fish tank

[adambris]

loaches are the worst fish for white spot, like u said kriso, their skin dosn't help them.

turn the heater up 26-28 for a week usualy speeds up the process, in turn causeing less damage to the fish.

adam

[shortie]

pleco

[shortie]

pleco

[shortie]

a mouth only shot. looks interesting

[Davo_Dinkum]

nice.

i used to have 2 clown loaches ,they had scars all over them where they fight.

use the barbs on the mouth ,u hear the clicking as they fight.

the first 1 i got was named dead fish cause the funny way the lay around upside down etc.

the second 1 had 1 blind eye all white .

both of the where about 2 inches when i got them and about 5 inches long when they died.

i had first fish for 5 years and second for 4 years.

[kiwifisho]

Few pics of my fish. Tandanus.

[kiwifisho]

Crayfish

[kiwifisho]

Catty again

[kiwifisho]

Gudgeon

[kiwifisho]

And my nasty little silver perch who killed the goldfish.

Dean

[kiwifisho]

By the way before some people jump to conclusions, YES all fish were legally purchased from a pet shop

Dean

[Davo_Dinkum]

nice fish there dean

[Marty78]

Nice looking fish ol perchy may have a go at your crayfish to when he gets a little bigger

[shortie]

This hobbie is adictive.

Some pics on the new addition and the new tank.

[shortie]

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[shortie]

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[shortie]

HE is eating well. gold fish arnt lasting very long.

[72jake]

nice fish man

[ellicat]

Looks like he should be ready for a Good Friday feast in 2011

[webbfunk]

Nice fish Shortie......

I was suprised at my mates jack....it got to 45cm, and everytime you went even close to the tank he would run and hide behind a rock. Didn't think they were that timid. Mind you chuck in a live anythuing under 10cm and it was interesting watching him ambush attack it.

[kriso]

that is one awesome looking jack!

[51MPL]

sweet jack mate! fresh/brackish/sw setup for the jack?

[shortie]

51MPL wrote:

sweet jack mate! fresh/brackish/sw setup for the jack?

its a freshwater setup.

with PH neutral

[Eug]

where did you get the jack from? i'd like a f/water one for our tank

[kriso]

most decent aquarium stores either have them or can access them for you but they pretty dam exxy price wise.

[51MPL]

ahh i see, so you bought him already freshwater? i thought sw fish you had to setup SW first, then slowly add fresh and turn them or something. nice fish mate! get some vids up of it eating smoe goldfish

[Davo_Dinkum]

nice .

there will be hrs of entertainment watching him eat live food

[shortie]

Does anyonw know if my large sailfin pleco will survive in a tank with jack. The pleco is about 2ce his size.

Im looking or an algae eater to help keep his tank clean.

[fishingnut]

I think they will be ok if the jack is small and they grow up together....BUT once the jack starts getting a bit of size about him and the pleco has no where to hide its game over,

in saying that tho it depends on the temperament of the jack too some are goers and some are relatively shy

[elops]

They may get on for a while but the Jack will start attacking it as they are very territorial and the pleco will enter its territory. Every one I have kept has killed anything that goes in the tank with it. I have seen a 60cm broodstock fish take apart a 2 kg mud crab which was put in the holding tank 4 metre diameter 1 m deep with it nothing left but the carapace.

Steve.

[ellicat]

Stainless mesh filleting glove and a soft scourer.

[shortie]

This hobby is slowing getting out of control.

I have a 96in x 36 x 36 or 244cm x 90 x 90 tank ariving Sunday. Approx 1500 ltrs of water.

And 6 x 4ft tanks and a stand arriving.

richard.

[fishingnut]

whats going in them shortie?

[Do$tylz]

shortie wrote:

This hobby is slowing getting out of control.

I have a 96in x 36 x 36 or 244cm x 90 x 90 tank ariving Sunday. Approx 1500 ltrs of water.

And 6 x 4ft tanks and a stand arriving.

richard.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

just what you need... another expensive hobby.

Also.. if and when you need a hand setting up, let me know mate. I'll come round with some beers.

[RyanG45]

ahaha the only fish i have is a gold fish around 17cm mark and a sucker fish lol i dont no what type it is. if any one could id fish. sorry its not the best pic

cheers ryan

[roobs]

looks like a bristlenose catfish- common algae eaters that grow to about six inches. they need bog wood to thrive.

[RyanG45]

OK well there's no wood just that boat and algae an he would be around 10cm

cheers ryan

[shortie]

the 8 ft will be Jacks new Home.

The others, who knows, im going to try breeding some fish.

[roobs]

most chichlid species will breed fairly easily- some so well you won't know what to do with them. mouth-brooding species like convicts and jewel cichlids are very easy and have reasonably good re-sale prices if you want to breed commercially. some species of egg layers like tetras are reasonably easy to breed if you have the right set up- a tank with marbles on the bottom to let the eggs fall through and provide hiding space for the little ones will help.

[adambris]

shortie, The chiclids i gave you bread by them selves, all they needed was a good water change every now and then. every time i changed the water the little buggers would go for it and in 2-3 weeks i'd find another hiding away somewhere.

how the little blighters goin??