Hi,im going to be moving my 165L tank from one side of the chimney breast to the other reason being ive bought an external canister filter and need somewhere to house it(wife wont let me modify the unit it stands on now) 
So im going to be making one which is also going incorporate Sky box and Xbox360 and also mount the tv on the wall(im sure it would be easier to just buy a stand). Ive wanted to change the substrate for a while now as i want to use playsand,its got white aquarium sand in at the moment which came with the tank but i find it no good for planting in,ive used playsand before and found it miles better for holding plants down and IMO they seem to grow better also. I also want to add soem kind of plant substrate as well which upto now is going to be 100% clay non clumping cat litter so i think this is the best time to do this seeing as im going to virtually emptying it anyway.
So here is a pic of it at the moment,the lid is slightly raised at one side due to the pipes from the external. The tanks in a bit of a mess at the moment,the long tray at the front is housing guppy fry and small one to the left has some flame moss(courtesy of loops
) in due to be tied to the piece of sumantra wood which has also just been plonked in there for now because i haven't got a big enough bucket to soak it in. Sorry for rambling on a bit,heres the pics.
All ideas and criticism welcome.
Thanks
Ian
Some of the house mates
These 2 spawned last week but sadly lost them all
There is always one nosey one
So im going to be making one which is also going incorporate Sky box and Xbox360 and also mount the tv on the wall(im sure it would be easier to just buy a stand). Ive wanted to change the substrate for a while now as i want to use playsand,its got white aquarium sand in at the moment which came with the tank but i find it no good for planting in,ive used playsand before and found it miles better for holding plants down and IMO they seem to grow better also. I also want to add soem kind of plant substrate as well which upto now is going to be 100% clay non clumping cat litter so i think this is the best time to do this seeing as im going to virtually emptying it anyway.So here is a pic of it at the moment,the lid is slightly raised at one side due to the pipes from the external. The tanks in a bit of a mess at the moment,the long tray at the front is housing guppy fry and small one to the left has some flame moss(courtesy of loops
) in due to be tied to the piece of sumantra wood which has also just been plonked in there for now because i haven't got a big enough bucket to soak it in. Sorry for rambling on a bit,heres the pics.All ideas and criticism welcome.
Thanks
Ian
Some of the house mates
These 2 spawned last week but sadly lost them all
There is always one nosey one
i will be watching this one 
