Goth Tank - Ideas?
- Thread starter Captain Kitty
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I love this Idea it is going to be a great tank.
My Girlfriend is always giving me **** about how I am not nearly as dark in spirit as she is. She is always also bugging me about how our house is going to be more cheerful than she would like and how I spend way too much money on animals that you cant hold.
Now you have sparked great intrest for me in a large 200g+ gothic tank to take up a wall. A nice spooky background. Slate caves on one side w/accent lighting. A small graveyard, a little dead forest on the other, Maybe a painted miniature aluminum fence to go around the graveyard. Ah the possibilities. A nice distressed stand.
I think she will love it.
Now how to get the money....
My Girlfriend is always giving me **** about how I am not nearly as dark in spirit as she is. She is always also bugging me about how our house is going to be more cheerful than she would like and how I spend way too much money on animals that you cant hold.
Now you have sparked great intrest for me in a large 200g+ gothic tank to take up a wall. A nice spooky background. Slate caves on one side w/accent lighting. A small graveyard, a little dead forest on the other, Maybe a painted miniature aluminum fence to go around the graveyard. Ah the possibilities. A nice distressed stand.
I think she will love it.
Now how to get the money....
Sweet! Go for it! If you don't have the 200+ tank yet, start bugging anyone posting a garage/moving sale in the paper. Be nice but persistent and they'll probably unload it to you for cheap or even given to you. Craigslist is another good way to go for little $. I'm big into DIY and the BEST reward is when people ask me where I buy some of the things I have and I can happily tell them I made it.
But if you're looking for a new tank and stand I can totally understand that too. The demographics may not be conducive to you hosing out, resealing and making a tremendous mess (read: apartment complex etc.). So look around for LFS's that are going out of business (yes, I'm a vulture) and see if you can cut a deal. After that, your imagination is the limit if you have the patience to wait for the 'right' time. I've got tons of pages bookmarked and RSS'd so I can keep tabs if something goes on sale or clearance.
But if you're looking for a new tank and stand I can totally understand that too. The demographics may not be conducive to you hosing out, resealing and making a tremendous mess (read: apartment complex etc.). So look around for LFS's that are going out of business (yes, I'm a vulture) and see if you can cut a deal. After that, your imagination is the limit if you have the patience to wait for the 'right' time. I've got tons of pages bookmarked and RSS'd so I can keep tabs if something goes on sale or clearance.
Ah, it will be several years before that tank becomes a reality. I am currently 17, jobless, and I still have 3 moves atleast before I settle down. One to college, one to technical school, one to my gfs school to wait for her to get her degree, and then one to whereever i decide to settle down. That does however give me plenty of time to plan it out and maybe possibly buy the tank and the supplies and house them all at my moms house until I can set it all up.
Until then I wont own any tanks over 55g. Except for the 90 I have now.
Until then I wont own any tanks over 55g. Except for the 90 I have now.
it's almost halloween, so go to a craft store or even a dollar store for some ideas. i'm sure there's tons of stuff. i 3 tanks, and each one has a skull in it, and it's pretty cool with the fish swimming in and out of the mouth and eyes. my tanks have a natural appearance, and the skull is always in the background so it's not the first thing you see and it actually looks ok.
I think blue or red nightlights would be nice. Crypts would be good.
If you go to Hobby Lobby right now, I bet you could find some glass skulls that would be safe in the water. Nothing with paint.
Black mollys, ablino cory cats, bristlenoses are creepy.
If you go to Hobby Lobby right now, I bet you could find some glass skulls that would be safe in the water. Nothing with paint.
Black mollys, ablino cory cats, bristlenoses are creepy.
Don't know if you've already seen this, but I thought the effect was amazing given that it is just driftwood and moss. Of course it depends on whether you want actual "trees" vs just the branches since just the driftwood would give more of a dead tree and hence "gothic" look, but thought I would share it just the same. The other thing to keep in mind obviously as you set this up is the scale. 3 inch tombstones next to a 6" skull ornament would throw things off.
You know what would be really cool in a goth tank a voilet goby. But they're brackish and would limit your tankmate and plant choices.
Some other choices: albinio corys, hillstream loaches, black kuhli loaches.
Albino Koi Swordtails could look pretty spectacular.
Some other choices: albinio corys, hillstream loaches, black kuhli loaches.
Albino Koi Swordtails could look pretty spectacular.
