the thread is gone on for a while not to many more entries came in so here is what i have now
#1trout king-
AFRICAN ENTRY-
heres my african entry:
u should make a tank like this. Heres a link on how to make the 3D background. http://www.aquahobby.com/tanks/e_tank0902.php click on it to make it bigger. You could have pairs of africans in there and when they breed you could show people the eggs and the fry. Also show how the parents protect the fry
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1)my idea was to make like a tank with a school of pbass or some type of pike. The tank should have sand and be planted with some tall plants in the back like vals or something. i would be a couple of powerheads on one end to produce a current that would push the top of the vals a little bit making it look like like the grass on the prarie when its windy. I would also put a driftwood stump on the opposite sid of the powerheads. i would also put some foreground plants in too something that looks like grass. I would also add some tinfoil barbs or red hooks.
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2)i would get a tank with a huge driftwood stump right in the middle with sand and some plants and i would put in some exodons or not put exodons and put some sexy angels in there
3)new idea: your 300+ gallon tank with sand as a substrate. With a big driftwood stump at both ends. the driftwood stump roots would spread toward the inside. Also attach some java fern on. In the the back i would put some vals but if the fish keep taking them out i would just screw that idea. For fish i would put in 6 pbass, a ray, a school of 5 silver dollars, and a silver or black arowana. I would also put a group of rocks in the middle
#2inelms-
post #6
That tank is my 120 growout (4x2x2), Stocklist: 3 Pbass, 1 Silver Aro, 2 Motoro's, 1 Senegal, 1 Delhezi, and 1 Ornate.
#3peathenster-
How does "we have the largest piece of driftwood in an aquarium in the world" sound for a slogan? I was 90% joking, but come to think about it, everybody can have big fish. But this, you can wow people.
Of course you'll have to get a tank that's big enough, but it's going to be a heck of a center piece for your store. It's easier to plan for the rest when you have a central deco in the tank.
As far as substrates go, there are a limited number of combinations of size and color. Caribsea makes a beautiful black substrate called Tahitian Moon (www.caribsea.com), which doesn't harden the water.
Imagine the large driftwood sitting on the black substrate and a few large plants here and there.....black background and relatively dim light...throw in your favorite fish and there you have it!
#4 hilltopperpete-
African Tank
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1)For the African tank-- make or get some background caves or rockwork (link below) and pick up a 1'+ Mbu with 3-5 Distodochus, Tanganyika cichlids and a couple ornate bichirs to clean up the bottom and give you some bottom fish (all found in Lake Tangyanika). Doing sloping rockwork over the back corners also keeps your puffer hanging out in visible areas.
Oh, and if it's in the store, put signs on your show tanks for feeding times. You can do a 10% discount and call it your afternoon feeding special, which gets people in the store during slow hours of the day watching really cool fish eat with incentive to make purchases. You'll sell more high-margin fish if people can see how they really are when established/feeding.
<http://www.aquariumlife.net/projects/diy-decoration/7.asp>
2)Brackish Tank
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The real value of show tanks is to show people things they don't know they want to buy yet. A tall brackish show tank of around 100g could have juvie monos, scats, archers, mudskippers, and anableps-- and you can sell them straight out of the tank like this one youtube.
#1trout king-
AFRICAN ENTRY-
heres my african entry:
u should make a tank like this. Heres a link on how to make the 3D background. http://www.aquahobby.com/tanks/e_tank0902.php click on it to make it bigger. You could have pairs of africans in there and when they breed you could show people the eggs and the fry. Also show how the parents protect the fry
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1)my idea was to make like a tank with a school of pbass or some type of pike. The tank should have sand and be planted with some tall plants in the back like vals or something. i would be a couple of powerheads on one end to produce a current that would push the top of the vals a little bit making it look like like the grass on the prarie when its windy. I would also put a driftwood stump on the opposite sid of the powerheads. i would also put some foreground plants in too something that looks like grass. I would also add some tinfoil barbs or red hooks.
or
2)i would get a tank with a huge driftwood stump right in the middle with sand and some plants and i would put in some exodons or not put exodons and put some sexy angels in there
3)new idea: your 300+ gallon tank with sand as a substrate. With a big driftwood stump at both ends. the driftwood stump roots would spread toward the inside. Also attach some java fern on. In the the back i would put some vals but if the fish keep taking them out i would just screw that idea. For fish i would put in 6 pbass, a ray, a school of 5 silver dollars, and a silver or black arowana. I would also put a group of rocks in the middle
#2inelms-
post #6
That tank is my 120 growout (4x2x2), Stocklist: 3 Pbass, 1 Silver Aro, 2 Motoro's, 1 Senegal, 1 Delhezi, and 1 Ornate.
#3peathenster-
How does "we have the largest piece of driftwood in an aquarium in the world" sound for a slogan? I was 90% joking, but come to think about it, everybody can have big fish. But this, you can wow people.
Of course you'll have to get a tank that's big enough, but it's going to be a heck of a center piece for your store. It's easier to plan for the rest when you have a central deco in the tank.
As far as substrates go, there are a limited number of combinations of size and color. Caribsea makes a beautiful black substrate called Tahitian Moon (www.caribsea.com), which doesn't harden the water.
Imagine the large driftwood sitting on the black substrate and a few large plants here and there.....black background and relatively dim light...throw in your favorite fish and there you have it!
#4 hilltopperpete-
African Tank
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1)For the African tank-- make or get some background caves or rockwork (link below) and pick up a 1'+ Mbu with 3-5 Distodochus, Tanganyika cichlids and a couple ornate bichirs to clean up the bottom and give you some bottom fish (all found in Lake Tangyanika). Doing sloping rockwork over the back corners also keeps your puffer hanging out in visible areas.
Oh, and if it's in the store, put signs on your show tanks for feeding times. You can do a 10% discount and call it your afternoon feeding special, which gets people in the store during slow hours of the day watching really cool fish eat with incentive to make purchases. You'll sell more high-margin fish if people can see how they really are when established/feeding.
<http://www.aquariumlife.net/projects/diy-decoration/7.asp>
2)Brackish Tank
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The real value of show tanks is to show people things they don't know they want to buy yet. A tall brackish show tank of around 100g could have juvie monos, scats, archers, mudskippers, and anableps-- and you can sell them straight out of the tank like this one youtube.
Hilltopperpete;3109101; said:
