Tropical Fish

hahahahahaha will take a few pics tomorrow..... im using this one as a second tank, at the moment its only got one fish in it which is in isolation cause it keeps eating the others in the other tank :(

looking to set this new one up with some others which it wont eat :)
 
This is what I have so far... Lots of bubbles.. only first day... should clear up by weekend

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Prefer logs than Shells to be honest

Went to Harwood today... got some more plants.. bit more colourfull these...

mani got it spot on.. great to look around and my two youngest loved the sharks... but the service was abismal.. no one interested and the one bloke I did get to serve us was a misserable sort... Nice shop but doubt I will go back with service like that..

oh and website says closes during week 4.30 hence why we couldnt go other day.. but at shop it says 6pm

Next stop blackburn :)
 
KIPAX said:
Prefer logs than Shells to be honest
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same here but those bloody logs are expenisve to buy from the shops so stuck with what we had...that was the shells which weve had for ages..but going to buy some logs soon

KIPAX said:
mani got it spot on.. great to look around and my two youngest loved the sharks... but the service was abismal.. no one interested
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unfortunatly its always the same with harwood, but other day when i did get their attention their advice seemed good
 
QUick question on the subject cos nowhere is explaining it not the box anyway nor google 'Do i leave my airpump 24hrs a day running as with filter or is it best to switch off at night?' My tank is cold water fish.

If no reply i will turn it off tonight just in case, as u can tell i got my ebay bargain its working great!
 
upto u really - as long as there is enough surface movement for oxygen exchange to take place - u can switch off the air pump

by surface movement i dont ness mean 30 foot waves... just nice ripples caused by the pump...
 
what u can do if the air pump is too powerful and there is no speed setter on the pump itself is get a small clamp from any decent shop for about 2-3 quid and clamp the air pipe to restrict its airflow that lessens the force to somethign a lil more quieter
 
Thanks Mani:)

Was more concerned that if there should be a prob with pump that i didnt want it to burn out cos they can scorch airline & didnt want fish hurt during night, i turned it off last night & all was fine this morning put back on then & no syphen from airline, mind u my filter causes movement with water in any case, now ive ended up with a few more fish i may have to leave it on overnight - mind u my little becks loves floating up off the bubbles like a bungie spring LOL!!
 
Got the water tested at harwood and they said it is ok, said the ph was little high but that will sort itself out in due course as the tank matures

got 10 neon tetras, for £10, they said at the shop i should ease new fish in as its a new setup and then next week sometime go back and get the water retested, so got all 10 neons in the tank with the other one, good to watch insetad of just the plants :)

If the water is still ok next week we can get some more, then same process again of getting water tested....she said it takes about 4 weeks to get the tank to reach maturity and in this time i have to just keep an eye on the fish and any changes in behaviour - also got a starter help sheet which basically tell you the basics of setting the tank up

hows yours goin kipax?...any fish yet?
 
Gonna get the water tested tommorow (sat) got more plants in harwood.. but as said wouldnt go back there.. misserable gits.... went to blackburn today.. fish section nowhere near as big as harwood and too many dead fish about for my liking.. so now tried them all bar bolton.... might give that a go this weekend :)

john how long from setting up to have your water tested was it? ... yes thats how we are gona do it.. a couple of fish a week to build up seems to be the way yer supposed to go.
 
Since monday thats when i started mine...but they said today that most waters are ok before any fish are put in them...its when fish food that not eaten and dead leaves from plants start to build up that the water can become unsafe for fish,

but saying that ive had one fish in it since monday as it was attacking the ones in our other tank so dont really think it matters that much as that ones still living :)
 
Ours got water in Monday and some extra plants tuesd wed.... might be OK tommorow then... TBH Julie has been doing it all and she has looked up on fish and found which are placed.. semi aggresive and aggresive..... so she will make a list before we go and wont buy owt thats gonna rip the rest to bits:)

Whats the one you had attacking? gonna gte some neons first and mebbe two others.... then more next week
 
KIPAX said:
so now tried them all bar bolton.... might give that a go this weekend :)
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Try the one at Haslingden as well, thats a good selection, its on carrs industrial estate (off the by-pass)
 
K.S.H said:
Try the one at Haslingden as well, thats a good selection, its on carrs industrial estate (off the by-pass)
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We've been there today :) It's called Valley Aquatics now. It's really changed since the last time I was there.
 
Kipax .. If you are willing to travel to this side of stockport, My brother has a very good fish shop, he REALLY knows his stuff and will only give good truthful advice, and the fish he sells are very good quality, many shops including many of the above just buy and sell what is available.. My brother searches and only buys GOOD fish.

The longer you leave your tank without fish the better.......14 days..
 
cheers simon... mebbe a little far .. gonna try the one on carrs today and then if all else fails the one in bolton.. 14 days!! my kids would explode. there biting at the bit now.... although i know it defeats the object if too early :)
 
OMG i went to the bolton one today - and its fantastic!! last time i went i just happened to co-incide wiht a delievery and about 4 of the aisle's were closed - so i went down today with my daughter and nephews - WOW!!

they had soo many varieties of fish - the tanks seemed to be top notch no floatin deads - only in one tank i think i saw two

had what i went there lookin for - shrimps!! - ended up comin back with a pair of red crabs too - the staff were fantastic - they'd put signs up sayin they were under-staffed but the one that did come was real good my nephews who were amazed to see crab limbs on the gravel he was pointing out what they were like etc

if anyone wants any baby guppies - let me know - i've kinda got an implosion goin on here... damn randy fishes
 
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