As this is the general chit chat thread, I thought I would throw something different into the arena, currently non- Spain related 
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As you will see from my username, it would appear I like fish, keeping them though!! I thought I would share a few of my little pics for my new aquarium which has just been set up, then over the months I will update it so you can see how it progresses. Of course, there is an ulterior motive 
. From an earlier thread I was gauging interest in the fishkeeping fraternity for an upcoming project 
. So here we go:
This is the new tank. It is a 2 foot cube which will hold just over 200 litres of water. The tank below is a sump and is where all the equipment will be housed.
This is how the aquarium looks once the reverse osmosis water and marine salt have been added. The rock is live rock, which basically means it has bacteria living within it that will break down the fish waste and act as a filter.
This is what the sump looks like once it has the equipment within it. The water overflows from the main tank to the bottom where it is met by a protein skimmer (to remove some of the waste), then it flows over some algae (provides a breeding ground for food sources for the fish and corals) before finally being pumped back to the main tank.
My first coral and a pair of clownfish were introduced yesterday. Over the course of the next 12 months or so, there will be many more additions to the fish and corals, so this is just a taster .
Mark