Something Different

[star4]

My fish collection is rather strange lol, from dwarf cichlids to oscars, jd, tp! I had a spare tank after the loss of my last texas, so I thought angels (well my 5 year old had a say as angels are his favourite fish)

Using heavier wood to weigh down the sticks for the time being, soon as they are waterlogged I can scape it a little better, but the angels seem to like it, they are only tiny at the moment.

 

[DrRob]

Looks nice. Angels will like a good wood arrangement. I've got some wood weighed down with a bag of gravel at the moment, as it doesn't quite seem to want to stay down.

 

[dougie]

Looking good. As all your tanks do Where do you get your wood from? I'd like to get something with a more interesting appearance than the 1ft chunky wood sold everywhere. Something 3 or 4 foot long, a decent forking branch etc. I'm also a bit cautious of putting wood I've scavenged from the park.
Cheers

 

[star4]

All my wood is scavanged Dougie this tank has all oak in. I go off and collect a few twigs/sticks I do have some larger branches now in other tanks. Just soak what you collect in the bath in very hot water. (straight out of the tap is ok) and get a little dish brush or nail brush and give it all a good scrub. I can get away with this because I clean the bath lol lol. Then I leave it to dry in the house and remove the bark (if I want to) in the angels tank I left the bark on because you get a white fluffy sort of growth for a few weeks. Cichlids and plecs absolutely LOVE this and go bonkers over it. Try and pick oak or alder branches/wood I have never had problems with those and they do release tannins. Never put pine in, its too sappy!

 

[angelfishguy]

Angels will love that, are you going with any plants?

And stop teasing and get some pics of the angels

 

[dougie]

Great! Got my eye on a cracking 4 ft dead oak branch at work. It's still on the tree so I'll have to ask the Grounds Crew to cut it down for me. The bark's already fallen off, so I don't have that to worry about.
Thanks for the advice (yet again) Star

 

[star4]

Angel, I have a couple of plants in there a little fern and java moss & fern, because the tank is in the conservatory I am not using any artificial light so plants might not do well. And just for you some pics of my little ones

Dougie: any questions or worries about your wood pm me

this one is slightly pearlscale, it was the little ones, but he decided he wanted it to go with mine.

 

[Flute]

You got some real beauties there Star!

 

[angelfishguy]

They are going to look stunning

Any tankmates for them?

 

[star4]

thanks flute

angel, no buddies for them its just a pure angel tank well thats the plan anyway, but you know me most likely something else unexpected is going to end up with them!

 

[angelfishguy]

Im sure they'll have little friends in no time at all lol

 

[star4]

Hopefully IF I have sexed them right, with 4 males and 3 females their might be some additions , but they are a bit too small to be 100% sure of the sex yet