They arent trying to be, they release nutrients the same was as if you were dosing.
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They arent trying to be, they release nutrients the same was as if you were dosing.
Sounds all good! I've found fish that have funny dietry requirements often gobble up any food they can get in their mouths. As long as they have a varied diet, they are normally fine.
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Never got on with them to be honest, same as the liquid plant food, didn't do anything I could see.
Picking the right plants and Co2 have seen the best results for me in the past.
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How much does it cost to have a small marine tank set up for some clown fish?
mine has cost £1100ish to date. thats for a 125L tank.
wouldnt go much, if any, smaller for a pair of clowns.
I've had my pair of clowns from about an inch in size 6 months ago. They're only 2.5 inches in size now and still don't look out of place in my holding tank (15 litres). I've seen many people keep pairs of clowns in nano tanks as small as 40 litres.
In answer to the question though, second hand live rock at around £4-8 a kg. 1kg per 10 litres of tank size. The tank, obviously, my 200 litre was £30 off ebay. Salt at like £50 a bucket (last ages). RO water at around £3-4 per 25 litres from fish shop. Sand at around £15 for 10kg (filled my 4 foot a bit too much). A skimmer at maybe £60 secondhand and then lights costing maybe £80 for a starter and a pair of bulbs. A small powerhead for flow £15. Heater at £15 new.
Say £300 for a fish only with liverock if you shop wisely and get things second hand.
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Baby Seahorses(Hippocampus kuda) tank when they were 5 weeks old, now 7 weeks.
Full tank shot.
Bet your seahorse fish like to bounce.
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Does anyone have suggestions for suitable tank mates for the 4 Pentazona barbs in my Juwel Rekor 700 tank? (70L)
Very nice looking fishy! Probably gets a lot of attention from all your visitors.
Some of these setups are really nice. Would love to get a fish tank but sadly there's no room in my flat just now.
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Are marine fish hard and expensive to maintain?
They are m8. To get everything running well takes a lot of time, there are so many water parameters to monitor. It can be expensive at the start but as your system matures things get easier. I'm no expert but ill try to answer any questions you have.
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I'm now without fish so I need to redo my tank this week. Bought some textured spray paint to redo the outer casing (Fluval Edge) from orange to speckled slate.
they are more expensive than tropical.
a lot more expensive to start up more than anything else.
if you buy 2nd hand its cheaper but still expensive.
also the bigger the tank the more expensive but easier it is.
You see, there are two trains of thought on this and it very much depends on what you want from it. A saltwater tank with a couple of clowns and say a large toadstool coral for them to swim in is dead easy to keep.
One group of people however will tell you that you need to consistently monitor every type of mineral/level under the sun and that you need every type of test kit going. I bought into this at first and rather wished i hadn't. These people will have you doing 10% water changes every week and religiously logging all water parameters on a weekly basis.
The other group are how i am now. I don't even have a thermometer in there
I genuinely think this scares some people as when i tell them they seem utterly speechless. Fact of the matter is though i've done two water changes in the last 3 months. Both at around 5%. I don't check salt levels, i just put fresh RO water in when my return pump starts gurgling due to lack of water in my return section of the sump. My tank is doing better than ever now too. My fish are all healthy and brightly coloured, my corals are growing at quite an astonishing rate and i've gone from having to clean algae off the glass every 2-3 days (when i was doing weekly water changes) to having to scrape it once every couple of weeks.
People like to regurgitate misinformation to make themselves sound better or to be seen following a trend. In reality i do less work in my marine tank than my housemate does with his tropical tank, yet mine looks a hell of a lot better. Go figure
Hmm any of these would be good harlequins, dwarf rainbows, silver tip tetras, cherry barbs and cardinals.
Also some cory's could be nice.
Anyone had any experience with otocinclus? I've just bought two, and even though I can see plenty of algae on the glass and on plant leaves they dont seem to be eating.
I reckon my danio's are scaring them, one fat danio in particular (nasty thing). I think I might try getting rid of some of them.
I reckon my danio's are scaring them, one fat danio in particular (nasty thing). I think I might try getting rid of some of them.
Give them time to settle in, if they don't seem to be eating after a few days drop an algae tablet in.
Its unlikely danios are scaring them.
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For the first time in 2.5 years. my tank appears to have found it's equilibrium. I've not had to touch it 8 week, and thee is only small traces of algae on the glass but barley noticeable. I'm not sure what I'm doing different now to then. The plants are looking more healthier and generally it looks good. I've got a small clump of blanket weed but that's better than having a tank I can't see in.
Just as i was thinking of getting a bigger tank
Just as i was thinking of getting a bigger tank