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Post Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:01 pm   This is how I made some tank decorations.

I made this one for about $7.I bought some mopani wood on line for $5 and some fake plants for $2 I then used some hot hobby glue and a hole in the wood to anchor.the plants to the wood.PICT was too big to upload and using phone !
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Post Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:25 pm   Re: This is how I made some tank decorations.

Where did you get the mopani from?
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Post Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:36 pm   Re: This is how I made some tank decorations.

It was up for bid on e-bay
1 Male Mississippi Map/Mississippi
1 Female RES/Slidy.
1 DBT White Concentric Female/ Lucky
1 DBT Male/ Spots
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300 gallon indoor stock tank, FX6 & FX5 filters. Mega-Ray 100w UVB bulb.
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Post Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:40 pm   Re: This is how I made some tank decorations.

If you need help posting pics, you can email them to me. I'm not sure what else are methods of uploading pics from a phone :/
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Post Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:07 pm   Re: This is how I made some tank decorations.

Had to get an app to resize.It might some doing but I will get it.Ha I got it first try. Size OK?
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1 Male Mississippi Map/Mississippi
1 Female RES/Slidy.
1 DBT White Concentric Female/ Lucky
1 DBT Male/ Spots
(Housed in the same tank)

300 gallon indoor stock tank, FX6 & FX5 filters. Mega-Ray 100w UVB bulb.
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Post Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:55 pm   Re: This is how I made some tank decorations.

Could actually be bigger but it is clear, thanks!
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Post Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:08 pm   Re: This is how I made some tank decorations.

No problem
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1 Female RES/Slidy.
1 DBT White Concentric Female/ Lucky
1 DBT Male/ Spots
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300 gallon indoor stock tank, FX6 & FX5 filters. Mega-Ray 100w UVB bulb.
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Post Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:53 pm   Re: This is how I made some tank decorations.

There's a photobucket app for phones. You can link photos from there or wherever with the [img] tags.
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Post Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:01 pm   Re: This is how I made some tank decorations.

Not a big fan of photobucket just got an editing app. Just need to figure out the size I want to use. Thanks though
1 Male Mississippi Map/Mississippi
1 Female RES/Slidy.
1 DBT White Concentric Female/ Lucky
1 DBT Male/ Spots
(Housed in the same tank)

300 gallon indoor stock tank, FX6 & FX5 filters. Mega-Ray 100w UVB bulb.
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Post Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 4:06 pm   Re: This is how I made some tank decorations.

Just some pictures of my tank.
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1 Male Mississippi Map/Mississippi
1 Female RES/Slidy.
1 DBT White Concentric Female/ Lucky
1 DBT Male/ Spots
(Housed in the same tank)

300 gallon indoor stock tank, FX6 & FX5 filters. Mega-Ray 100w UVB bulb.
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Post Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:55 pm   Re: This is how I made some tank decorations.

Looks very nice. Do you plan on adding any substrate into it?
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Post Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:59 pm   Re: This is how I made some tank decorations.

I was thinking white sand?
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1 Female RES/Slidy.
1 DBT White Concentric Female/ Lucky
1 DBT Male/ Spots
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Post Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:13 pm   Re: This is how I made some tank decorations.

sand would look very nice with that tank and also helps add surface area to extend your natural bio filtration.
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Post Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:22 pm   Re: This is how I made some tank decorations.

What do you have
1 Male Mississippi Map/Mississippi
1 Female RES/Slidy.
1 DBT White Concentric Female/ Lucky
1 DBT Male/ Spots
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300 gallon indoor stock tank, FX6 & FX5 filters. Mega-Ray 100w UVB bulb.
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Post Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:10 pm   Re: This is how I made some tank decorations.

His build thread link will show you all sorts of cool stuff he's done with his tank. I still have bare bottom tanks though.
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