Krissycakes
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%25 WC on 10Gs. Started new 3G with driftwood and Java moss! Fish are fed=)
When you mean corals do you mean supplys included? Phytoplankton-20$,lights- 400$ corals-800-1000$ so a good 1800$.
I think my fire fish are breeding already (after only 3 months!)
Last night I set up my 2nd tank! Well, it's my quarantine. What a PITA that was (and not cheap). I ended up cracking the new thermometer, spilling water playing with new siphon, and, although I knew it to start with, I didn't want to give up the fact that you can't siphon "up", to fill up the tank with a bucket of water.
I was planning on tearing down the tank between new fishes, and setting it up when I need, but now I'm thinking it would just be easier to keep it running all the time.
I didn't want to give up the fact that you can't siphon "up", to fill up the tank with a bucket of water.
Get an internal pump and hook it up to some hose essentially an upwards siphon.
Are you talking about when you replace the water? If you have a step ladder that you can place the bucket on (It has to be higher than your tank). You could then siphon the water into your tank from the bucket.
I do this. Works like a charm. Just remember to lift the hose out of the tank before you switch off the pump, otherwise it just turns into a syphon and drains the tank again!
Last night I set up my 2nd tank! Well, it's my quarantine. What a PITA that was (and not cheap). I ended up cracking the new thermometer, spilling water playing with new siphon, and, although I knew it to start with, I didn't want to give up the fact that you can't siphon "up", to fill up the tank with a bucket of water.
I was planning on tearing down the tank between new fishes, and setting it up when I need, but now I'm thinking it would just be easier to keep it running all the time.
What electric pump / model do you use or recommend?
Just picked up prefilter sponge and rescued a dwarf gourami from our 75 gallon tank at work which has a 8 inch oscar and a 10 inch green terror who have been eyeing and chasing that poor gourami around ! He seems to love his new home! And fed them
thank you he's great such personalities it's not a great picture from a cell phone but it looks awesome!Nice!*!*!
OK. I could afford the buckets you are keeping them in and the phytoplankton . I was originally wondering about coral prices as i'm thinking about setting up a frag tank to sell back to the LFS who don't have many local suppliers. It's a project for down the road though as i'm too broke to set it up right now. I have about 10 plant types in my aquariums at the moment so maybe i'll just have to sell cuttings from those. Your Corals will lookgreat when you get them in a tank.
Good luck with the fire fish. I don't have anything that will breed yet. I'll start stocking up on some different fish for breeding soon. Probably looking at Bristlenose plecos and a couple of types of Cichlid.
Puffer+2
750litre -100+75
Qt1 -10+9
Qt2 -10+9 dose meds
45litre -10+8
Stock alive and well, Cory 50:50, hill stream loach rock, puffers rock, fish rock!
Any picks of the hill streams? I love those guys!
Post 5428, link to my fish house thread, alternatively link below to my flickr page.
I'm picking a tank up (actually 3 tanks) tomorrow (Saturday), one will be modified especially for them. This will be more DIY fun! I got a great deal on these tanks £35-only for all three tanks, 2@36/15/18 £10each,1@24/26/18 £15. Perfect for me, that's a decent reef qt a decent coral qt and the rheophile tank.
This is the first time in 8 years I've paid for a ready made tank!
All I now need is plumbing, silicone and powerheads. One day I'll get around to building a reef!
I love the shape of these fish, pretty unique I think.
You got a really sweet deal on the tanks and i doubt you could DIY them for that price. I've found a cheap source of glass now so i might custom build a few tanks myself in future including redoing my 40g.
Once i have this tank and stand operational I have no lounge room space left for tanks. All further tanks will move into my spare room which i just use for storage.
You have some very nice fish in your tanks. I'm looking forward to seeing what you stock when you have a reef tank running.
Post 5428, link to my fish house thread, alternatively link below to my flickr page.
I'm picking a tank up (actually 3 tanks) tomorrow (Saturday), one will be modified especially for them. This will be more DIY fun! I got a great deal on these tanks £35-only for all three tanks, 2@36/15/18 £10each,1@24/26/18 £15. Perfect for me, that's a decent reef qt a decent coral qt and the rheophile tank.
This is the first time in 8 years I've paid for a ready made tank!
All I now need is plumbing, silicone and powerheads. One day I'll get around to building a reef!
I love the shape of these fish, pretty unique I think.