I have money but no fish. I don't like fish. Too flakey.
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my new project-Aquarium keeping part 2
- Thread starter ocnbrze
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dude i need some of what you are having right now.....LMAO!!!!!
I have room.
No art.
Fish are beautiful.
that is not true. i see having an aquarium as having living art. and yes fish are beautiful.....totally agree
I had mine in the hallway. The turtles
The fish? Anywhere but the bedroom. You don't want to sleep with the fishes.
The fish? Anywhere but the bedroom. You don't want to sleep with the fishes.
i do actually. my latest project is in my room. it will be right nest to my bed. directly across from my bed is my 180 gal freshwater tank.
ok finally got my plumbing parts.....gonna be working on the tank this weekend.
the tank itself is 36"(L)x30"(W)x18"(H) which is about 84 gallons.
SO BIG? Damn, Daniel!
for my room.....yes.
but not big really. i am currerntly contemplating a 4th project......SHARK & STINRAY TANK!!!!!!!
LOL i just need space for a long and wide tank. it does not need to be tall. so i'm looking at 180 to 200 gallons. the tank would be 72" (L)x 36" (W) x 18" (H) = 200 gallons
its just a thought right now. thinking about putting it in the family room which is in the front of my house.
its just a thought right now. first i need to finish this last project, before i can even go forward for the next one.....that is IF there is a next one.
A Master Bedroom. I get it now.
nope just my room. i have no desk, no bookcases or even drawers. i have a large closet, my bed, a nightstand/bookshelf, and my 2 tanks.
gonna plumb tomorrow (saturday) and have it up and running as well. sunday i'll add some fish
ok i'm an idiot. i bought the wrong size plumbing part. unfortunately none of the plumbing stores or home depot has it.....so now i have to order it and plumb the tank next weekend........
ok some huge updates.......the tank is filled with saltwater and i have some fish.......so the tank is now officially up and running!!!!!!!
not without issues. so i had a leak up near where my overflow box was. it was not a bad leak, but the leak somehow made its way underneath the paint on the back of the tank so that the paint was lifting off of the glass. i painted where i could. and it turned out to be ok. there are some spots still lifting off, but with the water in the tank, you hardly notice it. plus coralline algae will eventually will grow on the back so you will not see it really......that is if i want it to grow or not.
coralline algae is not really algae per se. it uses calcium and makes this beautiful purple color as it grows. it looks pretty cool, but i do like the crisp clean black look that it has right now.....so we will see.
i'm gonna cleanup some stuff and i'll post pictures of the tank and how the plumbing looks tomorrow.
not without issues. so i had a leak up near where my overflow box was. it was not a bad leak, but the leak somehow made its way underneath the paint on the back of the tank so that the paint was lifting off of the glass. i painted where i could. and it turned out to be ok. there are some spots still lifting off, but with the water in the tank, you hardly notice it. plus coralline algae will eventually will grow on the back so you will not see it really......that is if i want it to grow or not.
coralline algae is not really algae per se. it uses calcium and makes this beautiful purple color as it grows. it looks pretty cool, but i do like the crisp clean black look that it has right now.....so we will see.
i'm gonna cleanup some stuff and i'll post pictures of the tank and how the plumbing looks tomorrow.
MrJavi
Android Expert
I GOT MY TANK!!!!!!!!!!!
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just need to plumb it now. i ordered some of the plumbing parts it should be here in a week or so.
That's freaking nice @ocnbrze
, I've been absent a little while and just getting back into the SF as of recent ,off and on so to speak. Just catching up on things.
MrJavi
Android Expert
they are not for eating
MrJavi
Android Expert
just remember:
ok so here are some very late photos of the Beast which is the name of my tank.
and yes that is a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2, the Nook edition. the battery life sucks so i keep it plugged in all the time and thought this will make a perfect device to control my lights and filtration.
i was going to take some pics with some of the fish i added, but the tank is going thru the ugly phase of being a new tank. its ugly because the flora and fauna of a new tank takes awhile to grow and settle in.....and i'm not talking about fish. the flora and fauna i'm talking about are the bacteria and algae that will ultimately make up an established tank. i have enough nitrifying bacteria to keep the tank filtered, but i do not have enough algae to keep everything under control.
what do i mean? well right now i am having an outbreak of dinoflagellates. i'll post pics of it later today maybe.
right now i have 5 yellow belly damsels and i just ordered a pair of black storm clownfish:
when i get the clowns in, i'll try and post a video showing them off as sometimes fish are hard to photograph, especially in a deep tank like mine is.
i was going to take some pics with some of the fish i added, but the tank is going thru the ugly phase of being a new tank. its ugly because the flora and fauna of a new tank takes awhile to grow and settle in.....and i'm not talking about fish. the flora and fauna i'm talking about are the bacteria and algae that will ultimately make up an established tank. i have enough nitrifying bacteria to keep the tank filtered, but i do not have enough algae to keep everything under control.
what do i mean? well right now i am having an outbreak of dinoflagellates. i'll post pics of it later today maybe.
right now i have 5 yellow belly damsels and i just ordered a pair of black storm clownfish:
when i get the clowns in, i'll try and post a video showing them off as sometimes fish are hard to photograph, especially in a deep tank like mine is.
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