Soulstation1 Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 (edited) anyone own a fish tank? i have a 90G tank i just got it going after no use for over a year i put 4 small live plants in the tank Edited April 24, 2007 by Soulstation1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted April 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 (edited) in the tank now Swallow Tail Algae Eater Edited April 24, 2007 by Soulstation1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted April 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 (edited) i plan on purchasing a Fire Eel next month right now $50-$55 next month $25 -$30 Edited April 24, 2007 by Soulstation1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 Algae Eater I think I used to have one of these when I was a teenager. A nasty little fucker, he attacked my other fish. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 SS1, How often do you clean your tank? Do you have plastic or real plants? Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted April 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 (edited) every week i change out 10 gallons and my water looks real good i have an external cleaner w/ a sediment filter and a way to polish the water w/ activated carbon i started polishing the water yesterday i've had it going for a month now bought real plants, cheap 2 @ $2 each and 2 @ $4/5 each Edited April 24, 2007 by Soulstation1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 Awesome. One of my buddies had an Oscar cichlid that would eat out of his hand! Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted April 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 i had oscars before and they get too big i really like baby oscars i'm going with African Cichlids max about 5" or 6" this time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted April 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 (edited) Awesome. One of my buddies had an Oscar cichlid that would eat out of his hand! Guy one of my oscars bit my hand once they were both over 12" long Edited April 24, 2007 by Soulstation1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted April 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 albino oscar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted April 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 (edited) similar to my set up before oscars can cause probs in the tank if they are unhappy smashed a $30 water heater in the tank so i bought a new heater and used the 2 clips from the old one so the heater will not move they'll uproot any and all plants in the tank Edited April 24, 2007 by Soulstation1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted April 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 (edited) i'd love to change my gravel to crushed coral but it would cost over $100 my gravel is the color in the tank above right now i have 3" - 4" of gravel on the bottom crushed coral = cichlids fav i'd like to get it set up like an African stream l need to get better lighting for tank Edited April 24, 2007 by Soulstation1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest donald petersen Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 (edited) get some clown loaches. they are wonderful fish. i have this messed up big blood red parrot cichlid or something and it kills every fish i buy but it seems to like clown loaches so i have a nice little posse of clown loaches. 30 gallon tank, btw. Edited April 25, 2007 by donald petersen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted April 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 my local fish shop has a clown loach that came in last week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 Some of my favorite fish from back when I had a tank were these little gouramis. Also those little corydoras (or whatever they were called) catfish. I never had a tank bigger than 20 gal so I never had a chance to get some of the more interesting cichlids. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 When I was in high school I had a tank of black angelfish. Plants were all local from the swamps (in south Georgia). Nowadays, I get the bug about every six months or so, dig out my aquarium books and plan out my dream aquarium. By the time I finish, I always get over it and just put the books back on the shelf. I figure those books have saved me a TON of money over the last thirty years... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted April 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 it's cost a little coin to get the tank going again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted May 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 i bought some more plants and getting ready to put a big piece of driftwood in the tank i'm finding stuff i need on the internet 50% cheaper than in the local stores 100 gall air pump everywhere in town $40, internet price $18 same thing with light bulbs $32 in town, internet price $16 / $17 someone broke into a local shop and cleaned him out on all his expensive coral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 someone broke into a local shop and cleaned him out on all his expensive coral Weird... Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest donald petersen Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 my one fear is and was if you get a big fish and it dies it is kinda gross getting it out of the tank and then you cant flush it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Larsen Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 dude, you ever go to some of hardcore chinese seafood places in nyc & see their tanks, or the prehistoric giant clams? i think that shit's fasinating & know the aversion is just visceral but... that said, the only "flushing" you gotta know is QUEENS-- put that sumbitch on ice quick, get thee to one of the chinatowns & SELL IT. edc You mean geoducks? They actually aren't very good. To much squishy stuff to have in your mouth at one time. You find these things on the beach in the northwest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 I remember being at an apartment for a party a few years ago. They had a bunch of aquariums with no fish, only plants. Except in one of the tanks I saw a giant snail, about the size of a tennis ball. It was awesome -- no flushing that sucker down the toilet. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Larsen Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 I remember being at an apartment for a party a few years ago. They had a bunch of aquariums with no fish, only plants. Except in one of the tanks I saw a giant snail, about the size of a tennis ball. It was awesome -- no flushing that sucker down the toilet. Guy Scungilli? These are actually pretty good to eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted May 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 (edited) now i'm getting my 29 gallon tank running Edited May 8, 2007 by Soulstation1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted May 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 (edited) i purchased 2 23" air wands and a new 100 gallon air pump i got a real nice flow of bubbles going up the entire back wall of the tank Edited May 8, 2007 by Soulstation1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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