Aussie 6x2.5x2

tautog83 · Feb 4, 2019

A 5 grand angel .. love this thread. If I had your money I'd burn mine .lol.
when you read about people being super handy and doing all these little projects and quick fixes to their tank they don't have a very nice looking tank . However not the case here , smart, handy, innovative and jaw dropping tank . Awesome man

samparker · Feb 4, 2019

McPuff said:
Wow, what type of angel is that? A hybrid or special morph? Looks beautiful.

She's a Hybrid, a Tigerpyge.

samparker · Feb 4, 2019

tautog83 said:
A 5 grand angel .. love this thread. If I had your money I'd burn mine .lol.
when you read about people being super handy and doing all these little projects and quick fixes to their tank they don't have a very nice looking tank . However not the case here , smart, handy, innovative and jaw dropping tank . Awesome man

I appreciate the kind words, but I can vouch that I am not loaded. It might be a five grand angel, but that is certainly not what I paid for it (actually drove 8 hours each way to buy it at a heck of a price - that was a LONG day!)

McPuff · Feb 5, 2019

samparker said:
She's a Hybrid, a Tigerpyge.

Awesome! I figured it was some morph of the Eibli... I wasn't too far off. Never would have guessed it was part lemonpeel. And your specimen looks amazing!

BPF42 · Feb 6, 2019

Thanks for sharing the build of your tank! The pictures look great!

Randy Ruiz · Feb 7, 2019

Wow, just read your journey from the start in 2014. You are pretty talented to pit all that together. Where are you located? I'm upgrading t ok a 180 gal & interested in details on your light bracket. Looks like you can move lights to get best coverage then move them out of the way for access to the tank as needed. Thanks

samparker · Feb 7, 2019

Randy Ruiz said:
Wow, just read your journey from the start in 2014. You are pretty talented to pit all that together. Where are you located? I'm upgrading t ok a 180 gal & interested in details on your light bracket. Looks like you can move lights to get best coverage then move them out of the way for access to the tank as needed. Thanks

Thanks for the kind words! I’m near Melbourne in Australia

Yeah I used aluminium t slot extrusion, makes a strong, light and easily adaptable frame. I’d highly recommend it!

samparker · Mar 9, 2019

Little video I did tonight

zchauvin · Mar 9, 2019

samparker said:
Little video I did tonight

Very nice

McPuff · Mar 11, 2019

Are those threadfin cardinals?

samparker · Mar 11, 2019

We call them glass cardinals, but I think they are the same?

nonstopfish · Mar 12, 2019

samparker said:
We call them glass cardinals, but I think they are the same?

Indeed they are.

https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+26+1428&pcatid=1428

Love these little guys, used to have them in an old tank and they would breed. Never got viable babies though.

maroun.c · Mar 28, 2019

Amazing tank, thrrad and excellent skills with the camera. Can u share which camera and lenses you use ?

samparker · Mar 28, 2019

thanks mate! I started off with an old canon rebel, upgraded to a used Canon 7d and now have a used Canon 5Dmk3. I don't have a huge budget, but upgrade to quality gear when the price is right

Most of my shots are taken with the canon 100mm F2.8L macro lens