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Post by Odin on Feb 26, 2011 2:29:44 GMT -5
I lost my post midway just now because I tried to do a total picture dum so lets start slow. First off we have my newest tank. I will post pictures of residents after I get the substraits thermometer and decorations going. This can take a couple days to do with the tank size as it's 36 gallons.
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Post by Odin on Feb 26, 2011 2:34:06 GMT -5
Next we have my three gallon and one gallon tanks. They are established and have live plants (The three gallon still has artificial plants until I aquire more life plants from dad's next plant dump) They house Crowntail Betta Splendens Scrambles, The Doom Bringer. Resident master of the three gallon tank. Mikhailovich, He is accompanied by no less than 16 infant snails. The floating plants are his favorite spot to hang out as they are reminiscent of his natural habitat.
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Post by Odin on Feb 26, 2011 2:38:03 GMT -5
My dad's smallest tank and my smallest tank respectively. Dad's houses A white crowntail and two flame tetra's as well as a snail. Mine houses a pink crowntail with red and blue fins. Dad's white betta and one flame tetra My last betta, he is unnamed as he is still under warranty. He was purchased to replace a similar betta with a flipped color scheme.
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Post by Odin on Feb 26, 2011 2:42:33 GMT -5
Lastly here we have father's 20 gallon. A live plant aquarium. Housing the largest concentration of fish we own. I did not picture all the fish as many are sleeping. The tank Everyting you see is alive, except for the wood, the plastic and glass. A red female betta hiding in the frog pads and lili pads. The base of the lili's and a female crowntail betta
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Post by Odin on Feb 26, 2011 2:44:44 GMT -5
plants close up and a red platty Another shot of the crowntail female hiding in java moss. The snail, he is roughly one and a half times larger than average. a busy little otto. a hiding neon tetra.
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Post by Odin on Feb 26, 2011 2:48:07 GMT -5
Ghost shrimp. very fun to watch if you can find them. The other red female betta (There are five female betta in the tank) A mickey mouse platty named for the dots on it's tail. balloon platty versus the filter's flow. he always looses. a closeup on a neon tetra another of the busy little otto's (six total) balloon platty and yet another otto The lili and frog pad tops.
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Post by Odin on Feb 26, 2011 2:49:09 GMT -5
thats all i have for now i will update as i continue to work on my tank.
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Post by jetylefr on Feb 26, 2011 9:33:49 GMT -5
nice. you like fish? of course you do. i do too, but i prefer animals you can hold without killing. fish are fun to watch aren't they? so tranquil...
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Post by Odin on Feb 26, 2011 9:35:49 GMT -5
well the fish going into that 36 will likely be carnivorous. and by fish guru standards all the tanks in my house are small even the 36. for those guys an intermediate is a 100 gallon.
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Post by jetylefr on Feb 26, 2011 9:55:27 GMT -5
no cephalopods or crustations?
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Post by Odin on Feb 26, 2011 10:01:21 GMT -5
not good to mix with lake dwelling cichlids.
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Post by jetylefr on Feb 26, 2011 10:14:58 GMT -5
too bad though. cause they are both awesome looking, and delicious should you get bored with them.
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Post by nightreflection on Feb 26, 2011 15:44:43 GMT -5
As my dad would have said, when do we cook 'em? Hehe, it doesn't surprise me though, his choice in fish usually died off withing a year.
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Post by Odin on Feb 26, 2011 18:28:42 GMT -5
Proper care will see cichlids living roughly ten to twenty years. And they are good eating. The most common being Tilapia Cichlids which are farmed because they are cost effective and they are purely vegitarian cichlids.
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Post by Odin on Feb 26, 2011 18:58:18 GMT -5
Alright got all the substraits set up and the decorations and added the water. Here's the result Cloudy water. This is after washing the sand. This is after a few hours with the light on. I may have to change that light out as it dips heavilly into the red and blue spectrums of color. This is why you set up the tank at least 24 hours in advance this tank will sit about a week before I add fish. which works for me as I have a piece of wood that needs a week to soak out the tannins. The cost of the substraits and decorations amounts to $200. I could use water clarifiers on this tank but that is an ill-advised technique. As a change in water coloration is indicative of a problem that is better rectified than the symptoms.
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Post by the1truesushiboy on Feb 26, 2011 20:18:44 GMT -5
And the water. Pretty cool. Fish make lovely pets and lovely food.
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Post by Odin on Feb 26, 2011 20:24:43 GMT -5
The water is actually very much alive with a menagerie of bacterium that aid in the tank's health invisibly.
I unfortunatly had to submit to the idea of using water clarifiers on my 36 gallon. however the cure to the problem present is time and i have all the time in the world.
Also forgot to mention the substrait consists of 40 pounds of aquarium sand for african cichlids and fifteen pounds of crushed coral. The substraits alone set me back $75.
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Post by jetylefr on Feb 26, 2011 20:33:22 GMT -5
dang that water looks filthy. i would not drink that.
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Post by the1truesushiboy on Feb 26, 2011 20:38:51 GMT -5
Darn, I hoped you wouldn't point that out; you've ruined my semanticism. Well, the actual H2O is not living...
Dang that's expensive. I guess "dirt cheap" (using the term a tad loosely, and pointing it out to avoid a semantic retort) has no meaning these days. Stupid inflation's gotten a hold on everything.
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Post by Odin on Feb 26, 2011 20:47:33 GMT -5
dang that water looks filthy. i would not drink that. Nor should you. and It's a dang sight cleaner than it was when washing out most of the sediment. Yes dirt is very expensive sushi. But that sand is specifically so because it's made to raise the PH of the tank to about 8.2.
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Post by the1truesushiboy on Feb 26, 2011 21:00:30 GMT -5
Oh. I don't know a hole lot about keeping fish alive. The fish I used to have were more family owned and my parents took care of all that stuff. I know a heck of a lot more about... well... dead fish.
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Post by Odin on Feb 26, 2011 21:03:49 GMT -5
i know plenty of dead fish. I know how to kill even the hardiest fish. Contrary to popular belief hardy does not mean invincible.
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Post by jetylefr on Feb 26, 2011 21:06:20 GMT -5
do you know about the scandinavian wolf fish? worst fish to find in a dark alley under water.
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Post by Odin on Feb 26, 2011 21:08:34 GMT -5
wolf fish are nasty buisness. Catfish can be worse.
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Post by the1truesushiboy on Feb 26, 2011 21:11:24 GMT -5
I didn't think hardy meant invincible. I can't even recall ever having the two words used in a situation in which they were reasonable to use interchangeably. I know ow to drown fish.
Um... blobfish are gross... just sayin'.
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Post by Odin on Feb 26, 2011 21:19:36 GMT -5
Drowning fish is admitedly a simple task. Unfortunately I have run out of battery power in my camera for the time being and the water finally cleared up enough to look natural.
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Post by the1truesushiboy on Feb 26, 2011 21:27:30 GMT -5
Durnitol.
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Post by jetylefr on Feb 26, 2011 21:31:08 GMT -5
take it 3 times a day, to stop from turning senile. Warning, doesn't work on those who will turn senile.
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Post by Odin on Feb 26, 2011 21:34:34 GMT -5
lol
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Post by the1truesushiboy on Feb 26, 2011 21:37:22 GMT -5
Better than Triopenin. I can't even get the lid off that stuff.
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