Really depends what sort of filter it is man. I would definately recomend using a canister filter, they are a million times better than the in tank type filters. Sumps are also great which is what i use. If its a good quality canister filter, 250 is an alright price. Heaters are only about 30-50, so depends what else your getting. But you can get canister filters from like 100 upwards, really depends what you wanna spend, and how clean you want your tank.
Yea it is a canister filter, will try and suss out the brand/model next time I'm over there. Apparently its a good quality one... however he has about as much clue as I do about all this.
lol i have 2 gold fish that are like 2 years old bout 8 snails that are like 30th generation lol they never die off used 2 have a yabby until it ate fish put it in a tank outside along with a shrimp. yabbyand shrimp ate fish yabby ate shrimp crow ate yabby ---mother natures food chain lol.
Dug this thread up to ask a fishy question. I have a reasonable size tank with a single goldy in it. We've just inherited two freshwater clams of some sort which have had very little care but are both alive and active. I have them in a holding tank at the moment with an airstone and have dropped a bit of goldy food because apparently that's all they've had in slightly dirty water before. I've read they'll survive quite happily in the bottom of my main tank, however, will they? and how long should i quarantine them for before they share with my happy, healthy goldfish? Any help appreciated, all i know is what i've found on the net and my main concern in the end is that my old goldy isn't upset by them.
Mate, I picked up a few Koi for about $1.99 each; got them in a 200litre drum and have another 8 drums which have yabbies and filter gear plus pumps to keep the water in top condition. The koi have grown from 5cm to 20cm in about 2.5 years, the yabbies are breeding well and I've about 4 huge yabbies that are awesome.:thumbsup: This spring I'd like to get rid of the Koi and get some native freshwater fish or eels. Thinking of getting Eel Tailed catfish.
Very nice man. Sound like myself in my teenage years. ET caties are awesome. Very interesting and inquisitive. Used to have a mixed tank with 3 ET cats, 4 barra and 2 yellow belly. Most 'aussie' tank ive ever had. And between you an me (endangered) i used to have a red hand fish (google it) and a lung fish in the 6ft. Then moved on to saltwater (8ftx2ftx2ft) and was the most painful things id ever done. F*ck it was a menace to look after and about $8000 later it looked incredible (try get some pics up if i find em). had over 300kg of live rock and $700 of corals and god knows the value of the fish. Also had that sumped to four 3ft breeding tanks for clowns (nemo) and a seperate freshwater setup for Tanganyikan cichlids. Worked pretty well for a while until i had to take off to the army so sold the lot. Now have a 4ft with a few various imported from the wild malawi cichlids. O and a nice cattie thats worth about $700 and i picked it up for $50 2 years back, hehe. Anyone that thinks fish are cheap, THINK AGAIN!
azza77 - mate you would have had plenty of work lookin after all the above; especially looking after the Yellowbelly. They are my fav fish, use to catch plenty but now.......? I've seen them for sale but as you know they like live tucker like shrimp and worms; what did you feed yours as I've heard they aren't to keen on food that is dead. I've got thousands of tiger worms that I could feed them but was hesitant to get them because everyone said it was too hard. What do you think?
Hey mate I'm really not sure but (i think) my uncle had one of those freshwater clam things in a tank with some wild guppies and a gold fish. I'm seeing him next weekend so Ill ask him (he has had it for ages and knows heaps about aquariums so might be able to help you with the hole quarantine situation). Gold fish are quiet a hardy fish and can put up with many different water qualities and temperatures, So I'm guessing he should be fine. But hey just try it out for a day and if anything is noticeably wrong remove them. hope I helped
thanks mate. I'll be keeping them separate for a week or so, so can you ask your uncle when you see him and PM me or reply here. Cheers.
There deffinatley right on the hard to feed bit. When i first got them i fed them live guppies as they wouldnt eat anything dead, then started to give them guppies that were dying (chuck em in the freezer for a while) and eventually got them to eat dead guppies (chuck em in the freezer for a long time) and then they lived on bloodworm from the pet store. Took about 2 months all up and a sh*t load of guppies but it made them alot easier to feed. Had a good friend of mine who managed to breed some in a pool. Was pretty cool.
Just following up on this, ended up buying a fishtank on ebay for $200.. picking it up saturday. Its 4.5ft and comes with stand, filter, heater and a pair of oscars. The filter is pretty crap tho, so I ended up getting my mates gear off of him for a carton of beer. Turns out he had an Eheim pro cannister filter, and heaps of other good quality bits and pieces. Decided to sell the two oscars to an aquarium shop, as I wont have the tank set up for a while. I'm thinking of starting with those bright yellow and blue cicchlids, apparently they're meant to be pretty hardy.
Sounds like a good setup mate. Electric blue's and electric's yellows are amoung the hardiest of chichlids, also princess brechardi's are good. Just be careful though, because alot of chiclids will attack each other, and most will eat any other fish that can fit in their mouth haha.
Get african cichlids man, thats what i have they are so awesome. Great colours and cool personalities and what not. Oh and my princess cichlids just had babies
imo start with something cheap thats hard to kill eg convicts, they are fun small bread easy and if they arnt breading ull find it pretty easy to put others in with them.
Got the aquarium and set it up over the weekend. I've attached some pics below. Kinda bare at the moment, needs some rocks. I reckon it'll contrast well in front of the purple feature wall. The aquarium has a hood as well but it need slight modification for the pipes before i can fit it. Its about 150cm wide, 25cm deep (quite thin) and about 50cm or so high. I'm really happy with it!
i have a small male black axolotyl, with what looks like gold specks through his body, in a 34 ltr tank with a few plants, i keep getting an algae issue, anyone offer any help? my old tank made the water green (really crappy filter) so after purchasing a new tank with a considerably better filter its slowly turning the same, the plants are also getting what looks like a brown/orange something on the leaves. i'll have to take a photo. and yes, i do a 1/3 water change every week, just done the first partial water change i've only had the tank coming up to 2 weeks.
About the algae issue, the main factor for excessive algae growth is from to much light, weather it be sunlight or from your fish tank light. (try putting tank in dark room, closing blinds or even towel over tank). It is also other factors which can stimulate algae growth like overfeeding and even to many fish (gives algae heaps of nutrients to grow), but that not the problem as you only have one axolotyl. Its not really an issue with filters, maybe unless the filter inst big enough for the size of your tank. You also don't want to use them algae chemicals, their crap most of the time and really are not good for your plants, can sometimes kill them I hate algae with a passion, used to work in an big Aquarium store and I cleaned the tanks after school. The shop had huge glass wall at the front of the store which lite the tanks up all day, the amount of algae was ridiculous ha ha while on the other hand, in one of the big salt water tanks he had a not so friendly lion fish which I had to maneuver around while cleaning the tank. He also had some of these reef puffer fish that really didn't like me, would ark up and attack your hand as soon as it hit the water.
