Fanatic Aquatic

08/06/2024

One of our commercial Malawi tanks, a six footer using the D+D Blade LED lighting system which gives it a crisp, marine-like effect Malawi

11/04/2024

Taking some cuttings in one of my tanks, you don't get much pinker than the underside of this Ludwigia Repens 'Double Red'

17/03/2024

One of our many Juwel Rio set ups, this one is around a year old, great contrast of colour in the centre between the Ludwigia 'double red' and Hygrophylla Diformis in the foreground which has uncharacteristically stated growing horizontally. # aquariummaintenance

12/03/2024

Our 13'x39"x39" super tank is finally being built today after much planning, this beast holds 3500ltrs and is constructed using 19mm glass, galvanised and powder coated steel collars top and bottom with a double base, all done by the dream team from Seabray Aquariums Ltd, the attention to detail is second to none and why I always use them for my bespoke installations. We will be going in to do the dry fit in a couple of weeks and then soon after the aquascape and waterfill, keep watching to follow the progress

05/11/2023

A few snaps of one of our reef systems.

05/11/2023

Roughly three years in for this tank which began life as a fish only system until the client got the bug for corals, that was about two years ago, from there it has gone from strength to strength, especially after we added to the already existing D+D Hydra HD32s, two of the new D+D Blade Glos, I can't rate the D+D range highly enough, the programming is so easy and versatile, you always get what you want from it.
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26/09/2023

Fanatic Aquatic Design Ltd is looking to hire.
A position is available for a part time role, we are looking for an aquarist with an eye for detail, aquascaping skills, broad knowledge of freshwater tropical fish and aquariums, preferably someone who has worked in the trade, must have own vehicle.
This is a position that will offer servicing a huge variety of aquarium types from very small to huge bespoke systems, ideal for somebody with an artistic flair who takes pride in their work.
If you are interested please call or message Jason on 07885 759833

05/08/2023

This is a tank I have looked after on a very sporadic basis for a few years, the client has always struggled with poor plant growth/black beard algae. Recently he has asked me to start maintaining it on a regular basis, this is two months in and it has turned around, I can now take action on tackling the algae which is all but gone, plant growth has kicked off due to the correct pruning, especially the Ambulia (Limnophylla sessilifolia) as you can see from the pics.

05/08/2023

Why I love Gouramis above all other fish, they are in my opinion, the most graceful of all fish, tough, colourful and for fish that can get quite large aside from the dwarf species, they are incredibly peaceful.

15/07/2023

This is a first for me, I have never seen a tropical water lily flower before, this is a nymphea red lotus that sent a bud out last week and wow! What a beauty. Water parameters: PH 6.8, Gh 6°, Kh 4°, temp. 25°, Co2 15mg/l. I hope this is not the only flower.

10/06/2023

I set up a small Iwagumi tank yesterday, a Vision 180, not a lot of groundspace to create a sweeping landscape so I went up by building the 'mountain' out of separate small pieces of rock allowing me to create two terraces with sandbeds to accommodate the Micranthemum Umbrosum, this requires lots of delicate packing out to prevent sand falling away.

11/05/2023

A monthly trim from this Rio 350 planted tank, lighting is provided by the juwel Helialux system, this is the tank after the trim!

10/03/2023

06/03/2023

One of my denser planted aquariums, this rio 350 requires constant pruning every month and can easily fill a carrier bagful of cuttings

31/01/2023

Iwagumi style aquascape at night, this kind of planted aquarium requires careful management as one species of plant can quickly overcome another and the balance is lost.

29/01/2023

This Red Sea Re**er 525 was purchased by a client from a seller up north, they arranged picking the tank, water and livestock up and making the journey themselves. We were asked to set it up once they got it back, aquascape and introduce the livestock, this was done without issue, however, a few days later and a frantic message involving cloudy water and corals closing down meant an emergency weekend callout. After a little investigating it transpired the client had poured several litres of ro water onto an sps coral causing it to die, this then added toxins to the water and was having an effect on the tank with rising No2 levels adding to the problem. After a big waterchange and a lot of TLC the corals picked right up very quickly. It is now doing very well as the pictures show, the only issue is a couple of tangs that came with the tank were thin but we are working on that, lots of nori.

29/01/2023

My absolute favourite, the cardinal tetra, I can't do a planted set up without a generous shoal of these beauties being added, the blue/red against a lush green background is mesmerising. These specimens are two years old now and loving their 700ltr tank.

29/01/2023

Beautiful red eyed marble angels, developing a lovely blue sheen.

29/01/2023

Another fairly new client, I refurbed this Rio 350 around August, it has an alarming rate of plant growth, so much so I remove around half a 4 gallon bucket of plant every four weeks just to maintain form and not turn it into a jungle.

27/01/2023

A small tropical aquarium I set up a few weeks ago, I used the Juwel grey rock 3D background which works really well with Seryu rock, the fish really stand out. A couple of weeks and it will be time to start pruning the plants.

27/01/2023

The latest addition to our marine clientele, this is a 2300mm, 750ltr room divider with external weir. Very much enjoyed working with Sean Thomas Contruction Ltd who carried out the carpentry and building work, very professional and nothing was too much for them when we were designing the layout.

31/10/2022

750ltr reef tank installed in June, this has been a very fast introduction of stock at client's request, to get to this stage would normally be around a year.

01/09/2022

Something to consider if you are looking for a feature a little more unusual than a fish tank for your home, an indoor tropical pond replete with miniature waterfall and underwater lighting, hand made design, call Jason on 07885 759833 to discuss a design.

21/07/2022

My Iwagumi Palledarium I set up in 2019.

20/07/2022

Not much room left in this tank for corals, any new additions require planning permission.

16/07/2022

This 700ltr set up did not start life as a reef tank, I took it on in at the end of 2020 as a plain, un-aquascaped blank canvas, the plan was to run it as a fish only system, but after a year the client had caught the coral bug and I went about upgrading it for inverts, adding extra equipment. A year on and things are really blooming.

07/06/2022

A year has passed since I installed this Iwagumi planted tank, the lawn is Micranthemum Micranthemoides and is now an even 2" thick across the whole base, I periodically go in with angled scissors and trim it. At the far end Java Fern has colonised a large single piece of mopani wood and for a splash of colour, a red lotus lily bursts from the Micranthemum.

03/06/2022

I took this 750l tank on in December 2020, although set up, the installers had placed just a handful of ocean Rock for decor and no fish, so I emptied the tank and aquascaped it using a mixture of live/ synthetic live rock and dead reef bones for the branching, it started out as a fish only system but in the last 18 months has slowly morphed into a reef tank, I'm pleased I scaped it this way as there are plenty of hardpoints and outcrops to fix the corals to.

31/05/2022

A very protective pair of Angels have decided to lay their eggs bang in the middle of the tank completely exposed,thus all the other fish have had to make do with bunching up at either end, I've kept 3 pairs of angels in here for 4 years and all 3 breed in cycles on a regular basis, note how the othe angels know to stay away from the brooding pair.

31/05/2022

The humble Cherry Barb, this is a species many people overlook when buying fish in a shop, often a drab olive colour you can understand why, but get them in your tank, give them a month or so on a good diet and a well planted environment and POW! the males will go this lovely brick red colour, I think they work so well with the red ludwigia too. # tropicalaquarium