New Tank

[T1KARMANN]

very nice tank

shame its not 3ft wide then you could have put some rays in it

 

[Genesis]

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Hello again!

Looking good

Think you should get that big Arowana from Frosts in there, would look great

Only joking
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ive been to frosts, the aro. there is £1049!!! very nice shop though staff are excellent and fish diversity is stunning!
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I agree, it is very good indeed.

Long way to come from Bucks? You got connections up here?
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there is a Frosts in Milton Keynes i found it from a review in Practical Fish Keeping magazine

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[helsekia]

gosh ive not been on for a couple of days and get lots of lovely posts!

I like rays but as you quite rightly say T1KARMANN the tanks not quite the right size

thanks for the photos ancient mariner.your severum is gorgeous Ive seen them at frosts.is it ok to keep them singularly?

weve been to frosts today and are going back tomorrow(saturday) as they had some nice cardinals in.and we need a heater for my daughters frog tank---yes I did say frog! that is such a nice tank mariner.

thanks all for the comments keep em coming!

 

[nath1]

hello helsekia
nath1 here(bala shark lover), stab in the dark, i just wondered if you had encountered white patches on your bala's head before and if so how did you treat it.
ive posted on emergencies but thought id try you aswell.
nath1

 

[helsekia]

what do you mean by white patches?

balas are prone to bacterial infections Im told.Mine have never had them though.

They have had a white patch if theyve knocked themselves on someting thats why we bought a bigger tank.If they knock themselves and it does go white I usually just treat with liquisil tonic and keep an eye on it but it usually clears up.

hope this helps

vey nice bala by the way

 

[AncientMariner]

gosh ive not been on for a couple of days and get lots of lovely posts!

I like rays but as you quite rightly say T1KARMANN the tanks not quite the right size

thanks for the photos ancient mariner.your severum is gorgeous Ive seen them at frosts.is it ok to keep them singularly?

weve been to frosts today and are going back tomorrow(saturday) as they had some nice cardinals in.and we need a heater for my daughters frog tank---yes I did say frog! that is such a nice tank mariner.

thanks all for the comments keep em coming!

Thanks helsekia! B)

To be honest I just bought him on his own, knew he had a large tank to go in to, good filteration & he is doing fine right now. (I'm probably gunna get shot down in flames now for something or other )

 

[helsekia]

does your torpedo barb not nip your angels fins?I like torpedos they have such stunning colour dont they.How big is he?

 

[helsekia]

another photo of the tank which at last has lights in!

 

[AncientMariner]

Wooooooooow! That tank is looking as fit as a butchers hook!!

Torpedo Barbs - Ok, I started with two bought from Frost's at about 3inch ish.. The slightly bigger one constantly bullied the smaller one. Our forum friends posted that these fish should be kept in groups to avoid one being picked on constantly which is probably right. (Anyway one moved on, & the larger one I'm left with is doing great, keeps him self to his him self doesn't aggro with anybody in my tank, though most are bigger than him anyway!)

 

[civicr]

i like ur tank its well nice,id like to have th space for a bigger tank good luck!!very nice set up!

 

[helsekia]

thanks glad you like the tank. I love it the next thing will be to sort my 4foot out.Im hoping to have a community tank. so far ive got some wcmm,harlequins,golden gourami and opaline gourami,colombiantetras and a couple of silvertips.I need to build on the communities ive got as some of the fishes are in 1s or 2s

 

[helsekia]

yep more photos!

dyson

 

[helsekia]

my other tank

 

[Exiled]

I love that Pleco ..... really impressive fish. He's almost bird-like

What's the open space for in the center of the larger tank? (forgive me -- I'm a mbuna-phile, we don't know the meaning of "open space")

 

[helsekia]

basically the open space is there for 2 reasons.

1)the balas tend not to swim in a straight line.after much observation Ive noticed that my balas swim in an upturned arc position so having an open space in the middle means when they swim downwards they dont damage themselves on anything sticking up.

2)to define two seperate territory areas for the reed fish and the plec.dyson (the plec) is happy to guard his own bit of tank space and the reed fish and parrots guard the other end so they all live quite happily together .They do venture into each others end with no problems its just nice to define the areas.

does this make sense?