Yahoo! - New 5 Footer Has Come!

[Harlequins]

I received delivery of my new 5 foot tank today 410 litres

Very nice delivery man used his trolley to get it into the house, very good service,has it was suppose to be kerb side delivery only.

After spending a few hours putting the cabinet together with no instructions, and 4 of us lifting the extremely heavy tank onto the base,its now in situ

Tomorrow i want to go and get some sand,backing,plants and whatever else that i need to get this lovely tank up n running

Can't wait to move my stock across and plan what other fishies to get

 

[fishprotector]

Wow great stuff, sounds fab.

 

[BIG BAD BARRY]

We want photos!
We want photos!
We want photos!
We want photos!
We want photos!
We want photos!

 

[PosingOwl]

Awesome, wife would never let me have one that big, plus no room in apt. LOL

 

[JasonMichael]

Awesome stuff! Make sure you post photos! I'm currently in the process of upgrading to a 4foot (350l), so I feel your excitment!!

 

[Salam]

Yay, I was looking for your update

We want photos!
We want photos!
We want photos!
We want photos!
We want photos!
We want photos!

+1

 

[MBOU]

Photos or it never happened

 

[Harlequins]

Here's a pic of new tank - off shopping later

It has four doors,but have left them off at mo, has holes need drilling in back of the cabinet for the externals/wires etc...

I need to do a leak test,but want to put the backing on first... do you think plain blue backing will look too much for tropical... or go for planted pic? its going have argos playsand...

 

[Salam]

It looks great. Love the rounded glass at the front.

I'd go for black, but it's personal taste. Just gloss it so you will never see any watermarks behind as there are bound to be some when you do water changes.

Have fun washing the sand for hours At least it is a nice day today, so sit in the garden with a cold drink and enjoy.

 

[panda_cory]

I think you should go with a plant background to complete the effect. Nice tank

 

[littlenemo]

nice tank will look awsome once set up and stocked. keep the pics coming as you fill it and stock it

 

[angelfishguy]

Nice tank
+1 for black

 

[Inchworm]

It's just lovely, Harlequins! I'm wishing you the best of luck with it.

As for the background, I've been fond of white. I think it gives the tank a feeling of openness and spaciousness. Whatever you do, avoid the blue or silver reflective backing. It's interesting but makes taking pictures a horror.

Speaking of pictures, I'm looking forward to seeing your progress setting it up.

 

[dbanner]

Not a fan of aps tanks but looks nice never the less

 

[Dazzler666]

Very nice Harlequins!!! . I was also looking at a similar tank with the rounded glass when i got my 5 footer as it looks awesome.
Hope the radiator behind the fish tank is switched off!!!
Congrats & defo need pics when you got it up & running!!