Tank Journal Archive

[holly]

The tank was glorious about 3 years ago, then I started a new business and didn't have the energy to keep up with maintenance on the tank. Slowly things died or bleached, and the guilt and shame mounted up. Equipment broke, lights needed changing etc.

So, I'm gutting the tank, giving it a good scrub and converting it to a tropical tank. Guppies, tetras, driftwood, maybe some hardy plants. I'm hoping I'll enjoy it more with the reduced maintenance.

This will be the first time in 10+ years I haven't had a marine tank.

 

[Sam Parker]

:(

 

[holly]

:(

Yep

 

[Lesley]

Good luck
Sometimes things change in life and you have to do what you have to do
It doesn't mean In 3 yrs you won't come back :)!

 

[lukusis]

Nano?

P.S Cichlids! Do it :D

 

[Andrew B]

Not sure if you can get them but if you can but African Shell dwellers can be an awesome pet and you build quite a colony

 

[holly]

Good luck
Sometimes things change in life and you have to do what you have to do
It doesn't mean In 3 yrs you won't come back :)!

Very true!

Nano?

P.S Cichlids! Do it :D

Had a six foot cichlid tank before, they are great fish to have. My tank is 2ft tall so I'm thinking planted will be the way to go with large driftwood and stones.

Not sure if you can get them but if you can but African Shell dwellers can be an awesome pet and you build quite a colony

They are very cute I admit. Tempting!

 

[Andrew B]

i am almost tempted shh ;)

 

[lukusis]

Had a six foot cichlid tank before, they are great fish to have. My tank is 2ft tall so I'm thinking planted will be the way to go with large driftwood and stones.

I miss my Venustus! They were both fatties, but awesome to watch. :)

 

[MagicJ]

Keep all you equipment if you can - it will be worth more to you than anyone else.

It doesn't mean In 3 yrs you won't come back :)!

I reckon it will be less than that :rolleyes

 

[Savage Henry]

Tanganikan Cichlids are the way to go. So easy once the tank has matured! I'd keep Calvus and angry looking Brevis, Nigripinnis and rock-climbing Transcriptus. The little shell-dwelling Calvus-like things are awesome too.
You can grow that Java fern if you want some greenery.

I definitely think that if I were to go back to an African system after having kept saltwater for a several years now, the experience from keeping saltwater would mean I'd keep the African tank water quality much better.