Mark 2 fish tank, 140 litre freshwater tropical

Despite our early problems, the Mark 1 tank was a popular part of the house. Once we felt we had the hang of what we were doing (well, sort of), we decided to replace it with a bigger tank. The replacement was the tank described here.

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The picture above shows the basic layout of the tank from when we set it up in Sept 98 until July 03 when it was rescaped a little. The fishkeeper's diary describes some of the major changes that happened.

From the start, the tank was envisaged as a planted tank with fish in, as opposed to a fish tank with some plants. This attitude influenced many factors in the set-up of the tank, as well as contributing towards some of the headaches !!

• Equipment, substrate and water
• The initial jungle, planting and (fishless) cycling (Sep 98)
• The current plant stock (Dec 03)
• The fish population
• A fishkeeper's diary