What Do You Do With All Your Tanks Are Stocked The Way You Want It....
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Please explain...
youngfisher
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Breeding 
Curiosity101
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If I had a choice and wasn't limited by space or money and the maintenance levels weren't too bad, then new tanks!
If I was limited by any of the above then I'd spend all of my time tinkering, adding silly things like UV filters, better lights, C02 etc etc.
Then only reason I wouldn't go with breeding like youngfisher said is because you'd probably have to sell some stock to do that if you had community set-ups.
So I don't know which one to vote!
If I was limited by any of the above then I'd spend all of my time tinkering, adding silly things like UV filters, better lights, C02 etc etc.
Then only reason I wouldn't go with breeding like youngfisher said is because you'd probably have to sell some stock to do that if you had community set-ups.
So I don't know which one to vote!
saz326
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Thin is with breeding (like I chose) - you then have to get a fry tank so you add a new tank anyway!
Liam50
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i'm coming to that point now, thats why i want a gar! set up a breeding tank of shrimps and guppies and enjoy feeding it i think thats gotta be quite fun. so breeding i guess.
youngfisher
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Lucky for me I have 2 species tank
Curiosity101
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Lucky for me I have 2 species tank
Wish I did, I'm so so so so so tempted to re-home all and start again with a breeding pair of plecs on one side of the 125 and a breeding pair of ?? on the other side. (Partitioned of course)
I guess with breeding you've go the added interest of a full life cycle, where as fully stocked tanks are...just that. Great fun to watch...but nothing particularly new or different often happens. *Shrug*
AdAndrews
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just concentrate on looking after thouse tanks to ensure top water quality is achieved.
youngfisher
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I like trying things near the impossible mark. Breeding unlikely things with other fish in the tank e.g community tank. to see what I can do to try and achieve the best outcome etc.
tropic_john
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sorry, just had to point out lordtrini's sig;
46 Gallon: Plants and 2 Otos, 1000,000 cherry shrimp, java moss
46 Gallon: Plants and 2 Otos, 1000,000 cherry shrimp, java moss
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Depends what you want. Some people want aquaria to be low maintenance, in which case a mature, stable aquarium is what they need. For those folks, sitting back and enjoying the view is all that matters.
If you're a fiddler, then replacing easy plants with more difficult ones is one way forward. This could entail increasing the lighting, adding a CO2 generator, or even replacing the substrate entirely.
If you're an advanced aquarist, then rehoming fish you already have might be an option, so you could make space for more challenging species. For example, you could replace tank-bred angelfish with discus, or even wild-caught angels if you had the skills.
If you're anxious to try something new, then you could replace some of the fish with others so that you create a specific theme, perhaps an Amazonian blackwater stream or a Southeast Asian brackish water creek. Often people find they like specific fish best, so creating a tank around that particular fish makes sense, while removing any species that don't work in that context.
Breeding fish is, without question, the ultimate test of your fishkeeping skills. It's an objective measurement of how well you can keep fish because only under the right conditions will fish breed. Admittedly, some species are easier than others, but even so-called easy fish like guppies are more difficult to breed *properly* that many people realise. Simply cranking out hybrid mbuna or crossbreed guppies doesn't take any skill at all, but carefully producing quality fry that retailers will want to buy is a bit more difficult.
Cheers, Neale
If you're a fiddler, then replacing easy plants with more difficult ones is one way forward. This could entail increasing the lighting, adding a CO2 generator, or even replacing the substrate entirely.
If you're an advanced aquarist, then rehoming fish you already have might be an option, so you could make space for more challenging species. For example, you could replace tank-bred angelfish with discus, or even wild-caught angels if you had the skills.
If you're anxious to try something new, then you could replace some of the fish with others so that you create a specific theme, perhaps an Amazonian blackwater stream or a Southeast Asian brackish water creek. Often people find they like specific fish best, so creating a tank around that particular fish makes sense, while removing any species that don't work in that context.
Breeding fish is, without question, the ultimate test of your fishkeeping skills. It's an objective measurement of how well you can keep fish because only under the right conditions will fish breed. Admittedly, some species are easier than others, but even so-called easy fish like guppies are more difficult to breed *properly* that many people realise. Simply cranking out hybrid mbuna or crossbreed guppies doesn't take any skill at all, but carefully producing quality fry that retailers will want to buy is a bit more difficult.
Cheers, Neale
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lol i am sure that its over 200... i just put a few shrimp pellets twice a week and do a partial water change now and again...
it looks like an ant's nest in there...
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