Update:

Ok wall stayed where it was supposed to. So 1 decent line of silicon the length of the wall will hold it down.

Ive started putting the substrate into the plant section, miscalculated how much i would need though, grrrrrrrrrr, i'll need to drop into the lfs and pick up more gravel!

Stay tuned, i'll try to grab pics as i'm 'scaping

Soooooo its done, well pretty much, needs a few more plants, but this is all i have at the moment.

A pic of wood and some plants being placed Now filled, lights running. Still gotta fix up the canister, then plug it all in

I must say i'm rather proud of how it turned out

Thanx snostorm :)

I'm always messing with my tanks, wether it be new or old, so expect it to keep going for a long while yet *LOL*

2.5ft - Tank has settled nicely, fish have become more comfortable.

4ft cichlid - i noticed earlier my electric yellow at the top of the tank, closer inspection, dead :( All other fish active and looking for a feed as usual, but, Alarm bells, E.yellow was perfectly fine this morning!

Out come the test kits

Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 160ppm +

What the devil????

Soooooooooo major water change, left just enough water for fish to swim in, and all is back to normal. Tank was a few day over normal water change time, but nothing way out there. Did a sand clean while i was water changing, no significant debris, certainly not enough to cause the distinct hike in nitrates. Fish arent overfed, infact 2 days of the week they arent fed at all. Water supply has been tested, no nitrates present. So will be watching it for a bit to see if i can find the cause....very strange. If it rises again, i'll pull it down on the weekend and see if a fish has possibly got caught & died behind the rockwork, havent noticed any fish missing though...hmmmmmmmmmmmmm