lets see what they look like now as i aint seen one for a few months,,,,,, who still has one and who flushed em down the bog and gave up


im about to start again and so looking for insperation

 

I am buying a mates of him today in about an hour, i can wait i have wanted 1 for ages but never got round to it untill now when he phoned me up and offered me his full set up including fish the lot for £100 so thought why not

 

Mines in the back garden mate and built of bricks get some pics tomorrow if I can and it stops pee'ing down !!!

 

heres my 4ft tank only been set up for 3 weeks so still slowly adding fish

 

congrats on a sensible thread ginge!

dont let it deteriorate by waffling on tho

im very keen myself to have a fish tank in my living room as a display piece because i have my own place now. this might be the inspiration a need!

chop

 

Used to have a 4ft tank with Ghost Koi, Lion Heads and a couple of Black Moor. Not exotic I know but it was a nice looking set up.

Have a litte hexagon shaped tank now with two Golden Orf. Missus wants a proper setup once we get our own place

 

Same tanks as my friend Petes

I helped him set it up

 

smit
what sort of "setting up" do you need? Im a total newbie! presume you need the pumps and filters blah blah...

 

what size is that tank and whats it worth? just the tank on its own and then including the unit?

 

Chop - Think the tank/filter/pump/heater cabinet was about £600 (You get a lot if you buy it all at once.)

Then he brought some stones/slate/plants...for decoration

You have to let the water get filtered for about 6 weeks before any fish can be introduced...

This site taught me everything

Site - http://www.tropicalfishcentre.co.uk/

Forum - http://www.tropicalfish.site5.com/tfc/

Excellent friendly people on there willing to help

My favourite marine tank done by a bloke called Dan.

Simply breathtaking

 

jesus wept! how much?!?

i wont look to buy brand new then i dont think!

will check those sites though cheers

 

Bearing in Mind the tank and equipment were the better of the selection available...You can get starter 2ft tanks for a few hundred quid

 

Jewell tanks seem to be the ones to go for, great filter system

I have a 125 , 185 and 400 ltr jewell set ups and have no worries at all

 

pics?

 

how long is that tank ????????? its awesome

is it saltwater being marine could starfish live in it ?

 

like the starfish do ya?

 

pmsl

 

Marine tanks are a total twat to keep! You have to be on the ball with salt levels/temp etc etc otherwise you start losing fish...

One of the biggest problems is the marine fish are about 25-100quid a FISH Not like the usual fiver+ for tropical ones...

So keeping the tank under control is a tough job but in Dans case can be very very rewarding

 

my little 2ft bedroom tank.not many fish as the lobster(pinchy)doesnt like company.sorry for quality.camera phone

 

 

he must be bored shitless in there

at least buy him some fish to try and catch

if not drop a few trips in always a result to perk him up

 

got mine off e-bay £100 all in with lights and a brand new juwel filter still in the box just had to buy the plants and gravel

 

I now have 3 tanks Smittybear as you know, the big tank had a bit of an influx of snails so I ve cleared the tank of Fish and Plants and added snail killer to try and rectify the problem. The miidle tank now houses most of my fish and my freshwater parrot fish.
The little tank I first bought for breeding had a Electric Blue Lobster but he died over Christmas so I now have 2 small cat fish in there

 

he has 4 african ciclids in there that he chases around.thats al he needs.

 

A couple of pics of my tropicals, 2 silver sharks, 2 plecks, & four new fish (can't rememer what they are called (only got them yesterday )

 

Heres my marine aquarium










Ok, heres the real one. Its mainly full of neon tetras and guppys Used to have some piranha's a few years ago, might have to get some more to keep the neons company

 

the orange ones look like a gouramis might be honey gouramis

 

mines in the garden made of brick lol and has no tropical fish bit cold for that but here it is :



and heres my mates

 

jewel tanks are about the best tanks you can get. they come with everything you need.....lights, internal filter, heater, just add sand and water and fish....lol...the heater sits inside the internal filter so keeps it looking tidy. I got 3 discus fish some black widows, albino algea eaters, bristlenose catfish and there babies, harlequins, rummynose tetras, cardinal tetras, lemon tetras, and clown loach.

Finally a topic i know quite a bit about...lol

also if you like neon tetras then i would get the cardinal tetras instead as they look almost the same but the dont carry neon tetra disease.....always quarrentine for 4 weeks before adding new fish or buy from a good dealer who quarrentines there fish. Need any help gimme a shout.

 

I bought my first tank setup (2ft) from the local garden centre for £80. a few quid for a background, gravel and plants and your away. Bought a plec, neons,black mollys,leopard danios, and a few barbs. All living well apart from i have regular executions with the mollys as they breed monthly...
Been looking at a marine setup recently but it worked out for a decent tank with live rock and fish all finished would be near enough 2k! So im just getting a bigger tropical tank

 

ive not got a fish tank but ive got a koi pond
here is sum pics of it, ive still got some work to do tho

 

NEON TETRA DISEASE wtf ive just put 5 of them in my tank is there any thing to look out for if they have it

 

Symptoms
This disease was originally described in Neon Tetras, but can affect many other species of fish. In Neons, one of the early signs of this disease is a loss of the red colour, and difficulty swimming Note that there is a so-called "false neon disease", which is bacterial, and shows very similar symptoms. It is impossible for the home aquarist to determine for certain the difference between NTD and false NTD on the basis of visible symptoms alone, without laboratory backup. This disease has also been confused with Columnaris.

Causes
The disease is caused by a microsporidian parasite. The disease is most likely to be passed on from newly acquired fish, which have not been quarantined.

Possible cures
These parasites are very resistant to medications, and there are no proven effective treatments. Some anti-parasite medications claim to treat this disease, but there effectiveness is debatable. Some apparant 'cures' may have been the result of successful treatment of false-NTD. The best course of action is to isolate sick fish quickly, and maintain good water quality to reduce the chances of more fish succumbing to the disease. The use of a diatom filter, which can reduce the number of free parasites in the water, may help.

this is a pretty good link: http://203.116.88.76/content/phase1/...tor_Other.html

BTW cardinal tetras dont seem to suffer from NTD and they look exactly the same except the red strip goes all the way along the body unlike the neon whos red stripe runs from the tail about a quarter along the body.

I had a case of NTD in my tank and it wiped out all my glowlight tetras and harlequins.......if you are unlucky and get an outbreak remove any dead or dying fish ASAP cos if your other fish eat them they eat the spores that carry NTD and then they get affected. if you get NTD and it seems like it is no longer present dont add any new fish for at least 6 months and when you do make sure there quarrentined.