6 gallon rimless cave tank

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ianiwane

Discussion Starter · May 8, 2006

I have been wanting to do this for a while. This is a rimless 6 gallon tank. Substrate is ADA amazonia regular and ADA Bright sand. I also use Ohko stones. Lighting is a 28 watt coralife aqualight 10,000k bulb. Cave is made out of steel mesh encased with waterfall foam. I am planning on putting some Apistogramma Borelli's into this tank. The dimensions of the tank is 18x8x10.

Tank on initial fill after planting

Picture inside the cave

Final after running a diatom filter for about 20 minutes

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mrbelvedere138

· #2 · May 9, 2006

Ian, that might be one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Very original and unique. You must have a lot of time on your hands. Are you planning on breeding your apistos, or just keeping them? Are you experienced in breeding? If so I suggest A. nijsenni (sp.). Those are really challenging and rewarding (so says my friend).

ianiwane

Discussion Starter · #3 · May 9, 2006

Well, I only work like 3-4 days a week. I had today off so I went into Aqua Forest, got some ohko stone and ada Bright sand. This whole process took a couple of months to set up and to get all the supplies.

mrbelvedere138 said:
Ian, that might be one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Very original and unique. You must have a lot of time on your hands. Are you planning on breeding your apistos, or just keeping them? Are you experienced in breeding? If so I suggest A. nijsenni (sp.). Those are really challenging and rewarding (so says my friend).

jeff63851

· #4 · May 9, 2006

Wow...I have agree, it is pretty orginal! I never thought of that! One thing though: How will you clean the inside of the cave? (ex: fish detritus, plant junk...)

ianiwane

Discussion Starter · #5 · May 9, 2006

I have a mini pump in the cave that i can turn on as needed to stir up the detritus so the HOB filter can pick it up.

T-Bone

· #6 · May 9, 2006

That is really cool. The pump inside the cave is a pretty good idea, I didn't see it before either. That tank will be really fun to observe. Keep us posted!

ianiwane

Discussion Starter · #7 · May 10, 2006

Will do, I'll post more pictures as the tank matures.

dpgibb0

· #8 · Jun 15, 2006

Well????

trenac

· #9 · Jun 15, 2006

Very cool!... How did I miss this one the first time around... Do you have any updated pictures?... Have the Apisto's breed for you?

Bert H

· #10 · Jun 15, 2006

Fantastic! Very imaginative! :thumbsup:

ianiwane

Discussion Starter · #11 · Jun 16, 2006

Here is an update. I just have some baby Borelli's in the tank right now. I have at least 10 in there. The biggest being just short of an inch. I have not been able to take any recent pictures as I am trying to beat a case of thread algae.

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ianiwane

Discussion Starter · #12 · Jun 16, 2006

repost

Musket

· #13 · Jul 1, 2006

it's coming along. Hope your thread algae problem is a thing of the past. Let us see some more pix... Can you easily see inside the cave during the day? I think my lobster would LOVE that.

ianiwane

Discussion Starter · #14 · Jul 1, 2006

Here is a better idea of what it looks like, I just did a large trim. The cave is visable durring the day.

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Tankman

· #15 · Jul 1, 2006 (Edited)

Your foreground's interesting, Pogostemon Helferi, HC and etc's looking gr8... Can't wait till your background fills out

Btw, hope you don't mind me saying but do you think the red stem plant on the extreme left's a little large for this tank... Just a thought, that's all

eklikewhoa

· #16 · Oct 10, 2006

this is freakin cool!!

ianiwane

Discussion Starter · #17 · Oct 10, 2006

I took the tank down to pave way for the new ADA tank. Someday I may set it back up, when I do I'll need to use a better filter. It did not do a good enough job.

lljdma06

· #18 · Oct 11, 2006

What a clever idea! The cave looks great. Are there updated pictures?

Andrey

· #19 · Oct 11, 2006

Nice, I like it a lot.

ianiwane

Discussion Starter · #20 · Oct 11, 2006

lljdma06 said:
What a clever idea! The cave looks great. Are there updated pictures?

Look one post above, your post. I broke it down. But I put something better in its place.

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