HappyGeorge
Fish Herder
Picture of tank a year and a bit on, succesfully bred over 70 Cynotolapia Afra Red Top in this tank now most to 2-3 inches and all sold on to LFS, have breeding zebras and yellow Labs too but only one of them has made it to any decent size, the Venustus and Livingstoni are pretty sharp at catching the fry now (hopefully no more quaterly moving of 150kg of rock out of tank to catch the little blighters). It was never mean't to be a breeding tank I guess they are just happy in there. Only lost 4 fish - One that I have a suspicion had the start of bloat when I bought him, and 3 due to aggression very strange as all happened without any changes in the tank and just sudden incidents, sucessfully treated fin rot in the Venustus, so all the fish you see as babes in my journal are the ones in my new photo, can't believe they were ever that tiny. All Haps are happy and healthy and the Blue Moori likes to eat algae as I clean rocks and glass and stays right up against my hand letting me actually stroke her side - very bizarre! The DIY backdrop has held up very well with no sign of wear and tear it now has a nice covering of algae which most of them have a go at, especially the Socolofi. I would like to think that this tank is testament to reading and reading some more, asking questions and doing research and then carrying out thorough checks and letting a fishless cycle run its course long before actually throwing fish into a tank full of water.
Many thanks to all those on here who offered advice and ideas and have helped me create this happy wet little haven in my living room, as for anyone new to this hobby I would advise to take notice of the major no no's and don't do anything daft just because you think it might be cool, learn from others mistakes/disasters. Treat some things that people tell you you can't do with a degree of scepticism and use your own common sense and some research to make your decisions. If you're interested in the starting point click on the link on my sig.
ONE YEAR ON
Many thanks to all those on here who offered advice and ideas and have helped me create this happy wet little haven in my living room, as for anyone new to this hobby I would advise to take notice of the major no no's and don't do anything daft just because you think it might be cool, learn from others mistakes/disasters. Treat some things that people tell you you can't do with a degree of scepticism and use your own common sense and some research to make your decisions. If you're interested in the starting point click on the link on my sig.
ONE YEAR ON
