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Turn7 said:
Hmmm, hate to be negative, but I dislike corner tanks.
They are very awkward to work with, epsecially towards the corner point of the tank, plus with those extension sides, the viewing is possibly going to look tricky if you arent 100% in front of the tank.
But, deffo get it bought, and setup a tank full of murderous incestuous agrressive thuggish yellow and blue fish......
Yours, a big Malawi fan....
They are very awkward to work with, epsecially towards the corner point of the tank, plus with those extension sides, the viewing is possibly going to look tricky if you arent 100% in front of the tank.
But, deffo get it bought, and setup a tank full of murderous incestuous agrressive thuggish yellow and blue fish......
Yours, a big Malawi fan....
Right that's it, I'm blaming you!
I see what you mean - fortunately, if I moved the fancy goldfish cube to 'somewhere I haven't yet begun to think about' as well as the armchair the kids use (again, haven't thought that through either) then it'd go perfect with the main angled face pointing towards our sofa. Cause f
k the rest of them, obvs. Parasites. 
Sway said:
Oh dude, that's gutting... Fingers crossed you get back in the saddle. If you do, and I can help out with frags, they're yours.
Don't want to be that guy - but Red Sea tank? Looks like it from the pic.
Thanks mate, much appreciated. Think I'll take some time out of the hobby though TBH. Probably get dragged back in at some point!Don't want to be that guy - but Red Sea tank? Looks like it from the pic.
You guessed it on the tank...style over substance. Heard the newer ones are better made though.
budgie smuggler said:
Sway said:
Oh dude, that's gutting... Fingers crossed you get back in the saddle. If you do, and I can help out with frags, they're yours.
Don't want to be that guy - but Red Sea tank? Looks like it from the pic.
Thanks mate, much appreciated. Think I'll take some time out of the hobby though TBH. Probably get dragged back in at some point!Don't want to be that guy - but Red Sea tank? Looks like it from the pic.
You guessed it on the tank...style over substance. Heard the newer ones are better made though.
I'm not convinced about the G2s tbh. Armoured seams only stops people taking chunks out with an algae scraper, and the cabinets are now just as strong as they need to be.
Tbh, DD blow me away with their quality for the price. CADE look utterly stunning (but annoyingly waste a tonne of display footprint on the ATO).
The only thing I'd change about my DD Reefpro 1200 (other than having a bigger one!) would be to do a cabinet to the same height out of extruded aluminium, but extended each side - have a sump the full length of the tank, and have electrics compartment one side and dosing/ATO cab the other. If I ever move my tank, I'll be making that stand/setup...
Will try to get some decent pics (mid sand change!) - but to show how crazy fish are, my Bellus Angels are swapping gender...
The original male is much smaller than the new female. He's now reverting back to female, and the new female is showing signs of turning male. At the moment, they both look about the same, with markings of both male and female sexes.
Insane. Shows how environment/social pressures really can cause gender fluidity!
Edited to add crappy pics:
When I first got 'him':
Now:
The big brute female is now dulling down on the blues, and the orange stripe is starting to come in on it's flank.
The original male is much smaller than the new female. He's now reverting back to female, and the new female is showing signs of turning male. At the moment, they both look about the same, with markings of both male and female sexes.
Insane. Shows how environment/social pressures really can cause gender fluidity!
Edited to add crappy pics:
When I first got 'him':
Now:
The big brute female is now dulling down on the blues, and the orange stripe is starting to come in on it's flank.
Edited by Sway on Monday 12th February 15:29
Some more pics of the gender swapping couple...
Stock images of male/female Bellus Angels.
My male when I got him:
Here 'he' is today:
Can see he's lost his silver and the orange stripe is toning right down. In is coming female blues and pattern.
The big Bertha brute female when I got her:
Here 'she' is today:
Stock images of male/female Bellus Angels.
My male when I got him:
Here 'he' is today:
Can see he's lost his silver and the orange stripe is toning right down. In is coming female blues and pattern.
The big Bertha brute female when I got her:
Here 'she' is today:
Portofino said:
Used to have a large tropical tank 10 years or so ago.
Fancied getting a simple setup as I love watching them & the therapy they give.
Just a mix of colourful Plattys. Very pleased with it.
Same here and tempted to get a small tank for similar reasons - where is yours from?Fancied getting a simple setup as I love watching them & the therapy they give.
Just a mix of colourful Plattys. Very pleased with it.
Edited by Portofino on Sunday 25th February 20:59
New joiner to the thread here.
Just a small 40 litre tank for our 9yo son as he wanted some fish. After cycling the tank empty for two weeks and getting approval from the local aquatic store that our water sample we took in was OK for ammonia/nitrates/nitrates we stocked it with eight Neon Tetras as the weekend.
Sadly two of them have since died. I noticed they were all gasping for air a bit, frustratingly every bit of preparatory literature/video I have looked at has obsessed about water quality apart from oxygen. Nowhere in the filter set-up instructions did if mention the need for surface agitation to oxygenate the water, and nobody at the (very well known in the UK) aquatic store thought to mention this.
I've now repositioned the filter so it gives sufficient agitation and the Tetras all seem a lot happier. You live and learn I guess, but a bit sad for my lad that he's had to cope with two of them dying in the first week of fishkeeping.
Just a small 40 litre tank for our 9yo son as he wanted some fish. After cycling the tank empty for two weeks and getting approval from the local aquatic store that our water sample we took in was OK for ammonia/nitrates/nitrates we stocked it with eight Neon Tetras as the weekend.
Sadly two of them have since died. I noticed they were all gasping for air a bit, frustratingly every bit of preparatory literature/video I have looked at has obsessed about water quality apart from oxygen. Nowhere in the filter set-up instructions did if mention the need for surface agitation to oxygenate the water, and nobody at the (very well known in the UK) aquatic store thought to mention this.
I've now repositioned the filter so it gives sufficient agitation and the Tetras all seem a lot happier. You live and learn I guess, but a bit sad for my lad that he's had to cope with two of them dying in the first week of fishkeeping.
otolith said:
PurpleTurtle said:
New joiner to the thread here.
After cycling the tank empty for two weeks
What cycling method did you use?After cycling the tank empty for two weeks
Basically followed steps 1-5 here: https://aquacadabra.com/blogs/news/how-to-cycle-a-...
Ah. Yep. That would be your problem. That's basically the old school way of doing it, which is "chuck a few hardy and expendable fish in, and let them deal with swimming in their own urine while the colony catches up. The slightly less old school way is to chuck something in there to rot down while you leave the tank empty - some food, or a prawn. The modern way is to dose it with ammonia solution daily and test the water for the breakdown products until you are confident that any ammonia present is rapidly cycled.
You are where you are, though. I would do a big water change as a priority. It might be worth adding another bacterial culture - the only one I have any real confidence in is Dr Tim's. Other products may be good, but that's what I've used.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aquatics-Nitrifying-Bacte...
You are where you are, though. I would do a big water change as a priority. It might be worth adding another bacterial culture - the only one I have any real confidence in is Dr Tim's. Other products may be good, but that's what I've used.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aquatics-Nitrifying-Bacte...
MA stores that I have been in have all been very good. I ran two fish stores in my teens and I have been impressed with the ones I have visited.
To the poster above with the new tank, keep testing the nitrite and ammonia, use quality tablets or liquids and not dip strips and keep up weekly 10-20% water changes with dechlorinator added.
If the fish look sick stop feeding for a few days and do daily water changes of 10-20%
Remember never to wash out sponge filters or filter media under the tap, always wash out in a bucket of removed tank water and put back a bit dirty to keep the beneficial bacteria alive.
You are a water keeper and bacteria keeper really, not a fish keeper.
To the poster above with the new tank, keep testing the nitrite and ammonia, use quality tablets or liquids and not dip strips and keep up weekly 10-20% water changes with dechlorinator added.
If the fish look sick stop feeding for a few days and do daily water changes of 10-20%
Remember never to wash out sponge filters or filter media under the tap, always wash out in a bucket of removed tank water and put back a bit dirty to keep the beneficial bacteria alive.
You are a water keeper and bacteria keeper really, not a fish keeper.
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