pentagon build help please

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The only geckos I've come across on my holidays were in dry environments - outside house walls or in a palm leaf roof of a hut, never in such high humidity environments. Then again, there may be many different species around. Just make sure you close off any cut-outs and holes they could escape from.
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it's a really cool :)
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It looks really nice, lots of work and thought gone in there. :)
Can I just ask if (and thereby why) you've left the front door on the unit as that may be problematic for feeding as it could vibrate the tank whilst opening and closing, upsetting and stressing the fish?
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plankton wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:41 am It looks really nice, lots of work and thought gone in there. :)
Can I just ask if (and thereby why) you've left the front door on the unit as that may be problematic for feeding as it could vibrate the tank whilst opening and closing, upsetting and stressing the fish?
thanks, i was just building it how my wife asked it to be, there is a cut out at the top and i was going to set up an automatic feeder.
it did cross my mind as well about the door.
still in two minds whether i should remove it. ::thumbu::
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Automatic feeders tend to be unreliable because they take up condensation and get stuck or dump too much food into the tank.
I don't trust them personally. ;)
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automatic feeder has now been removed from my amazon basket.
myself i would prefer just the fish and the top section still looks nice and completes the look for me.
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sorry for the spam but a few more pics of the tank filled now its cleared up.
thanks.
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I just caught up with your posts and all I can say is Wow! & well done.
You have done an amazing job, something that I would never do. ::clap::

All the best
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4 x Cupid Cichlids, 13 x Cory caudimaculatus, 10 x Cory sterbai 49 x Reed Tetra, 4 x Honeycomb Bristlenose (L519)

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That looks dark and cool and moody ::thumb::

Have you thought about your stock? It almost feels as if it needs something unusual, like an octopus or perhaps a blind cave fish or something like that...
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i have been looking online at all sorts of fish but have not made up my mind yet,
octopus sounds cool tho.
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