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I spent a couple of hours this afternoon changing the substrate of my 80 gallon mbuna tank from sand to gravel. I ended up with a new aquascape as well since I couldn't remember how I had it before. I like it much better now, it's very unplanned and thrown together but somehow looks just right.



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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde

The old look, in case you're interested. The sand looks much nicer in this picture than it did 90% of the time in real life, which is why I got sick of it - it was so hard to keep clean and nice.

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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde

Very nice
Iam planing to buy the same tank you got there for my kitchen aswell.
I can get the same one for 400US$ with stand and everything.
Is your tank with acrylic?

Robby

Last edited by Robby1619 at 10-Jan-2006 07:07

Last edited by Robby1619 at 10-Jan-2006 07:08

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I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.

No, it's glass, with one curved end and normal seams at the other end. I love this tank, but really hate the stand - hopefully yours is nicer!

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde

Who will say the stand is not nice...looking at your tank nobody will say anything about your stand thats for sure
I love the setup...maybe put something to hide the heater.
I will do something like yours if i get the tank.

Robby

Last edited by Robby1619 at 10-Jan-2006 10:43

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I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.

looking at your tank nobody will say anything about your stand thats for sure

Mostly because I crop it out of the pictures .

I think you'll enjoy having a tank like this, it's especially nice because in my small apartment, the kitchen just sits in the back of the living room and this tank helps to break it up into two rooms. Plus it's nice to watch the fish while cooking. It's pretty easy to aquascape with rocks, but I expect plants will be more of a challenge. I'm going to be giving it a go sometime in mid-year when I turn it into a discus tank.

More pics, taken at night this time so it's easier to see.

Close-up of the rocks:


Close-up of the anubias:
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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde

Thats an awesome tank.. and a nice kitchen as well!

*Chelle*
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I love the fishes cuz they're SOOO delicious...

That is a very neat tank... And I love its use as a room seperator. In my dream home I've planned a tank like that.

For planting, this is a great tank for certain aquascapes such as having tall plants at the back end and sloping down to short plants or a gravel plain at the curved end. Or you could do a mound planting with tall plants in the middle and short plants all around. I've also seen some lovely discus setups that are mostly scaped with bogwood, with a few anubias here and there.

Very nice tank!

Hoping that there must be a word for everything I mean...

The mound aquascape you've described is almost exactly what I've pictured in my head for this tank's next incarnation . Anubias is my favourite plant, mostly because it's bulletproof . I'm thinking tons of anubias, tons of wood, java moss, maybe some tenellus covering the foreground on both sides. I can't wait! However, I will have to acquire a new tank for my beloved johannii and the rest of his cichlid tankmates, or else wait until he dies (but hopefully that won't happen anytime soon, he is my oldest fish at five years and definitely my favourite).

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde