to the "Aquascaping Critique" thread today. Take a look and let me know what you think....

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?p=578638#post578638

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs228.snc1/7518_532158610651_293001460_1887678_1534759_n.jpg

i really like that tank. keep us updated, and let us know when you will put some discus in there. do you have any plans on strains/size/etc...?

[Sharkbait]

i really like that tank. keep us updated, and let us know when you will put some discus in there. do you have any plans on strains/size/etc...?

Thanks!

Strains:

Albino Checkerboard
Eruption Leopard
Carnation Turquoise
Altum Flora
Albino Snakeskin or White Butterfly...depending on budget (WB will pepper probably)
Cobalt Snakeskin

They'll have to be at least 4" because of the planted tank...I'm aiming for early next year for the discus. In the meantime, I'm doing lots of reading, saving up, and being very...very...patient. :)

[Sharkbait]

Hello Matt,
By far one of the best one's yet. I love the way the drift wood doesn't touch the sand.I'm going to do that to my display tank.If you can show or explain to us how it's done I would appreciate it.
GOOD LUCK !!!!!

My guess is that the driftwood isn't completely water logged yet...that's why it's floating. I've seen some people put a piece of wood and clamp it to the sides of the tank (like you would a brace) and then drill the wood into it. That's pretty hardcore. I'm trying to 'hang' my driftwood now....but I don't want to attach it to the center brace. I'm thinking that's a 'bad' idea ;)

[rickztahone]

Thanks!

Strains:

Albino Checkerboard
Eruption Leopard
Carnation Turquoise
Altum Flora
Albino Snakeskin or White Butterfly...depending on budget (WB will pepper probably)
Cobalt Snakeskin

They'll have to be at least 4" because of the planted tank...I'm aiming for early next year for the discus. In the meantime, I'm doing lots of reading, saving up, and being very...very...patient. :)

i highly recommend the carnation turks from Kenny. also, you can't go wrong with the AF's.

[Matt in Houston]

My guess is that the driftwood isn't completely water logged yet...that's why it's floating. I've seen some people put a piece of wood and clamp it to the sides of the tank (like you would a brace) and then drill the wood into it. That's pretty hardcore. I'm trying to 'hang' my driftwood now....but I don't want to attach it to the center brace. I'm thinking that's a 'bad' idea ;)

You are correct!

The wood wasnt completely water logged...but it is now. A few branches are now touching the sand...and thats good because when you do water changes they are going to touch anyway..so now I can put them where I want and when I do a water change they stay in place and dont move.

As for holding the wood together, I used stainless steel screws and attached all the branches to a main piece which was the thickest. Make sure you pre-drill the holes before you put the screw in...otherwise the wood could split.

I will take some new pics soon.

[valery]

http://i35.tinypic.com/2e4j9jp.jpg

[valery]

Here's mine:

http://i35.tinypic.com/2hz72x1.jpg

[rickztahone]

Here's mine:

http://i35.tinypic.com/2hz72x1.jpg

very nice tank

[valery]

very nice tank

Thank you very much :)