Fish Aquarium thread.. Who's got um?

This is my new aquarium, koi pond. Had them going for 7years now. consolidated 2 other ponds into this one. it's over 3ft deep in the center. Built it with timber I got from Scott714 on here.

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I have a 80g tank with the bowed out front. It is freshwater because I'm cheap lol. I used to do oscars and cichlids and African clown knifes ( those get big). But I became tired of always cleaning it because they ate so much. Also they pet stores around here once in a while would get a sick order of feeders and my fish would get sick and some die! Shit pisses me of lol.
I had a 29g tank also where I hunted down the most colorful cichlids I could find, ppl thought it was saltwater because ow bright they were. Well they ended up getting some non treatable desease from anew fish I put in there and alm of them died (15-17) in about 4 days. So I tore the tank down and sold it. Now I just do feeder fish lol. Have 7 now that
are 2 years old and look pretty healthy. Idk last 2/3 years it's been hard to keep shot alive in my big tank. I di t take great care of them but I stay on top of it, but they die. My friends have lil 30 g tanks and they let them go to complete hell and there fish never die. WTF lol.
 
Here is my 80. I want to put sand in it, thinking about black sand??
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I never used to feed my cichlids feeder goldfish, because of the disease aspect. They usually got earthworms, beef heart, freeze dried krill, or crayfish. I used to hit a now defunct bait shop up on Van Dyke just outside of Romeo for crays, they had em for 25 cents each vs the $1 each at pet stores.
 
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Here is my 80. I want to put sand in it, thinking about black sand??
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Get some play sand from Home Depot...its dirt cheap and works well. Make sure you rinse it well. I always used a mixture of play sand and pea gravel, along with driftwood and leaf litter. Had a very natural look to it, and the fish were happy.
 
Friend gave me a 75 gallon this past weekend. I put it on the back patio, filled it, checked for leaks, then rattle canned the back black. I've been out of the fish game a good 15 years or so, but feels good to be back. This is what I did before I got into audio :lol:

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I'm thinking either a single wet pet (Oscar, Flowerhorn, Midas, Red Devil), a colony of Tanganyikan shell dwellers, a colony of South American dwarf cichlids, discus, or a South American community (Angels, German Rams, school of corydoras, school of hatchetfish). So many options with this thing.
 
Tin said:
Friend gave me a 75 gallon this past weekend. I put it on the back patio, filled it, checked for leaks, then rattle canned the back black. I've been out of the fish game a good 15 years or so, but feels good to be back. This is what I did before I got into audio :lol:

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I'm thinking either a single wet pet (Oscar, Flowerhorn, Midas, Red Devil), a colony of Tanganyikan shell dwellers, a colony of South American dwarf cichlids, discus, or a South American community (Angels, German Rams, school of corydoras, school of hatchetfish). So many options with this thing.
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Our Giant Pond Fish (No Koi though) will be coming inside soon for the winter. They are vultures... eat nonstop and out of our hands. Fun to have though...

Bob I still see those EV's back there!!!! Hook 'em up silly!
 
Nothing fancy here...
Just a 75 gallon with a 5 baby angel and 1 asshole algae eater... I call him LA since he is little asshole compared to my dog Bear(who's the bigger asshole).... And 2 swordtrails...
 
Breeding pair of Honduran Redpoint cichlids and a school of Buenos Aires Tetras. Driftwood and more plants to come. Substrate is pool filter sand, easy to clean, doesn't get caught in filters, and the fish love digging in it.

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I use to keep cichlids when I was a kid, then angle fish in some pretty elaborate tanks. Grew out of it. When I moved in with the chicky she had 3 terribly neglected goldfish, so we hooked them up and I added a black moor. It's nothing fancy, just a 30 gallon cube, but I keeps it clean! I've collected rocks from all over the state to add on top of the substrate.

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Tin said:
Breeding pair of Honduran Redpoint cichlids and a school of Buenos Aires Tetras. Driftwood and more plants to come. Substrate is pool filter sand, easy to clean, doesn't get caught in filters, and the fish love digging in it.

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Looks killer. What size tank? This makes me want a 75. lol
 
It's a 75 a friend gifted to me last fall along with the stand. I have a pair of 250w heaters, a pair of canister filters, 800gph circulation pump, and a Beamswork 6500k LED plant light. I have some Manzanita driftwood coming this week, so I'll put some Anubias and Java moss on to make it look even better.
 
Tin said:
It's a 75 a friend gifted to me last fall along with the stand. I have a pair of 250w heaters, a pair of canister filters, 800gph circulation pump, and a Beamswork 6500k LED plant light. I have some Manzanita driftwood coming this week, so I'll put some Anubias and Java moss on to make it look even better.
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Nice! I'm sure it will look great. Where are the heaters at? I like how clean it looks so far.
 
Justin, how do you not have a tank with Michigan fish in it?!?! Looks good though.

I have a 40 gallon tall hexagon sitting around on a hex stand that i should use again. It looked amazing with piranha in it. They were very dirty fish so i got away from it.
 
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Nice! I'm sure it will look great. Where are the heaters at? I like how clean it looks so far.
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They're in the corners. Having painted the back black, it hides the heaters and filter inlets really well.
 
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