And So It Begins...

[Miss Wiggle]

and i didnt realise you were THE ian miss wiggles goes on about!

yup, he's my *****

 

[BigIan]

and i didnt realise you were THE ian miss wiggles goes on about!

yup, he's my *****

that`s what i let you think woman

 

[SamUK]

LOL leave it off the forum you 2



that cave looks 100x better. really fits in!

 

[BigIan]

yea i thought the cave looked loads beter the full tank shot is a bit crappy as it was just after i`d been pruning plants and moving some stuff so there was crud all in the watter

 

[SamUK]

even with what you call mirky water theres still quite a big improvement.

makes the last cave look like a high security prison in the middle of the country side lol.

 

[BigIan]

I need to find some more plants to replace the BACOPA CAROLINIANA at the back as the bottom leaves constantly sed and only the top inch of the plant has any leaves, and i also need to find somnething to g infromt of the wisteria to hide the stems and what not.....

 

[SamUK]

I need to find some more plants to replace the BACOPA CAROLINIANA at the back as the bottom leaves constantly sed and only the top inch of the plant has any leaves, and i also need to find somnething to g infromt of the wisteria to hide the stems and what not.....

its all part of the fun lol.

 

[BigIan]

tanks been moved into the Girlfriends/or wife (i`m getting dodgy looks whatever i say)
As of thismorning its running at 2 WPG and has home made CO2 with many many cool plants....
pics will follow....

Crassula helmsii

my lurvely lace plant

Red lily thing we got free from the LFS for being cheeky (cory not included)

BoB the tiny black angel who is kicking the ass of every other mo fo in the tank

an albino angel and a gorami (incase you couldn`t tell)

a Golden angel and a gourami (the albino and gorami had a "conflict of interests)

ANGELIS the unrivaled daddy of the tank... ( just come back from the hospital tank aa he aparently had a scrape with something hard (you can still see the mark on his side)

An all over view of the tank

 

[Gankutsuou]

very nice. I thought about angels for a long time, and that almost looks like the ideal tank i thought about with them. (the set up with cories ect)

 

[SPLiSH]

Looks awesome Ian! The fish all complement each other really well, and the plants look great.

(In a bizarre twist, I will now go upstairs to say Happy Father's Day to my dad, who is ALSO called Ian!)

 

[Rafael Dilone]

You have come a long way with your tank. The new cave looks much more natural and the tank looks better when more heavily planted. Those are some very cool looking angels you have 8) Hope your tank keeps on becoming better and better.

 

[Bullrock74]

ATLAST its finished, my tank is cycled,

after alge blooms, plants dying snail infestations and now a plantera ( i think its how its spelt) out break my tank is ready for fishys......


but i`m nervous, what if i`ve done something wrong?
what if i put the fishys in and they die???

any one else get this feeling on their first tank???

Anyone else wonder how you've posted to this forum over 900 times and this is your FIRST tank? Wow, you must have done tons of research...kudos to you!

 

[SPLiSH]

He has a betta in an 8g, I think.

I believe he means his first big, community tank.

 

[BigIan]

this was my first tank, the GF and i between us now have 5 tanks, With fish ranging from a 3 quater foot long oscar to bettas a "livebearer) community tank with rasboras, danios corys endlers and some tetras.

the past 6 months has been a huge learning curve.
and the next six will be too as were off to pick up our first marine tank today...
But the guy who works in our faverote LFS gave me and the MRS a huge compliment, he said "i love it when you guys come in i can have a decent conversation rather than just the same old crap about how you can`t put an oscar in a 2 ft tank"

so yeay me....

and thanks for al the comments guys, i`m glad i started this thread now cos i can see how well the tank has come along since i started it. it is quite a change

 

[-Deano-]

Great Pics ! That Black Angel Is Awesome!