Rate My Fish Tank

Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:28 pm GMT   Reply      

Almost every time I raid aquarium store dumpsters I find something worthwhile.

A couple days ago I found a ballast for a 95 watt flourescent.

Yesterday I found a 95 watt true actinic bulb to fit. There were some problems with the ballast, but as I kept pluging, unpluging, pluging, unpluging, I finally got it to light and stay lit.

Now it lights up every time I plug it in. I have it over my new school of neon and cardinal tetras and it brings out their colors really nice.
This was just a small find compared to other things I've found.

Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:10 pm GMT   Reply      

Guess its time to go dumpster diving! :) My lfs doesnt throw ANYTHING away. haha. Hes got skimmers that are older then me. (Ohhh they just need a little work, and there good as new)

Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:22 pm GMT   Reply      

I've obviously been getting used lights, but since I've found probably 10 power compacts and other high wattage lights, I can put multiple lights on each tank. The bulbs may be a bit old, but they're a hell of a lot cheaper than one 95 watt bulb at $75.

I've found tanks, powerheads, unused filter floss, unused charcoal in a huge bag, a bucket full of plastic biological bacteria balls for large filters, and even a live moray eel!

They said it was dieing, but I took it home and tried to save it. It lived for 3 days and died. I think I should have force fed it. Oh well.

Sat Oct 17, 2009 4:22 pm GMT   Reply      

Speaking of new thinks, I got tree tiger barbs in my twenty. There names are (Ive never named a single fish till now) Moe, Larry, and Cerly.

Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:04 pm GMT   Reply      

here they are!

Sun Oct 18, 2009 1:02 am GMT   Reply      

Nice fishies!!!

Sun Oct 18, 2009 6:07 am GMT   Reply      

MY tanks is bare too the bone but yesterday I bot 30 bulbs and planted them all over the place. :)
lol this is the first schooling fish that survied the night.

Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:13 pm GMT   Reply      

It happens. I have 3 tetras left, and the old lights I use are growing algae, so I added a school of tilapia fry and I'm using a few new bulbs as well as the cool looking actinic, and I'm broke.

The tilapia will have to do for scholling fish at the moment. It's going to be a pain to get them out of the plants when they outgrow this tank too, but that's how it goes.