Aquariums!

[Lyngs]

Naicha wrote on Mon, 08 October 2012 14:25

Just ordered the non-tube gear from aquaristic as I said previous post.

 

Let me know how it works out ASAP!

 

Will buy the same set if its proper quality. Dirt cheap compared to other sites/shops I have found.

[Naicha]

Lyngs wrote on Mon, 08 October 2012 17:32

Naicha wrote on Mon, 08 October 2012 14:25 Just ordered the non-tube gear from aquaristic as I said previous post.   Let me know how it works out ASAP!   Will buy the same set if its proper quality. Dirt cheap compared to other sites/shops I have found.

 

Yup! And from what I've heard its totally ok! Will report when it's up 'n running. Might take a couple of weeks though.

 

I can show you more detailed pictures of the parts though.

[Naicha]

Just did lots of planting lyngs. And water change so going to wait until all the dust settles etc and I'll show you a picture. Looks real lush now and I tihnk I'km pretty satisfied, gonna look way better when the staurogyne on the bottom grows together.

 

Co2 system broke again so cba with that again, cheating with easycarbo until somewhere during next week when I get pressurized going.

 

Still just using standard doze pmdd with alittle extra KNO3 since it seems to be lakcing in my tank.

[Naicha]

After like 2 weeks.

 

 

Now with new and more plants. Still some algae here and there but I think the tank should be stabilizing soon.

 

Just wondering if standard dose fertilizer is enough now with so many plants.

 

 

EDIT: How many of the 20 rubies can you spot? most of the time none. They're in hiding!

[Qwazin]

After my parents rescued a little duckling from its mom, it believes my dad is its new mom, so it have been allowed to stay inside and explore his aquariums.

[Naicha]

Haha omg! That is FUCKING AWESOME Qwazin. Need more info/pics on that!

[Lyngs]

Pure win!

[Naicha]

I want a second tank, a bigger one, but there's no space.

 

I need a house.

[Naicha]

Did someone ruin the upload limit btw simple camera taken picture is too big now? t_T

 

Found two nice fishies today.

[Naicha]

1350 SEK for a 6kg tube. roughly the same to refill. Might go for that since I realise I can fix room for it. That should last looooong.

[Lyngs]

Beautiful Agassizii's mate! I realy miss mine. So much fun to watch.

[Naicha]

They're beautiful, the fire ones. They're pretty shy now still. And they're very small. Like 3 cm-ish. And with all my plants they can hide like EVERYWHERE so barely ever see them. Just hope they will feel comfortable enough soon to come out when it's feeding time.

[Naicha]

I also want discus.

 

I think I'm going to be single pretty soon if this continues. Luckily I don't have any money for that right now.

[Lyngs]

Naicha wrote on Tue, 16 October 2012 14:44

I also want discus.   I think I'm going to be single pretty soon if this continues. Luckily I don't have any money for that right now.

Hehe, my misses is pretty understanding and wouldnt mind a 1000L tank if I promise to get Discus.

[Naicha]

Well, not mine either as long as there's space. Now there isn't really. And 1000L isn't really a MUST. Could go with 350-400ish.

 

The "good" thing with discus is the resell value is great so old fish that's grown out of their tank is easily sold.

 

The only second tank I could maybe fit without hassle on our home nwo is a 120x35x50/60 ish. Which is about 250 liters or something so not big enough for discus... Well, a few very young discus maybe.

 

Malawi of that size would work, its pretty "simple" as well since you donth avem uch plants you dont need all that CO2-gear etc.

 

EDIT: The biotope for discus really is just roots and dark water etc. But planted SA discus tanks look incredible.

[Qwazin]

You do know that the natural biotope for most of the fish we put in aquariums is far from how most of us make their aquariums

 

well I guess that isn't entirely correct, but for instance, in the amazon, in a single river, there is a lot of different biotopes, with the same species

[Naicha]

What I got from Aquaristic.

 

Magnet valve

check valve

some hosing (roughly 2 meters)

ceramic diffusor

and the dual gauge.

 

edit: needle valve on the gauge btw aswell.

 

Might need to just go to some random store and get a bubble counter of sorts.

 

Gonna put the magnet valve directly after the needle valve with no stupid tubing in between, only use tubing the rest of the way.

 

gonna pick up some sealing tape aswell.

[Lyngs]

If you fill the ceramic diffusor with water before letting CO2 through, it should work as a bubble counter as well.

[Naicha]

Good tip, but I don't think it will be visible. Havn't decided where to place it yet, but maybe where the ladder was before, that is in the back to the right.

[Naicha]

CO2 up and running.

 

Sprayed it with green water (lots of soap in it that I use to wash the bike), lots of it, and couldn't se any bubbles forming whatsoever. So I suppose it's not leaking.

 

Tank Pressure just below 60. Working pressure 1 bar. bubbles like 1 per second.

 

Using the ladder cause I accidentally broke the glass diffusor lolz.

 

 

 

CO2 starts 1 hours before light and shuts down 1 hour before light end.

 

EDIT: Now I'll just pray the flask doesnt empty for 6-12 months.

[Naicha]

Would like a discus tank like this:

 

Because of the following reasons.

 

1. It's planted (obvious).

2. It's lightly planted which would keep maintenance easier.

3. The smaller variety of plants make it easy to "scape". IE. I won't fail making it end up looking crap.

4. I can't get a gazillion liter tank so a smaller one will be used (roughly 250-300). This leaves more swimming space for the discus.

5. Minimalistic designs can be beautiful.

 

 

In a perfect world I'd like a heavily planted tank that looks terrific etc but imo it would require a bigger tank seeing as the plants would take up much "room" AND it's way harder to make such a tank look beautiful since I'm not, as I mentioned before, very good at scaping/designing tanks. With lots of roots etc it's harder to "steal" designs since roots are never the same.

 

 

Oh well, first though I'll have to make sure I know my way around my current tank and gotten an understanding and being good enough to maintain the tank I've got perfectly.

 

 

 

Example of heavily planted tank:

 

[Gromk]

Growing up we had Discus... They are a pain in the ass to keep.

[Naicha]

Gromk wrote on Sat, 27 October 2012 00:26

Growing up we had Discus... They are a pain in the ass to keep.

 

If you already run a so called "high tech" tank with frequent water changes, at least once a week it's not that big of a difference to keep discus. : )

[Lyngs]

Naicha wrote on Sat, 27 October 2012 09:18

Gromk wrote on Sat, 27 October 2012 00:26 Growing up we had Discus... They are a pain in the ass to keep.   If you already run a so called "high tech" tank with frequent water changes, at least once a week it's not that big of a difference to keep discus. : )

Your electric bill will be larger due to the higher temperature required and you cant just have any plant you want. Other than that, depending where you get your Discus from, disease and stress will probably be your biggest problem. They are some of the most beautiful fresh water fish tho.

 

[Naicha]

Yea, I actually only have those "hardy" plants already, no need to make it more difficult. There are plants that are easy and beautiful.

 

Anyways, electric bill, who cares, I've got like 4 computers running 24/7. Barely need a heater to keep it at 29 degrees. The tank is always 26-27 already without heater.

 

disease and sterss yes, there is a breeder 40 km from here to has a very good repuation in all of sweden.

 

He's got a garage behind his house specifically built for discus breeding, he's got the lot and helps you with anything.

 

This is one of the reaons I'm consdering discus aswell, since I got a 15 min drive to one of the top discus freaks in sweden.

 

EDIT: The problem is where to put a larger tank... :<

[Naicha]

Btw Lyngs, the kit from aquaristic seems to work perfectly. No leaks, I disassembled it and put thread sealing tape in between parts though to be safe.

[Kosak]

I see a lot of people talking about discus and I'll add my experience with that species. Had 6 discus in my first tank and after 3 months only 2 were left alive. They are very territorial and then tend to bully each other around. One of them got eaten by the other ones overnight at one point. Idea is make sure you have enough space for them. In a 2000L tank such as the one I had it's preferable to have at most 4 since they will split up that space between themselves quite nicely. There's still the risk that one of them will grow a lot faster than the others and take over more space but that's how it is with this species.

[Naicha]

That problem with discus occurrs when the schoal isn't big enough. If there are only say 4 Discus the pecking order might develop so that there's only of them constantly getting the dirt.

 

However 6-8+ discus shouldn't cause a problem like that if they're all the same size.

 

You really shouldn't "need" more than roughly 50 liters per fish..

 

Think you had alot of bad luck. Since they're a schoaling fish they shouldn't split up into pairs on different edges of the tank.

 

Short answer: Key is to have more. The more the better.