Tank Decor

[Floyds mum]

What do people think?

From this

To this

And my smaller tank - the small black blocks are sponges im trying to mature

The fish that are probably in the pics are my white clouds they are very nosey lol

 

[tropic_john]

very... tacky. Not my liking. I'd have sand, that piece of slate, moss, plants and caves

 

[Floyds mum]

Which part is tacky?
I would have but cant find any sand atm but im looking, apparently there is something called zambezi which is a sand/very fine gravel mix but cant find any

 

[tropic_john]

erm, the gravel and houses. You can use argos play sand, which is great

 

[mattlee]

it does look a bit like a childs tank.... but if you like it then thats all that matters, isnt it?
i have the zambezi sand/gravel in my tank and it looks really great, i got mine from maidenhead aquatics near leicester so if there is a maidenhead near you then im sure they will do it....
i actually got too much and have some left over but if your not local to me then it would be pretty costly to post.....!!!

 

[Floyds mum]

it does look a bit like a childs tank.... but if you like it then thats all that matters, isnt it?
i have the zambezi sand/gravel in my tank and it looks really great, i got mine from maidenhead aquatics near leicester so if there is a maidenhead near you then im sure they will do it....
i actually got too much and have some left over but if your not local to me then it would be pretty costly to post.....!!!

Yeah true we do have a maidenhead near us and i need to see if they have mts lol and plants, might have a look for more normal caves or mb just one but more plants.
But if anyone has any ideas they think could make it better. I just love spongebob lol

Also the only size of argos play sand i can find is 15kg and thats way to big lol

 

[LardyDad]

wow!!!!!!! it's like the set off Spongebob all that 's missing is Patrick star. My kids love it

 

[aly_starh]

Hi. I have the same size tank as you (64l),

i brought the argos play sand also, it only comes in 15kg, you will have around 5kg left over like me.
You can save that for a future tank.

It will make alot of difference!

~betta_246

 

[Floyds mum]

wow!!!!!!! it's like the set off Spongebob all that 's missing is Patrick star. My kids love it

Yeah lol i was going for the whole theme just need squidwards house lol might get a long plant (did have cabomba aquatica behind the pineapple but gave it away cos it over grew lol)
Might get rid if i can find any awesome ornaments or money lol

 

[Floyds mum]

Hi. I have the same size tank as you (64l),

i brought the argos play sand also, it only comes in 15kg, you will have around 5kg left over like me.
You can save that for a future tank.

It will make alot of difference!

~betta_246

True but my dog doesnt dig lol i will try maidenhead for zambezi first then go to argos

 

[kbod]

i think the tank looks bright and fun .. sponge bob rocks ..

my 1st tank the 64litre fish pod was also alot of bright colours and artificial gravel ,artificial decs and i loved it so did my fishes as they were always spawning in there and it was a very peaceful community ..

then went with the planted tanks with sand etc ..my fishes wreacked havoc ..had a whale of a time chewing my plants ,kicking up the sand .getting all teritorial .

although nearly all my tanks are sand n well planted and now little fishy havens of near tranquility lol ..i still have a soft spot for my fun tank ..

you can always have 1 with sand .ps my plants rooted well in the blue gravel esp the grasses ,
kaz x

 

[60007]

I personally don't like it, its fine if its for kids, but I just think there's something cliche about all the spongebob squarepants stuff, I'm glad you haven't gone as far as others and put the figures in it aswell, which you commonly see on youtube. Then again, my tank has a sunken car in the middle that blows bubbles. its all down to personal choice.

I think if you maybe put in a different more subtle type of gravel and not as bright as the other stuff, it will look better and maybe remove some of those plastic plants in favour for real ones.

On another note,
I'm on a model railway forum, and there can be some people who can be extremley 'anal' about things saying certian stuff shouldn't go in that place, that model is 2mm too long etc, discouraging others. So I go by one motto (feel free to adapt to aquarium terms) "I built it so I'll run anything I like"

IBISI - RAIL for short

so as long as you are happy with it, go for it

~Andy

 

[tropic_john]

I suppose if you like it, who cares what others think

 

[Floyds mum]

I am going to get more live plants and then mb sell of some of the "fake" ones lol
Btw kbod the java moss on bogwood looks great lol and might change gravel at some point for the blue stuff

 

[kbod]

if your ever near grimsby call in at victors aquatics they sell all bunches of plants at £1.35 ive had amazon swords,grasses,you name it great size bunches ..

heres some i got prev




even better sixhills aquatics do bags of java moss at £1.25 a bag.and if you buy 2 bags get another bag free..



maybe worth a bus trip over ..