Alasse

I just rescaped the 4ft....scuse the browinsh tinge, the wood has decided to leach tannins again, thats what i get for letting it fully dry for 12 months, ah well it'll settle soon enough.

scatty

It's beautiful. Love the wood!

aquarist48

Hello Alasse Beautiful tank! Thanks so much for sharing. Carbon will help to remove the tannins if you aren't currently using it. Thanks for sharing your photo!
Ken

Alasse

Thanx guys

I dont mind the tannins, they will eventually settle over time, i'll just handle it with water changes

Butterfly

I kind of like the tannins and the fish won't mind beautiful tank.
Carol

peacemaker92

Beautiful tank, Alasse! What fish do you have in there?

Nate McFin

Great looking tank. I like the way the pots are stepped. Great job!

Butterfly

Malawi Cichlids- Electric Blues ?
Carol

Alasse

Thanx all

A colony of Maingano live in there, and lots of young BN.

The tannins will lower the pH some, not the best for cichlids, but hopefully it wont do it for long, as it was previously in another tank for 12 months and stopped leaching after a month, just i let it dry out fully, until it fully sweels again, it will leach unfortunately.

Alasse

The wood is finally starting to settle, no way near the tannins being released now...woot woot!

A new pic, showing that there are actually fish in there *L*

Slug

Looks excellent.

Robin4

Shawnie

love the aquascaping as always!!!! great job

blodhi

Very nice.

whisper

Stuningly beautiful!

LauraJoe

Alasse

Thanks guys

Update:
The piece of wood is finally settling down with releasing tannins. Only slight tinge now, so shouldn't be long before it stops altogether.

I've finally got around to putting a black background on the tank, i think it looks far better.



Let me know what you think

bolivianbaby

That looks awesome! Black background is great for bringing out the color of Malawi cichlids.

lorabell

AWESOME!!!! I love the pot pieces......I thought I was talented just using the bottoms on their sides!!!!! very different

Tony G.

Beautiful! I agree black brings out the color on ANY fish LOL

Your DW is awesome! Did you buy it? or did you collect it and treated it?

Alasse

Thanx guys

The piece of wood i found, as i do with most of the wood i use, when ya have 14 tanks buying is just far too expensive *L* Though occassionally i'll see an unusal piece i just have to have and will buy.

Shadowbeam

Looks like like such a relaxing tank, not too over busy, love it!

jwokmuba2

great tank!!!

lindy240

I noticed a few people using clay pots in their tanks. Can you tell me why or where this idea came from? thanks

Alasse

Why i use them is because they are cheap, look good, fish like them & they can make great hiding spots As to where the idea came from, no idea, but whoever originally thought of it needs a medal *L*

bolivianbaby

They're also a great place for cichlids to spawn IME.

lindy240

Thank you both for the answers. I think they look good too and yeah good hiding places.