Newbie Up North

[mark_lad]

hey guys am mark am 27 got into fish keeping after a horse riding accident were i fractured my spine. so now i stay firmly on the floor and have gained a few tanks at mo i have 180l malawi tank thats got from 1" - 6" fish , a 2ft tank thats empty at mo just sold off my axolotl and then my two projects one is a clear seal 2ft tank but is deeper than ive seen this is going to be a open top tank with a led lamp its nearly there and the other been a 3ft std clear seal tank i bought with stand ended up throwing stand n built a new one and going to build a matching hood for that one  
 
hope ive not bored you all and brace your self for lots of questions
 
mark 

 

[l_l_l]

Hi! Welcome to the forums, I hope you have fun here!

 

[Blondielovesfish]

to the forum.
 
I'd love to see some pictures of your tanks!
 
Sorry to hear about you breaking your spine, are you almost healed now?

 

[SimpleDog]

I love cichlid tanks! Lets get some pics.

 

[mark_lad]

i done my back about 6 months ago am back walking been told not to lift heavy things still on pritty high meds but to be honest am just happy to be alive and walking it was that bad and horse was looped had been abused was scared of humans but i managed to bring him round n could do everything with him n i was re training bk to riding n just one day he went nuts  
 
as for my tanks ill post some pics do you have a way of up loading or is it photobucket job ?

 

[Ninjouzata]

to the forum, I hope you enjoy it here!
 
Would also enjoy seeing pics of your tanks. So sorry about your accident, I'm glad you are starting to get better though!
I think there is a way to upload pics here through the site but I have yet to figure it out and usually it results in saying pics are too big I think, so I just use photobucket.

 

[Tongue_Flicker]

Hey mark welcome aboard!

 

[mark_lad]

well seen you ask for pics here they are  all still work in progress thou 
 
first up my malawi tank 
 

 

 

 
i sold the frontosa as it just didnt get along with its tank mates n was bullied  

 
2ft x 2ft i think tank project 
 
started like this bought for £20 with a hood that looked rubbish so sold the hood for a fiver 

 
now looks like this 
 

still not happy with lighting thou 
 
2ft x1ft 
 
bought again for £20 pounds like this 

 
now looks like this 

 
 
all thoughts n comments welcome

 
 
 

 

[prairiefire86]

Wow! Awesome. Welcome from another new person on this forum

 

[Ch4rlie]

Hello and 

 
Hope you enjoy the forum 

 

[SimpleDog]

Very nice malawi tank

 

[Blondielovesfish]

Love the malawi tank! Such a nice mix of colours!
Is that a chinese algae eater I spot? If so, you might be best rehoming it, as they grow, they become very aggressive, there have been many reports of them sucking the slime coats off of fish
 
You have certainly made the other two tanks look great, compared to there original condition! 

 

[mark_lad]

yeah they are algae eaters at mo they dont bother the fish but i could rehome them as theirs a huge pleco not sure of its name lol  3 baby bns and possible  a sailfin but again not sure but hes stunning
 
yeah i like buying the cheap tanks people have abused and turning them into somit nice to look at
 
thanks for the feed back