Good job... I'm glad to see you putting the wood in to help distribute the weight. Soon you will have to put a couch or a Futon in there so you can sit back and watch the fish. I have a chair for each of my tanks!
@@sparehead2163 I have a mirror to the right of it and literally realised yesterday now I can run on the treadmill and look at my tanks 😂 the perfect combo
You can buy those storage racks which come with the masonite base included at Bunnings. I’ve got 2 x 4ft storage racks which cost me around $70 each and did not have to go through the trouble or expense of buying plywood sheets separately and cutting them to size or painting them with waterproof liquid. The shelves are strong enough to hold 4 x 1ft or a 3ft tank. I also have that same black rubber padding on the floor in front of my racks and they are definitely water proof and easy on the knees when I need to kneel while doing water changes or having a closer look at my tanks. I applaud your commitment in making the setup structurally better though and can’t wait to see the breeding tank setup.
@@Kaityscichlids vacuum hose too. Just pour water back in till all the sand is out then dump the water. Then dustpan and towels. If a small tank and it has boards underneath you can tilt. But it is risky…
Fantastic Katie, Looks a lot more sturdy with the ply wood added on the shelves. Exciting times ahead for yourself with the breeding plans of your African Cichlid’s.
Looking much better Kaity ... however it would better if you add a intake sponges on your Tidal HOB filter, the fry would easily be sucked into that filter ... cheers
Looks good. Doesn't matter how long you have been a fish keeper you're always learning. The fishing line is fine. Anything 40 pound test or higher last forever.
Great work!! The tank is looking amazing too! Yet another great video! Thank you for the uploads, Kaity! I know it isn’t always easy, but you’re killing it! 😊
@@Kaityscichlids Excellent. I had a very close call once, with a stand that wasn’t sturdy enough. I caught it as it was starting to buckle. I’m still not sure how the tank didn’t crack. 🫣
Hey Kaity, if you know someone handy you might be able to get yourself some strips of metal & bolt on to the sides of your rack for your bracing. I love the magnetic feed ring for your plant, what a groovy idea. Love your work mate. :)
That bird is getting to be the star of the channel haha. Fishing line is really good, the only time it will get weak and brittle is if it's in direct sunlight with the uv rays...Fishing braid is the best choice!
Hi Finn! I really like that tank, Kaity. The dimensions are fantastic. I know I'll sleep better with the rack update. 🙂I'm guessing you will too. Setting up a new tank, I've even gone as far as filling half of the new tank with water from an existing tank, as well as adding filter media or squeezing out a sponge filter of something along those lines. Anything to speed up the process. Anyway, it looks great and I can't wait to see fish go in. Have a fantastic week ahead! ~Ron
I am glad I watched these videos. I have looked at those same racks in the US. I had the same idea of adding tanks. After watching yours I would cut 3/4” (19 mm) plywood to fit the shelves. If it continues to sag, add more bracing under the shelves.
Might want to add some dither fish in with your Neolamprologus leleupi. The male can become very aggressive towards the female if she doesn't want to breed. Right now in your big tank the male is too busy keeping other fish away from the cave and the female to be aggressive towards her.
Kaity, so exciting watching your journey with the new build. We learn from talking to folks who might have valuable knowledge. Sharing has always been an important part of the fish-keeping community. It looks much better. I just built more racks and I'm super paranoid about racks and weigh so I anchored it to a stud in the wall over diagonal supports. Good luck, love your video's it's becoming Summer here in Nova Scotia Canada, good luck with your winter.
If you want to add strength, you could also add small flat steel triangles at each shelf junction. This keeps the rack looking nice but adds good strength. I don't think you will have to worry though. It is a fairly good sturdy design. Just make sure you keep all shelves in it since they are part of the structural integrity. Looking great!
I really enjoyed the video. I love the board supports you used on the shelving. It's such a wonderful color, does the job, and a great design element on an industrial look shelving system; it's really transformed it. The tanks are off to a great start! The fish will look so beautiful in the tanks...and it's always an important element of aquarium keeping is to take into consideration safety considerations. With the boards and the weight of the tanks (in particular on the bottom level), plus the fact you won't be having threats as far as tumbling the tanks over, I think all safety concerns have been taken care of. Love seeing your bird! I have some parrots, although demanding at times they are super charming!
Its looking good .Don't worry about the top heavy part if the shelf is level and you add some L brackets to the top and bolt into the wall( preferably a stud) with some Lag screws everything will be fine
Absolutely love the new tank rack glade you put something under them. Your videos are so amazing and educational keep up the great work that your doing.
Absolutely fantastic upgrades to the racking, you can feel a lot more confident in that now. Also really looking forward to see how the leleupi get on in the new tank. Ive a similar thing in my 40gallon at the moment which has a mixture of peacocks, mbuna and some fairy cichlids. The fairy cichlids are breeding like crazy and ive recently bought a new 5 ft tank to move the peacocks and mbuna into so hopefully the fairy cichlid babies will survive.
Thank you so much 😊🙏 Yes I'm feeling much better about it now!! And that's so exciting 😄 I love fairy cichlids, they're so gorgeous. Hopefully you have some luck with your babies
Looks really good. If you want diagonal stability you could just take another piece of the plywood and screw it to the back of the stand. It wouldn't even have to cover the whole stand to add some stability.
Unfortunately I can't keep fish so get my fix watching your channel as I love the Cichlids. Amazing footage of the fish in their natural habitat. Learning a lot from you so maybe one day starting with easy fish.But I know I will want one or two or three or....... more tanks!
Hey Kaity, I think those plants that you added are probably pothos, not anubias. Anubias grown in water looks great and usually can tolerate the beating of African cichlids and their parameters. They also require very little light, all you have to do is attach them to a rock or something with superglue or fishing line. Very nice tanks btw.
Hi Kaity good job with the shelving, if you want to tidy up the electric cables you can get lead casing i don't know if bunnings sells it but places like Cetnaj sell it its very cheap its a u shape track that has a strip capping its grate you can screw it down the leg of the stand and cut it to whatever lenght, its good
If you are worried about the stability, get a flat piece of metal drill a hole and bolt/screw it to the racks back post and up and behind the garage door slide. You can get creative using the garage doors track as an anchor.
As usual you do a phenomenal job. Just a tip. Use sponge or foam on your filter inlet which prevents the fry from being sucked up or sand. Which you much success in raising fish. The hard part will be finding them homes where others give them as good an environment as you give them.
Awesome video! Those mats have worked really well for keeping the aquariums stable and preventing the bowing of the shelves! Breeding tank is looking really good too! Could even put a panel behind the shelf perhaps so all the cables and pipes can be hidden behind it? That could then be screwed to the shelf to help reduce the chance of it twisting without having to bolt anything to the wall. Having a tank for mollies would be cool too in that smaller aquarium. Have you thought about making that as a planted aquascape? Think I've finally started fixing some of the issues on my nano aquarium finally, got the pH up to 6.8 at last and the algae seems to be dying off after reducing the lighting to 4 hours/day! Almost ready to add fish finally!!
Woohooo! That's so exciting for you! It's always a fun time once you get to the point that it's almost ready for fish 😊 And thank you heaps! That's actually a really good idea for the cable management, I think I might end up doing something like that. I'm not sure how planted I'd go yet 🤔 I'm not the best with plants but it could be a good challenge 😅
@@Kaityscichlids Can't wait to finally stock it! Put some more Neon Tetra's in my large corner aquarium the other day and they look brilliant there as a large shoal! Think I've finally decided on fish for the nano aquarium too. Going to go cherry shrimp, amano shrimp and nerite snails, then dwarf corydoras and pencilfish! No worries! Think something like some slatted wooden board painted white would look good there, as it would reflect the light well, be a good backdrop to the aquariums, and also contrast well with the black frame on the shelf. Would be nice and sturdy for reducing twist too! Definitely give the planted tank a go, think you could do a really good job with one! Something simple like some small to medium rocks as hardscape and maybe a bit of wood too, then plant wise perhaps some dwarf hairgrass in a carpet with some cryptocorynes for leafy plants as they'll plant direct into substrate and usually aren't too difficult or too tall to grow! I don't know if you can get tropica plants in Australia, but that's what I use and they're really good quality! Tropica aquasoil is really good substrate as well and that's all you'd need as it's got all the nutrients you'd need! Definitely give Green Aqua's RUclips channel a watch if you haven't already, they're really good at aquascaping and especially with plants and tank design. Their channel helped me loads when I first started out aquascaping!
That's great, Well done on doing something to Distribute the weight, I thought at first of cross beaming in an X like shape between the four legs to link each vertical leg with added support in a diagonal manner with making the legs immoveable and adding strength to the centre area of each Shelf. Good luck, Should be great to follow. Regards.
Hi, thank u for all the videos,I am watching most of them, and I think u should use the (Copley 1200 x 595 x 17mm Formrite Formply) from Bunnings it’s much stronger and more water resistant..and I think cheaper.
Much better. It would be nice to paint the back ground black fish will love it also you need to cover the intake to prevent it from sucking the Fry …Good luck with the breeding love
Hi Kaity it looks great I’m glad 😌 you put the wood on the Stand the tank looks great another great video keep them videos coming can’t wait 😜 for the next one Kaity ❤
@@Kaityscichlids yes it was worth the extra effort..there was alot of pressure on the corners of the tank.....adding more rock might of cracked it over time so you done the right thing....I wish I lived in Australia, I would be searching for rainbow fish for sure...well,sweet dreams and no fish tank nightmares 💦🤣🇬🇧🇦🇺
i love it and i like the color of the pad under aquarium and everything look beautiful you did great setup I'm exciting to see the next video have a wonderful day 🐡🐟💕🐠
You have things on both sides - it wouldn't be very likely for you to hit it from either side with the amount of force it would take to cause it to fold. Looks great!
just heads up with the takes rack. when it rains and you open the garage door water and dirt on the garage door with fall into that top tank. good luck on the journey
It may come out in the wrong way, but I do think that you have a fine rack there. 😉 Puns aside. The rack looks fine and stable and the floorboards will undoubtly add enough strenght to the rack. As you said yourself, you’re not going to climb around at the shelves. Looking forward to be following your new aquarium room.
Awesome tank rack Katy, if you want any super easy to grow small Java fern attaching plant for the new projects I am personally 99% certain Fin from Atlas has a large amount of Java Fern plantlets that one of his customers, myself, traded in 1.5 weeks ago, I'm sure if you asked nicely he probably give you some! All your tanks look amazing I especially love the Tanganyika tank!
Forgot to add that you could easily add some cross bracing on the back / sides of that unit by using some flat steel, bolts and washers. There are more than enough pre-drilled holes in it to make it an easy project.
If you are going to raise fry in a tank by themselves, you should purchase a small tank. A 5, 10 or 15 gallon tank would be ideal. You want a tank with a small bottom area so that the fry do not have to travel to far to get food. I use a 14 gallon rimless aquarium when the fry become free swimming. I have tried to target feed in a larger aquarium, but the parents were scared of the food and keep the fry away. It is going to be a frustrating and exciting learning process.
Good job... I'm glad to see you putting the wood in to help distribute the weight. Soon you will have to put a couch or a Futon in there so you can sit back and watch the fish. I have a chair for each of my tanks!
Thank you 😄 Lol I was thinking the same!! I think I just might end up doing something like that 🤣
You could use the treadmill Kaity😂
@@sparehead2163 I have a mirror to the right of it and literally realised yesterday now I can run on the treadmill and look at my tanks 😂 the perfect combo
Looks much safer and sturdier now. Looking forward to seeing the upcoming videos
Thank you so much 😊🙏🙏 I definitely think it's much safer now!
Surely we need you to have an interview with Finn about his adventure in Tanganyika and meeting with Ad Konings, please!
I think that would be a fabulous idea!!
You can buy those storage racks which come with the masonite base included at Bunnings. I’ve got 2 x 4ft storage racks which cost me around $70 each and did not have to go through the trouble or expense of buying plywood sheets separately and cutting them to size or painting them with waterproof liquid. The shelves are strong enough to hold 4 x 1ft or a 3ft tank. I also have that same black rubber padding on the floor in front of my racks and they are definitely water proof and easy on the knees when I need to kneel while doing water changes or having a closer look at my tanks. I applaud your commitment in making the setup structurally better though and can’t wait to see the breeding tank setup.
Found the easiest way to remove sand and gravel from the bottom of fish tank,plastic dustpan does not scratch the bottom of the tank,great posts.
That is a good tip!!
@@Kaityscichlids vacuum hose too. Just pour water back in till all the sand is out then dump the water.
Then dustpan and towels. If a small tank and it has boards underneath you can tilt. But it is risky…
Fantastic Katie, Looks a lot more sturdy with the ply wood added on the shelves. Exciting times ahead for yourself with the breeding plans of your African Cichlid’s.
Thank you 😊🙏 Very very exciting times 😁
Looking much better Kaity ... however it would better if you add a intake sponges on your Tidal HOB filter, the fry would easily be sucked into that filter ... cheers
I will definitely do this! Thank you!!
So glad to see you taking some viewer's advice, you made the right decision. Am loving watching your channel grow Kaity, dilly dilly. :)
So glad u fixed that - great job GREAT DAD
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So proud of you to do things sensibly. Cant wait to watch next video 😊
Looks good. Doesn't matter how long you have been a fish keeper you're always learning. The fishing line is fine. Anything 40 pound test or higher last forever.
Great work!! The tank is looking amazing too! Yet another great video! Thank you for the uploads, Kaity! I know it isn’t always easy, but you’re killing it! 😊
Thank you so much Travis 😁🙏🙏
OMG, Kaity. I’m soo glad you fixed the rack. I was so worried it was going to end in disaster. Much better. 😊
It's soooo much better now! 🤣
@@Kaityscichlids Excellent. I had a very close call once, with a stand that wasn’t sturdy enough. I caught it as it was starting to buckle. I’m still not sure how the tank didn’t crack. 🫣
Nice looking tank Kaity!
Thank you 😄
Hey Kaity, if you know someone handy you might be able to get yourself some strips of metal & bolt on to the sides of your rack for your bracing. I love the magnetic feed ring for your plant, what a groovy idea. Love your work mate. :)
I just love your videos and watching the process is always informative and entertaining Lol. Thank you for sharing this with me.❤❤
Thank you so much 🥹🙏🏻🙏🏻
That bird is getting to be the star of the channel haha.
Fishing line is really good, the only time it will get weak and brittle is if it's in direct sunlight with the uv rays...Fishing braid is the best choice!
Ahh that is good to know! And little Laila demands to be the star 🤣🦜
That looks much sturdier. I’m so glad that you didn’t wait too long to change it.
Hi Finn! I really like that tank, Kaity. The dimensions are fantastic. I know I'll sleep better with the rack update. 🙂I'm guessing you will too. Setting up a new tank, I've even gone as far as filling half of the new tank with water from an existing tank, as well as adding filter media or squeezing out a sponge filter of something along those lines. Anything to speed up the process. Anyway, it looks great and I can't wait to see fish go in. Have a fantastic week ahead! ~Ron
I am glad I watched these videos. I have looked at those same racks in the US. I had the same idea of adding tanks. After watching yours I would cut 3/4” (19 mm) plywood to fit the shelves. If it continues to sag, add more bracing under the shelves.
Might want to add some dither fish in with your Neolamprologus leleupi. The male can become very aggressive towards the female if she doesn't want to breed. Right now in your big tank the male is too busy keeping other fish away from the cave and the female to be aggressive towards her.
Kaity, so exciting watching your journey with the new build. We learn from talking to folks who might have valuable knowledge. Sharing has always been an important part of the fish-keeping community. It looks much better. I just built more racks and I'm super paranoid about racks and weigh so I anchored it to a stud in the wall over diagonal supports. Good luck, love your video's it's becoming Summer here in Nova Scotia Canada, good luck with your winter.
That is definitely a good idea!! And thank you so much 😊 It must be nice for you guys finally going into Summer over there! ☀️
Great work Kaity. Looking forward to see what happens with your new set up. Hello from Adelaide.
Thank you so much Mark 😊🐟🐟
Great color choice on the pad 🤩‼️ This new addition to your garage looks amazing and a great use of that space 🙌🐠🐟‼️
Thank you heaps Joey 😊🙏
the wood while helping, also visually makes the rack look nicer.
looking forward to seeing how the rack comes together.
So nice rack! 😅😂
Thank you 😁😁
tank looks well supported now ....good job....can't wait to see the fish in it
Very good work, turned out great, thanks for letting us watch 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪
Thank you so much 😊🙏
I have anchored mine to the wall, extremely stable!
If you want to add strength, you could also add small flat steel triangles at each shelf junction. This keeps the rack looking nice but adds good strength. I don't think you will have to worry though. It is a fairly good sturdy design. Just make sure you keep all shelves in it since they are part of the structural integrity. Looking great!
I really enjoyed the video. I love the board supports you used on the shelving. It's such a wonderful color, does the job, and a great design element on an industrial look shelving system; it's really transformed it. The tanks are off to a great start! The fish will look so beautiful in the tanks...and it's always an important element of aquarium keeping is to take into consideration safety considerations. With the boards and the weight of the tanks (in particular on the bottom level), plus the fact you won't be having threats as far as tumbling the tanks over, I think all safety concerns have been taken care of.
Love seeing your bird! I have some parrots, although demanding at times they are super charming!
Thank you so much 😊🙏🙏 That sums up my thoughts exactly!! And that's so cool you have parrots too 😮 I love my little Laila 🦜
Hi Kaity , great work on reinforcing the bottoms of the racks , the tank set up looks nice keep it up ..🤗👍
Its looking good .Don't worry about the top heavy part if the shelf is level and you add some L brackets to the top and bolt into the wall( preferably a stud) with some Lag screws everything will be fine
The yellow foam looks great with the black shelving
Absolutely love the new tank rack glade you put something under them. Your videos are so amazing and educational keep up the great work that your doing.
Thank you so much 😊🙏🙏
I'm glad you sorted the shelving issue, one thing I'd like to add is Zip ties are razor sharp when cut and you're safer to cut it flush.
That's a good point!!
Much better job Kaity and looks amazing. Can't wait to c babies in there.🔥👌🔥👌
Thank you 😊😊😊
Beautiful job Kaity. Thank you. I myself learned the hard way to do this.
Thank you 🙏 I was definitely lucky it didn't end up worse!
Girl you are Killin IT!!! so fun to watch your honest and real process...keep up the awesomeness! I always save your vids for sunday coffee...lol
Thank you so much 😁😁 Sunday coffee is the best!!
Another amazing video. So good to see someone having the struggles I have. So many youtubers hide all that stuff.
Thank you!! Ohhhh yes, trust me, it's struggle city over here most the time 🤣🤣
Great work . The colour of the foam really looks good
Thank you 😄 I really like it too!
Absolutely fantastic upgrades to the racking, you can feel a lot more confident in that now. Also really looking forward to see how the leleupi get on in the new tank. Ive a similar thing in my 40gallon at the moment which has a mixture of peacocks, mbuna and some fairy cichlids. The fairy cichlids are breeding like crazy and ive recently bought a new 5 ft tank to move the peacocks and mbuna into so hopefully the fairy cichlid babies will survive.
Thank you so much 😊🙏 Yes I'm feeling much better about it now!! And that's so exciting 😄 I love fairy cichlids, they're so gorgeous. Hopefully you have some luck with your babies
Great job looks much more fish safe now.
Hi Kaity tank looks amazing so happy with the upgrade of the shelves your tanks will be fine .🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Thank you so much 😊🙏🙏 I sure hope so!!
Awesome video good job your fish are so lucky to have you as your owner glad the rack is more stable looks very good.
Thank you so much 😊🙏
That will do the job Kaity! Looks solid now. Good choice of filter too. In my opinion that Seachem tidal is the best hang on back filter.
I'm really liking it so far!! It's nice and quiet
Hi from the UK Kaity, luv watching your videos and luv seeing your cheeky little bird. Keep up the good work.👌🔥👌🔥
Thank you so much 😊😊 Laila says hi! 🦜
the yellow board makes tank even more pretty.
I think so too!
It is great that you are tyaking in considerations , it create a community and support. Well done 👍👍😊😊
Thank you so much 😊🙏🙏🙏
Looks really good. If you want diagonal stability you could just take another piece of the plywood and screw it to the back of the stand. It wouldn't even have to cover the whole stand to add some stability.
Looks great, good work! Lucky fish loads of room!
Nice work !! Awesome books too. marine ply is what I have used for stands so that's a good option too .
Trial and error Kaity looks good though
Thank you 😁
Unfortunately I can't keep fish so get my fix watching your channel as I love the Cichlids. Amazing footage of the fish in their natural habitat. Learning a lot from you so maybe one day starting with easy fish.But I know I will want one or two or three or....... more tanks!
I hope you will get to one day! It definitely does end up that way though 🤣
I can't wait to see more. Looking fabulous so far x
Your sump video was really insightful. Those fx6 need there impeller changing anualy and there 50 pounds. I'd definitely have mentioned that tbf
Thank you very much 😊🙏 and that's a good point about the FX6 impellers too!
Looking good Kaity!!!! You've given me some ideas for my setup. Thanks for sharing!!
That's great to hear!! 😁 Thank you!!
Looks much less sketchy now 👏
That is a good description 🤣
8:20 You should get one of these beer bellies. I got one and it's super useful for carrying stuff. 100% recommend
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Whew! Thank you. I'm pretty sure the tank would have cracked would you have left the tank like it was. Looking forward to seeing your Leleupi breed.
Hey Kaity, I think those plants that you added are probably pothos, not anubias. Anubias grown in water looks great and usually can tolerate the beating of African cichlids and their parameters. They also require very little light, all you have to do is attach them to a rock or something with superglue or fishing line. Very nice tanks btw.
Oh yes I definitely meant Pothos!! I got mixed up, I think my brain must see Pothos as the Anubias of the land plant world 😂
Looking good! Cant wait to see what else you do with it!😊❤
Thank you!! 😁
Looking good, keep enjoying what your doing..
looks much better, a job well done. all the best with the breeding project.
Thank you 😊🙏
Great video! Loving this new set up but I would probably choose black foam with the black shelving. It would look more sleek in my opinion.
Thank you 😁 I think black would look nice too! I'm just a sucker for colour 🤣
congrats to the setup! will have a house full in no time!
Hi Kaity good job with the shelving, if you want to tidy up the electric cables you can get lead casing i don't know if bunnings sells it but places like Cetnaj sell it its very cheap its a u shape track that has a strip capping its grate you can screw it down the leg of the stand and cut it to whatever lenght, its good
Oooo, thank you!! I will check this out, that could help a lot with it
If you are worried about the stability, get a flat piece of metal drill a hole and bolt/screw it to the racks back post and up and behind the garage door slide.
You can get creative using the garage doors track as an anchor.
Much better. Great job.
As usual you do a phenomenal job. Just a tip. Use sponge or foam on your filter inlet which prevents the fry from being sucked up or sand. Which you much success in raising fish. The hard part will be finding them homes where others give them as good an environment as you give them.
Thank you so much!! That is a great tip, I will definitely do that 😊 I hope they will find great little homes 🐟🐟🐟
Great work Kaity looking great.
Thank you 😊
Tank looks great, keep up the good work 😎
Thank you 😊🙏
You're a professional fish keeper 😊
Hey once again your aquarium looks great keep up the hard work have a great day and be safe. 💯🐬🐬🐬❤️❤️🌹🌹
Thank you so much 😊🙏🙏🙏
@@Kaityscichlids ✌️✌️🐬🐬🐬💯💯🌹
Awesome video! Those mats have worked really well for keeping the aquariums stable and preventing the bowing of the shelves! Breeding tank is looking really good too! Could even put a panel behind the shelf perhaps so all the cables and pipes can be hidden behind it? That could then be screwed to the shelf to help reduce the chance of it twisting without having to bolt anything to the wall. Having a tank for mollies would be cool too in that smaller aquarium. Have you thought about making that as a planted aquascape? Think I've finally started fixing some of the issues on my nano aquarium finally, got the pH up to 6.8 at last and the algae seems to be dying off after reducing the lighting to 4 hours/day! Almost ready to add fish finally!!
Woohooo! That's so exciting for you! It's always a fun time once you get to the point that it's almost ready for fish 😊 And thank you heaps! That's actually a really good idea for the cable management, I think I might end up doing something like that.
I'm not sure how planted I'd go yet 🤔 I'm not the best with plants but it could be a good challenge 😅
@@Kaityscichlids Can't wait to finally stock it! Put some more Neon Tetra's in my large corner aquarium the other day and they look brilliant there as a large shoal! Think I've finally decided on fish for the nano aquarium too. Going to go cherry shrimp, amano shrimp and nerite snails, then dwarf corydoras and pencilfish! No worries! Think something like some slatted wooden board painted white would look good there, as it would reflect the light well, be a good backdrop to the aquariums, and also contrast well with the black frame on the shelf. Would be nice and sturdy for reducing twist too! Definitely give the planted tank a go, think you could do a really good job with one! Something simple like some small to medium rocks as hardscape and maybe a bit of wood too, then plant wise perhaps some dwarf hairgrass in a carpet with some cryptocorynes for leafy plants as they'll plant direct into substrate and usually aren't too difficult or too tall to grow! I don't know if you can get tropica plants in Australia, but that's what I use and they're really good quality! Tropica aquasoil is really good substrate as well and that's all you'd need as it's got all the nutrients you'd need! Definitely give Green Aqua's RUclips channel a watch if you haven't already, they're really good at aquascaping and especially with plants and tank design. Their channel helped me loads when I first started out aquascaping!
I'm glad you took it down and put boards up noone wants to clean there pride up of the floor hun x
That's great, Well done on doing something to Distribute the weight, I thought at first of cross beaming in an X like shape between the four legs to link each vertical leg with added support in a diagonal manner with making the legs immoveable and adding strength to the centre area of each Shelf.
Good luck, Should be great to follow.
Regards.
Thank you so much John 😊🙏🙏
Hi, thank u for all the videos,I am watching most of them, and I think u should use the (Copley 1200 x 595 x 17mm Formrite Formply) from Bunnings it’s much stronger and more water resistant..and I think cheaper.
Much better. It would be nice to paint the back ground black fish will love it also you need to cover the intake to prevent it from sucking the Fry …Good luck with the breeding love
Thank you 😊🙏
Very nice, beware if the stones arent on bottom glass so when the fish digs it can fell on glass and brake the tank
Hi Kaity it looks great I’m glad 😌 you put the wood on the Stand the tank looks great another great video keep them videos coming can’t wait 😜 for the next one Kaity ❤
Thank you 😁🙏🙏❤️
Much better kaity...the mat colour gives a nice contrast....you can sleep well now😂
I really like it too!! I can definitely sleep much better now and feel safe breathing next to the tank 🤣
@@Kaityscichlids yes it was worth the extra effort..there was alot of pressure on the corners of the tank.....adding more rock might of cracked it over time so you done the right thing....I wish I lived in Australia, I would be searching for rainbow fish for sure...well,sweet dreams and no fish tank nightmares 💦🤣🇬🇧🇦🇺
i love it and i like the color of the pad under aquarium and everything look beautiful you did great setup I'm exciting to see the next video have a wonderful day 🐡🐟💕🐠
Thank you so so much 😊🙏🙏
You have things on both sides - it wouldn't be very likely for you to hit it from either side with the amount of force it would take to cause it to fold. Looks great!
I hope so!! Thank you heaps 😊🙏🙏
Hi Kaity, I know your probably flat out but if you get a chance I was wonder where you got the clear mesh covers for your tank, they look super cool
Better safe than sorry.. People care about you.
Looking good, nice job
Thank you 😊🙏
Looks great...
WELL DONE!!
Thank you 😄
Awesome, hopefully can buy some fish you breed one day 👍
Your videos are better than The Cichlid Bros.
just heads up with the takes rack. when it rains and you open the garage door water and dirt on the garage door with fall into that top tank. good luck on the journey
Thank you for the heads up 😮 I didn't even think of that!
@@Kaityscichlids no problem! Glad to give insight
Looks good, nice job. I've had the same style of rack in my garage for years and never had an issue.
That's great to hear!
It may come out in the wrong way, but I do think that you have a fine rack there. 😉
Puns aside. The rack looks fine and stable and the floorboards will undoubtly add enough strenght to the rack. As you said yourself, you’re not going to climb around at the shelves.
Looking forward to be following your new aquarium room.
Yes I definitely think it's much stabler now!! Sadly for me no climbing the racks though 🤣 Thank you heaps 😊😊
Awesome tank rack Katy, if you want any super easy to grow small Java fern attaching plant for the new projects I am personally 99% certain Fin from Atlas has a large amount of Java Fern plantlets that one of his customers, myself, traded in 1.5 weeks ago, I'm sure if you asked nicely he probably give you some! All your tanks look amazing I especially love the Tanganyika tank!
Ooooo, that sounds like a great idea! 😁😁 Thank you heaps 😊🙏
Great job
You're rack looks great!
Another great video
Thank you 😊
So much better Kaity
All your rack needed was just a little more support. Looks perfect now.
nicest rack on youtube !
Thank you 😊🙏🐟🐟
Forgot to add that you could easily add some cross bracing on the back / sides of that unit by using some flat steel, bolts and washers. There are more than enough pre-drilled holes in it to make it an easy project.
Awesome tank I have peacocks as well
good job! I can sleep better tonight!
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If you are going to raise fry in a tank by themselves, you should purchase a small tank. A 5, 10 or 15 gallon tank would be ideal. You want a tank with a small bottom area so that the fry do not have to travel to far to get food. I use a 14 gallon rimless aquarium when the fry become free swimming. I have tried to target feed in a larger aquarium, but the parents were scared of the food and keep the fry away. It is going to be a frustrating and exciting learning process.
Thank you for the tips! That is good to know!