My New 700 Litre / 155 Uk Gal Aquarium

[scotslasszoe]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!

I am totally lost for words. Video is fab stocking in tank is great. I had a BGK but had to send him to a new home as he would have got to big for my tank

I just bought a brand new tank, got the roma 240. would love a tank that size but really dont think my floor would take the weight

Never mind i am really quite happy with what i have.

well done

Zoe

 

[lym]

Wow lovely tank!

The missus will be kicking me out if i get anymore after this she says haha. I'll live with the fish

Well if she does you can always come and live with me My boyfriend wasn't that keen on me getting another tank and it was only 35 Gallon.

 

[Jules H-T]

Thanks for the kind comments!

You lucky git! Nice tank and for 100 quid! omg thats a steal. How much did the whole setup cost all in roughly? The 2 ex1200s are £90 a pop (nice filters! btw)

£100 was the whole setup- tank, lights, filters, stand. Add £40 petrol, and £20 sand, and that's about it. It's a good deal, but after a good 8 weeks scouring for the best deal I could find, it's not unreasonable I don't think- it's what I had budgeted, anyway.

New? I dread to think.

I just ordered a 450 litre juwel tank and bits cost me 1k all in, expensive business this fish keeping aint it!

Well it can be if you do it your way! £1000? That's serious cash. I guess at least you know it's all nice and new and probably the stand doesn't look as Heath Robinson as mine!

Here are some photos of the breeding pair of Kribs. I've still not got the hang of decent fish photos yet!

I currently have 3 female pearl gouramis (decided Mr Grumpy the grumpy male Pearl Gourami needed a harem), and 6 baby red line torpedo barbs, in quarantine.

Then, and this may be pushing things too far, we shall see, I have 8 tiger barbs coming on Wednesday. The middle/top is looking a bit bare compared to the pretty busy bottom levels. If it becomes a problem I'll split them out.

 

[dane261]

sweet looking got a right bargin mate hope to see more pics in the near future



cheers dane

 

[Jules H-T]

OK, I've been practising fish photography using the technique of focusing on an object then ensuring the fish is the same distance from you as the object was when you focused. It's tricky but does yield results. Many thanks to the chap in the sticky who said this, sorry I don't recall your username! All photos taken with a Sony Ericsson K800i 3.0MP camera phone with macro on and flash off.

First up meet Blade, the Black Ghost Knife Fish. He's somewhere between 12" and 13" long as far as I can manage. He likes prawns, mussels, and bloodworm if he can be bothered.

Dinner Time!



OK, now we have Mr Grumpy, the Lace (AKA Pearl) Gourami. He lives in the top part of the tank and is always grumpy looking. He likes Bloodworm, brine shrimp, small bits of prawn, and flake food. Soon to be joined by a harem of 3 girls.

 

[Jules H-T]

Next, allow me to introduce Pleccy Pleccy the 7" Common Plecostomus (there is also Pleccy Nick the 2" juvenile bristlenose who may get snapped later). Pleccy Pleccy lives on the bottom usually attached to the rock in the first photo (in which you may also see Mummy Krib). He likes cucumber, sucks on the odd bit of prawn, algae wafers, peas, wood and sometimes algae. He is a stroppy git and gets and does what he wants no messing.

 

[Jules H-T]

Next are the Clown Loaches, of which there are 5. 2 are about 2 or 3 years old and about 5" long, 3 are about 18 months old and nearly as long (4" maybe) but substantially thinner/less beefy. They are very shy and so I had difficulty catching them out playing which is what they do a lot of the time. Eat blood worm, prawn, mussels, flake and nibble on the cucumber occasionally.

Very intelligent, they watch you walking around the tank. They sleep at the back left of the tank in a big custom slate cave that you can't really see, behind the massive plant where Blade chills out.

 

[Jules H-T]

You all know by now the Kribensis family.

Mummy Krib and Daddy Krib are about 18 months old, maybe 2. They are 3" and 4" respectively. They like bloodworm, prawn and flake. They live on the left hand side of the tank in their cave made from broken pots (as seen in earlier photos). They are constantly laying eggs, but the yoyos particularly raid the cave and eat the eggs. The cave is practically down to the glass base of the tank from all the commotion and digging about.

About 12 months ago they successfully had fry- against all the odds, with most of the inhabitants of this tank in there, Rolo survived! Rolo is a male and he lives right at the opposite end of the tank to Mum and Dad. They don't really get on, especially when Mum and Dad get broody, but there is more than enough room for them to both be in there and Rolo is big enough and ugly enough to look after himself- he's now the same size as Dad.

 

[Jules H-T]

Here are the naughty boys of the tank (although I do not know their genders)! The Yoyo loaches. They are manic little fish always jetting around fast and constantly raiding the crib cave. They are about 3" long, and there are three of them. Despite the fact they are on their own in the photos they are always together. Like eating prawn, bloodworm, and flakes. They live in a little rock cave in the very back right of the tank, when they are sitting still. Very tricky to photograph because they move so damn fast!

In the following picture, look at the dorsal fin. Can you see a black letter "Y" marking on the fish? Then to the right of it a little black "o"? Then another capital "Y", then maybe another "o"? Yoyo loach! One of them shows this really obviously, the one I couldn't get- who is the boss of them.

Then their parters in crime the three zebra loaches. Much smaller, probably only between and inch and two. They are often found either harrassing, or following, and playing with, the yoyos. Like to eat flake and bloodworm, and nibble on the algae wafers.

Also living in the right hand area of the tank, not far from the Yoyo cave, is the Ram (I don't know whether he is Bolivian- I think so- or German, I could look, but I'm lazy)! The ram is very inquisitive and will come to the front of the tank to say hello. He (?) also sits there very still moving only his fins so is very photogenic. Mummy and Daddy Krib will give Ram some grief if they are feeling broody, but Rolo the baby Krib always hangs out with him and Rolo gets most of the Krib parent's aggression thereby protecting Ram. Likes bloodworm and prawn.

 

[Jules H-T]

Getting there now, not many fish left to meet!

Here we have Red Stripe, the Red Line Torpedo Barb. Red stripe likes bloodworm and goes mad for flakes. He lives in the middle part of the water around the top of the rock pile or wood. Very very quick, and incredibly skittish. Tricky to catch! He was part of a shoal of 5 all about 4" long, but unfortunately I played a lot of loud music one night and all but this guy were belly up the next day. A lesson to us about how delicate they are. 6 more baby red stripes are in quarantine due for release this week. No more loud music in the lounge!

Red Stripe has a mate called Slim, who I have just found out is a Slender Hemiosis (sp?) I inherited Slim and now know he could do with a friend or two. Very twitchy, I wonder whether slim is actually a bit loopy.

Then we have the pair of Albino Corys. These are also inherited, but a great addition to the tank. They like flake and bloodworm. There is a pair who are often together- the larger one is the female. They have laid eggs in the last tank they were in but not in this one! They root around in the sand looking for food, and occasionally jet up to the surface for a gulp of air then back down again with a spilsh. Generally to be found towards the front of the tank where there is less cover.

Finally I think, I got this little chap. I am certain that if he could have it his own little way, he'd have some friends- but with Blade in the tank I think that would just draw attention. There are about 3 other little guys of different types, but they hide in the deep roots at the back of the tank.

If anyone can tell me how to photograph Leopard Danios without just getting a number of blurs on the shot, then I will add some!