Your current Fish tank Setups!
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Anyone know the best fishies to add into a tropical tank to eat as much algae as possible, mainly from the glass?
I do clean the glass regularly, but that stuff just comes back with a vengence!
Current community consists of Clown Loaches, Bala Sharks and a few Corydoras.
I do clean the glass regularly, but that stuff just comes back with a vengence!
Current community consists of Clown Loaches, Bala Sharks and a few Corydoras.
Get some large bags from your local fish stockist, bag them up and put them in polysterene boxes to keep warm. You can get these from your local farm as they usually have vegetables delivered in them. Mine were lovely and cosy while we ripped their home apart, drove it from Bucks to West Sussex and then set it up again. Keep as much of the water as you can so that they are going into already cycled water when you reach their destination.
Or, if you are moving a long way or over a period of days you can ask your local fish stockist if they will babysit them for you while you move. Many are quite willing to do this for a fee. It just means you can get their home all set up ready for them and then go and get them.
When I moved not long ago I transferred the fish into a bucket and kept the heater in there so I could sort the tank out etc. Then transferred them to bags just before leaving. Then returned them to the heated bucket as soon as we arrived to our new home.
My discus survived fine which I thought might struggle but unfortunately my Gold nugget Pleco didn't manage quite so well and think it died from the shock of it all.
Just had a thought , for the car journey.. if you could devise a way of sealing a very strong bucket up and put some baffles in there to stop the water sloshing too much you could also get a 12v water heater... or maybe get an inverter for your car and put a normal heater in.
The natural movement of the water in the car will of course keep the currents going as will convection currents (due to the rising heated water displacing the cool stuff) through the water (if you put secure the heater at the bottom).
Just a thought on long distance travelling!
The natural movement of the water in the car will of course keep the currents going as will convection currents (due to the rising heated water displacing the cool stuff) through the water (if you put secure the heater at the bottom).
Just a thought on long distance travelling!
My housemate got a P@H 64L tank just before Xmas and it's put me in the mood for some fish again. Used to have some years ago but not for a long time. I've been debating if I should just jump back in the deep end (!!) and get like a huge 400-500L tank and go marine, but though I'd better not just yet...
So after hours of researching I've Just ordered a Fluval Ebi 30L Shrimp Aquarium to sit on my desk next to my monitor
As well as a bunch of plants, moss and a bit of bogwood I think I will have some fish in there as well.
Currently thinking:
6x Amano Shrimp
15x Red Cherry Shrimp
6x Celestial Pearl Danio
Can't wait! Pics will follow...
So after hours of researching I've Just ordered a Fluval Ebi 30L Shrimp Aquarium to sit on my desk next to my monitor
As well as a bunch of plants, moss and a bit of bogwood I think I will have some fish in there as well.
Currently thinking:
6x Amano Shrimp
15x Red Cherry Shrimp
6x Celestial Pearl Danio
Can't wait! Pics will follow...
My housemate got a P@H 64L tank just before Xmas and it's put me in the mood for some fish again. Used to have some years ago but not for a long time. I've been debating if I should just jump back in the deep end (!!) and get like a huge 400-500L tank and go marine, but though I'd better not just yet...
So after hours of researching I've Just ordered a Fluval Ebi 30L Shrimp Aquarium to sit on my desk next to my monitor
As well as a bunch of plants, moss and a bit of bogwood I think I will have some fish in there as well.
Currently thinking:
6x Amano Shrimp
15x Red Cherry Shrimp
6x Celestial Pearl Danio
Can't wait! Pics will follow...
Sounds good and what I will probably step down to when I've had enough of high maintenance larger tanks like my 240litre Discus setup. Would like to see pictures if all goes well.
What is the width of the 405? I am considering getting the 406, I assume it will be the same size?. The cupboards in my stand are about 19.5 cm wide x 30cm x 60 ish
Finally got the last of the three nanos up and running, and was lucky enough to bag some Indostomus paradoxus to put in it (coolest fish ever). Will put up a seperate post about those guys in a few days.
Have now run out of flat surfaces
Have now run out of flat surfaces
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The only thing I can critique is the big light unit, does it spill light all over the room? Would get a tad annoying if it didAnd a quick update on the middle tank; a month after planting and all the plants are doing well so far without co2 or dosing. A few diatoms here and there but I've been running the lights a lot. The Hygrophila in particularly is going great guns, had to lop all the stems in half once and needs tidying again already.
Thought about some Oto's but wanted the Celestial Pearl Danios as they look stunning and are still relatively unusual/rare. Would it be ok with 3 or so Otos in there as well or would that be too much?
Either way I want some fish in there to keep the Shrimp under control lol !!
They are too big really, the tank small at only 30L measuring 30cm x 30cm x 35cm.
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I have had a 60l tank running for over a year with some guppies in it I added some tetra neon 8 on Thursday and today there's only 3 tetras left? No dead fish no sign off the other 5 tetras Do male guppies eat tetras? They seem to disappear at night.
They might try and nip at a dying/dead one, but wouldn't have thought they would eat the entire thing.
Sure they are not hiding somewhere silly? I've had a Clown Loach somehow get behind the holder that holds the filter in place, and wedge itself into a groove in the bottom of a piece of bogwood!
Tetras are small, could they have been sucked up by your filter?
