Tanks you are not too proud of...

SOme of my very first tanks
Blue gravel and a divers helmet

and

 

Pity I don't have some pics of my first tank or my dad's tank from waaay back

 

@Franna.... Corner Box Filter....Old Skool - I like it....lol

 

This was back in 2002 when i knew close to nothing about tropical fish. Its a 120L tank, put guppies in it, few plants. knew they needed feeding, and we got this.



A months or two later.



Those where the naive days, how simple things where.

 

Haha @azurekoi i think i was rocking a undergravel filter as well. Pipe behind the helmet

 

Franna thats a kewl helmet.

 

Nice helmet, lol

 

Ok, here's some pics of my tank I'm not particularly proud of. Epic FAIL!
Quite funny now that one looks back

http://www.tropicalaquarium.co.za/s...-(original-1.2m-not-the-1.2m-with-sump)/page6

 

Wow that really does not look bad at all hehe wish I had those pieces of wood

 

@solex69, that doesn't look bad!

 

Whatever you guys are smoking, please share!

No man, that looked horrible (on page 6 of that thread)!

 

Ok you wanna see scary - here it is (Right at the beginning when I had just started this hobby)

 

Well the water quality seemed good and the fish looked happy!

 

Hehehehe Fortunately it lasted all of of three months before I gave the goldies away and went over to the tropical side. As can be seen in my other tank threads Ive learnt a lot from the guys here

 

Ok who can post a pic for me

 

Unfortunatly I dont have pictures to show but quite a funny story you will enjoy:

When I got my first tank, I envisioned the most awesome underground scene. Beautiful rocks with stunning white sand and EPIC fish that i could afford. So I ran to the pet store, bought my fish (5 goldfish) and my white beach sand. The sand was R5 per bag, so I bought two seeing as my tank wasnt that big.

At home i immediately filled the tank with water, set up the filter and dropped the fish in. I decided to pour the sand in afterward so I could get that natural riverbed look, you know! First packet, cut open, turn upside, pour it all in:

Wait.......why is the sand dissolving...this water looks like acidic.... I put my fingertip into the water....tasted it....UURGH!!! SAALLLLTT!!
And then the enivitable happened, one by one, my fished flipped upside-down and floated to the top.

That was the end of my first tank :sick:

 

...hahahaha!