My new tank!

[Thomas and Jennifer]

Thanks to the selfless acts of Angelino, the generosity of Aquarium Design Group, and all of the great folks connected with Texas Aquatics and Greater Houston Aquarium Club, I won a sexy new tank!!

I have been thinking of making a nature inspired hard scape with interesting stones to honor Jeff and this amazing tank. German Blue Rams and cardinals would make great tank mates for the rocks. I want to try some Tangs, especially shellies, but I don't think they would really work with the theme. I'm always up for ideas and suggestions.

Thanks!!

[troy tucker]

Cool!

[ptran]

Cool deal. Congrats!!! How big is it?


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[Thomas and Jennifer]

I'm pretty sure it is the 17.1 gallon Mr. Aqua. The more I read about rams the more worried I am. How do people keep them in Houston? Soft, acidic water is the opposite of what we have.

[troy tucker]

Mikrogeophagus Ramirezi acclimate well to the water here but you do need to keep their water clean.

[Thomas and Jennifer]

I have seen a lot of reference to 'old' water and 'clean' water. Those seem to be opposites to me. Also a lot of references to GBR being difficult to keep.

[troy tucker]

Ramirezi are not that hard to keep.

[troy tucker]

As for old water, Old does not mean it's dirty but old water is subject to PH crash.

[Thomas and Jennifer]

Maybe a better way to state it is 'stable' rather than 'old'?

[EpikMuffin]

My rams are very hardy. I never have any problem with them. A friend of mine had like 8 of them in a 5 gallons tank along with other fishes for 2 months. Other fishes died and 7 of them still survived until I rescued them.

[Thomas and Jennifer]

Mike at ADG helped us put a hardscape together. It was pretty neat watching him work and put it together really easily. The wood is azalea roots and river rocks. I wanted something a little hard and fierce to go with the rams, since they look mean. Anyone have experience with stainless steel lily pipes? The green Eheim parts are not going to work on this and glass lily pipes are too fragile.

[ptran]

Looking sick! Can't wait to see it complete.

[morpheus]

looking good so far. i will probably make the drive out to ADG when i need driftwood for my new tank. have such great root pieces

[Beth777]

Congratulations! I'm very happy for you!

Thanks to the selfless acts of Angelino, the generosity of Aquarium Design Group, and all of the great folks connected with Texas Aquatics and Greater Houston Aquarium Club, I won a sexy new tank!!

I have been thinking of making a nature inspired hard scape with interesting stones to honor Jeff and this amazing tank. German Blue Rams and cardinals would make great tank mates for the rocks. I want to try some Tangs, especially shellies, but I don't think they would really work with the theme. I'm always up for ideas and suggestions.

Thanks!!

[Thomas and Jennifer]

I was thinking of adding stainless steel pipe for the canister. I found some on ebay that look good and do not cost a fortune. Does anyone have experience with Chihiro pipes?