djdl Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 A month or so ago my flatmate pointed out that one of my tank stands looked like collapsing so I had to transfer my Malawi tank over to a hospital tank to avoid a disaster. They were all on the verge of breeding at the time too, so it was a bit of a double whammy. Anyways, my tank is an odd size and after much searching for a new stand with no success I decided I'd repair the old one and make some mods while I was at it. So I've put in a heap of reinforcing to strengthen it, put in a shelf and enclosed it and painted it to fit in with the rest of my furniture. All that remains is to put some doors on it to enclose the shelves and I'm done, oh and probably change the lighting. While I was in the process of doing all this I thought as long as I was doing it I might as well redesign the whole tank. I'd seen a setup at Q Aquariums which I really liked so wanted to get something like that happening. So I picked up a new background, and some new rock (calcium carb) and went to work yesterday. I'm absolutely stoked with the results. And my fish seem well happy too. There's much shimmying going on so I think it's only a matter of time before I get my first mouthful. So here's what it used to look like, compared to what I have now. Sorry about the crappy pictures, they were taken off my phone. Before:- After:- How cool is that?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude_753 Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 that looks much better, nice buddy. where did u get the big rocks from. LOL go the warnie Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breeder87 Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 nice tank, nick look for rocks at a landscaping supply place they sell them cheap as just wash them in boiling hot water before you put them in your tank. or go see a stone mason they have nice bit of slate as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude_753 Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 cheers mr quick Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breeder87 Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 lol no worries nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdl Posted April 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 Cheers Nick. Got the rocks fro Q Aquariums (actually from the tank I was trying to model it on). Apparently the govt has changed regulations on selling calcium carb rock so you can't buy it anymore. And yeah, Warnie goes off. Though we noticed the last week or so he has been losing air and is falling over. They obviously thought of everything when the made him. It's the end of a long summer of pissing it up and chasing loose women and he can barely stand up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude_753 Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 oh no more calcium carb, any idea why? LOL @ WARNIE. LOSE CHICKS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rion Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 nice job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titlebound Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 Looking great... A real improvement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenslandeR Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 looks really nice, to be honest i really didn't mind the 1st one either love the warnie, i dont know about chasing LOOSE chicks though i guess its just what context u take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdl Posted April 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 Thanks for the comments guys. I just can't stop looking at it at the moment. And my fish are loving it. Especially the male Ps. Long Pelvic, he's chasing his girls all over the place and putting his shimmy on at every opportunity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HereFishieFishie Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Looks a lot better. Nice work. Frenchy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenzy_ Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 That looks sharp DJ. I like it better than the original. Love the blue. How did you fix the background on? Silicon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largeheaded1 Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 what substrate is that dude? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
