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#161 out of 3908 freshwater fish worldwide |
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5.48 |
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Gar coming toward you. |
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"respect my authoritae!" South Park |
| About Yourself: |
My father is a geology professor who helped origonate the idea of plate techtonics, my stepmother is a marine biologist who introduced me to freshwater fishtanks when she was studying crayfish behavior(she was far from the sea as we moved to Ithaca NY when I was ten). I used to raise fish I caught in the local streams and ponds. I buried flat rocks in the front corners of my tank and watched as the crayfish created their burrows, and then I was able to watch them as I had set it up so I would be able to see into their homes. I would return fish and crayfish to the stream when I went away for trips and when they got too big. I'm a respiratory therapist, I have an eight year old son, and we're both into fishtanks and N-scale trains. |
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Try live plants and make sure you have adequate lighting, and over-do the biological filtration. You will need to clean less often and you'll have a more stable ecosystem. |
| Fish Kept: |
14 inch arawana, 3 8-10 inch Florida spotted gars, 2 eight inch hydro gars, 2 7 inch weather loaches, 1 6 inch talapia. |
| Plants Kept: |
Large, medium, and small anubias, java fern, java moss, Amazon sword, and a few kinds of other medium to small nice plants. |
| Tank Size: |
100 |
| Description: |
100 gal planted freshwater tank with two large powerheads running undergravel filter, two canister filters with max 275 gal combined capacity, and four 65 watt VHO flourescents run 8-10 hours per day. Soil is a mix of mediums averaging about four inches deep. There is a moderate current that provides excercise for fish and circulation for the plants. |
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| State: California |
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#162 out of 3908 freshwater fish worldwide |
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5.48 |
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A little Father and Son brawl over the nice cave in the corner. |
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"Creativity Is Infinite" |
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I started off with aquariums with my father when I was around 5 years old. Back then, I was more of the cleaner/maintenience boy then anything else. Now that I have my own place, I have 9 tanks, looking into getting a tenth soon (takeover my father's tank) I have been recently spending most of my time doing my Discus homework. I have a great set-up now with 11 Discus total, and I want to try and start breeding them. My main African tank is doing very well, I am carrying wellover a hundred different sorts of fry.. our last batch was 42 Electric Blues.. which I am really excited about. I'm having so much fun with this hobby, I can wait to pass it on someday. |
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Patience... the most important thing is patience.. but it's also the hardest to do too. Do your research on all equipment and know what your buying and using. Money can be wasted from both equipment and your fish. Some stuff I lucked out on, many things I found that can be much easier in matenience/ and overall use. Then ther are things you just buy because of the price... I really wasted a bit of money on horrible heaters.. within a few months all they do is take up room in the trash can now. I now have learned my lesson and before buying anything I now do TONS of research online, and over the phone.. trying to get as many opinions and suggestions as possible.. Most of the time you will find a pattern in peoples opinions. Nothing is better than having a great, easy, healthy, and beautiful aquarium... the horrible thing is losing those gorgeous finds because you rushed into something your not certain of. Don't learn the hard way.. it's really not worth it, trust me! |
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1 Labeo Bicolor
2 Neolamprologus Brichardi
1 Pseudotropheus Socolofi Albino
1 Pseudotropheus Saulosi
1 Metriaclima Lombardoi
2 Metriaclima Barlowi
3 Metriaclima Greshakei
5 Labidochrommis Caeruleus
4 Neolamprologus Pulcher
1 Nimbochromis Livingstonii
1 Neolamprologus Tetracanthus
2 Neolamprologus Leleupi
1 Altolamprologus Calvus
1 Pleco
3 OB Peacock Hybrid
1 Aulonocara Stuartgranti German Red
2 Sciaenochromis Fryeri
1 Pseudotropheus Elongatus
1 Altolamprologus Calvus (Gold)
1 Dimidiochromis Compressiceps
1 Pseudotropheus Demasoni
4 Synodontis Multipunctatus
1 Copadichromis Borleyi
1 Neolamprologus Sexfasciatus (Gold)
1 Heros Efasciatus (Gold)
1 Cyphotilapia Frontosa
2 Lamprologus Brevis
2 Neolamprologus Buescheri
1 Synodontis Angelicus |
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Cambomba |
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I set this tank up after I got my own place. Several changes have occured since then, but the tank is doing very well at the moment. I am looking into taking over my father's tank, when I figure out how to move it over to my place. I added a daylight and blue actinic light to bring out some more of the colors in the tank. I have a standard double air pump with a wall of bubbles come up in the background. I try my best to lay off of the plants as much as I can, but sometimes I add it for a couple more hiding places for the smaller ones/females. I use lots of Lace rock, (I love the look) and I have added a bit of driftwood. Filters I use a few Whisper Tetras, but I am looking to switch to something else sometime in the future. |
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| State: Washington |
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#163 out of 3908 freshwater fish worldwide |
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5.48 |
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25 |
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Female Black Convict Cichlid |
| About Yourself: |
Hi. My name is Ashley. I currently have three fish tanks up and running. |
| Advice: |
Water changes are super important! |
| Fish Kept: |
Dwarf Powder Blue Gourami, Tiger Barbs, Peppered Corydora Catfish, Jellybean Parrot Cichlid, Black Convict Cichlid, and Ghost Shrimp |
| Plants Kept: |
Plastic plants |
| Tank Size: |
10 |
| Description: |
I have two 10 gallon tanks split in half and a 29 gallon tank. |
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#164 out of 3908 freshwater fish worldwide |
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5.48 |
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107 |
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my discus 3 |
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1979 |
| About Yourself: |
i love fis, istart the hobby from along time ago about 20years really i love aquariums plants & fish. |
| Advice: |
you must be patient and start with easy fish and plants and develop your self by reading . |
| Fish Kept: |
discus fish
cardinal tetra
rummy nose tetra
neone tetra
corydoras
algae eater
cooli loach |
| Plants Kept: |
1.Microsorum pteropus
2.Ludwigia repens
3.Ludwigia arcuata
4.Lilaeopsis mauritiana
5.Vallisneria americana (gigantea)
6.Echinodorus martii (maior)
7.Echinodorus x barthii
8.Echinodorus subalatus
9.Aponogeton crispus
10.Heteranthera zosterifolia
11.Nesaea crassicaulis
12.Nymphaea lotus (zenkeri)
13.Hygrophila polysperma |
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85 |
| Description: |
tank dimensions: 1000cm×45cm×80cm
light type : 6×25watt (lux line) + 2×25watt (grow lux)
filtration system : i have 3 filters 1. external filter 2. UV filter 3. under gravel filter
CO2 system with PH controller |
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#165 out of 3908 freshwater fish worldwide |
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5.48 |
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63 |
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Aulonocara Baenschi |
| Advice: |
Keep it clean! |
| Fish Kept: |
Male Only Aulonocara and Haps - Cichlids |
| Plants Kept: |
None |
| Tank Size: |
90 |
| Description: |
Trigon 350 |
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| State: Ohio |
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#166 out of 3908 freshwater fish worldwide |
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5.48 |
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21 |
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my giraffe catfish and lima shovelnose in the 220 |
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| Advice: |
do research |
| Fish Kept: |
rainbows, tetras, barbs, loaches, variety of catfish, flying fox, knifefish, plecos, cichlids african and south american, |
| Plants Kept: |
swords, java fern, bannana plants, anubias, |
| Tank Size: |
110 |
| Description: |
comunity variety |
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| State: New Hampshire |
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#167 out of 3908 freshwater fish worldwide |
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5.47 |
| Number of Votes: |
79 |
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Electric Blue Jack Dempsey. 5 inch. |
| Advice: |
Go big or Go home. |
| Fish Kept: |
Arowana's, Datnoids, Rays, Geophagus, more. |
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yikes. |
| Tank Size: |
120 |
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Sick |
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| State: New York |
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#168 out of 3908 freshwater fish worldwide |
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5.47 |
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15 |
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another one showing size diff, not the best quality picture, am not expecting high ratings on this one, but it gives a clarity to the size of the fish, the young red turquoise upfront is about 3.5 inches in lengh the blue diamond is just about double the size of the red turquoise |
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"Just keep swimming!" |
| About Yourself: |
I have switched from african and south american cichlids, to more docile fish, yes i know discus are cichlids, lol well i am more than just dabbling these days in planted aquariums, lol anything worth doing is worth doing right and with your foot to the floor so to speak, patience is key but don't be afraid once you have a properly cycled tank to add as many plants as you can properly sustain. |
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read, read, and read some more, don't go into anything blindly, the more knowledgeable you are the better off you are going to be and the less money you will waste. take your time and work up to it! |
| Fish Kept: |
discus, angels, tetras, cory cats many variety, fresh water clams, fresh water flounder, snails, algae eaters, danios,fw dwarf puffers, german blue ram,neons, and a few other misc fish from another tank i had setup. |
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plants are now all live!!
anubias nana several, several dwarf lilies, lace swords, moss balls, 2 mother amazon swords, many many babies from them, baby tears, dwarf baby tears, java fern, java moss, spiral crypts, red and green crypts, money wart, cabomba, cherry hedge, onion plants, several other misc plants, micro swords, fox tail red and green, no names for them, all totaled somewhere around 70 diff plants in my tank (not counting the baby swords) if i were to count them it would put me over 100 live plants in the tank. lol is the plant to gal ratio 1 plant per gallon? LOL ok sorry just had to do it. |
| Tank Size: |
125 |
| Description: |
.125 gallon long, penn plax cascade 1200 canister filter, two air stones, two 55 gal co2 injection canisters, two spectra max 6500k full spec lamp, two flora-sun 5000k plant lamp.
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| State: Texas |
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#169 out of 3908 freshwater fish worldwide |
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5.47 |
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15 |
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Proud daddy angelfish and his newborn fry. Not pictured: Mom, who is chasing away tetras. They surprised me with this spawn... I suspected they might be paired up, but I had no idea they'd go ahead and start a little fishy family. |
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Google everything, always put in LESS food/medication than the instructions indicate, and MAKE SURE you have a quarantine tank at the ready for emergencies. |
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| Description: |
Tropical tank (55g) with angelfish and various tetras. Rena Filstar XP2 canister filter (I totally recommend this), standard fluorescent lighting. |
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| State: Illinois |
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#170 out of 3908 freshwater fish worldwide |
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5.47 |
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73 |
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Aulunocara Baenschi |
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something smells fishy here! |
| About Yourself: |
Been in the hobby for a very long time, currently running a 420 sq ft building with just over 18,400 gallons, 153 tanks, 16 indoor ponds, and a 1/3 wall system which is all native, IE:Bass,Sunfish,Darters,Minnows,and a red eared slider. |
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start small and research...research..research., if your going to do it, start small and learn to do it the right way. |
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in this tank are:
Hongi, Baenschi,Jacobfreibergi,Red Empress,Yellow Labs,Ngara Flametail,Maleri,Cubue,Blue Regals,Hansbaenschi, and more |
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a few fake grass plants and natural river rock |
| Tank Size: |
150 |
| Description: |
Juvenile Benga Peacock (2.0") |
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