Any tropical fish owners here...
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Any tropical fish owners here...
Now that we have moved into our 'final' house and every thing is done I have decided to buy my 'final' fish tank.
I was umming and Arrring about Marine or tropical but with holidays I thought it be best to get tropical fish until I retire and have more time for marine.
I love the look of the Aqua one Regency 300 litre curved front nice wood but for £1000 I couldn't swallow the price and I couldn't find a clean second hand one. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aqua-One-R...d=307041014277
Purchased a 330litre with curved front from all pond solutions for £330.00
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3103471507...fvi%3D1&_rdc=1
And wondering weather I should buy more power heads and heaters and where online is best for live stock sand etc... Locally all suppliers seem to have poor quality fish.
I was umming and Arrring about Marine or tropical but with holidays I thought it be best to get tropical fish until I retire and have more time for marine.
I love the look of the Aqua one Regency 300 litre curved front nice wood but for £1000 I couldn't swallow the price and I couldn't find a clean second hand one. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aqua-One-R...d=307041014277
Purchased a 330litre with curved front from all pond solutions for £330.00
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3103471507...fvi%3D1&_rdc=1
And wondering weather I should buy more power heads and heaters and where online is best for live stock sand etc... Locally all suppliers seem to have poor quality fish.
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What type of fish your keeping will determine how many filters and power heads you need. For me I always used to run two very big canister filters and/or a sump on my Malawi and trophies setups
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Dam phone, I also used to keep discus so for me over filtering water is a must. The better and cleaner the water the more your fish will thrive. Don't forget you may need to buffer you water etc to get to optimum conditions? What type of tank do you want? Planted, rock. Etc
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You really should set that up as a Mbuna (Malawi) tank and you could easily stock it as I`ve stocked mine...online...here http://www.midlandsmalawis.co.uk/ I`ve had all my Malawis from them and they`ve all been spot on.
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I want it to be planted, a large green area at one end, possibly a log or array of rocks for fish to hide in. Going to have tiny stones - not sand, so that fish can hide in it and filter.
I'm going down the route of communal fish, guppies, loaches, tetra's mollies etc. May even get some frogs again.
Once the tank is fully up and matured - few years I may consider getting a group of (yellow or red) labeled fish that need more attention.
Thanks for the link - I'll add them to my favorites.
I'm going down the route of communal fish, guppies, loaches, tetra's mollies etc. May even get some frogs again.
Once the tank is fully up and matured - few years I may consider getting a group of (yellow or red) labeled fish that need more attention.
Thanks for the link - I'll add them to my favorites.
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I have had a fertiliser/co2 dosed tank and there very nice. Quite alot of work, this for me is the best way of keeping s planted tank. I love some of the Japanese aquascaping it's so nice but for overall colour and activity for me it's mbuna, tropheus are also nice but expensive fish. I used to breed them in a dedicated fish shed, but got rid of all my tanks and equipment. I'm desperatly trying to convince the mrs for another tank lol
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And this forum is a fountain of knowledge http://lakemalawi.co.uk/
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I had to ditch my cichlid tank as although all 'species' they did not get on at all, the blue malawi's terrorised the firemouths and some of the hybrids i had were just mental.!!
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Firemouth are American cichlids not African. You do over stock Malawi tanks hence the brilliant colours. Some fish can be more aggressive than others for sure but I have never had to remove a fish because of it.
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You really should set that up as a Mbuna (Malawi) tank and you could easily stock it as I`ve stocked mine...online...here http://www.midlandsmalawis.co.uk/ I`ve had all my Malawis from them and they`ve all been spot on.
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Nice. I have a 4ft Malawi setup, I'm running black sand, black background and grey rock stacks. Funnily enough I was looking at setups this morning to change it to white sand like yours. I'm not sure what to do yet, I saw a setup before doing mine in a shop and had to try it. The total black really shows the fish colours well.
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It was bottled co2 through a ladder that allows it to dissapate, dosed every day with frets. The tank had two external filters and a 3ft sump. Didn't need much in the way of power heads just a spray bar, and about 10hrs of light a Day.
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this thread rekindled my fishtank lust, but having no room i needed to go nano,
found a fluval edge for a very discounted price, now set up as a white cloud minnow biotope, be ready for fish soon
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6738474817/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6738474817/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
found a fluval edge for a very discounted price, now set up as a white cloud minnow biotope, be ready for fish soon
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6738474817/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6738474817/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
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Those large tanks are amazing. I got a 60 litre tank off my mate when he upgraded to see if I could keep up with the cleaning or would I be lazy and let it go to crap....
I've had it about 7 months now and want something bigger.
Are there any bargain tanks around? eBay???
I've had it about 7 months now and want something bigger.
Are there any bargain tanks around? eBay???
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Those large tanks are amazing. I got a 60 litre tank off my mate when he upgraded to see if I could keep up with the cleaning or would I be lazy and let it go to crap....
I've had it about 7 months now and want something bigger.
Are there any bargain tanks around? eBay???
I've had it about 7 months now and want something bigger.
Are there any bargain tanks around? eBay???
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Hi - sorry to sort of hijack this thread but been thinking about getting an aquarium for dining room-where i would put it i can fit a 3ft x 1ft tank and like look of ones that have the cabinet under them etc.
What sort of fish are good for a newbie to keep that dont require too much effort plus also how much leccy do these require to run? with lights and filter ( and anything else?)
What sort of fish are good for a newbie to keep that dont require too much effort plus also how much leccy do these require to run? with lights and filter ( and anything else?)
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Hi - sorry to sort of hijack this thread but been thinking about getting an aquarium for dining room-where i would put it i can fit a 3ft x 1ft tank and like look of ones that have the cabinet under them etc.
What sort of fish are good for a newbie to keep that dont require too much effort plus also how much leccy do these require to run? with lights and filter ( and anything else?)
What sort of fish are good for a newbie to keep that dont require too much effort plus also how much leccy do these require to run? with lights and filter ( and anything else?)
To be honest if you`re gonna do it right any tank will be an `effort` You will have to keep on top of your water quality otherwise whatever fish you have, however hardy they are...will die. To save on electric there are loads of LED lights available
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