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Aquarium owners: what size tank and what type of fish do you have?
Posted on 6/24/17 at 8:39 pm
Posted on 6/24/17 at 8:39 pm
Thinking about getting back into the hobby, it's been a long time.
I'm thinking about doing a 75 gallon discus tank or a saltwater fish only.
Anyone kept discus before?
I'm thinking about doing a 75 gallon discus tank or a saltwater fish only.
Anyone kept discus before?
This post was edited on 6/24/17 at 8:40 pm
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Posted on 6/24/17 at 8:41 pm to CBandits82
quote:
I'm thinking about doing a 75 gallon discus tank or a saltwater fish only.
Diving right back in.
If you have the time and money, more power to you.
Posted on 6/24/17 at 8:43 pm to CBandits82
I have a 65 gallon that free to a good home. Has live rock and sand in it. Needs heater, pump on the skimmer, and lights.
Posted on 6/24/17 at 8:44 pm to CBandits82
I've got a 29 gallon with 6 longtail bloodfin tetra and 2 corys (panda and peppered). It's my first foray into aquariums and I set it up because my 2 year old likes fish. I've been a lot more pleased with it since I got rid of the power filter and installed a canister.
Posted on 6/24/17 at 9:05 pm to Dick Jacket
quote:
I've been a lot more pleased with it since I got rid of the power filter and installed a canister.
I got tired of external filter cartridges and the constant changing so I just started using cotton/synthetic pillow stuffing loose in the external filter. Works like a charm, possibly even better than the cartridges. A lot longer time between changes too since instead of a thin layer of filter material I was putting in a big old handful. A lot cheaper too. A big bag of pillow stuffing from the crafts section of Walmart runs about the same as a single cartridge.
The only fish I miss is my old Oscar. Bought him when he was barely the size of my thumb and he grew to about 1.5 lbs and bigger than my whole hand in a 25 gallon long tank. Prettiest thing too. He would change his colors depending on mood and comfort level. Fiery orange under chin to all along his sides to dark velvety forest green to black to nearly pure white to spots of grey, green, black concentric circles. Hand fed him fishing worms from a bait store, then moved up to goldfish, and then he ate all his tank mates (gouramis and some cichlids).
Posted on 6/24/17 at 9:21 pm to Sidicous
quote:So you don't run carbon? How often do you do water changes?
I got tired of external filter cartridges and the constant changing so I just started using cotton/synthetic pillow stuffing loose in the external filter. Works like a charm, possibly even better than the cartridges. A lot longer time between changes too since instead of a thin layer of filter material I was putting in a big old handful. A lot cheaper too. A big bag of pillow stuffing from the crafts section of Walmart runs about the same as a single cartridge.
I have a 100 long and African cichlids. I also have a little 5 that I keep next to my desk with anubias plants, some Mexican crawfish and a little petricola catfish.
It gets to feel like a bit of a chore at times (the 100, not the 5), but I really don't feel like getting rid of the big tank would be worth it. They don't resale very well, and I've already put a lot of money into it.
Posted on 6/24/17 at 9:22 pm to CBandits82
300 gallon. Mainly discus. And small schooling fish and a few angels
Posted on 6/24/17 at 9:24 pm to CBandits82
36 gallons Fluval M90 all in one
Clown fish and royal Gramma
Blood red shrimp
Assorted corals
Clown fish and royal Gramma
Blood red shrimp
Assorted corals
Posted on 6/24/17 at 9:25 pm to CBandits82
Sold a 120 (soft and hard corals and a few fish) a couple years ago. Have a 200 cichlid now. Building a 700 gal now. That'll be the biggest I've ever had. Done just about every kind of tank except cold water tank. I'm just a junkie.
Posted on 6/24/17 at 9:32 pm to bbvdd
quote:
I have a 65 gallon that free to a good home. Has live rock and sand in it. Needs heater, pump on the skimmer, and lights.
I'll take the live rock off your hands...
Posted on 6/24/17 at 9:35 pm to blueboy
quote:
So you don't run carbon? How often do you do water changes?
I change water according to how it looks. Seriously.
It's not just the look of the water though it's also the look of the fish (sluggish/active, etc.).
I put zero chemicals in the tank. I don't use a dechlorinator. I let the water sit in open buckets for minimum 3 days before I add it.
Only use high quality food materials and if overfeed get the excess out within a couple hours.
If ya think about it, the ponds, lakes, rivers are chock full of fish. No one micromanages them. As a result I try to be as natural as possible.
Kinda stems from reading Axelrod books when I first started. He's kind of the father of modern aquariums and started before all the fancy equipment and chemicals were around. Herbert R Axelrod, started the magazine Tropical Fish Hobbyist
Posted on 6/24/17 at 9:43 pm to Sidicous
120 gallon reef
I have 2 clowns, a sailfin tang, an Xmas wrasse, a red fairy wrasse, a yellow tang, a foxface rabbitfish, a blue chromis and a lyretail anthia.
I have 2 clowns, a sailfin tang, an Xmas wrasse, a red fairy wrasse, a yellow tang, a foxface rabbitfish, a blue chromis and a lyretail anthia.
Posted on 6/24/17 at 10:36 pm to LSU_Smash_the_West
quote:
300 gallon. Mainly discus. And small schooling fish and a few angels
My man.
Give me some tips with Discus.
Are they as hard to keep as everyone says?
Should you do larger water changes every week?
Did you do bare bottom or do you have substrate?
Posted on 6/24/17 at 10:37 pm to 6R12
quote:
Building a 700 gal now.
post pics when this thing is done.
Any tips on Discus?
Posted on 6/25/17 at 10:18 am to CBandits82
Have 2 medium tanks with African peacock cichlids in both . Use ehiem external filters and am very pleased with them. Tanks are 35 and 55 gallons. Don't need water changes much. I use water quality strips to determine when,
Posted on 6/25/17 at 10:25 am to Dick Jacket
quote:Was the name "Foreskin" taken?
Dick Jacket
Posted on 6/25/17 at 10:40 am to soccerfüt
Ha. I figured that since I was being a dick and trolling people initially, it was fitting. I got the dander up on some Kentucky fans during the Knee Slayer Bowl.
Posted on 6/25/17 at 10:40 am to CBandits82
140 Africans, 25 reef with a couple of fish.
Posted on 6/25/17 at 10:46 am to Sidicous
quote:
The only fish I miss is my old Oscar.
I had a 39 gallon but I got rid of it after my tiger Oscar died. I got him when he was 2 inches long and he was huge when he died.
They are fun fish. One day I was pouring his food into the aquarium and he jumped out and nearly yanked the bag from my hand.
Posted on 6/25/17 at 11:46 am to CBandits82
Never cared for discus. I have two nano salt. Coral and Picasso clowns.
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