55- Gallon-Afra Tank-Kingsizei

Turned into All Afra Tank and Kingsizei Males for show tank,and redone plants

posted by: Mark & Kathy Lindamood	(report) Aug 20th, 2008
Views: 50462	Rated: (61 votes)

Visitor Comments

Mark & Kathy Lindamood	» posted 2007/12/28 04:33 pm
Posted in Tank section,but came up here,don"t know why?

karrie edwards	» posted 2007/12/28 04:51 pm
this is one of the nicest tanks i have seen, good job!

Mark & Kathy Lindamood	» posted 2007/12/28 04:53 pm
Thanks Karrie,hope you had a good christmas,and have a Happy New Year

Joe & Christie	» posted 2007/12/28 04:57 pm
Beautiful!

Joe & Christie	» posted 2007/12/28 05:01 pm
Hows your Front today Mark & Kathy?

Earth Eater	» posted 2007/12/28 05:02 pm
Very Nice.

bip_ 4u (m)	» posted 2007/12/28 05:02 pm
M&K WOW... This tank kicks arse. Incredible job. 10 smiles easily.

bip_ 4u (m)	» posted 2007/12/28 05:03 pm
lol oops I forgot the original five---^

harvick fan	» posted 2007/12/28 05:04 pm
is that a background scene or a 3 D background ? looks awesome m&k

Mark & Kathy Lindamood	» posted 2007/12/28 05:27 pm
harvick, Its a paper background from Drfoster*Smith,used virgin olive oil to adhere to tank,gives it a better look.Thanks

James Martin	» posted 2007/12/28 05:35 pm
Nicely done.

Kye Williams

» posted 2007/12/28 05:57 pm

lee howe	» posted 2007/12/28 06:00 pm
that is a damn good idea, and sure makes me feel dumb that I didn't think of it myself!!!

harvick fan	» posted 2007/12/28 06:26 pm
yea beats scotch tape and later having water seep between when water changes are made . good idea !

Mike Arndt	» posted 2007/12/28 06:31 pm
GREAT JOB

Mark & Kathy Lindamood	» posted 2007/12/28 06:58 pm
harvick,the hard part is pressing the air-bubbles out,used the plastic scraper out of window tinting for cars

Ken M.	» posted 2007/12/28 07:10 pm
10 plus! This tank looks awesome Mark and Kathy you guys did a really good job with this tank, It look so natural with the white sand and plants.

Roger Hopper (m)	» posted 2007/12/28 07:20 pm
W O W !!! Guys you nailed this one, Stunning..

Mark & Kathy Lindamood	» posted 2007/12/28 07:31 pm
Roger did you get my last e-mail,will be back on the 4th.

Roger Hopper (m)	» posted 2007/12/28 07:34 pm
Yes, I got it Mark. Call me when you can. I love this tank!!!

Mark & Kathy Lindamood	» posted 2007/12/28 07:35 pm
Will do Buddy,see ya

Alex Odesit	» posted 2007/12/28 07:36 pm
very nice M&K, very...

Russell Patton	» posted 2007/12/28 07:55 pm
Very Nice tank, looks like it should be mine. "LOL"

kyle jackson	» posted 2007/12/28 09:23 pm
outstanding job on tank m&k.

Mark & Kathy Lindamood	» posted 2007/12/28 10:16 pm
Thanks everbody

Martin Verduzco

» posted 2007/12/29 03:43 am

THE chuck

» posted 2007/12/29 07:07 am

Mark & Kathy Lindamood	» posted 2007/12/29 02:21 pm
Thanks chuck ,Martin

Stefi Randjeva

» posted 2007/12/29 02:32 pm

Mark & Kathy Lindamood	» posted 2007/12/30 10:24 am
Thanks Stefi

Steve Colquhoun Tammylyn Richer	» posted 2007/12/30 06:44 pm
looks great! what kinda lighting are ya using?

sam lodge

» posted 2007/12/30 07:00 pm

Mark & Kathy Lindamood	» posted 2007/12/31 08:21 am
Steve,I am using a36"-50/50 fluorescent and a 36"-true Actinic 03 blue fluorescent,and Thanks

Mark & Kathy Lindamood	» posted 2007/12/31 08:23 am
also they both have built in reflectors to direct the light into tank

Dan Noon (m)

» posted 2007/12/31 08:37 am

Alex Jackson	» posted 2008/01/01 03:48 pm
WOWZERS NICE TANK

Mark & Kathy Lindamood	» posted 2008/01/01 07:31 pm
Thanks Dan and Alex

fourdell kidson	» posted 2008/01/06 02:53 pm
verrrrry nice what fish are in there?????

Byron G	» posted 2008/01/06 03:00 pm
nice light

Mark & Kathy Lindamood	» posted 2008/01/06 03:08 pm
fourdell,got 4-afra,1-male,3-females,3-yellow tale acei,1-pleco,1-headstander,1-female kenya,1-venustus,The afra are (Hai Reef) posted pic of male juvie in December.

fourdell kidson	» posted 2008/01/06 03:20 pm
cool i used to have two headstanders but got rid of them they were getting picked on by other fish.

Mark & Kathy Lindamood	» posted 2008/01/06 03:36 pm
1-is about 8-inches,the other is about 5-inches,each in different tanks,they fought to much with each other

fourdell kidson	» posted 2008/01/06 03:41 pm
yes mine used to chase each other too lol.

Mark & Kathy Lindamood	» posted 2008/01/08 07:19 pm
Steve did you get post about lighting.

steven stevensen

» posted 2008/01/11 12:51 pm

Mark & Kathy Lindamood	» posted 2008/01/15 10:42 am
Thanks steven

Martin Vajs	» posted 2008/01/21 12:15 pm
very very nice tank

Mark & Kathy Lindamood	» posted 2008/01/21 07:00 pm
Thanks Martin Vajs

rafael aquino	» posted 2008/02/03 01:12 pm
COOL TANK

Mark & Kathy Lindamood	» posted 2008/02/19 10:05 am
Thanks rafael

todd foster

» posted 2008/08/20 10:14 pm

***kylie ***

» posted 2008/08/20 10:34 pm

bip_ 4u (m)	» posted 2008/08/21 04:47 am
I'll rate this pic again, told ya it was easily worth 10 smiles, lol. Superb tank.

Christian :o)	» posted 2008/08/21 09:31 am
That tank is just sooo Awesome!!! Love the backround! Great Job!!!

dennis chiong maya

» posted 2008/08/21 09:43 am

Alexis Moham	» posted 2008/08/21 03:22 pm
Great job you guys, this is great!

Justin Deans

» posted 2008/08/21 05:15 pm

Megan Tobin

» posted 2008/08/21 05:26 pm

brian cochran	» posted 2008/08/21 08:43 pm
Great looking tank, guys... nice work...

Byron G	» posted 2008/08/21 08:46 pm
4761 views!!!i think that a record...lol....the tanks awesome

Mark & Kathy Lindamood	» posted 2008/08/22 07:17 am
Yea,when I updated the photo,with new look,it brought the views from the old picture I had posted.Also noticed some of my pics have been changed around,picture don't match the headings.

Kim Fox	» posted 2008/08/27 03:53 pm
love the set up, did you buy or make it

Robert Christiansen	» posted 2008/09/05 04:21 pm
UNBELIEVABLE....Im in love, I will have to try this with my 55 gallon that I have coming up!

Mike Blaske

» posted 2008/09/05 05:31 pm

rick maddy	» posted 2008/09/19 12:39 am
this is one of the nicest tanks i have seen

Jay Martin	» posted 2009/01/07 02:20 am
Beautiful Tank! Nice work.

Tina Welch	» posted 2009/04/08 02:03 pm
this is awesome==

kori illman	» posted 2009/04/08 02:09 pm
wicked tank

Mark & Kathy Lindamood	» posted 2009/04/13 07:37 pm
Thanks Tina N Bud and kori

Tyler Brown	» posted 2009/04/14 01:46 pm
real nice tank..

Tina Welch

» posted 2009/05/06 05:34 pm

Vu Q	» posted 2009/08/02 06:20 pm
That Aquarium is More than Excellent...its Perfect!! :>)

Aleksa Jankovic	» posted 2010/01/02 04:07 pm
Svaka cast , (I'am from Serbia) Excellent

j s	» posted 2010/01/06 08:29 pm
wow this is a nice tank are you only using 2 lights, i am going to have to try this with my 55 gallon tank that used to house my Oscar. are those real or fake plants? how do you do that olive oil think on the back ground?