pic 3 reminds me of your guppy tank in your old kitchen and the last few pics remind of some of the W/H tanks before you got all the big USA cichlids.

nice one alex, glad you approve mate

tel, those rocks were destined to be used on the railway lines! My brother works for network rail, and managed to grab me a bag of rocks before they got put down on the tracks.. i love them though, planning on siliconing a load together to try and make some sort of feature...

Can't wait to stock the tank!

Pete, are they all plastic plants in the bottom pic?

I really like the one in middle!

Nah there all 100% real, not a big fan of artificial plants. I couldn't tell you what they are though cos I did one of those deals where for 30 quid you get a mixed bag. I can give you a cutting from it though

cheers, see how it gets on, we could do some swaps!

if the plants dont take off, dont worry about it, you can convert to my tried and tested plants that i use, half of mine would probably grow even if i took all the water out the tank

Hopefully your Gibbicpes wont help himself the lot of them!!!

The barbs playing, more fish arriving tomorrow, will update then...

good clip Pete, their loving it in there. Looks like breeding behaviour to me, but thats just a guess more than anything.

good luck with the fish tomorrow, let me know how it goes.

yeah i thought it may be breeding behaviour, it's very weird one fish is a total outcast from the others, never shoals with them or seems interested in them, although he seems happy and well... then the rest of the pack always chase one of the other fish, but not in aggressive way, just hope it's not just one female and 8 males, or she's in for it lol

just hope adding more tomorrow doesn't stop these guys being so active

Looking good. Definately spawning behaviour. Good luck with the new fish tomorrow.

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