Oddest Tank Setup / Ornament You Had In Your Tank

Really LOL - if you live anywhere near me (Herne Bay) you can have the blue gravel!

Ah, wrong side of London sadly. Ooohh, maybe I could find some red gravel and make a kind of lava river (combined with some black sand). Or.... a volcano! A big cone shaped rock in the middle, then a red river of gravel running down it. In my head, it looks great with an oscar!

Well, you can do anything with a great imagination and a bit of creativity - if you can manage to find a rock in the shape you want you can stick the line of red gravel to the side of it using aquarium silicone.

Remember though, that unless you use something to separate the different colours of gravel substrate, they could get mixed up during gravel vacs (or moved around by cichlids if you keep them). When I did the river theme, I used lots of different rocks/pebbles to create a rocky bank either side of the river, to prevent the blue gravel mixing with the natural gravel and sand. Then I put various plants along the river route to look like trees...remember that if you look at a landscape painting, trees in the background appear smaller than those in the foreground (so opposite to the usual rule of taller plants at the back). I did put a lot of thought into the design of it all - but at the end I just looked at it and thought...noooo, that's not the look I want after all LOL

My b/f was a bit annoyed that I changed it cos he actually liked it like that LOL

Athena
 
I have just purchased a sunken Tardis - it wasn't really my idea!
I've got a tardis in my bedroom tank, and I love it! (I'm a big Who fan :blush: )

It's all good as my glass cats live in there :good:
 
I have just purchased a sunken Tardis - it wasn't really my idea!
I've got a tardis in my bedroom tank, and I love it! (I'm a big Who fan :blush: )

It's all good as my glass cats live in there :good:

Haha, there is someone else then! The holes in the side look a bit small for any of my fish to use so I wasn't sure it would get used, maybe the fry will use it...
 
Yeah; I had it blocked up with filter sponge for ages as I had the emperor tetras in there and I always felt they were stupid enough to get stuck in there!

Once they'd moved out I unblocked it and the glass cats took it over, though they come on and out of the door; it's only my male BN who uses the holes!
 
This wasn't in my tank, but my friend had a human skull in his tank with a hole in the top where some plants were growing out :fun: To each their own I suppose lol.
 
I had a hot pink coral ornament which look terrible, and a big dragon :/ my partner currently has shark teeth/jaws in his betta tank...(shakes head) I tried to stop him, I really did.
 
Mean time I am soaking the lighter wood in a container of water. 6 months later... and it still floats.

Depening on the size of the pieces, you could try boring some large (1" wide and deep min) holes in the bottom and plugging them with large stones.

Don't think that would work. But thanks anyway.
I tried wedging small rocks in various places, but the wood was still too boyant, I didn't think it was safe.
 

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