My New Fw Adventure

[Siamese Fighter05]

Hey everyone

Just sold my saltwater setup () and have decided to set up a new FW community tank. I've decided to keep the talking down and let the pictures do it for me. The tank is 22 Gallons and stocking plans are some corys, tetras and a pair of rams or a dwarf gorumai.

I got the whole setup for just £130 brand new which included a luminaire, hob, heater, tank and even the stand

Here it is waiting to be opened up

And this is where i'm keeping it, in my boxroom bedroom

Giving the tank a good clean preparing for test run to check for leaks etc.

The water goes in and the tank is full. I'm giving it until tommorow afternoon to check for things...So far so good

Just a little look at the HOB

That's all for now

Jobs for tommorow:

Black sand
Tank decoration
Water conditioner
Water containers
Nets
Sand vac
Food
Thermomter

I have picked up some black enamel paint that i am going to paint the back of the tank with to help improve fish colours and hide the HOB

I have seen some very nice display tanks at pets at home which are using fake plants (Better believe it) and am going to use that idea but with black sand substrate.

Let me know what you think, feedback is appreciated

Dan

 

[invader]

The shape of that tank is really neat! Looks like a great start.

Shame you had to get rid of the saltwater... it was lovely.

 

[Siamese Fighter05]

Thanks for the comments

The shape of the tank is really cool, although it looks alot smaller in these pictures than in real-life

The bubbles are starting to come off the glass now as well

One more thing i've got to say to everyone is please ignore the minging bathroom tiles in the cleaning pic, we've got a new bathroom suite being fitted in 2 weeks to get rid of the design by the previous owners

 

[Gankutsuou]

go with rams. great tank imo for upper dwelling fish like tetra.

 

[Shadow~Fox]

That looks really nice. A group of penguin tetras would look really good, along with a pair of Leopard Angelfish. Cory’s -> their mite not be enough floor space unless you get the dwarf species.

Nice looking tank.

 

[Siamese Fighter05]

I was looking at the fourth pic and thought the tank look lopsided. Then the fifth photo loaded, it all made sense ! That's a really cool shape! Looking forward to seeing this decorated. Are you going planted with this one? What kind of scape do you have in mind? A really sleek, mod scape would really complement the tank shape *hint hint*

p.s. I don't normally like wallpaper, but yours is awesome!!! Again, very mod!

Cheers for comments mate

I will go planted eventually but not right now just want to ease back into the FW side of things for now but i'm trying to keep it as natural looking as poss. Just spent £60 on fake plants!

I'm just going with the basic tall plants at back small ones upfront with a piece of wood thrown in somewhere

I found the bedroom design in a showhome although it wasn't the same it was black and white which gave me the idea for my room

go with rams. great tank imo for upper dwelling fish like tetra.

Yeah, i think i've decided on the rams afterall

That looks really nice. A group of penguin tetras would look really good, along with a pair of Leopard Angelfish. Cory’s -> their mite not be enough floor space unless you get the dwarf species.

Nice looking tank.

Hey mate, will take a look at some penguin tetras when i'm down the LFS later tonight. Do you think the tank is big enough for a pair of angels? I'd have to get 6 temporarily to find a pair? Pretty sure on the rams though

The cories should be fine it's a lot bigger on the base than the picture shows, although i'll take another look when it's scaped.


Right then peeps, next update is tonight after i've painted the back and done some aquascaping.
On another note i applied for a job down my LFS today, hopefully i'll get it

Watch this space!

 

[Fate2006]

awsome tank get some shots up of it with the decorations and black sand ASAP

 

[clareriley]

Thats a lovely tank, cant wait for the updates on it.

 

[DarkEntity]

Id say go with a similar stock as my livingroom tank.

Ram, Apisto, shrimp, etc...small, active colourfull fish.

Its looking really interesting, persoanlly id have save my £60 and spent about 30 on real plants from Greenline. Cant wait to see it finished, see if my opinion of fake plants has changed and also if they have improved since i last looked at them

 

[RadaR]

Woah! What a weird shaped tank!
Looks good mind. Look foward to its development

 

[fish-r-fancy]

That is really one neat-shaped tank. I can't wait to see it all decorated and with fish.

 

[Siamese Fighter05]

Thanks for the comments everyone

I didn't get round to painting the back of the tank but i'm not working tommorow so i will hopefully have everything setup and ready for fish at the end of the day. Using cloned media

 

[Siamese Fighter05]

Okay, just sprayed the tank, looks like it needs one last coat for the finished look. I took some pictures as a little taster for later on

That little ball of moss is going to look great, you break of the pieces and make a little moss carpet that looks really realistic There is everything i will need (i think)

Heres the tank ready to be cleaned to get sprayed

Here it is after the 1st coat

I've done 4 coats and it needs one more, went with black enamel paint in the end, filling the tank later and aquascaping then. More laters

 

[guppy_man]

looking good , did you spray your trainers aswell
i would go with some small cichlids, and some really colourful schooling fish, like tetras, rasboras, or 2 dwarf gourami's.

keep the pics coming

 

[cleekdaFish]

cute tank and feet