Tank Ideas Please!

kellyinman1 · Oct 16, 2008

Hiya im completely stuck! i have a 4ft in my front room that is all natural with sand, plants, plant pots and looks amazing IMO. I also have a 3ft in the kids room as the theam of the room is fishy and my 3yr old loves fish. i made hers look similar to mine but it just doesnt look right in there. so im looking for some wacky (but cheap) ideas. i thought of a big lego ship but these arent cheap and if it looks bad i dont want to waste all that money.
please does anyone have any ideas! and pictures would be great! i remember someone saying about a show they went to but i cant find the post.

OldMan47 · Oct 16, 2008

I would look at her personal tastes. Even a young child will have things that she is enthralled with. If it is spongebob or something similar, you might look for all plastic toys that follow her likes and use that as a decorating theme. The all plastic toys and similar items should be fairly easy to find since kids all seem to have the same favorites at about the same time. The fads are almost universal. It is nothing that I would want at 60 years old but it's not my tank.

kevinthecow · Oct 16, 2008

DO NOT, put lego into a tank unless its heavy enough.

I tried putting a built house for uhmy ADF I was planning to put with my fry but.. >___> It wouldnt stay down. poof, it kept floating up. I got pissed so

Its currently drying downstairs >__> Try using dominos, tats a fun way playin with ornaments. Also, used cups you dont need or flower pots can be used. My mom reuses cups we buy (ice caps, mcd ice coffees, macs frosters, basically see through 500ml cups.) I can easily cut holes into them for my fish that stay in the bottom. (2ADF,3WeatherLoaches.)

kellyinman1 · Oct 17, 2008

Hiya i heard its ok to put lego in a tank if you build it in the water ? so theres no air pockets?

VictorMeldrew · Oct 17, 2008

building a lego ship under water, sounds like a challenge, good luck with that one :lol:

nice idea for the little one's thou

puppyjess123 · Oct 17, 2008

if she likes animals why not try something like this - you cna buy normal animal toyd anywhere really. Check out da early learning centre dats where my cousin gets them from.
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shelaghfishface · Oct 17, 2008

Aww Lucy,thats really cute

Truck · Oct 17, 2008

ask her what she likes or if you already know. buy some kind of plastic playeset and set it up in the water. if she likes spongebob buy recreate bkini bottom with ornaments.

puppyjess123 · Oct 17, 2008

yeah i saw this thing in my local p@h with a squidwart house, and spongebobs and sandys and paths leading to each house and it aws like a real bikini bottom. (the town in sponge bob)

kellyinman1 · Oct 17, 2008

puppyjess123 said:
if she likes animals why not try something like this - you cna buy normal animal toyd anywhere really. Check out da early learning centre dats where my cousin gets them from.
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awww that looks really cute! i will show it to her and see what she thinks! would look really cool with a few trees or something jungle like! ive also found a couple on google.

puppyjess123 said:
yeah i saw this thing in my local p@h with a squidwart house, and spongebobs and sandys and paths leading to each house and it aws like a real bikini bottom. (the town in sponge bob)

sounds great! she doesnt even know who spongebob is but i could so the same idea with dora or some kind of small dolls! im going on ebay to search now!
thanx everyone for your great ideas!!!