General Aquarium Talk

[mattg]

Enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TmAi0Dklsc

[Juggs]

i got sick of stuff dieing in my aqua0ne 980 well plants thrive in it so not everything dies

so i put three guppies in and i now have 500 guppies
although the inbredding between brothers and sisters does disturb me a little

going to try and sell the tank in a few weeks as my power bill is just getting too high

[Boo Baby]

http://www.aquariumlife.com.au/showt...d-In-Progress-)

If anyones up for a read or just wants to flick over the pictures haha. My pride and joy!

[broccoli]

Holey Moley Boo, I thought I had too many tanks, but now I seem very restrained I love that one with the pink (flowerhorn?). Gorgeous.

[Avariel]

If theres anyone in Toowoomba who needs some fish, i need to get rid of 6 or so Rummynose Tetra and a couple of bristlenose cat fish, bascially a forced move for work and need to get rid of asap.

[Boo Baby]

Originally Posted by broccoli

Holey Moley Boo, I thought I had too many tanks, but now I seem very restrained I love that one with the pink (flowerhorn?). Gorgeous.

heheh thanks! Almost finished setting it up then I can start hitting off the stock list!!!!!

and yeah the one with pink is a flowerhorn I think ;S which pink one? lol

[broccoli]

Anything pink. Love pink.

[Boo Baby]

hahah girly girl much? =P

I am actually considering buy a friends flowerhorn pair which are pretty close to hot pink! lol

[BBQ_69]

So after a bit over a year with a 4ft tank the upsizing bug has hit I'm thinking 6-8ft but are there any sort of gotchas when going up to this size?
Still lots to look into and read up on however any do's and dont's from the experts is always appreciated.

[broccoli]

Check that you can get it into your house, and check that your floors will support it?

[toopy28]

Originally Posted by fido666

I did a water change and clean yesterday plus replaced a fern that was taking over the tank with a pennywort. Today I noticed one of my neon tetras has what appears to be a lump/growth near his mouth. It's grey/whitish in colour and looks like a rather large pimple. Any ideas what it might be?

He seems happy enough but I can't tell if he's able to eat OK because none of the fish responded to the small amount of flakes I tried feeding them just now (they were fed this morning though).

He has neon tetra disease
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_tetra#Disease

[BBQ_69]

Originally Posted by broccoli

Check that you can get it into your house, and check that your floors will support it?

Yep definitely able to get it in, can take out a sliding door if necessary. It's a concrete slab house so good to go there, admitidly I checked with my brother (structural engineer) as that came to mind, it's alot of weight!

[broccoli]

They'd be my only concerns. That, and not having to move house...

[Boo Baby]

filtration and added heating requirements are also things people overlook for 8fts, you need to have a high flow to get across the span of the tank and a decent heater or 2 depending on the overall size, I.E a 6x2x2 is bigger then a 8x18x18 etc.

only other things that springs to mind is it costs a lot more setting up larger tanks then smaller tanks which leads to more $$ per month.

[Anisawrus]

hey got a bit of a problem, my fluvial 305 canister filter is pumping a realy low volume, usually its a good solid flow, its pretty poor right now, i pulled her apart couldnt see any visual faults, any ideas fellas?