Beginner shares tank pics - Aquarium Advice

DonnBallenger · 08-30-2006, 10:17 AM

here are a few pics of both mine and my sisters tanks. im not very good at decorating and arranging them, so please feel free to comment and make suggestions (good or bad!)

My tank is a mix of both fake and live plants and some rocks and such I've picked up over the years. There's definatly no theme to be found...just a collection of junk I thought would look nice. It houses a 5" (and still growing!) tiger striped oscar and a 4" (and rapidly growing) albino clawed frog as well as a 3.5" common pleco.

My sisters tank has an asian theme to match her living room. Thats actually my first 10gal with a few inert stone figurines she was willing to let me sink to the bottom of the tank. Her tank contains a pair of tiger barbs a dwarf frog and a pair of yet-to-be identified orange fish that sort of look like neons...only without the coloring.

zacusmaximus · 08-30-2006, 10:29 AM

What size tanks are these?

WaterPond · 08-30-2006, 11:34 AM

I would also like to know the size. Can we get some more info? the tanks look pretty good. We just need to know the size.

DonnBallenger · 08-30-2006, 06:43 PM

my sister's (asian theme) is 10gal

mine is a 55gal

Jchillin · 08-30-2006, 08:04 PM

Can you get a full frontal shot of the 2nd tank? It looks pretty awesome from this angle.

Todd2 · 08-30-2006, 08:57 PM

Hows that second tank working out? Looks like it might be a bit harder to clean w/ the big substrate. Does all the uneaten food/fish poo fall through and accumlate in there?

DonnBallenger · 08-31-2006, 05:52 AM

here's a few more pics.

it is a bit harder to clean with the large rocks. i usually remove the larger decorations (the big rock, the driftwood and the fake coral) and honestly, i feel that i get it cleaner this way.

hc8719 · 08-31-2006, 10:59 AM

how bigs your acf? you keep any fish with him?

DonnBallenger · 08-31-2006, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by hc8719

how bigs your acf? you keep any fish with him?

The froggy lives in the 50gal with the oscar and the pleco. He's about 4" long. I've heard that they're vicious little creatures, but this little guy is only a worry to those that will fit in his mouth. He and the oscar are great pals...maybe a little too close....

hc8719 · 08-31-2006, 09:35 PM

mines about that size too...

when i needed to put some male cherry barbs in qt, i just put them in with the acf, and i seriously didnt think he could of eatten them, (she was smaller at the time) and she didnt touch them for like 2 weeks, then bam, w barbs are gone in an hour...

they say the like to be with others of their species, but it ended up killing all my adfs, and a baby acf.

im thinking about rescuing another from wal-mart (why do they put them in those cups?) and raising him in a different tank until he gets bigger to introduce to my current acfs tank

08-30-2006, 11:34 AM	#3
WaterPond Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Corunna, Ontario (outside of sarnia) Posts: 2,616 Images: 5	I would also like to know the size. Can we get some more info? the tanks look pretty good. We just need to know the size. __________________ Jason Canadian Aquarium Auction!

08-30-2006, 08:04 PM	#5
Jchillin Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New York, NY (The Big Apple) Posts: 12,976 Images: 47	Can you get a full frontal shot of the 2nd tank? It looks pretty awesome from this angle. __________________ _________________________________

08-30-2006, 08:57 PM	#6
Todd2 Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 408	Hows that second tank working out? Looks like it might be a bit harder to clean w/ the big substrate. Does all the uneaten food/fish poo fall through and accumlate in there? __________________ 20G L planted - 6 Black Skirt tetras, 1 Dwarf Gourami favorite fish (King of the tank) Plants - java fern & moss, dwarf sag, money wort 10G - empty

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zacusmaximus Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 196	What size tanks are these?

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DonnBallenger Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 35	my sister's (asian theme) is 10gal mine is a 55gal

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08-31-2006, 09:35 PM	#10
hc8719 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 1,932	mines about that size too... when i needed to put some male cherry barbs in qt, i just put them in with the acf, and i seriously didnt think he could of eatten them, (she was smaller at the time) and she didnt touch them for like 2 weeks, then bam, w barbs are gone in an hour... they say the like to be with others of their species, but it ended up killing all my adfs, and a baby acf. im thinking about rescuing another from wal-mart (why do they put them in those cups?) and raising him in a different tank until he gets bigger to introduce to my current acfs tank