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#173 out of 3214 freshwater tanks worldwide |
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5.33 |
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75 Gallon African Tank - Plastic Plants - Lace and River Rock - Who Needs TV When You Have One of These - Talk About a Big Screen!!! |
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If at First You Don't Succeed - Don't Look So Astonished! |
| About Yourself: |
I am a 40 year old father of 2 great children. Chelsea is 2 and Hunter is 4. My wife is great and is pretty patient with me when I take 5 hours on a Sunday to "work" on the tank. She's not really into the fish but I think she may be coming around - she loves to see the kids excited! My little ones love the fish and are great helpers. By day I am an operations manager for a fortune 100 company managing customer service operator working from home. We provide a full array of services for various clients. It's a stressful job but when I come home and spend a little time with my fish, the stress of the day goes away for awhile - heck I don't even hear my Blackberry which in itself is a true gift. |
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Start with the tank you really want - if you have space for 90 Gallon and that's what you want - Go For It. Moving from a 10 to a 30 to a 55 and so on will cost you more than just getting what you want from the beginning. Take your time selecting fish and be patient if you go with cichlids. To me the best part of the hobby is watching them mature and change colors over time. It's amazing how a brown dull young peacock can be so beautiful when it matures. Change your filters regularly, do routine water changes, feed them a good quality food and you will have happy and healthy fish. |
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Protomelas Taeniolatus (Red Empress) 1 Male 1 Female, Yellow Fin Borleyi (1 Male 1 Female), Dimidochromis Kiwinge (1 Male 1 Female), Nimbochromis Venustus - (Male) 1, Labidochromis Caeruleus - Yellow Lab or Electric Yellow Cichlid - 3 (male), Lodotropheus Sprengerae - Rusty - 1 (Male), Aulonocara sp. stuartgranti maleri . - Sunshine Peacock - 1 (male), Pseudotropheus socolofi - powder blue cichlid - 1 (male), Maylandia callainos- Cobalt Blue - 1 (Male), Neolamprologus brichardi- Brichardi Lyretail Cichlid - 2 (Male), Pseudotropheus zebra OB morph - OB Zebra - orange/black (2) - white/black (lots of blue coming in) 1 (male), Male Aulonocara species crossed with an OB female mbuna - OB Peacock blue/orange- 2 (male), Gephyrochromis acei - Acei - 1 (male), Tropheus ??? - blue/purple body - burnt orange fins - 1 (male??) Aulonacara ??? - ??? - 2 (male/female???), Maylandia estherae formerly pseudotropheus zebra -red zebra - 1 to young to tell sex, Aulonocara stuartgranti (Rubescens) Ruby Red Peacock - 1 (male) 1 (female) 1 (fry), Dragons Blood Peacock 1 (male)
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Plastic Plants - Various |
| Tank Size: |
75 |
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75 Gallon Perfecto. 48"x18"x28" (1) Marineland 400B Filter, (1) Whisper 30-60 Filter, Magnum 350 Canister, 250 Watt Stealth Heater, 80 Pounds of Lace Rock, 65 Pounds of River Rock, Crushed Coral Bedding. 48" Coralife and/or GE Plant and Aquarium Bulbs. Baby Breeder over the side for Fry. |
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#174 out of 3214 freshwater tanks worldwide |
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5.33 |
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368 |
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Lake Malawi Mbuna Tank |
| Advice: |
Have fun and Enjoy your fish. |
| Fish Kept: |
Yellow Labs
Acei
Sydontis Catfish |
| Plants Kept: |
None |
| Tank Size: |
20 |
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This is my first attempt at creating an DIY background. The tank currently houses 3 cichlids which will be removed when they get larger. Then the tank will serve as hospital or fry tank. This is the first large project that I have taken on with my 4 year old son. He had a blast mixing and painting on concrete, now he wants to make one for his room. Please feel free to review the construction of this tank here:
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=134303&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0
Any comments or suggestions are welcome. |
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#175 out of 3214 freshwater tanks worldwide |
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5.33 |
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206 |
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The Tank...... |
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Those afraid of pain will never know glory. |
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2 Amatitlania nigrofasciata
1 Parachromis Dovii
1 Parachromis Managuense
1 Tilapia Butterkoferi
1 Aequidens rivulatus
1 Hypostomus plecostomus
1 Synodontis multipunctatus
1 Spiney soft shell turtle
1 Betta splendens |
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Fake plants, Lace rock, Malaysian driftwood, Purple/green slate. |
| Tank Size: |
60 |
| Description: |
Tank Dimensions - 48L 13W 21.5H, Power-Glo 18000K bulb, Penguin 300, Marineland C-360, 2 150W Visi-Therm stealth heaters. |
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#176: toki  [ Freshwater Tanks ] | |
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#176 out of 3214 freshwater tanks worldwide |
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5.32 |
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986 |
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FRESHWATER2 |
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read read read |
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get a good filter so you don't have any problems with a murky tank always do water changes and clean gravel. |
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5 frontosa 1 yellow calvus 1 duboise 1 orange leleup 1 marlieri 1 dwarf puffer . |
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rocks |
| Tank Size: |
90 |
| Description: |
tanganyika lake setup with 5 frontosa, 1 yellow calvus, 1 duboise, 1 orange leleup, 1 marlieri 1 dwarf puffer . rena canister filter xp3 |
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#177 out of 3214 freshwater tanks worldwide |
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5.32 |
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539 |
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125 gallon malawi mixed tank |
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you can never have too many tanks |
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keep trying it will clear up and read read read! |
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oscars, african cichlids, angels and lot of others |
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lots of different plants.. best luck with amazon/brazilian sword and honeywort |
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125 |
| Description: |
my tanks and fish |
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#179 out of 3214 freshwater tanks worldwide |
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5.32 |
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707 |
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10 year old, 55 Gallon, New World Cichlid set up with two Whisper #5 Power Filters; 40 watt Actinic & 40 watt 50/50 Standard Fl. Lighting; 2x 300 watt heaters: Breeding pair of 7 year old Severum, Jack Dempseys, Convicts, Silver Dollars, Yellow Fin Barbs, Tiger Barbs; etc. |
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What is that smell? |
| About Yourself: |
I've been keeping aquariums for 25 years. I have kept 10 gal; 15 gal; 20 gal high; 33 gal x-high minireef; 55 gal and 67 gal tanks. |
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Be patient. Be patient. Be patient. |
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New World Cichlids. |
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55 |
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55 gallon, soft water, 50/50 and Actinic lighting, New World Cichlids ......OR......33 gal x-high Marine tank with 110 watt power compact lighting; Prizm protein skimmer; powerhead; 300 watt heater. |
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#180 out of 3214 freshwater tanks worldwide |
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5.32 |
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193 |
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36 Gallon Bowfront
6 Pseudotropheus Saulosi
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Get Cycled!! Don't Rush. |
| Fish Kept: |
Pseudotropheus Saulosi |
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Java Moss |
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36 |
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36 Gallon Bowfront
Penguin 200 Filter
Aqueon Filter
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| #178: keth [ Freshwater Tanks ] | |
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United Kingdom |
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#178 out of 3214 freshwater tanks worldwide |
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5.31 |
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646 |
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400 ltr mbuna malawi |
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anything from the film SNATCH |
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learn about biological filteration |
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where do i start |
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100 |
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400 ltr malawi set up with silver sand, ocean rock and a custom made background. I have 3 external filters, which are 2 x xp3s and an xp4, aqua clear inline ionizer and vecton 25w uv sterilizer.
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| #183: Swabby [ Freshwater Tanks ] | |
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#183 out of 3214 freshwater tanks worldwide |
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5.30 |
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446 |
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My freshwater tank under progress. |
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If you ever drop your keys into a pit of molten lava just let em go cus man, there gone. |
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Use some sort of epoxy with extensive rock work, especially in an all glass tank. |
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They just said assorted malawii so i dont know the exact genus. Also a senegal bichir and a marble high fin pleco. |
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2 anubias one is doin alright one is dug up constantly, i need to put more sand on it but they sure like to pick on that one. |
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55 |
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Mbuna setup lots of rock, 250lbs. I have 8 assorted malawiis right now along with a pleco and senegal bichir. I hope to add more in the future. Using a Fluval 405 canister and an inline 300W heater. Also a dual hood with 1 5500k 48in light and an actinic 48in, both 32 watts. Just put 2 moonlights in and have the whole system on a day/night lighting timer. |
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#184 out of 3214 freshwater tanks worldwide |
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5.30 |
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350 |
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150 gallon freshwater tank-african cichlids |
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I am a 29 year old and have had my tank for about two years. I lost about 40 fish in a power outage after an ice storm a year ago so i had to start over only three fish survived. I am in the home repair business and ceramic tile. some one offerd me the 150 gallon tank for free so i took it and the rest is history. I have just purchased a 90 gallon tank that is still in the box and i'm lookin foward to makin it a saltwater tank once i do a little research instead of jumpin right in. |
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invest in filtration, |
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african cichlids, one clown loach, chinese algae eaters, 3 plecos |
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fake plants- land scape rocks/ driftwood |
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150 |
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150 gal. 72" x 18" x 27" one Rena xp3 canister filter |
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