The mrs and I are looking to get an aquarium for the flat. Nothing massive.

Show us what you got, how much did it cost? Where did you get it from?

What fish do you have and how hard are they to look after?

What have we GOT to buy with the tank to keep the fish happy? Keep it clean ect?

 

i inherited one from a mate who moved to tokyo. woudl like a bigger one really but space at my girlfirend's is limited.
firstly, i'd stay away from goldfish if i was you... they're messy and grow too big.. they're pond fish really.

get yourself a good filter (essential) and probably a heater too (as most houses aren't warm enough to keep the water temp high enough for tropicals).
i've got a common pleco (shouldn't really have him as he'll get too big for the tank hbut he keeps the algae down!), a guppy, a couple of glass catfish, a dwarf guarami, giant danio, 3 black widow tetras, a couple of cardinal tetra and some white cloud mountain minnows.
all pretty peaceful fish and get on with each other ok, unlike the figure8 puffer fish i had who whilst very cute and interesting was extremely agressive and attacked the others constantly. (i've since found out that keeping puffers with other types of fish is usually a bad idea!)
really not hard to look after... i just do a 25% water change every week or so and test the water quality regularly to make sure it's not got too much pollutants in it.
other than that, most important thing is probably not to overfeed them, and to buy your fish based on compatibility with existing tankmates and also bearing in mind the size they will reach when adult!

there's loads of good info on the net... try fishkeeper.co.uk or practicalfishkeeping.co.uk

 

just noticed you're in croydon. (i'm not anymore!).
get yourself into aquazoo in the whitgift centre.. bloke in there's pretty helpful.
also bear in mind that whatever you buy now you will almost certainly want a bigger tank within 6 months!

 

this is mine a 6ft marine tank with all your usual nemo suspects in there but all my plants/coral are real and with the heat of the lights i don't heat that room or need ceiling lights on till fish light goes of and i leave curtains open and you often get people outside stopped watching the fish at this time of year with early dark nights does take a bit of looking after though 45gallon water change every 2 weeks p.s got a 5ft tropical in kitchen too

 

Buy a large tank as theyre more stable than small tanks, contrary to popular belief, large tanks are actually easier to look after than small tanks.

Also buy the largest external filter you can afford, one designed for a much larger tank than you actually have, this means it will be overfiltered and as a result will make water changes and housekeeping duties minimal, which is better for you and the fish.

Dont overstock the tank with fish and be careful how much you feed the fish as its easy to get carried away and feed them too much and too often when youre new to fishkeeping.

You dont need to do water changes on a weekly basis, get some test kits and change the water when the nitrate levels start to show.

Before buying anything have a read up on cycling an aquarium so you know how to do it and what things like pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate are and how they affect your aquarium. Dont rush it!

 

I have a 5ft x 2ft x 2ft tropical tank, bought from ND Aquatics about 3 1/2 years ago

Check out the prices etc here http://www.ndaquatics.co.uk/?pg=pricelist

Here it is





Dwarf aquatic frogs eating bloodworm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiLoVPTJ0i4

Motoro Stingray http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q559PHDRf0E

Motoro Stingray swimming in the current http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rcOv52RXDQ

One last clip of the tank http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NICo_ZE435o

 

i have a tropical fish tank with everything u need its a 64ltr tank i want 50 quid for it

 

Red16... is that a mini shark you've got swimming around at the front, 1/3rd in from the right? ...or is it a toy fish that you threw in there for the crack?


Cheers,
Grant

 

Ok, just watched the videos...

...how much do they cost? I want, I want, I want.


Cheers,
Grant

 

thsi is my fish tank needs cleaning out though

 

Fish like Neons, Guppies, Tetras, Mollies are cheap to buy and easy to keep.

Basically all you need is a filter (as large as possible makes life easiest), water heater, gravel and patience.

 

Grant all the fish in the tank are real, thats not a shark but a young Pangasius Sanitwongsei, theyre basically a catfish type of fish that resembles a shark die to their dorsal fin shape and wide head.

I was just gonna say watch the videos to see the fish that you asked about earlier swimming around.

The full setup stands me at around Ł1000.

This is it next to a 2ft 60 litre tank



One day i'd love to replace the tropical aquarium above with a 2.5m x 1m x 1m marine reef aquarium.

 

...a grand is quite pricey. I was thinking a few hundred note all in, sharks and everything. I might have to re-evaluate how much I want it.

How noisey are these things when up and running??


Cheers,
Grant

 

Theyre not that noisey really, only time you hear it is when there are no noises in the room at all.

You could get a tank setup for a less than that, but you'd be having to cut corners a little or shop around and possibly buy used kit. Perfectly do-able though.

 

my red tail in his 327 gallon,1273 litre tank on his own lol

filtered over 4000 litres an hour

he was almost 30" nose to tail in this pic




and my new rena tank, cloudy here with bacterial bloom as it was less than 2 days old in this pic



which is visable from both sides

 

Nice guys for the info pointing us in the right direction now

Looks like the widest tank I can get into the spot will be a 1m wide one.

 

heres ours its 52" x 21" x 17"

its freshwater tropical with tiger barbs green tiger barbs albino tiger barbs a albino red fin shark golden nugget plec neon red gourami and mountain shrimp x about 8 i think

 

Im really getting into fish, I used to have them as a kid and now starting again.
I have a tank but im looking at buying a big one in the next few weeks..

 

These do some bargain priced tanks and cabinets Gary they're relatively local being in Prudhoe, they deliver too.

http://www.acaquatics.co.uk/

 

I ended up getting a 4ft tank with Cabinet, hood etc, external pump, heaters, gravel, and everything else you could need for Ł80 out of the ad trader.

 

Bargain wheres the pics then?

 

I'll take some tomorrow mate.

 

Good lad