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5.61 |
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150 gallon freshwater tank with mixture of parrots and cichlids |
| About Yourself: |
Well I started with goldfish as most of us do I suppose. From there each tank got a little bigger and more expensive. But I love just kicking back watching fish after work, theres nothing more relaxing.. |
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Filtration is the key to happiness. Spend as much money as you can on the filter, so you can spend less time cleaning your tank. |
| Fish Kept: |
3 parrot cichlids, 10 assorted african cichlids, 2 rosey barbs, 1 catfish for cleaning purposes |
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All Fake plastic plants |
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150 |
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150 gal. freshwater tank. Rena XP4 canister filter cranking 450gph. Rena 400 air pump running two 18inch airstones on each side and a 12inch, 6 LED moonlight airstone combo in the middle. Plants are all fake. My wife found them at a craft store for a 1/4 of the price you pay at a fish store, and they look way more realistic. All the rock in the tank is real though. Most of it I aquired from the creek by my house. The lights are just standard aquarium lights. My next project is to build a canopy with LED lights built into it. |
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#93 out of 3202 freshwater tanks worldwide |
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5.61 |
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55 Gal FreshWater Aquarium. Customizable green, and blue lighting. magnum 350 and ehiem ecco canister filtration. Occupants include 3 silver dollar pacu, black and red rainbow shark, and a 5 month oscar. |
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Oh my GAWSH NEMO'S Sthwimming OuT tO SeA! |
| About Yourself: |
friend gave me a fish ....my biggest silverdollar fish and I just been into it since. |
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Cycle your tank...its why your fish died... |
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Three silver dollars, one rainbow shark, and a young tiger oscar. |
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plants are fake.......silverdollars eat my real ones. |
| Tank Size: |
55 |
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tank is 4' L x 21" tall & 12" wide running magnum 350 and Ehiem ecco canister filters. My lighting is either made up of 5 Submergable LED lights 2 green, 2 blue, and one red in the volcano. Or two 20" double bulbed plant/aquarium light w/ or w/o already mentioned submerged LEDs. |
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#94 out of 3202 freshwater tanks worldwide |
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5.61 |
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267 |
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This is my 120 Gallon African Cichlid tank. It has been in place about 5 years. It was once of the first tanks we had... now it is one of six that we have... can you say addicted?
By the way, the rating hint made in the rocks at left center was completely unintentional... |
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Don't overthink your aquarium. Quite often, easy works better. |
| Fish Kept: |
Assorted Malawi Cichlids
Rhino Plec |
| Plants Kept: |
Java Fern |
| Tank Size: |
120 |
| Description: |
120G African Cichlid Tank
Filtration: Four Magnum HOT 250 Pro
Lighting: Four 110W VHO 50/50 URI
Heater: Ebo Jager 300 Watt
Substrate: Crushed Coral, 300 Pounds
Rock: Lace Rock 350, Pounds |
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#97 out of 3202 freshwater tanks worldwide |
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5.60 |
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220G Oscar Tank |
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LOVE LIFE AND NATURE |
| About Yourself: |
I have started in Romania as a youngster with a pair of Guppies in a jar. My dream was a large tank - 25 years latter (I am located in Durban South Africa for the past 15 years) my dream came true when I purchased 5 years ago this 2.6m tank for 50 U$. It is an absolute relaxation (after a hectic working day - I am an accountant) to come home and relax in the front of a magnificent tank with soft music playing in the background. My 2nd tank (in the bedroom is a 220 L tank with loaches, sailfin mollies, swordfish, tiger barbs and platys. For anyone, if you start this hobby, please be prepared and have patience to look and care for the tank and the fish. I have chosen the Oscar |
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Congrats to all fish keepers (especially for those Oscar lovers) - but no matter of what fish we keep / breed or whatever size of tank or goldfish or Betta bowl we have, we must be proud of our love towards these creatures.
The most important is to keep the fish happy and healthy. Depending of financial status and the space, try to keep a tank as larger as possible (less maintenance) and KEEP THE TANK AS REAL AS POSSIBLE (avoid any un-necessary items / decorations like plastic toys, corals, skulls, sunken boats, sharp edged rocks, etc) and guarantee that your tank will look better. Try to hide as much as possible the filtration systems, heaters behind large size plants or rocks (volcanic rocks are the best and safe). Good luck and God bless |
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6 Tiger, 2 Red and 2 Albino Oscars
Not colorful but a fish with intelligence and personality. I have raised them from as long as 2 inch and now they are 9 inch. The nutrition used : Mon-Fri twice a day Nutrafin Spirulina Cihlid sticks, Sat-Sun pieces of tenderised steak, chicken and fish fillets. Never use live fish (i.e. guppies or small goldfish - stay clear !!!) |
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Artificial silk plants |
| Tank Size: |
220 |
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2.6 x 0.6 x 0.6 m built in wall, Sylvania 2 white 2 blue tubes, 2 extrenal AquaClear 500, 2 Internal Elite 200 filters, 2 x 200 Tronic heaters,fine crushed white gravel, natural volcanic rocks in the background with2 large driftwood pieces, several flat pebble rock for laying eggs, artificial silk plants. |
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#83 out of 3202 freshwater tanks worldwide |
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5.60 |
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105 |
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x10 baby Geophagus sp. Tapajos
x15 lemon tetras
x12 rummy nose tetra
x1 albino bushy nose pleco
1 amazon sword
some driftwood |
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Been keeping fish for about 2 years. Make sure you do weekly water changes and check for water parameters are in safe levels. Buy a tank big enough for the fish as they grow. Also research fish so you don't get major aggression issues. I have 3 snoody mid-sized cichlids. They all get along alright, except the Green Texas Cichlid gets chased around a lot. |
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1 Hypsophrys nicaraguensis (Macaw Cichlid), 1 Electric Blue Jack Dempsey, 1 Green Texas Cichlid, 1 Salvini Cichlid, 2 Boeseman’s Rainbowfish, 1 Irian Jaya Rainbowfish, 1 Millennium Rainbowfish, 3 Lake Kutubu Rainbowfish, 2 clown loaches, 2 Congo Tetras, 1 Empire Tetra, 2 raphael catfish, , 2 albino bristlenose plecos
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Anubias
Java Fern on Bog Wood
Vallisneria
Ludwigia
Hornwort |
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85 |
| Description: |
85 Gallon Freshwater
T5HO 54 wats x2
Rena xp2 canister filter and Aquaclear 70 filter
x2 2 liter DIY C02 (sugar & yeast) not cutting it for 85 gallons will probably buy a 10lb CO2 tank in future. |
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#98 out of 3202 freshwater tanks worldwide |
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5.59 |
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100 Gallon custom tank.All plastic plants. |
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"Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms." |
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Frequent water changes. Don't over feed. |
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Black Skirt Tetras, Red Minor Serpae Tetras, Cardinals, White Clouds, Tiger Barbs, Bala Sharks, Pictus Cat & Pleco. |
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All plastic |
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100 |
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Custom made 100 Gal. Tank. Filstar XP3 Canister Filter plus under gravel filter with two VisiJet power heads. DIY fluorescent lighting, and DIY blue LED moonlight. DIY stand and canopy. |
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#100 out of 3202 freshwater tanks worldwide |
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5.58 |
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767 |
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My main African mixed tank is doing very well. Several breedings have been happening constantly, and keeping me very busy as well. I added a couple more Synodontis Multipunctatus (My all time favorite Cat) and I'm hoping for some spawns from them. My Electric Blue is holding again for her second time, I can't wait for them! I'm in the works of getting my father's tank to replace this one, just gotta figure out how to get it over to my place.
My Electric Blue couple just released 42 fry, plus the 3 babies I could only save from the first batch. I can't wait for these guys to get bigger. |
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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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#99 out of 3202 freshwater tanks worldwide |
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5.58 |
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200 gal Mixed Rift lake tank.
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love life |
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Read up, join forums and do your resurch, |
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cichlid's
mbuna, hap's and peacocks with a few tang's too. |
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anubia 2 varities. |
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200 |
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Mixed Rift lake tank.
Coral sand
Ocean Rock and false rock
Running 3 x Eheim 2028's, 3 x 300 watt heaters. |
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#101 out of 3202 freshwater tanks worldwide |
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5.58 |
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my tank |
| About Yourself: |
fish enthusist |
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get a stand which brings the view up to face level, even if you have to custom make it..well worth it
feed the cichilds the colour enhancer, especially electric blues and peacocks, they color up real nice.. |
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fish include
5 clown loachs
2 pakistani loach
4 bristlenose
5 electric yellows
5 blue aceii
2 frontosas
1 compressicep
1 white pearl calvus
1 dragon blood
2 marble peacocks
1 tangerine peacock
2 kelonga reds
1 afro cowe
2 electric blues
2 maingano
1 moori
2 lelupi
2 taiwan reefs
2 red peacocks
2 northern blue
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180Lx45Wx62Hcm
Tank stands at same height when you are standing
Cannister Nova filter x 1
Cichlid tank - beach sand
river pebbles - 200kg
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#90 out of 3202 freshwater tanks worldwide |
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5.58 |
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New 55 Gallon - still working on it.
1 Blood Parrot
1 White Spotted cichlid - Tropheus duboisi (juvenile)
2 Blue Cobalt cichlid - Etriaclima callainos (juvenile)
1 Giraffe cichlid - Nimbochromis Venustus
2 Electric Yellow - Labidochromis caeruleus
1 Golden Chinese Algae Eater
1 Electric Blue - Sciaenochromis fryeri
1 Golden Calvus - Lamprologus calvus |
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Research and plan as much as possible before buying anything and be prepared for the unexpected. |
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Beta fish, Cichlids and Puffer fish |
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None |
| Tank Size: |
55 |
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Mixed Cichlid Tank |
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