fish tanks

[MichaelJ]

wondering how much itd cost to get a new 5ft fish tank with the complete setup filter etc

in the tank i want to put some barramundi and a jack in it how much do they cost each and would it be fine to keep it as a freshwater tank with these fish in it

[brisfisher]

dont know bout the tank or the water but pet city had a jack a while ago for $200!!!

[ellicat]

Out of date on costs but you should be able to pick up some good bargains on ebay or trading post.

They'll both go great in freshwater, however it is not a good idea to keep fish with teeth (jacks) with other fish - it Will end in some fun action but ultimately a waste of the money on the barra.

[fishyman]

ive succesfully, put bream and mullet from a saltwater creek into my tank which is fresh and they have survived for nearly a year now.

Jacks are quite exepensive as brisfisher says, looking at best probably 120 ish for a small guy.

cant help you with cost unfortunatly

[Dec]

Fine to keep both those fish but they will kill each other chose one or another but you can have more than one barramundi in together. The stand is the expensive bit the proper stands for a 5ft would cost around $200 but you can use other things like a cheap stable table that holds lots of weightfrom 300-600kg( depending on width or hight of tank). or a shelf from hardware store like I did and it only cost $110. A good filter will be around $70 but you could get a cheaper one off ebay. Then for the fish tank if you buy it from a shop it will cost you heaps but here is an ebay shop where I got mine from cheap good fish tanks http://cgi.ebay.com.au/New-5-foot-Fish-Tank-Aquarium1500-x-460-x-460_W0QQitemZ320287763643QQihZ011QQcategoryZ20754QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262 . By the way a jack will cost $120 for a baby and a barra $11 for a baby. So I would recomend catching your jack like I am going to do this summer.

[fishyman]

anyone know if bass and barra would eat each other??

[Dec]

Yes fishyman I do if you can keep them both the same size and have them together since they were small yes you can but other wise the bigger one would kill the smaller one.

[fishyman]

awesome thanks mate, we currently have a 5 foot tank and want to put some new fish in it.

Whatnow, if you can get a tank, you can knock up a stand in one weekend out of timber and will only cost you a few bucks and save you alot. we built up ours for under 50 bucks i think

[MichaelJ]

id get probs 2 barra mayby 3

so for the whole thing its only like around $300 to $400 if i shop around etc

[username_taken]

for a 5 foot tank I'd probably get just two barra, and maybe a few other natives like archers. Also a pleco is a great idea as they help keep the glass clean.

Barra grow big quick, Don't be surprised if they've outgrown your tank in 18 months or less.

[MichaelJ]

if barra are only like $15 buks like dec said then i wouldnt mind needing to get new ones every 18months or so plus then i might end up catching em again in the pine lol

[obone]

What species of bream is it fishyman? Little bream would pretty cool.

Joel

[fishyman]

just your average yellowfin bream that youd catch in the river

[Dec]

I had 3 barra in a 5ft they just stop growing in your tank at a ceretain size like a 5ft is about 45cm. You will get them at $11 at about 5cm and they will grow very quick from there. Fishyman is that pure fresh because I have had a few attemps at bream in fresh and they have always got a eye fungus type thing.

[MichaelJ]

were do u get em for $11 dec

[Dec]

Native Fish shop it is 99 gap creek road look in the yellow pages under Aquariums and you will find it. It has the biggest range of natives I have ever seen at good prices.

[Mack_attack]

Fishyman: did you need to slowly change the saltwater to fresh or did you just put them straight into freshwater. I've caught a few baby catties like only 4-5cm long and gave them to a teacher when i was at school and by slowly changing the water they grew pretty big.

[fishyman]

just dropped them straight into 100% freshwater

a few died but some lived

[Mack_attack]

ok thanks. How big are they now?

[fishyman]

i let the bream go when he was like 15cm into the golf course creek, the mullet hasnt grown much hes only maybe 10cm

[ellicat]

You can buy "freshwater" bream at Pet City too.

[fishyman]

the one on gap creek road sells freshwater bream

[namyau]

i got my barra fingerline from river to reef at norman park for $8 about 1yr ago. it was about 5cm when i got it and is now about 25-30cm and very very fat hahhahaha. gonna need to get rid of him soon as i dont have the space in my tank (3ft). Id love to get a bigger tank but thats a no go as i have no space to put it.

for tanks i highly reccomend aquarium warehouse on compton rd underwood (32085537). i got 2 tanks from them both 3ft but different depths and widths, one was like $40 and the other was $55. that was about 2-3yrs ago now, and as everyone else has mentioned the stand can get exe so i knocked up my own. there are "shelf" kits from bunnings cant remember the cost, but you only buy the parts that you want, then i just reinforced it with more timber beams and cross bars, add some waterproof paint or varnish and its all good to go.

for a filter for such a big tank id be going external filter which can cost a bit, pet city at mt gravatt usually have cheap ones for about $100, but im using an ehiem one which was like $250 on special.