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Old 05-12-2008, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Ian.g View Post
That is an amazing set up Slash!!! a real credit to you!...i seem to be having a nightmare at the moment trying to set up my 5ft fish only one...lol things keep going wrong and setting me back!! bloody car is knackered now! so thats more kit out the window for a while lol...still seeing somethig like that re-inforces me to not give in! if i can get mine half as nice as that eventualy i will be well chuffed!
Thanks a lot Ian.

Yeah things always seem to go wrong at a bad time. But there is plenty of time to sort it out. Its taken 2 years for this tank to get to where it is and lots of ££££. Alot of people give in far too early because they get frustrated with waves of hair algae everywhere or cant get the water right or fish dying. It is hardwork but when you get the end product, all that hard work shows.
Here is a picture of it in the first few months. This was before the halides when there was 8 T8's and 4 T5's in the hood. As you can see....a bit of a mess and was for a while after this too. Then and now:



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