Any Aquarium Owners?
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GrimLore
Bonsai Nut alumnus... we miss you
Coming along nicely! Funny here at the new house the humidity is VERY low and the Wife asked me if we could setup a 40 high we have in the room with the tortoise and tropicals... It will have to wait a bit as still in renovation but looking forward to it honest.
Grimmy
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Redwood Ryan
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Thanks! This light is crazy cool. It's got a number of settings, like sunrise, cloud cover, and even a thunderstorm mode. Pretty fancy.
GrimLore
Bonsai Nut alumnus... we miss you
Redwood Ryan
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Woops! Here's the link to that light:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C7OTE0O/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Here's my tank after changing out the log last week. I plan on adding my frogs tomorrow:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C7OTE0O/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Here's my tank after changing out the log last week. I plan on adding my frogs tomorrow:
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GrimLore
Bonsai Nut alumnus... we miss you
Bonsai_Bubba
Yamadori
My planted 5 gallon.
Lazylightningny
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I've been keeping goldfish for several years now. It is MOST important that you cycle the tank with no fish in it for at least a couple of weeks. A month is better. this establishes the beneficial flora needed to break down nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, etc.
The second most important thing is to get as good a filtration system as possible. I highly recommend the big fluval filters. the others are just garbage.
good luck with the fish.
The second most important thing is to get as good a filtration system as possible. I highly recommend the big fluval filters. the others are just garbage.
good luck with the fish.
edprocoat
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Nice, all you need now is some fish ...
I used to have a nice large aquarium and would keep a S. American bass and a blue crawfish in it. They were both about 8 inches and extreme predators. I would buy dozens of little goldfish and whatever was on sale and dump them in the tank for the bass and craw to eat. It was neat watching these two attack the little fish. They would occasinaly battle it out and the bass would get part of its fin cut off or the crawfish would lose an arm. One day, the bass had grown to about 11 inches and the crawfish was spending a lot of time behind the filter, I came home and the crawfish was eaten and the bass had died too. The bass had a severe wound on his stomach area and his tail fin was completely gone but he won and had finished eating the crawfish before he died.
ed
Redwood Ryan
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Steve C
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Looking good Ryan, plants seem to be doing pretty well.
Starfox
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Hey aquarium peeps,
Sorry for the bump but this seems like the most appropriate thread for this, surprised I couldn't find a more general one because I know a few of you keep aquariums.
Anyway, I'm looking to get a tropical tank for the family for Christmas. Nothing huge, around 100 liters or 20 ISH gallons. I have owned bigger in the past but figure on having something relatively simple that the kids can get involved with.
So, looking for inspiration I wanted to ask those of you who have experience if you were to be given a new 20 gallon tank what would you personally stock it with?
I know everyone has a different interest so keen on hearing them whether it's a single species tank or community one, just think you were gifted a new tank and what would you put in it.
Clearly things have moved on from Molly's, Guppies and Tetras. The choice in some stores is mind boggling.
Sorry for the bump but this seems like the most appropriate thread for this, surprised I couldn't find a more general one because I know a few of you keep aquariums.
Anyway, I'm looking to get a tropical tank for the family for Christmas. Nothing huge, around 100 liters or 20 ISH gallons. I have owned bigger in the past but figure on having something relatively simple that the kids can get involved with.
So, looking for inspiration I wanted to ask those of you who have experience if you were to be given a new 20 gallon tank what would you personally stock it with?
I know everyone has a different interest so keen on hearing them whether it's a single species tank or community one, just think you were gifted a new tank and what would you put in it.
Clearly things have moved on from Molly's, Guppies and Tetras. The choice in some stores is mind boggling.
amcoffeegirl
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I currently have 5 tanks.
6 gallon planted, 2 -20 gallon, a 30 long and a 75. I guess I have a 5 gallon too but it’s just plants.
In my 20s I have breeding guppies.
if I was going to set up a display 20 gallon I would probably do 9- 11 ember tetras, 6 panda cories and some painted fire shrimp, maybe 3 ottos or a couple of nerite snails for algae.
here’s my 6 gallon.
One of my goldfish - have 6
and some pics of my guppies and shrimp
6 gallon planted, 2 -20 gallon, a 30 long and a 75. I guess I have a 5 gallon too but it’s just plants.
In my 20s I have breeding guppies.
if I was going to set up a display 20 gallon I would probably do 9- 11 ember tetras, 6 panda cories and some painted fire shrimp, maybe 3 ottos or a couple of nerite snails for algae.
here’s my 6 gallon.
One of my goldfish - have 6
and some pics of my guppies and shrimp
Starfox
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Michael P
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For a low maintenance planted tank, read about the Walstad method (a.k.a. El Natural) here: https://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/el-natural/
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Our 75 gal is Malawi African Cichlids. 20 may be small for most cichlids, but some Mbunas stay small, and they’re colorful and active.
Starfox
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Yeah, I have seen yours and Steve's threads, cichlids are great looking fish. But 20g is probably too small for most of them.
That said I have upgraded my US/Rest of the world conversion skills and turns out the 100 liter tank I'm looking at is closer to 26 gallons, still not huge but more than enough for us.
Kanorin
Omono
I've got a 75g with Malawi African cichlids too! Unfortunately, I wouldn't recommend them for a tank less than 3 feet long - and even then only the smaller and docile ones.
Here are two other cichlid options that could work in your 26g @Starfox
Shell dwellers from lake tanganyika. If you give them some shells, they will start breeding - pretty fun to watch the little babies hiding in the shells, dart out for food, then back in.
Blue ram cichlids from south america. These apparently do well in a planted tank.
Starfox
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Cheers for that, I did have a look at Rams earlier, those shell dwellers could be a goer too.
To be fair I have a list of fish I'd like, things like the Rainbow fish Melanotaenia, Chilatherina and Glossolepis. Hypseleotris, Blue Eyes and Threadfin Rainbows plus a few others but I really want everyone to have their say and maybe we all get to pick one species each so as much as I'd like to set it up for me I may only get to choose one.
We can use the time while it's cycling so the kids can research the fish and understand why some are more suitable than others, hopefully I can at least guide them a little.
Kanorin
Omono
Just keep in mind that some fish won't work well together - either due to preferred water conditions or temperament. I don't know enough about any of the species that you mentioned to give you more specific advice than that...but it sounds like you all are doing some research
