I first got into fishkeeping around 22 years ago and started of with the usual fresh water tropicals in a 3 foot tank. I had a fascination with catfish for a while and later went on to keep African cichlids. This is when I purchased a second 3 foot tank specifically for Malawi cichlids. My tanks really began to multiply once I realised how relatively easy it was to breed them. I ended up with a total of 6 tanks, 3 of which were occupied with fry of different sizes. I was a member of the British Cichlid Association for a few years back then. I attended some of the meetings where I sold off the young fish at the auctions afterwards (which was most rewarding). I specialised in breeding Aulonocara and Haplochromis species.

I started my first reef tank about 5 years ago. The Malawis had to make way and I converted their tank (54” L x 18” D x 12” H) for saltwater use by adding a Seaclone skimmer. Filtration was purely via Fiji LR and ciculation provided by 2 existing canister filters minus their media. I increased the lighting from 2 to 3 Triton fluorescents and added a further 2 Actinic blue tubes. The base was left bare to facilitate cleaning and preventing detritus buildup. The tank was fairly successful all in all, I made the sort of mistakes most people make along the way (learned the hard way) then I discovered UltimateReef.com

This site is mainly devoted to my Deltec systemised reef tank.

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December 2003....... New additions to the site since November.

Check out my new Bi-Coloured Monti-Cap's Here

Many of the other coral albums have been updated with even more pic's. !!!!!