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Post by cheeesfreeex on Oct 28, 2018 16:16:16 GMT
Better than a TV. But as folk have said it can get quite technical.
I've had tropical {never Marine} but a thermostat malfunction near boiled the fish, so since it's been goldfish, comets, shibunkins, loach, and various carp, bream, roach, gudgeon, crayfish etc I fetch out of the cut and such. I do regular water changes {the old saying that it's more about 'keeping' the water, rather than the fish}, I use 5 gallons of spring water {most} weekly as a refresher. Had Goldfish last over a decade, they'll do longer, currently got three Carp, two Common {from the former Lord Mayor's garden pond} and a Mirror {netted in Endon} that are now 6 years old. Perhaps liberate them into the garden pond next spring.
I like the cold/freshwater fish tank approach. Tough as old boots, the fish are active if not overfed, as long as you don't introduce perch or jack pike they all appear to get along fine. It's a four foot tank that looks like a microcosm of the canal {minus owd bike frame}. Snails and swan mussels and such. Except for the exotic addition of a couple of axolotls.
Intriguing pet, perhaps assisting in some small way in their preservation by keeping them captive. I'd recommend them, fascinating things to watch. No heavy filtration nor heating required.
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Post by felonious on Oct 28, 2018 16:40:06 GMT
Long silences? Are you trying to tell me she's finally fully transitioned? No mate he , he often speaks and says nothing 😁 I've always thought of him as an empty vessel myself.
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Post by murphthesurf on Oct 30, 2018 13:51:46 GMT
Any advice ? Thinking of buying my boys one for xmas . Mary berry need not respond , we all know what happened to poor old bingo Harry, you've got some amazing advice on here, especially from stokiepmre89, QMan and Cheesy.
I don't have an aquarium, but would just say to decide on what size tank you want, then definitely at least double the size. - I can guarantee that if you do get one you'll wish you'd gone for something bigger. Also, please give the fish plenty of elbow/fin room....... if you only give them a small tank you'd have to liken this to a person being confined to a small room for life. RIP Bingo, btw. There there, Mares, there there.
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Post by harryburrows on Oct 30, 2018 18:10:13 GMT
Any advice ? Thinking of buying my boys one for xmas . Mary berry need not respond , we all know what happened to poor old bingo Harry, you've got some amazing advice on here, especially from stokiepmre89, QMan and Cheesy.
I don't have an aquarium, but would just say to decide on what size tank you want, then definitely at least double the size. - I can guarantee that if you do get one you'll wish you'd gone for something bigger. Also, please give the fish plenty of elbow/fin room....... if you only give them a small tank you'd have to liken this to a person being confined to a small room for life. RIP Bingo, btw. There there, Mares, there there. I know the principle of fish growing larger in a big tank murf , it's a bit like Mary berry who lives in a bungalow 😑
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2018 18:24:24 GMT
I have two marine (reef setups) on the go at the moment
A 2ft modified fluval 600 in the lounge and a 3ft red sea reefer 250 in the hall Both with v2 luminaire Led's The one in the hall also has a 40ltr sump tank complete with an 8ltr auto top up A protein skimmer, a phos reactor, 2x wave makers and a DC silent return pump
I also have an RO/Di water purifier in the kitchen that takes out all the pollutants for my 15% per week water changes Bucket of H2 Ocean Pro sea salt ever couple of month £65 per tub
Various life from clown fish to star fish
Clean up crew of snails hermit crabs sea urchin gobie hard and soft corals
Yehhhh maaan don't ask my advice
Elevernereef mofo
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2018 18:28:19 GMT
I have two marine (reef setups) on the go at the moment A 2ft modified fluval 600 in the lounge and a 3ft red sea reefer 250 in the hall Both with v2 luminaire Led's The one in the hall also has a 40ltr sump tank complete with an 8ltr auto top up A protein skimmer, a phos reactor, 2x wave makers and a DC silent return pump I also have an RO/Di water purifier in the kitchen that takes out all the pollutants for my 15% per week water changes Bucket of H2 Ocean Pro sea salt ever couple of month £65 per tub Various life from clown fish to star fish Clean up crew of snails hermit crabs sea urchin gobie Yehhhh maaan don't ask my advice Elevernereef mofo 🤓😉 Oh, both lighting units are on times and gradually go through the day starting with...dawn, sunrise, daytime, sunset, moonlight Oh It even has a lightening setting if required 12ereef You know nuffink Maryberry
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Post by harryburrows on Oct 30, 2018 19:21:47 GMT
I have two marine (reef setups) on the go at the moment A 2ft modified fluval 600 in the lounge and a 3ft red sea reefer 250 in the hall Both with v2 luminaire Led's The one in the hall also has a 40ltr sump tank complete with an 8ltr auto top up A protein skimmer, a phos reactor, 2x wave makers and a DC silent return pump I also have an RO/Di water purifier in the kitchen that takes out all the pollutants for my 15% per week water changes Bucket of H2 Ocean Pro sea salt ever couple of month £65 per tub Various life from clown fish to star fish Clean up crew of snails hermit crabs sea urchin gobie Yehhhh maaan don't ask my advice Elevernereef mofo 🤓😉 Superb Mary , I know you have a lot of experience, i
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2018 19:37:14 GMT
I have two marine (reef setups) on the go at the moment A 2ft modified fluval 600 in the lounge and a 3ft red sea reefer 250 in the hall Both with v2 luminaire Led's The one in the hall also has a 40ltr sump tank complete with an 8ltr auto top up A protein skimmer, a phos reactor, 2x wave makers and a DC silent return pump I also have an RO/Di water purifier in the kitchen that takes out all the pollutants for my 15% per week water changes Bucket of H2 Ocean Pro sea salt ever couple of month £65 per tub Various life from clown fish to star fish Clean up crew of snails hermit crabs sea urchin gobie Yehhhh maaan don't ask my advice Elevernereef mofo 🤓😉 Superb Mary , I know you have a lot of experience, i Did you not want to finish that post? Had you forgot? Dementia?
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Post by harryburrows on Oct 30, 2018 20:31:49 GMT
Superb Mary , I know you have a lot of experience, i Did you not want to finish that post? Had you forgot? Dementia? Had a nap 😚
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Post by felonious on Oct 30, 2018 20:41:34 GMT
I have two marine (reef setups) on the go at the moment A 2ft modified fluval 600 in the lounge and a 3ft red sea reefer 250 in the hall Both with v2 luminaire Led's The one in the hall also has a 40ltr sump tank complete with an 8ltr auto top up A protein skimmer, a phos reactor, 2x wave makers and a DC silent return pump I also have an RO/Di water purifier in the kitchen that takes out all the pollutants for my 15% per week water changes Bucket of H2 Ocean Pro sea salt ever couple of month £65 per tub Various life from clown fish to star fish Clean up crew of snails hermit crabs sea urchin gobie Yehhhh maaan don't ask my advice Elevernereef mofo 🤓😉 Superb Mary , I know you have a lot of experience, where am I ? Finished it for you Harry.
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Post by harryburrows on Oct 30, 2018 20:43:53 GMT
Superb Mary , I know you have a lot of experience, where am I ? Finished it for you Harry. You needed to add What were we talking about again
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Post by elystokie on Oct 30, 2018 22:45:07 GMT
I saw a van in Stoke today advertising their dog walking/ pet sitting/ aquarium care services, not seen anyone offering to care for fish before, good idea.
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Post by thequietman on Oct 30, 2018 23:25:41 GMT
I saw a van in Stoke today advertising their dog walking/ pet sitting/ aquarium care services, not seen anyone offering to care for fish before, good idea. Cracking idea that, Ely. Since getting our tanks we've only once been away long enough to have to ask someone to look after our fish. Despite detailed written instructions and a demonstration, he did for the lot of them. Massively overfed them + then did a water change of 80% with water straight out of the cold tap. He was heartbroken, as were we, of course. Sounds like amazing set ups, Mary. Are they much more difficult to control than tropical freshwater? I've never gone marine before, admittedly put off by what I'd heard about the frequent water changes and chemical control. I'm really torn on my next tank between a marine set up or going for some discus, as I've not had them before (and maybe some silver dollars for contrast). Been offered dibs on a second-hand 400 litre corner tank that is currently unused.
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Post by murphthesurf on Oct 31, 2018 0:27:52 GMT
Superb Mary , I know you have a lot of experience, where am I ? Finished it for you Harry. Permittez-moi to correct this little matter - it's better if the truth comes out……… the actual full quote was GOING to be: "Superb Mary , I know you have a lot of experience in hanging round the docks in Portsmouth late at night, when the fleet's in."
- Then Harry phoned me and read it out and said 'Am I going too far, Murph?' and I said 'yes, mate, forget it, especially as it's only Tuesday'. The daft bat obviously didn't quite zap all the wording off……
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Oct 31, 2018 2:12:14 GMT
I saw a van in Stoke today advertising their dog walking/ pet sitting/ aquarium care services, not seen anyone offering to care for fish before, good idea. Don't suppose Stephen Ireland and co. do regular water changes on their sharks and that. Can imagine such a service having more demand in Cheshire than S-o-T. Heard it was a thing in bigger Cities, office reception tanks etc.
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Post by murphthesurf on Oct 31, 2018 8:58:40 GMT
I saw a van in Stoke today advertising their dog walking/ pet sitting/ aquarium care services, not seen anyone offering to care for fish before, good idea. Don't suppose Stephen Ireland and co. do regular water changes on their sharks and that. Can imagine such a service having more demand in Cheshire than S-o-T. Heard it was a thing in bigger Cities, office reception tanks etc. WOT! Are we talkin' the Meg 'ere, Cheesy???!!!
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Post by flea79 on Oct 31, 2018 9:45:34 GMT
tropical fish are wonderful once you get set up but it takes some serious time and patience
as others have said do not rush
my first attempt was a disaster that led to mass deaths in the tank through my sheer ignorance and rushing
next time round i left the tank for a couple of months with just plants and natural ornaments in get a proper eco system up and running
highly recommend a few snails for a tropical tank, they keep it nice and clean and are little characters in themselves!
also a-z aquatics at Bettley are very helpful and knowledgeable, yes they charge 50p to test your water but you get proper advice from them!
the main thing is though not to rush and chuck fish in straight away
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Post by murphthesurf on Oct 31, 2018 10:36:15 GMT
tropical fish are wonderful once you get set up but it takes some serious time and patience as others have said do not rush my first attempt was a disaster that led to mass deaths in the tank through my sheer ignorance and rushing next time round i (*) left the tank for a couple of months with just plants and natural ornaments in get a proper eco system up and runninghighly recommend a few snails for a tropical tank, they keep it nice and clean and are little characters in themselves! also a-z aquatics at Bettley are very helpful and knowledgeable, yes they charge 50p to test your water but you get proper advice from them! (*) the main thing is though not to rush and chuck fish in straight away
More excellent advice above. I can't speak for indoor tanks, but this (*) waiting time certainly is crucial - repeat crucial - for garden ponds, so I can understand it being the golden rule for tanks, too. It's frustrating to have to wait a couple of months before you can put the fish in, but getting the right water balance beforehand is absolutely essential for the good of the fish who will arrive later. Also wholeheartedly agree about including snails in there --- I've got loads of ramshorn snails in my ponds, and they're worth their weight in gold. Never used the aquatics place at Betley - I always use Ripples Waterlife at Bridgmere Garden World - the staff there are hugely knowledgeable, incredibly helpful and pleasant, and have never charged me anything to test the pondwater quality - I really can't fault them.
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Post by dutchstokie on Oct 31, 2018 12:38:53 GMT
All valid points on this thread and to quickly add to this.... before you decide to go ahead, take some time in understanding which fish get along with other fish, which are suited to shoaling, which are suited to harems and understand how many
To my detriment I added some blue striped malawi fish from Africa to my aquarium..... grumpy little bastards they are ! Started to go for everything in the tank so but a panel in to separate them until I could get my hands on another aquarium.
Have got an ‘African aquarium ‘ to go with my normal one now with happy campers in both
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Post by murphthesurf on Oct 31, 2018 18:11:09 GMT
Better than a TV. But as folk have said it can get quite technical. I've had tropical {never Marine} but a thermostat malfunction near boiled the fish, so since it's been goldfish, comets, shibunkins, loach, and various carp, bream, roach, gudgeon, crayfish etc I fetch out of the cut and such. I do regular water changes {the old saying that it's more about 'keeping' the water, rather than the fish}, I use 5 gallons of spring water {most} weekly as a refresher. Had Goldfish last over a decade, they'll do longer, currently got three Carp, two Common {from the former Lord Mayor's garden pond} and a Mirror {netted in Endon} that are now 6 years old. Perhaps liberate them into the garden pond next spring. I like the cold/freshwater fish tank approach. Tough as old boots, the fish are active if not overfed, as long as you don't introduce perch or jack pike they all appear to get along fine. It's a four foot tank that looks like a microcosm of the canal {minus owd bike frame}. Snails and swan mussels and such. Except for the exotic addition of a couple of axolotls. Intriguing pet, perhaps assisting in some small way in their preservation by keeping them captive. I'd recommend them, fascinating things to watch. No heavy filtration nor heating required. I don't have an aquarium, but I've got a wildlife pond and a couple of raised fishponds, the second having been built because I couldn't get the original one enlarged in view of all its inhabitants, hence my saying to go as big as you can with an aquarium in the first place, because once you've got a pond/tank you always want it to be bigger! The pond fish are wonderful to watch - they know when they're going to get fed, and as soon as they see me at the side of the pond they all surface from the depths and swim right over to the side of the pond where I'm standing, and crowd up - if I walk further down by the side of it they follow me - ditto back again. As with your own pond, Cheesy, I've got the varieties I've highlighted, and some of the Grass Carp are now huge - when I had them they were maybe the size of a human index finger, but (after about, well, I'd say at least 15 - maybe closer to 20 years) they're now, lengthwise, the size of 2/3 or 3/4 of a cucumber and widthwise as thick as one. The grass carp will queue up and take large single food flakes from my fingers - I hold the flakes about half an inch above the surface of the water and they stick their faces out of the water and take the flakes. I've put loads of ramshorn snails in all the ponds, and they do a brilliant job. I've just G'd 'life expectancy of goldfish & shubunkins', and this came up: 'The maximum life expectancy of shubunkins and many other goldfish is approximately 30 years, although this is not the norm. Expect 10 years in an aquarium and 25 years in a pond. During this time, the 3- to 5-inch-long shubunkin you purchased can grow to 12 inches.'Re. their life expectancy, I can certainly confirm that to be the case, as I only lost one (who was very recognisable) of my four original goldfish, which is what I started with in the pond in about 1991, last year. A heron took another after a couple of years, and this instantly taught me that all fishponds MUST be netted over, which mine have been ever since - although not the wildlife pond, of course. As far as I know, the other two original goldfish are still in there, and the original 3 or 4 of them had babies, which was the most enormous thrill (and huge shock!) when I first spotted them - for anyone who doesn't know it, goldies are black when they're little, obviously to aid their survival chances - they turn gold when they get older & bigger. There are Shubunkins and Blue Orfe plus Golden Orfe and a few Green Tench ('Doctor Fish') and goldies in there which I know are at least 15-20 years old. The last time I introduced any new little bods would have been about 8 or 9 years ago, and they included about a dozen 4" Golden Tench and, as a big treat from me to me, 4 Golden Orfe which were all a foot long. All the guides say that you should meticulously discontinue feeding pond fish at the end of October and not resume feeding them until March. This is what I do, and in any case the fish just don't seem interested in food from about October onwards, ie. as soon as the weather starts turning colder. It seems amazing to me that this is the correct procedure, but it just is. I know we're supposed to be talking about indoor tanks, but I hope this might be of interest to garden pond-ers, too.
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Post by flea79 on Nov 1, 2018 9:32:55 GMT
Better than a TV. But as folk have said it can get quite technical. I've had tropical {never Marine} but a thermostat malfunction near boiled the fish, so since it's been goldfish, comets, shibunkins, loach, and various carp, bream, roach, gudgeon, crayfish etc I fetch out of the cut and such. I do regular water changes {the old saying that it's more about 'keeping' the water, rather than the fish}, I use 5 gallons of spring water {most} weekly as a refresher. Had Goldfish last over a decade, they'll do longer, currently got three Carp, two Common {from the former Lord Mayor's garden pond} and a Mirror {netted in Endon} that are now 6 years old. Perhaps liberate them into the garden pond next spring. I like the cold/freshwater fish tank approach. Tough as old boots, the fish are active if not overfed, as long as you don't introduce perch or jack pike they all appear to get along fine. It's a four foot tank that looks like a microcosm of the canal {minus owd bike frame}. Snails and swan mussels and such. Except for the exotic addition of a couple of axolotls. Intriguing pet, perhaps assisting in some small way in their preservation by keeping them captive. I'd recommend them, fascinating things to watch. No heavy filtration nor heating required. I don't have an aquarium, but I've got a wildlife pond and a couple of raised fishponds, the second having been built because I couldn't get the original one enlarged in view of all its inhabitants, hence my saying to go as big as you can with an aquarium in the first place, because once you've got a pond/tank you always want it to be bigger! The pond fish are wonderful to watch - they know when they're going to get fed, and as soon as they see me at the side of the pond they all surface from the depths and swim right over to the side of the pond where I'm standing, and crowd up - if I walk further down by the side of it they follow me - ditto back again. As with your own pond, Cheesy, I've got the varieties I've highlighted, and some of the Grass Carp are now huge - when I had them they were maybe the size of a human index finger, but (after about, well, I'd say at least 15 - maybe closer to 20 years) they're now, lengthwise, the size of 2/3 or 3/4 of a cucumber and widthwise as thick as one. The grass carp will queue up and take large single food flakes from my fingers - I hold the flakes about half an inch above the surface of the water and they stick their faces out of the water and take the flakes. I've put loads of ramshorn snails in all the ponds, and they do a brilliant job. I've just G'd 'life expectancy of goldfish & shubunkins', and this came up: 'The maximum life expectancy of shubunkins and many other goldfish is approximately 30 years, although this is not the norm. Expect 10 years in an aquarium and 25 years in a pond. During this time, the 3- to 5-inch-long shubunkin you purchased can grow to 12 inches.'Re. their life expectancy, I can certainly confirm that to be the case, as I only lost one (who was very recognisable) of my four original goldfish, which is what I started with in the pond in about 1991, last year. A heron took another after a couple of years, and this instantly taught me that all fishponds MUST be netted over, which mine have been ever since - although not the wildlife pond, of course. As far as I know, the other two original goldfish are still in there, and the original 3 or 4 of them had babies, which was the most enormous thrill (and huge shock!) when I first spotted them - for anyone who doesn't know it, goldies are black when they're little, obviously to aid their survival chances - they turn gold when they get older & bigger. There are Shubunkins and Blue Orfe plus Golden Orfe and a few Green Tench ('Doctor Fish') and goldies in there which I know are at least 15-20 years old. The last time I introduced any new little bods would have been about 8 or 9 years ago, and they included about a dozen 4" Golden Tench and, as a big treat from me to me, 4 Golden Orfe which were all a foot long. All the guides say that you should meticulously discontinue feeding pond fish at the end of October and not resume feeding them until March. This is what I do, and in any case the fish just don't seem interested in food from about October onwards, ie. as soon as the weather starts turning colder. It seems amazing to me that this is the correct procedure, but it just is. I know we're supposed to be talking about indoor tanks, but I hope this might be of interest to garden pond-ers, too. my old man has a raised pond with a small brick wall and ledge around it, that also stops the herons from nipping at his fish, its too small an area for it too land on and it cant hop up! well thats the theory anyway, you do see it eyeing it up occasionally
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Nov 1, 2018 18:01:41 GMT
Better than a TV. But as folk have said it can get quite technical. I've had tropical {never Marine} but a thermostat malfunction near boiled the fish, so since it's been goldfish, comets, shibunkins, loach, and various carp, bream, roach, gudgeon, crayfish etc I fetch out of the cut and such. I do regular water changes {the old saying that it's more about 'keeping' the water, rather than the fish}, I use 5 gallons of spring water {most} weekly as a refresher. Had Goldfish last over a decade, they'll do longer, currently got three Carp, two Common {from the former Lord Mayor's garden pond} and a Mirror {netted in Endon} that are now 6 years old. Perhaps liberate them into the garden pond next spring. I like the cold/freshwater fish tank approach. Tough as old boots, the fish are active if not overfed, as long as you don't introduce perch or jack pike they all appear to get along fine. It's a four foot tank that looks like a microcosm of the canal {minus owd bike frame}. Snails and swan mussels and such. Except for the exotic addition of a couple of axolotls. Intriguing pet, perhaps assisting in some small way in their preservation by keeping them captive. I'd recommend them, fascinating things to watch. No heavy filtration nor heating required. I don't have an aquarium, but I've got a wildlife pond and a couple of raised fishponds, the second having been built because I couldn't get the original one enlarged in view of all its inhabitants, hence my saying to go as big as you can with an aquarium in the first place, because once you've got a pond/tank you always want it to be bigger! The pond fish are wonderful to watch - they know when they're going to get fed, and as soon as they see me at the side of the pond they all surface from the depths and swim right over to the side of the pond where I'm standing, and crowd up - if I walk further down by the side of it they follow me - ditto back again. As with your own pond, Cheesy, I've got the varieties I've highlighted, and some of the Grass Carp are now huge - when I had them they were maybe the size of a human index finger, but (after about, well, I'd say at least 15 - maybe closer to 20 years) they're now, lengthwise, the size of 2/3 or 3/4 of a cucumber and widthwise as thick as one. The grass carp will queue up and take large single food flakes from my fingers - I hold the flakes about half an inch above the surface of the water and they stick their faces out of the water and take the flakes. I've put loads of ramshorn snails in all the ponds, and they do a brilliant job. I've just G'd 'life expectancy of goldfish & shubunkins', and this came up: 'The maximum life expectancy of shubunkins and many other goldfish is approximately 30 years, although this is not the norm. Expect 10 years in an aquarium and 25 years in a pond. During this time, the 3- to 5-inch-long shubunkin you purchased can grow to 12 inches.'Re. their life expectancy, I can certainly confirm that to be the case, as I only lost one (who was very recognisable) of my four original goldfish, which is what I started with in the pond in about 1991, last year. A heron took another after a couple of years, and this instantly taught me that all fishponds MUST be netted over, which mine have been ever since - although not the wildlife pond, of course. As far as I know, the other two original goldfish are still in there, and the original 3 or 4 of them had babies, which was the most enormous thrill (and huge shock!) when I first spotted them - for anyone who doesn't know it, goldies are black when they're little, obviously to aid their survival chances - they turn gold when they get older & bigger. There are Shubunkins and Blue Orfe plus Golden Orfe and a few Green Tench ('Doctor Fish') and goldies in there which I know are at least 15-20 years old. The last time I introduced any new little bods would have been about 8 or 9 years ago, and they included about a dozen 4" Golden Tench and, as a big treat from me to me, 4 Golden Orfe which were all a foot long. All the guides say that you should meticulously discontinue feeding pond fish at the end of October and not resume feeding them until March. This is what I do, and in any case the fish just don't seem interested in food from about October onwards, ie. as soon as the weather starts turning colder. It seems amazing to me that this is the correct procedure, but it just is. I know we're supposed to be talking about indoor tanks, but I hope this might be of interest to garden pond-ers, too. Sounds great Murphs. Mentioned it before, my outdoor wildlife pond is plagued/blessed with a family of water shrews. Seen one again a few times again this year, it's a generational thing now it seems, settled for the forseeable in my humble location. Lovely to see but they do play havoc with the tadpoles, newtlets {efts} and such. I've noticed a decline in ramshorns too, small ones seem to be a shrew starter. Always been loathe to put fish in the pond, tried to encourage spawn etc, but now I'm thinking I've lost that battle so may release the carp next spring, can't see the shrews bothering them. The water shrew, our only venomous mammal.
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Post by murphthesurf on Nov 1, 2018 22:34:54 GMT
I don't have an aquarium, but I've got a wildlife pond and a couple of raised fishponds, the second having been built because I couldn't get the original one enlarged in view of all its inhabitants, hence my saying to go as big as you can with an aquarium in the first place, because once you've got a pond/tank you always want it to be bigger! I know we're supposed to be talking about indoor tanks, but I hope this might be of interest to garden pond-ers, too. Sounds great Murphs. Mentioned it before, my outdoor wildlife pond is plagued/blessed with a family of water shrews. Seen one again a few times again this year, it's a generational thing now it seems, settled for the forseeable in my humble location. Lovely to see but they do play havoc with the tadpoles, newtlets {efts} and such. I've noticed a decline in ramshorns too, small ones seem to be a shrew starter. Always been loathe to put fish in the pond, tried to encourage spawn etc, but now I'm thinking I've lost that battle so may release the carp next spring, can't see the shrews bothering them. The water shrew, our only venomous mammal. " Small ones seem to be shrew starter!" (sorry, not laughing really.......) The shrews must think they're living at the Ritz. What a pity they eat the tadpoles/newts, though. Aren't you worried herons will take the fish if you put them in the pond, though, Cheesy? (I'm assuming you won't be netting it over if it's wildlife.....) I ask b/c everyone I know who has a pond has systematically lost their fish to herons.
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Post by murphthesurf on Nov 28, 2018 10:58:35 GMT
Just wondering if Harry's decided yet.............. C'mon, H.......... we're excited to know what is to be! - And you won't be able to take any of them out to cook, just so we're straight on that one.
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Post by thequietman on Nov 28, 2018 12:53:48 GMT
Just wondering if Harry's decided yet.............. C'mon, H.......... we're excited to know what is to be! - And you won't be able to take any of them out to cook, just so we're straight on that one. Yeah, ditto, have you gone for it H? I'm thinking about giving away all my Platys. As gorgeous as they are, there's too many of them and they've very busy around the tank so it's a bit distracting as they're in constant motion.
I'd like some more blue in one of the tanks so might have a try again with Electric Blue Rams. Very pretty fish. Just need to get the male/female balance right. Had problems before until they grew & I could figure out which were which. Funnily enough, I found the best balance was two males, one female. One male & the female paired off & were very peaceful with all other occupants, the other male just made a little corner territory for himself & woe betide any fish that encroached.
All male populations seemed to work ok for me too, much against my expectations. Pecking order firmly established & respected. Female-dominated populations were chaos ..... not that I'll try & draw any parallels from that ....
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Post by murphthesurf on Nov 28, 2018 14:47:55 GMT
Just wondering if Harry's decided yet.............. C'mon, H.......... we're excited to know what is to be! - And you won't be able to take any of them out to cook, just so we're straight on that one. Yeah, ditto, have you gone for it H? I'm thinking about giving away all my Platys. As gorgeous as they are, there's too many of them and they've very busy around the tank so it's a bit distracting as they're in constant motion.
I'd like some more blue in one of the tanks so might have a try again with Electric Blue Rams. Very pretty fish. Just need to get the male/female balance right. Had problems before until they grew & I could figure out which were which. Funnily enough, I found the best balance was two males, one female. One male & the female paired off & were very peaceful with all other occupants, the other male just made a little corner territory for himself & woe betide any fish that encroached. All male populations seemed to work ok for me too, much against my expectations. Pecking order firmly established & respected. Female-dominated populations were chaos ..... not that I'll try & draw any parallels from that ....
Just remember that the radar is monitoring your every move............
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Post by lawrieleslie on Nov 28, 2018 17:02:04 GMT
We had one of those orb tank things few years ago and made the mistake of putting live plants in it. Two weeks later the tank was taken over by fucking snails.
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Post by murphthesurf on Nov 29, 2018 8:51:58 GMT
We had one of those orb tank things few years ago and made the mistake of putting live plants in it. Two weeks later the tank was taken over by fucking snails. (**Blushy facey thingy**) You could've tapped on the glass and asked them to tone it down a bit.
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Post by lawrieleslie on Nov 29, 2018 12:01:48 GMT
We had one of those orb tank things few years ago and made the mistake of putting live plants in it. Two weeks later the tank was taken over by fucking snails. (**Blushy facey thingy**) You could've tapped on the glass and asked them to tone it down a bit. Haha. Murphs the f*****g was an adjective not a verb 😉
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Post by thequietman on Nov 29, 2018 12:21:26 GMT
We had one of those orb tank things few years ago and made the mistake of putting live plants in it. Two weeks later the tank was taken over by fucking snails. Same here in one of our smaller tanks LL. Hundreds of the little blighters.
Some judicious manual removal & a few assassin snails sorted it after a couple of months. The assassins were quite attractive too
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