Fish tank

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:07 am

So I got a pretty nice aquarium and I'm planning on building a self sustaining mini ecosystem in there, anyone know of anything cool I could make? I'm pretty novice to the whole thing but it seems really interesting, I'd like to get a few different coral plants and some nice fish in there. I currently only have 3 fish in there that look like oversized goldfish. They're huge too about the size of a fist.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:11 am

Is it a saltwater set up?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:11 am

Stuff plants in there, make sure u change ur activated charcoal every month and u shouldn't have problems with fish dying.

Post by **Dark Metal** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:17 am

Saltwater is very complicated.

Post by **HM-PuFFNSTuFF** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:20 am

too complicated for krackhead

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:21 am

Not really.... The bigger the tank, the better off you are.

I've had a 200 gallon salt tank for over 7 years. Other than adding water every two weeks, it's no hassle at all.

Edit: @ DM

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:22 am

YourGrandpa wrote:Is it a saltwater set up?

I don't think so, right now I just have those three fish in there that I bought from someone. The tank is basicly all I wanted it's pretty large. I was thinking of going saltwater though, I might have to get rid of these fish cause they're too big. Litteraly one is the size of my fist. I imagine a fish that size would probably just eat any smaller fish.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:24 am

Idealy what I want is to have a varied number of species, prefferably some crustaceans, snails and a mix of fish.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:26 am

Well if they're not salt water fish, they'll die if you put them in salt water.

And you're not going to raise any coral in fresh water.

Taste the water.... If it's salty....

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:29 am

Live rock is the most difficult thing to keep alive. Not the place for a novice to start. Besides, it's going to cost you an arm and a leg to get all of the components to keep the rock alive.

sys0p · Post by **sys0p** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:31 am

My mate used to have these two fishes with retractable fins on the top of their bodies. When we got stoned, we'd take them out of the tank by the fins and fly them around the room like aeroplanes and have dogfights.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:36 am

A few things you'll need, besides the fish tank.

Wet/Dry Filter system
Charcoal Filter system
Protein Skimmer
Water Chiller system
Water Heaters
Metal Halide Lighting
UV Lighting
Timers
Thermostats
Salinity Meter
Chemical Test Kit.

After all that.... Wait until you see the price of live rock.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:40 am

sys0p wrote:My mate used to have these two fishes with retractable fins on the top of their bodies. When we got stoned, we'd take them out of the tank by the fins and fly them around the room like aeroplanes and have dogfights.

Sounds like a Trigger Fish. Those types of fish are some mean bastards. Next time you're by his place, pick up some feeder gold fish and drop them in the tank. The Triggers will attack them like Parana.

Post by **Dark Metal** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:41 am

YourGrandpa wrote:Not really.... The bigger the tank, the better off you are.

I've had a 200 gallon salt tank for over 7 years. Other than adding water every two weeks, it's no hassle at all.

Edit: @ DM

And do you really think that Kracus has a tank that big? I bet he has about %10 of what you have.

EDIT: Imagine this tard trying to measure the specific gravity of his tank...

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:44 am

I don't know. I wouldn't guess he'd have a tank quite that big. But you can do a salt set-up in anything 55 gallons and up pretty easily.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:51 am

I wish I knew how many gallons the tank is...

It's about 4 feet long and maybe 3 feet high and about 1 foot wide.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:52 am

I'm thinking I'm gonna try a live sandbed with some live rock. I'm reading up on it as we speak, if you got any good websites post em up.

Post by **ALLiED** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:08 am

When I started out I knew nothing about it, few dead fish later I found out that I needed to cycle it before adding lotsa fish.

This site helped me out alot: http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:10 am

Kracus wrote:I wish I knew how many gallons the tank is...

It's about 4 feet long and maybe 3 feet high and about 1 foot wide.

If your measurements are correct, it's about 90 Gallons.

GL with the live rock, you're gonna need it.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:12 am

This site will help you calculate it when you get exact measurements.

http://www.ifocas.fsworld.co.uk/calculator.htm

Post by **Hannibal** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:18 am

Jabberjaw is a great white shark thats speaks like "Curly" from the 3 Stooges, His favorite line is "No Respect" He lives underwater with his 4 teenage friends in the year 2021. They formed a rock group called The Neptunes.

Post by **mjrpes** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:23 am

YourGrandpa wrote:
I've had a 200 gallon salt tank for over 7 years. Other than adding water every two weeks, it's no hassle at all.

post pic

Post by **losCHUNK** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:31 am

we had 5 footer when i was a nipper, fucking ace it was... only bastard thing was we'd had to clean the bastard every so often to get that green shit off the glass

those lil neon fish rule and we had this catfish which lasted like 17 yrs

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:46 am

mjrpes wrote: post pic

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Post by **Jackal** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:52 am

What a surprise. Kracus and Gramps are getting along.