my fish tank, and a fish laid eggs!

heres my tank,

its 6X2X2ft - if you have a hutch this big, compare the size from here!
by means, not the biggest tank ive seen, but big enough!



landscaped so it looks like the bottom of a lake in africa!

we have changed out fish tank so many times, and i think even though people say our fish shouldnt go together, i admit ive never had any problems!

firstly, this is the big guy, the bully and leader of the tank. hes a low grade flowerhorn cichlid, hes about 8 inches in lentgh, and hes a meanie!!
this picture was taken when he was a baby, but i cant get a good picture of him today



oscar cichlid


my pleco lenny - coming up to a foot and a half now



green severum


dolphin cichlid


i love this little guy ^-^
hes a frontosa cichlid, only a lil guy, but ive heard these grow to a foot in size :shock::shock:


dunno what this is, but hes prettttyyy


no idea what he is, another big 'un, possible midas cichlid?

and finally! the eggs in my tank!


theyre not fertilised unfortunatley but at least i know my fish tank isnt hostile! :lol:

heres the proud 'mum' shes a UNDYED blood parrot cichlid.
(yes - this breed gets dyed ALOT)




i guess i dont have the most amazing looking fish ever, but saying that, they are all still juvinile, so their colours wont come until they are slightly older.


BUUT when i talk about colour, this has to be the spangliest sparkly fish ive ever seen! He was in breeding dress at the time lol - just another dull fish now



its kinda sad that i know so much about them though! :lol::lol::lol::lol:

Awww lovely fishies!!

I would love a couple of fish at some point, I find them fascinating and could watch them for hours

Wow that is incredible.., looks amazing.. I know how much work these kind of tanks take... it is a marine tank?

lol, you fish geek!

Ryan was a fish geek as a kid, he still knows all the lingo! :lol:

i daredn't ask how much all that set up was! :shock: how long does it take to clean?!

lovely fishy-wishys by the way!

catswhiskas said:

Wow that is incredible.., looks amazing.. I know how much work these kind of tanks take... it is a marine tank?

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no its not marine, its normal tropical.
we've installed blue lights so it tricks people to thinking its marine! :lol::lol:

Lauralou said:

lol, you fish geek!

Ryan was a fish geek as a kid, he still knows all the lingo! :lol:

i daredn't ask how much all that set up was! :shock: how long does it take to clean?!

lovely fishy-wishys by the way!

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i was that little kid who started off with a fish bowl, and took it too far. wayyyyyy too far.

the tank has cost wayyyyyyyyyyy too much.we had to get it second hand, becuase a brand new one this size would have cost around £1500 ALONE. we have spend alot more than that all together though but,TBH - the delivery cost more than the actual tank .

it takes a few hours to clean, bloody mission mayyn :lol: