Official Ocuk Members Fish Tank Pictures Thread.

MadMan-JaMeS · 19 Aug 2007 at 18:40

Okay, Knowing that a few of us have fish tanks i decided to start a thread for pictures so they are nice and simple to see.

Pleas post in this format:

Tank Dimensions: Cm Or Inches
Water Volume: In Litres Or UK Gallons
Type Of Tank: Marine, Tropical Or Coldwater
Then Any Other Info You Feel Relevant:

Then Ofcourse The Pics.

I will post mine tomorrow after i get home.

Vita · 19 Aug 2007 at 18:42

Tbh should have made a Pets thread. Then catergorised it.

collisster · 19 Aug 2007 at 18:43

Azagoth · 19 Aug 2007 at 18:45

Do you think that using blue text on a blue background was the best of choices?

Mik3 · 19 Aug 2007 at 18:50

36 X 18 x 18 sump 30 x 12 x 12 approx 55 UK gallons, marine.

Raikiri · 19 Aug 2007 at 18:53

Azagoth said:
Do you think that using blue text on a blue background was the best of choices?

Better than the red, that makes my eyes hurt

Gaverick · 19 Aug 2007 at 19:26

You can't start a thread like this when you don't have your pictures ready until later!

MadMan-JaMeS · 19 Aug 2007 at 20:04

Azagoth said:
Do you think that using blue text on a blue background was the best of choices?

fixed for you

Megahurtz400 · 19 Aug 2007 at 20:06

Ive seen wild Clowns this week.

Moody buggers

al123 · 19 Aug 2007 at 20:21

90L, Tropical

Not a current picture it was taken when I first set it up, the plants are more established now and there is some wood and rocks in it. At the moment I’ve got 4 Gourami’s and a Plec.

I was given another smaller tank a few weeks ago so need to decide what to put in it!

Mik3 · 19 Aug 2007 at 20:26

Are they real plants Al? I tried to grow freshwater plants but failed several years ago.

MadMan-JaMeS · 19 Aug 2007 at 20:45

some plants are hard to grow others arn't some need really high light and a lot of co2 so you may have had some of those but, there is also a thing where a lot of LFS (local fish stores) sell non aquatic plants they are fine in water for a while but after a few months they will die

al123 · 19 Aug 2007 at 22:09

Mik3 said:
Are they real plants Al? I tried to grow freshwater plants but failed several years ago.

Yeh the plants are real, I changed the bulb to an Aqua Glo one and that seems to have helped them grow. But red plants don’t seem to do too well.

MadMan-JaMeS said:
there is also a thing where a lot of LFS (local fish stores) sell non aquatic plants they are fine in water for a while but after a few months they will die

Yeh one of my mates works in one and said that, he told me which were the best to get

lay-z-boy · 19 Aug 2007 at 22:20

Minxy · 19 Aug 2007 at 22:31

We have 4 aquariums at present.

1 x coldwater tank probably only about 15l, current occupier is a single shebunkin.

1 x 20l Brackish containing 1 x Figure of 8 Puffer and 1 x Spotted Puffer fish

1 x 110l tropical with various Siamese Fighters, 4 x Angels, Gouramis and Catfish

1 x 500l Marine Tank, currently occupied by 2 x Percula Clowns, 1 x Regal Tang, 5 x Green Chromis, 2 x Cleaner Shrimps, a Starfish and various small crabs and z20let snails. This is still currently in the early stages, it has only been up and running around 6 weeks.

Minxy · 19 Aug 2007 at 22:59

Here is a pic of the larger of the trop tanks as well.

wez130 · 19 Aug 2007 at 23:02

1 x 500l Marine Tank, currently occupied by 2 x Percula Clowns, 1 x Regal Tang, 5 x Green Chromis, 2 x Cleaner Shrimps, a Starfish and various small crabs and z20let snails. This is still currently in the early stages, it has only been up and running around 6 weeks.

You should NOT have that much life in your tank so early in life, your tank takes a long time to establish its' bacteria and to mature, at the most at 6 weeks, you should have maybe a couple of VERY hardy fish, like damsels. Yuo should also be doing water tests every day to make sure you pass the nitrite spike before any life is in the tank. If i were you i'd ask your local fish shop to look after at least your regal tang and definitely your starfish for a month or so otherwise, they are likely to die in such a young tank.

wez130 · 19 Aug 2007 at 23:05

in other news, i really miss my marine tank, i have no pics t o offer, but i had a hockney reverse flow 4x2x2 tank, fish and invert (1) only, stock included a regal tang, a lemon tang, a pair of percula clowns, a flame angel, a coral beauty, ********* eel and a hermit crab, he was well funny.

Minxy · 19 Aug 2007 at 23:07

wez130 said:
You should NOT have that much life in your tank so early in life, your tank takes a long time to establish its' bacteria and to mature, at the most at 6 weeks, you should have maybe a couple of VERY hardy fish, like damsels. Yuo should also be doing water tests every day to make sure you pass the nitrite spike before any life is in the tank. If i were you i'd ask your local fish shop to look after at least your regal tang and definitely your starfish for a month or so otherwise, they are likely to die in such a young tank.

We've been visiting a very reliable marine specialist for weeks who we know and trust and has advised us on when we are ready to put in stock.

If anything Damsels should be put in last because they are a highly terratorial fish and so will attempt to dominate anything that comes in afterwards. They're also known for killing each other, the general rule of thumb is apparently buy 6 but only expect to keep 5. For this reason we have ruled these out altogether and have gone for Chromis instead which are recommended as a beginners fish.

We've done all our tests very regularly and the levels have stayed stable. Nitrite and Ammonia have both been at zero for the last 4 weeks.

wez130 · 19 Aug 2007 at 23:17

Minxy said:
We've been visiting a very reliable marine specialist for weeks who we know and trust and has advised us on when we are ready to put in stock.

If anything Damsels should be put in last because they are a highly terratorial fish and so will attempt to dominate anything that comes in afterwards. They're also known for killing each other, the general rule of thumb is apparently buy 6 but only expect to keep 5. For this reason we have ruled these out altogether and have gone for Chromis instead which are recommended as a beginners fish.

We've done all our tests very regularly and the levels have stayed stable. Nitrite and Ammonia have both been at zero for the last 4 weeks.

i know that damsels are territorial, but a single small example, i.e a blue devil, will help your maturing cycle and will be no match to most other members of a community, levels in your tank will be level for around 5-6 weeks, then nitrites will 'spike' for a couple of days then relax, then i would only advise hardy fish, i can't see your 'specialist' being a 'specialist' for letting you take a starfish home to a 6 week old tank, or even a regal tang, infact, you shouldn't be taking more than 1-2 fish a week home as your fitration system can't handle the vast increase in waste with 10 fish at once and will probably break down. The starfish especially is not a hardy invert and should only be introduced to well established tanks.