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Invertebrates, the books say that they are animals...they require food, light heat etc. are capable of reproduction in various ways, and add a lot of color to a tank. Easy they are not, as they require specific parameters and certain fish will eat them too.
You have to research everything you put in....he spends a great deal of time and money on the tank.
You have to research everything you put in....he spends a great deal of time and money on the tank.
I would start with a 20 gallon. Anything smaller and its harder to maintain water quality. Get the biggest tank you have space for/can afford. If I had the room I would get a 55+, sadly the biggest I can fit is a 28.
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How many gallons is that? It's a nice shape, but I'd have gone with just a betta or some small micro tetras. Those barbs are probably not so happy in there!
They where the left overs from my old tank, and I didn't want to put them in the new display tank...
Using pure ammonia to cycle it will take you about 5-7 days. Did it when I had my 90 gallon Cichlid tank.
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This thread makes me miss my tanks. Im almost tempted to get a small 20 gal freshwater setup.
Over here we get 'Fish Tank Kings' and 'Tanked' on TV and I just love those shows! Some the aquariums they put in are beautiful!
We have a small 10 litre tank with guppys and tetras. We have lost a lot of fish, but only recovered 1 body.
I'd love a big aquarium but we don't have the room for it!
We have a small 10 litre tank with guppys and tetras. We have lost a lot of fish, but only recovered 1 body.
I'd love a big aquarium but we don't have the room for it!
Some recent additions..
New zoanthid to replace the one I lost... Picked it up for $8
Has a couple different color polyps on it.
Pepe the cleaner shrimp
Spot, the sunrise dottyback with Tom the black clownfish
Full tank shot
Pepe eating (some in slow motion)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYtXlS2jdDg
New zoanthid to replace the one I lost... Picked it up for $8
Has a couple different color polyps on it.
Pepe the cleaner shrimp
Spot, the sunrise dottyback with Tom the black clownfish
Full tank shot
Pepe eating (some in slow motion)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYtXlS2jdDg
Great reefs! I'm doing a semester abroad in Fiji right now and I go crazy just looking at all the live rock when I go snorkelling! I could be rich if I could take it back with me!
MH's will likely breed the best results. The amount of $ in some of those pieces are awesome!!!
thanks! yeah this hobby is a money pit lol... and this and the 2 dogs my fiance and I can't really take a real vacation.
Great tank but I hope you have a place for that yellow tang. They should have at least a 6 foot tank
This is my 27 cube tank:
I have one angelfish, 10 black neon tetras, a mickey mouse platy (last of his school from 3 years ago) and two danios/glofish.
I have duel Aqueon filters and a 150watt fluval heater. I am looking for a desktop tank to hold a single beta. I am thinking between the aqueon evolve 4/8 or the fluvial spec 2.6 gallon. I dislike how the aqueon is acrylic but I fear 2.6 gallons is two small for my beta.
I have one angelfish, 10 black neon tetras, a mickey mouse platy (last of his school from 3 years ago) and two danios/glofish.
I have duel Aqueon filters and a 150watt fluval heater. I am looking for a desktop tank to hold a single beta. I am thinking between the aqueon evolve 4/8 or the fluvial spec 2.6 gallon. I dislike how the aqueon is acrylic but I fear 2.6 gallons is two small for my beta.
I had an iwagumi style freshwater aquarium.. Here are pictures that are months apart showing the progress my tank made.
I did a 3 month "dry start" to get the plants growing.
Started from here
3 months later.
This picture shows what my tank looked like after 1 week of being filled with water.
2 months later..
The most recent pic (1 month after the last picture)
Unfortunately I had to tear the tank down and now it's sitting in my room empty.
This is a video of my tank about a month or two before I took it down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbthIaFm-Oc
I did a 3 month "dry start" to get the plants growing.
Started from here
3 months later.
This picture shows what my tank looked like after 1 week of being filled with water.
2 months later..
The most recent pic (1 month after the last picture)
Unfortunately I had to tear the tank down and now it's sitting in my room empty.
This is a video of my tank about a month or two before I took it down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbthIaFm-Oc
I posted here before, but I tore that setup down and redid it a while ago. My tank now houses African Cichlids... more specifically Mbuna. I'd like to add more rock and then more fish, but for now, with the rock work I have I'm good. A couple pics of the evolution here: http://imgur.com/a/WF5U4
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thats quite a bit of money. However depends on what you want in the tank (fish, decorations/look) and the equipment (size). If you want plants I would say the C02, tank, and plants could get costly very quickly.