My tank setup

[lindsay]

Hey all! I just got my aquarium light today so I thought I'd share my tank set up with yas! (Excuse the flash) It's a 30"x12"x15"... Don't worry the 2 goldfish are only residents while I'm cycling and the castle hasn't really got sharp edges... Much smoother than a lot of the fake logs I tested!

 

[stipe]

Hello Lindsay, I like your tank its quite nice

. I love the plants and the castle, mabey your axies become kings and/or queen of the tank

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I like the comets in your tank, they look nice. Your water doesnt look as foggy as i thought so i guess that you have fixed your cycling problem.

 

[lindsay]

Thanks stipe! The water still is a bit foggy it just didn't really show up in the pics.

 

[rheann]

Hey, that looks very nice

I guess the Axolotls can be the dragons guarding the princess in the castle lol.

I really like the castle

Very aquarium classic

 

[stipe]

lol, Rheann that funny but i tohught that the dragons where bad and the pricess was ment to be rescued,

. My axie is the prince charming and my snails are the evil dragons that are to sloww to stop my sexy prince charming,

 

[rob]

looks very nice, like the way the light gives off a purple tinge to the castle, what kind of substrate do u have ? and lastly

are they real plants ?

 

[i]

hey... that castle is soooo cool!! where did you get it from?? Does anyone know anyone from Canberra (Australia) that has a Axolotl??

 

[stipe]

i Think my cousins had one!?!?! but that was a while ago, hehe.

 

[casey]

Wow! Lindsay that castle is sooooo cool!

My boyfriend wanted to put a castle in my tank, but we couldn't find one without any sharp edges - you're so lucky to find one!

I love it!

 

[jordan]

Did you get that castle from Big Al's? I saw one just likeit on that site. I have a castle, but its not as big as i thought it would be.

 

[lindsay]

Hey thanks all for your positive feedback!

Rheann - I was thinking the same thing about the axies being dragons guarding the castle! LOL. My fiance thinks I'm the biggest dork ever hehe

Rob - The castle actually is a bit purply on it's own but the light does enhance the colour. My substrate is purple aquarium sand that I pretty much hunted all over WA for before I found some LOL. And lastly - no, unfortunately the plants aren't real... They're plastic ones that I bought on ebay. hehehe

Jordan and I am me - I got the castle from Tropigold Aquariums which is a shop near where I live. It's a Penn Plax aquarium ornament and I LOVE IT!

 

[lindsay]

I thought I'd add a better pic of my substrate coz it doesn't really come out in the above pics

 

[jordan]

wow awesome purple sand! Purple Rocks! O i forgot to add, what type of light is that? If its a black light, i would asume it would raise the temperature quite a bit.

(Message edited by axolotlboy21 on November 16, 2005)

 

[lindsay]

Hi Jordan - It's not a blacklight. It's just a flourescent tube that came with my Aqua One reflector. When I first turned it on and noticed the purple tinge i looked all over the packaging etc to see if it emitted UV rays and couldn't find anything to suggest that it does... So I'm assuming it's safe

 

[rheann]

Wow! I thought the sand was black, I love purple, that is so pretty

Thanks again for sharing.

I think the lights are safe, my lights emit the purple coloring too, all of my tank lights always have. I think it just is to make it look nice

 

[rob]

wow purple sand, i love it
looks very nice

 

[nathan]

Wow! Castles usually look tacky in fish tanks but you got a really nice one and stuck with a theme, I love it (flash in first pic looks like a full moon)