Building a canopy I. Building a canopy II. A plan how to built an aesthetic aquarium canopy with lights. This article is divided to two parts in which the working on the wooden parts and wiring instalation are described. The plan contains also the detailed photo documentation.
	3D PU foam background 3D rocky backgrounds Nowadays, 3D backgrounds are very popular. Back-To-Nature kind of backgrounds are not always available for everybody and often are expensive. Here is the plan how to build your own cheap 3D background using the polyurethane foam or rock-PU foam.
	External biofilter In African cichlid breeding, the filtration is particularly important. Besides the expensive commercial canister filters, there is a possibility to build the filter by your own requirements with a big filtration volume and the environment suitable for the right activity of the nitrifying bacteria. How to get it? Read here.
	Stand and the cabinet The strong stand is necessary for a secure placement of an aquarium in flat. In this DIY plan I suggest how to adapt the stand to place the bigger tank than the previous one and how to build the cabinet which covers the stand. The plan is supported with photos and schemes.
	Brine shrimp hatchery Brine shrimp (Artemia salina) is a very good first live food for the cichlid fry but not only for them. As brine shrimps are in the eggs, you have to hatch them. The simple hatchery serves for this purpose and you can read here how to build one. The project is supported with the pictures.
	Using the energy saving lamp ballast The wiring of the ballasts may be a problem for some aquarists which have decided to make the complete tank lighting by yourself. How to get the electronic ballast from the energy saving lamp and how to connect it with the standard fluorescent tubes, read here. The pictures included.
	An overflow to the sump An open filter (sump) needs to be connected to the aquarium by an overflow system. You can read here about one of the options using the hole in the back wall of an aquarium. The text is contributed with the pictures sure.
	Aquariums in the bookcase Almost every aquarist gets to the situation when he/she finds that he/she needs another aquarium, more and more...and there is not enough room for anything else. How to solve this problem to make everybody happy? Build the bookcase for your other half and slide an aquarium or two into it. :-)