Cracked up tanks...

Somehow or other, raring fishes, one would have to face cracked tanks once in a while... I remember my first experience cleaning my dad's tank n accidentally cracking the base. I accidentally dropped one of the huge stones into it! That's when my dad gave up aquariums, thanks to his son :P I've actually tried repairing this filter tank the last time around, hence you'd notice the black silicone glue all over the tank. Naz, hopefully it'd serve u better then me :) After awhile, that'd start spurting too...And as they say, when it leak, it pours!! Replacement 2.5feet filter tank cost me RM75 from Irene's. Here are some of it's residence

Slightly matured maylandia zebra makonde. Love his colouration... wished i had a dozen of this guys!

Plecos playing around...

another convict cichlid hiding from my camera!

Unfortunately, even my other 10 year old cichlid tank started leaking! After a year of good service in our new house, it too started spewing water... took me a good whole month to trace the leak!! After moving this old aquarium for the third time, the silicone glue started giving way. Good thing though, because of it's thick glass, it didn't actually crack. That would have been a major hassle having to clean up furniture n all!! So now this tank is in recovery... :( 

Here are sommore pictures of the tank with everyone in running condition...

My yellow Lab..

Guess where i got this midas cichlid! Caught 'em off a pond in Puchong! Seems a whole school of them breeds in there... such beauties, easily available sommore :P

Caught this sepat (Climbing Pearch) in the same place too! It's actually quite a dull looking fish, it's just something new to add. Some folks do say that having the sepat in your tank buang sueh! or in english, gets rid of bad luck... erm, not in my case after getting two cracked tanks!! ***not tat i believe in it, nways.

My happy geophagus, or earth eaters... they were growing so well.

Lastly, here's a baby marble goby, or ikan hantu which we caught too! :) 

All in all, I've lost a dozen cichlids which didn't survive in my planted tank. One geophagus which died during transportation to my other tank. 2 midas cichlid which didn't survive in my lily-pond, along with the sepat which went missing!! :P Haven't dug around for my marble goby though...*sniff* *sniff*. Only consolation is that i have brand new setup to figure out now!