I've only been keeping tropical's for 5-6 months, so still very much learning about everything through trial and error and picking experienced peoples brains..

Started off with a mini tank... Curently has a few koi swords in it.



Moved up to a 3ft'er. (ps. It's not messy it's just natural...lol)...Currently has a gang of sterbai and and A Scobinancistrus (L253) also a few swordtails..




Been working on setting up a 6ft'er, has taken me months to get it right and now just about finished cycling.. Got some bogwood in their last night (thanks mr.fry!) will be adding some plants this week and tweaking it to get it nice before the fish go in... (Still undecided whats going to go in there...)




Apologies in advance for the picture quality (taken on mobile phone). Next time I upload pic's my tanks should be nearer to being how I want them and easier on the eye...

all looks great, the planted tanks look healthy, very nice mate, catch you later

All looks good, the little tank is simple but effective, don't look like Koi Swords to me though. The natural look is good, not sure why the gravel is so deep though. Once there's plants in the 6' it'll look great, is that a sump underneath? I'd go for discus, they'd look stunning in there, but no exactly ideal for begginers.

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Ah in the mini tank pic's, they were pineapple swords in there for cycling, they've since been moved on to the 3ft'er and the koi swords are in the mini now (pic's are from a month or so back)

The natural looking tank I have about 3" of gravel... Being a newb I thought the deeper the gravel the better the plants would grow... (Yeah I even laugh at myself now that I've learnt more! ) As soon as I have the room, I'm going to re-juggle the fish about and put all the plants from the 3ft'er in the 6ft'er, do away with the gravel (or at least most of it...) and go for a different look...

Yeah it's a 4ft sump underneath, the guy I bought the tank from used to run a marine setup... The sumps been hard work to get it right, but finally there I think.. Discus look nice, but from what I've heard are not very easy to keep. Think I'll have to do my apprenticeship with some more hardy fish before I'm ready for that.

I'd love an armatus or a pea**** bass, but they grow so bloody big!

Look great, can't wait to see what you decide on in the 6'

hi peter

love the pics especially the first tank with large rocks looks brilliant
well done mate how do you get them that clear so jealoussssssssss



dekker

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Been doing a little aquascaping, might have gone a bit over the top with the plant pots..

them rocks[piq1] look like b&q blue granite to me

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looking good Pete, thats a "telboy" style, dont you think Tel, reminds me of some of your set-ups? Which is a good thing of course :-)

yep,[pic1] coulda been 1 of mine a couple years ago eh?

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