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Limestone would make the pH TOO alkalyne. It's almost like adding soap into the water. Stick to marble.
yeah i get you.. anyway my concept is some sort like an underwater city.. u know the city of atlantis.. but more like after a disaster sort.. and the city is underwater..
Limestone would make the pH TOO alkalyne. It's almost like adding soap into the water. Stick to marble.
uh then how do you do the buildings?
Lego?
Don't tell me you are gonna use ur quartz from the other thread for the buildings? Atlantis? Oh wow,amazing....If so,ur background paper must be dark blue or something blueish?
@Sunfire
Lego for buildings??? WOW Amazing!!
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are you planning to add some plants?
nope no plants.. mainly rocks..
no la.. no time to do lego myself.. maybe juz look at some building sculptures models..Originally Posted by Sunfire
anyway i know my idea may sounds crazy.. so pls dun laugh.. cause im a newbieso just trying to be creative
nono quartz are way too expensive.. i plan to use texas holey rocks and some limestone..
eh marble? what type of marble.. C328 got sell?
I wonder if you can make your own building or rock from white cement. Assuming cement not dangerous for fish.
have to soak it for like 3 weeks or so. apparently it leeches out some toxic stuff or something of the sort.. when my friend built his pond, he waited for 3 weeks and 2 WC later, before adding in a "tester fish" which survived.
any idea where can get snowy background? went to C328 juz now only got white background and another one with white corals on a blue background..
ah_hup, it's ok to be new, but it's never ok to laugh at "crazy" ideasI think it's very unique. Cosmetic and not really my kinda thing but i've never heard of anyone else do it before. Excellent idea. As for marble... dunno man. Perhaps you should consult the professionals at Green Chapter(very near C32
, not sure if they have consultation fees
If you intend to do all african cichlids....Your water has to be alkaline. Hitting 7.4 at least, limestone is definitely good stuff.
Are you gonna get pseudotropheus socolofi(snow white) too?
Its gonna look like snow rabbits inside a winter tank......
Cheers, Hope you pull it off ~!
Last edited by Calamari; 8th Nov 2006 at 09:09. Reason: wrong values
Cal
Do measure your pH and kH to make sure. Limestone caused my pH to hit 8 - 9 once. Killed everything in the tank.
XnSdVd, ah hup is keeping african cichlids. I assume he is refering to fishes from either Lake Mawali or Lake Tanganyika. These fish need at least a pH of 8.5, much higher than the pH (pH<7) required by tropical fish that you and I normally fancy.
what fish u had in the tank when ur pH hit 8-9?
haha u guessed it right.. i wana keep socolofis' in my this new tank..If you intend to do all african cichlids....Your water has to be alkaline. Hitting 7.4 at least, limestone is definitely good stuff.
Are you gonna get pseudotropheus socolofi(snow white) too?
Its gonna look like snow rabbits inside a winter tank......
Cheers, Hope you pull it off ~!
but i got a dilemma... i just rescued a frontosa and a jewel cichlid from my friend's tank (stated in my other thread) ... and i have nowhere to put them.. i decided to put them in also once i got my tank ready. hope im not doing them any harm
Frontosa is a fish that grows very big. Different lake, but mixable nonetheless. If your tank for scape is 3-4ft frontosa would be ok.
Anyway you need to think about the colours you want in your own tank in future to decide.
Cal
any idea where i can get this glass blocks?? a guy from cichlid-forum recommended me these item for my tank idea..
here's the pics
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