Fish tanks
 

So anyone have a fishtank? I'm thinking about setting up a small one on my computer desk, like a 5 gallon. I just want some ideas of interior accessories that you guys have, If you have pics of your fish tanks, post them up.

my goldfish died last sunday plzdie:

Bonsai trees > goldfish

Sorry...but i wasnt talking about goldfish, more along the lines of tropical fish

I have owned fish all my life. a 5 gallon is easy to maintain as well since it is so small, but requires good upkeep (quick simple ect),

Keep to hardy fish, maybe a betta, fancy guppies, molly's, sword tails,iredecent sharks, redtail sharks, plecos or even black moors if you plan on going non tropical. 5 Gallon tanks are not good for fish which require regular care, such as Angelfish, African Butterfly fish, kissing guirami's, ciclids.... ect.

With fish tanks, you are trying to acheive one of two things

A. a tank full of contrast. (pink rocks, bright white light.

B. a Natural setting, with natural coloured gravel/pebbles, mixed in with a not so vibrant light, even a sun imatation type light tube.


Ornaments.... well my advice is to always stick with live plants, a bit of hornwort on the top on the tank for babies to hide in if born, certain fish like to nibble it, also an assrotment of large rocks to build with, and usualy some sort of log which sticks out. Always keep plants towards the back of the tank, and place rocks, peices of fake wood, ect, towards the front.

There is a whole lot more to know, but half the fun is learning first hand, go out and enjoy. !

i cant wait to start one man, my gf just sent one up and she got me motivated, hers is natural styled, natural colored rocks and live plants, but she forgot to clean her plants off before she put them in and she had snails in her tank, she had to clean them out lol. I want a more vibrant tank, more eye catching. So you suggest live plants?

I also like tetras a lot.

if you make large things for the fish to hide unde,r they'll always be under there and never come out.

You should also get a small little filter for your water...it'll shoot in air that will mix into the water for the fish and it will keep the water pretty clear.


I had a fishtank with natural looking rocks and plastic plants. We had a nice rock that had a hole in the center of it. It was pretty leet.

Tetras are great, long tailed leopard danio's, zebra danio's, all great hardy fish to start out with (since newer tanks do not have the bacteria). Hornwort will survive anything, while other plants can be fussy, Ask you local shop to reccomend a certain plants since the plants that stores sell varys from location to location. I myself have a 20 gallon tank ( i used to own a 35). With 2 angel fish, 1 pleco, 1 redtailshark, 5 cory catfish, and 1 zebra danio. My school of danio's died off over the last 2 years sadly... (my red tail shakrs is over 5 years old as well !).


AVOID WALMART FISH & PET SHOPS WITh BAD REPS. they have them for a reason biggrin: .

ohh, and do not BE suckered in by all the "chemical scam" bullshit, they will try and sell you everything under the fucking sun, when really all you need is a chlorine neutralizer (to start out with) and some sort of all in one product such as Wardley's Complete conditioner. Hell, I have not used a chlorine neutralizer in over a year and I am find. I lost many many fish when I was going with the whole "drop every chemical possible scam" into my tank years back... bad move. MY hope is to mount a 110 gallon tank into a wall when I buy a house someday. (saltwater)

My camera sucks/ can't take pics of my tank well at all.. so no pics of my tank sadly....

^^ Deuce Bigalow ^^

He really fucked that tank up....

Yeah, i was going to get this "Eclipse" 5 gallon tank at Petsmart, i hear Eclipse tanks/ filters are really good. Than i was going to go to this ppet shop by me and get some tetras.

I want SOMETHING like this

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Especially the last one

What kind of light is in that last one?

PS these tetras

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top one = lost city of Atlantis ed:

A few years ago, I found a 1953 zenith television in my parents basement and gutted it. I then put a 30g fishtank in and wired the lights/pump to a toggle switch underneath. I hooked the old flourescent light and control jewel lights up to the toggel as well, so it looks fscking awesome.

I actually did this all with my buddy steve, who knows the wiring shit much better than I, but its a cool tank nonetheless.

Pics

Actually the tank i want is a 3 gallon

http://www.animalworldnetwork.com/becsys3bymar.html

Any other suggestions on about a 5 gallon starter tank? (no bigger than 5 gallons)

i had a 5 gallon one. my fish never seemed to die either, had them for about 3 years, tunil I finally got fed up the the smell of algea in my room and having to do a thourough cleaning to it every month. pain int eh ass.


My fish never died by the way, when I finally wanted to get rid of the tank, I flushed the poor bastards down the bowl cry:

yeah, my tank = empty because I've gone through about 50 so far... i am horrible to those poor bastards.

I want kind of like a roman ruins type theme

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Damm Milla, next time shorten the link - Arkan

Milla, you definately can't do much with a 5 gallon tank. The smaller the tank, the harder it is to maintain. I currently have a 75 gallon tank (Wish i went bigger...like 125 gallons) but it isn't set up at the moment. I'm lying down a wood flood in the area where i'm setting up the tank. I'm going with African Cichlids in mine. I'm also going with a natural enviorment with heavy vegitation. These fish need places to hide. I had a 20 gallon for years with the same type of set up and it worked out ok.

Good luck with yours and post pics. I'll do the same when i'm done with mine.

get an albino frog they rule, and theyll eat all the fishes who misbehave

I want bigger, but since this isnt my house i have no where to put it except on my computer desk ya know?

what was he like 106?

fish suck, they are too high maintainence and you get absolutely nothing from them. Fish don't love you.

Neither do i plzdie:

cry:

/cuts wrists in bathtub, while Can't Live If Living Is Without You by Harry Nilsson plays in the background

lol a year and a half at my house, dunno how long it was alive at the pet shop when the ppl got it for me

get a dog in a fish tank

oOo:

neon tetra's, lol it says it right on the picture label.

I used to have a school of those as well, be warned they only have a year's life span.

We've had our current tank about a year. The year before that we had a grubby one but it was alot bigger. It had a wooden log in the middle of the tank with this bush type thing growing out of it, so when it got too big, we cut it down and sold it back to the shop (because they cant grow it in the shop for some reason). So we pretty much had free fish food and fish replacements.

Heres my current setup:

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Always seek advise when buying new fish though, some fish tend not to like certain species of other fish. Usually big and small fish, as the small fish tend to get eaten, Also watch out for the bullys, some fish will take nibbles out of other fish's tails, so watch out for them.

Also cleaning: Make sure its cleaned usually once a week. Try not to leave it much longer than that, as it can be bad on the fish and harder to clean later on. most aquariums are able to test the water for you to make sure it has enough chemicals in the water to keep the fish alive.

You can also treat the fish sometimes with bloodworms. Quite interesting to watch.

Good luck with your tank and fish.

It's U2 not Harry Neillson nig.

I just got a lot of my set up today, i didnt get a heater, i'll buy that later in the week when i get some more cash. I'm going to get it up and running somewhat, ill get pics in a little bit.

Yeah i know about them lasting a year, thats not bad, lol.

When you buy new fish, make sure you keep them in the bag they come in, and put the bag into the water before releasing the fish. Leave it bobbing in the water for 5-10 mins, so the water can gradually warm up. If you just open the bag and chuck them in, the change of water temperature can give them a big shock and end up with them dead.

Indeed, i had a fish tank years ago, i remember doing most of this stuff, but it has been a long time so.

..if worst comes to worst

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I still need a heater and some fish obviously happy:

who piloted that boat into the rocks??

fish are pretty fun and it gets addicting taking care of them. my only advice is to get freshwater fish, seawater fish are teh suck, too much maintanence. use goldfish at first, they make good testers.

Hell yeah dude, saltwater is so expensive, 50 dolalrs a pop for a fish ffs. saw sea horses today (little ones) for 50 dollars, but those would be worth it cause they are awesome. I'm going freshwater tropical fish.

looks like ya found the wreck of HMS Prince of Wales

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happy:

Yeah, I've got one, it's sitting next to the computer right now. Dunno the size, but tsi bigger than the computer.

For fish, get some cichlids. Smartest fish in the world, they're so cool to watch. Most fish do nothing but swim around, then die, but these guys chase eachother, and they used to rip eachothers tails off but dont anymore... friendlier now. What's real cool is that they pick up pebbles in their mouths and carry them around, the big fish in here has dug a big pit and kinda hangs out in it. They do the same to their babies.

But I swear to god, they play hide and seek, cause sometimes I watch them and (we have 5) they all go up to the surface, save for one guy, then they start swimming in circles up near the surface while the other dude hides under a rock. It's so cool.

And if you do get cichlids (they're from Africa, just so you know, but we got them at Petsfart), get a little black dude to go along with it, he'll eat all the fungus.