Allie

My tanks:
33g Malawi, 20g soon to be planted, 15g BN pleco breeding pair, 3/10g, 1 planted and 2 5gs betta
getting a 75g eventually.

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Allie

The 10gs

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COBettaCouple

Love the tanks.. where do i get one of those cool decor pieces that looks like a knife, btw?

Allie

Zucchini time for the BNs.
Probably your cutlery drawer.

COBettaCouple

Hmm.. "Your Cutlery Drawer".. must be a new store. I'll look around here for one.

Lucy

Nice tanks, Allie. Thanks for sharing them.

What kind of plant is in the second post top right?

platy ben

What is that u use on the back of your tanks ?

Allie

http://www.pbase.com/h317/image/6262086
It's called Hygrophila polysperma

The black is garbage bags, the flat colored. The blue is pieces of actual tank background. It was for my 44g diamond tank when I had it but I cut it up to fit all my smaller tanks. The one with column and a statue under water alll blue and white.

platy ben

Woah the garbage bags look really good , might have to put one on my tank

Allie

Allie

It's a heck of a lot cheaper too.

platy ben

i just put one across the back of my malawi tank but i prefer without because the wall behind is yellow so it goes with the sand

Allie

COBettaCouple

Yea, we use garbage bags too.

macroman

Great looking tanks, love the malawi set up.

FishnFry

Nice tanks Allie!

Allie

Thanks C!

FishnFry

YW!

Hey! Do you need plants for your 20? If you still need some, let me know. I got some here for you.

Allie

LOL Yes I do... I was going to email you to see if you had any plants anyways.

FishnFry

Great! Just let me know when you can come by.

Allie

Thanks I'll see what going on over the next few days.

Steve113

Alli - Your tanks look good. The first one with the cichilids looks great. although I have 1 question.

Is is wise to have stones right up against the glass? Could this not cause damage/weak points - or at least scratches in the glass?

Allie

They aren't very heavy rocks, they are only touching the back of the tank. Doesn't matter if that is scratched. Most Malawi tanks are set ups like this. The rocks on the bottom are touching the glass bottom, the middle ones are all secure...I put my weight on them to make sure they were sturdy.

Allie

I got the plants today...tanks all done up. Keyholes are happy and I will post pix tomorrow. The tank is unsettled from me messing in it today so by the am it should be clear.

monkeyfish

never thought of using garbage bags. i just use peices of black poster paper for my backgrounds. btw: love the cichlids!

Juand15

very nice, can you please post a pic of your keyholes.......... i want some of this so bad.!!!

FishnFry

Glad to hear your keyholes are happy with them plants.

Can't wait to see some pix.

Steve113

The Cichilid tank looks really good -

Will they not tolorate plants at all? Come to think of it I've never seen a Cich tank with anything but stones in.

I've never kept them so I'm unsure.

Allie

They LOVE to EAT plants since I'll be keeping mostly mbuna Malawi cichlids and they love to dig. Certain male species especially zebra type dig like crazy. I'd be replanting the plants everyday, since my yellow lab male likes to dig too.

Allie

I am posting them right now