It Here! Yay!

[Cantbesaved]

beautiful!!! That thing would make mine look like a fish bowl!

 

[joecoral]

4x2x2? I've fancied one of those ND tanks to put some discus in for a long time now

 

[Sarette]

Just noticed the picture frames too, lol!

 

[markandhisfish]

lol shelagh trust it wasnt tidy while moving old tank etc.
yep thats the missus with the photo lol .

 

[Syphoniera]

Looks like a 'House Beautiful' decorative item without even having any fish in it yet!
Lucky you!

 

[markandhisfish]

hopefully that will start to happen in the next week or 2.

 

[markandhisfish]

god its just dawned on me how much gravel im gonna need lol

 

[shelaghfishface]

get your lfs to do u a deal they can and will if you ask nicely

 

[markandhisfish]

good idea hadnt thought of that. am going to get a 25kg bag on monday and put it in to see how far it gos and gauge how much i need from that. hmmm 25kg will prob do 1 corner

 

[Scotty001]

good idea hadnt thought of that. am going to get a 25kg bag on monday and put it in to see how far it gos and gauge how much i need from that. hmmm 25kg will prob do 1 corner

Why not use sand ??? Argos play sand is only £2.49 for a 15Kg bag, may work out a fair bit cheaper and good for species that like to dig for food.

scott

 

[markandhisfish]

have to admit i like sand only questions are is it any good for plants and how about keeping it clean? guessing gravel vac would be no good?

 

[Scotty001]

have to admit i like sand only questions are is it any good for plants and how about keeping it clean? guessing gravel vac would be no good?

i find it great for plants, i have a med planted tank, no other substrait than the sand (plant food base) , just put the plants into the sand and they have set roots, i maybe use a bit of plant food every once a month, but to be honest pants are growing and living well.

i also use a gravel vac to keep cleaan its simple, just need to hold the vac tube 1-2 cm from the sand and it picks up the waste and leaves the sand where it is.

you do see a little bit more waste with sand than gravel but thats only as there are no nooks an crannies for the waste to fall into but then again you know when you do a vac you have got every bit or waste there so will help with water peramiters.

Having said that my tanks dont need more cleaning / vacing than when i used gravel.

you lso have the added bonus of seeing the fish scavanging in the sand and some fish are great landscapers and can be funny to watch them move the sand around a little

some little pics of my tank (close ups) with the sand int he background.

these pics were taken just before a gravel vac, prev vac was 2 weeks beforehand.

 

[Syphoniera]

Hi, Scotty001,
just had to comment on how gorgeous your fish are, and what amazing colouring they have.
But I suppose you knew that...

 

[markandhisfish]

hmm interesting. i may well check it out i guess if i put it in and dont like it i can always hoover it out

 

[shelaghfishface]

wow that ram is beautiful