Any other aquarium enthusiasts here? [pics]e
 

I recently got back into it for the first time since I was a wee lad and six months in I'm in full on geek mode with it. I started with the smaller tank in the first picture which is in my office at work. I decided to go with a freshwater setup for Discus which I had never kept before. I have definitely fallen in love with these fish. They are super social and very interesting to watch how they interact. It can be difficult finding the right group dynamic in a smaller tank as I've found out.

Eventually I ended up with two that paired up (the blue ones in both pics) and they got really aggressive after some live food so I ended up getting the second tank set up last weekend in my home office. I've set it up for them to breed so hopefully I'll be reporting back with some baby pics soon.


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Lifetime aquarist here. Has the MTS set in yet? :winkwink:

Nice Discus u have there

I used to have a 6 foot marine tank with a sump which cost me a small fortune to set up. Had actinic lights on it which made the coral fluoresce. See if i can dig out some pics from my setup

you going to eat them?

there's two things in the world that smell like fish - one of them is fish

Lose the tetras out of the breeding tank and at the same time do a scant 10% water change with a temp drop of just 1 degree centigrade.

Mute the light to about 35% but leave it on 24hrs.

Your first born belong to me....

Years ago I had a decent tank that had some discus in it and they creeped me out. Whenever I would walk into the room they would stop what they were doing and look at me. They would just sit and stare at me.

I've always been fascinated watching fish, except for a goldfish named Bob, rip, I haven't had an aquarium since I was a kid.

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I'm curious about your water temp comment considering I didn't mention the temperature of the tank. Please tell me more.

Regarding the light, I currently have no way to adjust it like that. I do plan on upgrading to an LED with a moon light function. Please let me know what light you would recommend.

Sam ... Eddy was playing the Love Doctor of Fish.

Fish are programmed to breed when certain conditions set in.

Change in water temperature simulates the seasonal change for them found in their natural habitat.

See if you can add a dimmer switch to your lights.

A small change in the water itself helps remove pollutants caused by fish waste and excess food served ... and gives them the needed energy boost to help them mate.

Do some research to see if you should separate the fish from each other for a few days.
Keeping them apart can cause a greater desire for them to breed.

Good luck!

Yep - It would normally be more than 1 degree but Discus are sensitive to temp changes and generally like it on the high side.

I don't think you would need to separate Discus - But it has been a while since I had them so double check.

throw some Oscars in there with em.

I've only ever had outdoor fish. Something ate them all last year and had to start again :mad:

i kept a fish in my toilet once, but it died :(

I really like aquariums, just can't afford one. :)

If you really want them to breed, try getting them their own account at MrScales.com
The mating scenes 43 minutes into Blue Lagoon or 7 minutes into Nemo may be what they want to see most ;)

Good luck with the tank!

I got back into aquariums too, about 3 years ago. I started with a Tanganyika setup, mostly tropheus fish, recently I sold them and changed the whole setup, now I have central america cichlids in there, plus a few Oscars that are still reallty small :) My tank is about 160 gallons :)

Oh man... wrong thread for me...

Kept freshwater Cichlids when I was a kid, and got into Saltwater about 2 years ago.

Most expensive, time consuming and frustrating hobby ever.

Started with a 55 gallon tank, then bought a 135 and then a 240 gallon tank.

After months of setting the 240 up, I decided I needed something bigger.

Going to start working on a 400 gallon tank (122" x 30.5" x 25.5") in a few months with around a 120 gallon sump tank under the main tank for filtration.

Goal is to keep these two fish together... which need a lot of their own space or they will kill each other.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/images/ca...sohal-tang.jpg

http://www.liveaquaria.com/images/ca...illes-tang.jpg

In the mean time I tore down my 55 gallon and set it up again with better lights to learn how to keep coral. Better learn the ropes on a small tank then lose tens of thousands on lost corals on a huge tank.

Here are some pics from our redone 55, added a bunch of coral since then.

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Beautiful! I was into that years ago.

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Not bad with a little tartar sauce and lemon... :winkwink:

:stoned

ADG

I used to be. until my albino african clawed frog tried to eat another fish that had quills in its fins, and the frog suffocated and died. I dont need dead frogs and fish in my life at this point. also try and clean a tank that has a frog in it. youll be chasing him down the block i promise you

I always wanted to build a reef tank. I'm not so much on just seeing some pretty fish in a empty aquarium. I want a nice looking coral reef and would settle for just clown fish.. :winkwink:

Biggest reason I never made one is because it would be hard to go anywhere for any amount of time with out finding someone to take care of it.

hehehe thats a good one

That's a very nice setup !
How much time per week do you spend on the salt water aquarium ?

I got cichlids and oscars right now, oscars tried to breed once but it didn't work out
I got black convicts that have babies every 4-8 weeks or so..
It's fun to look at but I always thought salt water would be cooler.

This is my first aquarium, it seems to maintain itself perfectly (not even doing water changes) so I'm guessing anything will be more work than this

this is a pretty decent sized office tank
about 12m x 2m x 4m I think, largest private tank in the UK
http://d4k7s9ho8qact.cloudfront.net/...ium.jpg?9d7bd4
looks great from the bar behind as well

https://youtube.com/watch?v=zdPiE...ature=youtu.be

Awesome thread as I love salt water fish tanks. So peaceful and relaxing. I've been looking to get a jelly fish tank as well.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blog...sh/image_large

My brother is. He has like a 200 gallon salt water tank. Pretty cool but such a hassle.
ds

i want some clown fish

I used to breed African Cichlids, and my dad was one of the first in the Bronx to breed them and sell the babies to fish stores all over NY and NJ. I had 6 tanks in my room as a kid, and we also breed Budapest Show Pigeons in a huge coop on the back porch.

I have also had tetras, barbs, guppies, and Seahorse tanks over the years. I still love Africans the best, but way too much work to keep at this time in my life.

Honestly once its running well just 5 minutes a day feeding.

Once a week I'll clean the glass maybe 5 minutes.

Also empty the skimmer a few times a week which takes no time.

I change 10% of the water every few weeks. That takes 30 min to an hour.

Otherwise with enough live rock the tank takes care of itself.

Biggest thing I've learnt... quarantine all new fish for a few weeks before adding them to a display tank. Adding a sick fish right in can lead to months and tons of money wasted as your tank crashes.

If you get breeding pics, don't forget about 2257. :thumbsup

put some tilapia in and then eat them after they gt bigger

I would rather get shot than try to maintain a salt tank. Unless you have people maintaining it, forget it or kill yourself. I am serious.

I had a fresh water tank, 220gal Oceanic. I loved my fish. I even had a couple of pacu - motherfuckers got to be over three feet long when I put them in the pond.. had to keep them in the indoor pond because they hated cold. They're like a piranha but with a nicer face and small teeth... the cat tried to get them when they were still inside and they'd just splash water on the dumbfuck. Cats are stupid, they don't get the fish. Stupid cats.

Not sure what all I had in there tin foils, dempseys, tiger things, silver dollars.. you name it I had it. I use to almost be white- my biggest problem was deciding what new fish to get or what I wanted to eat or where I wanted to go each day.

Fuck salt tanks- I'd rather get shot.

I have been awake for a long time

If I ever hit the number I always said I'll have bitches swimming in the walls like it's 1999
maybe go 260 swiftly
in reverse too AND SCREAM AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

No parties though fuck parties just bitches and food
I don't like parties. I am too old. I've always been too old

God damn I'm old :1orglaugh

Shit I had shovelface and oscars and the round yellow ones you fuckin' name it
I loved my fish
Like everything else I ever loved they're gone
I LOVED my fish

Loss shapes us and I don't get bitter I get better

I think I need sleep I'm cracking all up :1orglaugh

you crack me up!! :1orglaugh

You know I don't know if it's being awake for extremely too long or if it's the post about water, but this thread took me back. Them was the days back then in them days, for sure. Eat a huge breakfast from mickey d's because, fuck it, I like mickey d's in the morning even when I GOT money then I'm relaxing enjoying a nice SLOW blowjob the fish quietly are swimming around there's money in the desk big fine automobiles outside shining like it's hot outside and then I'm asleep like a dead animal just laid out with the a/c blastin with a pack of thug killers to smoke on and some rc cola to drink on and that was it

Man those was the days back then
Sorry for rambling
I'm SO tired

You crack me up, too
for some reason

You didn't get the memo yesterday? I noticed you was worried that three letter was callin and so I figured you for (imagined that you could possibly be) holding some serious money, so then I decided to take you up on your offer to let me stay there at your place and then I remembered you only said I could ride around in the car with you but then I offered to be your new best friend since you've got a-lot of money

I may be confused about part of that since I've been awake for months

I never thought a thread about aquariums could be so entertaining.

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CurrentlySobers tank :thumbsup

Don't forget the shoes

I killed the thread :(
I am sorry

Wow, that vid is crazy cool!

I could pass hours just standing there watching that shit...

Fish are cool but it takes a lot of upkeep..it's not just sprinkling some fish food in every now and then

When I want to look at fish, I open the freezer.

:1orglaugh

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here's mine:


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Me too, I've got a nice Koi pond which had some massive and nice fish. I didn't know otters will apparently walk a long distance on land to find a pond and eat everything inside... lost thousands of dollars worth of fish, now just goldfish out there. :mad:

I was doing some ecommerce gig next door and it was mesmerising, used to hang out in the drift bar behind it. might have to check it out again as I think they re-arranged the bar and excluded the back of the tank!! idiots