Your current Fish tank Setups!

DavieCramb01 said:
I have just been offered a tank that cost 500 quid full of tropical Fish including Japanese fighting fish some sort of shark. a Fire eel and Angel fish. well thats what i have been told is in it. plus much more. for 150 Quid.

Its a woman at my wifes work had it for years and all the kit. only selling because they are moving house and dont have room for it.

Going to look at it but feel extremely tempted.
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If you've got room for it snap it up, donate all this fish to your lfs's and turn that 7fter into a marine haven!
 
I found a starfish!!1

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heres my final scape:
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I had no idea there was such a fish following here! Handy for me because I could do with some advice!

I bought a 180 litre tank in November and ran it for a month "fishless" to get the cycle going. I've always been fascinated by what most of you will consider to be "boring" fish; neon tetras so I bought five of those and five glowlight tetras. So far I've only lost one so I think my tank is holding up well enough to stock it with some more. Assuming I went with similarly sized fish, how many fish could I stock the tank with before it became overstocked? I'd much rather err on the side of caution but I keep reading conflicting suggestions; 1cm fish per litre, 4cm fish per litre and God knows what else!

If I were to get different fish, what would your suggestions be for ones that would get on well with the existing ones? Any suggestions welcome!

While I'm at it, my plants don't seem to be holding up too well; I must admit, in all my research I've never really looked at plant care. Should I be getting some treatments to care for them or just buy new plants?

Any advice and suggestions would be much appreciated!

Thanks,

Adam
 
ADL said:
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The general rule of thumb is 1 inch of fish(exculding tail) per US gallon of volume for fresh water. However if your tank is over filtered and you do a lot of water changes then you'd be fine going a little over that. But normally 1" of fish per US GAL is what you should aim for.
 
ADL said:
I had no idea there was such a fish following here! Handy for me because I could do with some advice!

I bought a 180 litre tank in November and ran it for a month "fishless" to get the cycle going. I've always been fascinated by what most of you will consider to be "boring" fish; neon tetras so I bought five of those and five glowlight tetras. So far I've only lost one so I think my tank is holding up well enough to stock it with some more. Assuming I went with similarly sized fish, how many fish could I stock the tank with before it became overstocked? I'd much rather err on the side of caution but I keep reading conflicting suggestions; 1cm fish per litre, 4cm fish per litre and God knows what else!

If I were to get different fish, what would your suggestions be for ones that would get on well with the existing ones? Any suggestions welcome!

While I'm at it, my plants don't seem to be holding up too well; I must admit, in all my research I've never really looked at plant care. Should I be getting some treatments to care for them or just buy new plants?

Any advice and suggestions would be much appreciated!

Thanks,

Adam
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Hi Adam,

I stopped (temporarily I hope) keeping fish last year but I have picked up a few tips along the way.

I would say the 1cm rule for example are only guides and some very, very experienced aquarists don't condone that idea at all. I found it was all too very easy to buy fish and not realise just how big some of these creatures can grow. You then end up with either having to get a larger tank for them or doing what is more the case and having to pass them on to a new home which can be a real wrench if you have grown attached to a fish. I remember looking after a Mbu puffer (check them out on youtube) for only a month and was really sorry to have to give him back. (Plus in capitivity these monsters are quite capable of reaching eighteen inches to two feet in length!)

So I would take the size of the fish seriously in to consideration and if you haven't already please do get a water testing kit, they don't cost that much for a basic one that will give you a fair guide to the levels of nasties that are hazardous.

I applaud you for taking a sensible amount of time during cycling your tank, too few folk tend to give it enough; a few days or a week at most and this is seldom enough.

I know there are several good websites out there, I like this one which is a U.S. one : http://www.wetwebmedia.com/

They have a good, friendly community there and are happy and quite prompt in answering your questions.

Oh, I expect you know this but over feeding is one of the most common pitfalls. If you do that too often it will affect water chemistry and that is not what you want.
 
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Psypher5 said:
I found a starfish!!1

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Id suggest that the next time you see the starfish take it out of the tank. It looks like a Arista StarFish. They stay really small (about 1/8 inch) but multiply like mad, once established you will have loads.

Also some of the species feed on corals, but they are usually have a darker body, All the ones i have in mine are White\Blue and feed on coralline algae but the pure numbers get unsightly.
 
Rodge said:
Id suggest that the next time you see the starfish take it out of the tank. It looks like a Arista StarFish. They stay really small (about 1/8 inch) but multiply like mad, once established you will have loads.

Also some of the species feed on corals, but they are usually have a darker body, All the ones i have in mine are White\Blue and feed on coralline algae but the pure numbers get unsightly.
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(bit tipsy here, bed time tbh.)

Aye ive been told its ok for a bit. If i get a million of them or they start eating stuff i'll combat them :)

It keeps itself in my "inlet" filter bag (the only way water can pass through) and is probably munching on the caught up algae in there, no harm at the moment.

One of my hermits attacked another last night, kicked it out its shell. Then started nipping it. Separated them though, and the beaten on promptly lost 2 legs, however ive been advised it could be (and most probably is) a moult.

The "dominant" hermit also rushed over to the buttons when i put them in and just sat on them for a good hour, as if he was king of the hill. Hes currently climbing to the highest point of my rock atm, little blighter.


other news:

cleaner shrimp
turbo snails
some micro blue hermits
red leg hermit

bi coloured ric
red zoa frag
pink zoa frag

ordered :D arrive on sunday!

Then I'm thinking 2 regular clowns (orange) with one or both being a mis bar.
However i'd love a black and white one, just not sure as to put a bnw with a "normal" one, the bnw would have an orangey nose/fins, which isnt what I'd like, but i can't have a proper bnw as they are diff types. So i'm leaning towards a mis bar'ed orange pair. (blacks look so pretty though)
just seen this though:
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I'll chat to the LFS owner i found the other day (in stoke, awesome little shop) :)
 
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Thanks for the very quick and helpful replies!

It's certainly a completely different world; I mean, I thought I'd done stacks of research but reading half of these posts really makes me feel out of my depth but I'm getting lots of helpful advice so that makes me feel a little better.

I bit the bullet and bought 5 new Glowlights and 5 new Neons but sadly I've woken up this morning, gone to do a water change only to find one of the neons stuck on the filter intake. :(

Anyway, thanks again for all of the advice.


Adam
 
Psypher5 said:
Then I'm thinking 2 regular clowns (orange) with one or both being a mis bar.
However i'd love a black and white one, just not sure as to put a bnw with a "normal" one, the bnw would have an orangey nose/fins, which isnt what I'd like, but i can't have a proper bnw as they are diff types. So i'm leaning towards a mis bar'ed orange pair. (blacks look so pretty though)
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The B&W clowns I had, nose and fins would go from black to orange then back to black. I think it was a breeding thing.
Ever thought about Maroon clownfish?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN_DjAW_Rv0&feature=related
 
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