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04-22-2007, 07:12 PM
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#16 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | Yeah.. Africans need to stay with similar types. I like them cause they are very active and social. much more fun than a lame community tank filled with mollies and zebras
I'd like to have a salt water tank but I don't want one under 70 gallons and there is no logical place in my house for a tank that size.
I'm thinking about getting 2 more tanks.... One for "Hyper aggressive" like Oscars and terrors and another tank just to raise feeders.
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04-22-2007, 07:16 PM
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#17 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | I will be getting a new 55 gallon and a shoal of Piranha within the next 2 months, so Im lookin forward to that...
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04-22-2007, 07:19 PM
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Country: | cool... i'll expect pics
be careful what u post.. i know in CA they are illegal.
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04-22-2007, 07:38 PM
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#19 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | I do more illegal things in a month than most do in a year so I think I'll be alright...
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04-22-2007, 10:30 PM
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#20 | | "Shooter"
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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Country: | I had African Cichlids for a long time. They are very active and colorful. My first big tank was an 80 gallon with African Cichlids, lot's of natural rock for hiding places and plants. My last cichlid in my scaled down cichlid tank died late last year after 7 years. He was a Regani. Just watch out for the Auratus. Those things are perhaps the evilest of cichlids. I had 2 and they were fine cause they went after each other. When one died, the survivor savaged half my tank. Thinking I would teach him a lesson, I dropped him in with 2 Oscars twice his size. I figured my problem was over. Boy, was I wrong! The next morning, one oscar was dead, and the other had no fins and one eye! I couldn't believe it!
Great looking tank, Comiso. I love bow-fronts. The one I just tore down was a 46 gallon bow-front.
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04-23-2007, 11:57 AM
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#21 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | Pirranahs are legal over here in Germany. That is why I want to try another time with them and hopefully they will not die off on me after awhile.
Me and my wife want a few salt water tanks when we build our house. Sort of built into the house. I want a few sting rays and moray eels.
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04-23-2007, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet 
Me and my wife want a few salt water tanks when we build our house. Sort of built into the house. I want a few sting rays and moray eels.
| What size saltwater? The larger the easier it is to maintain and I cant bring myself to try a SW tank less than 100 gallons..
has anyone tried a small saltwater tank? Is it a pain in the arse?
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04-23-2007, 12:22 PM
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#23 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | I am not sure on what size I want, but I know I want them to be rather large. 100 gallons or more because the sting rays will get to a decent size and so will the moray eels.
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04-24-2007, 12:02 PM
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#24 | | aka Dickcheese
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Country: | Help me out guys. I like the vertical tanks that have a small footprint. But I was told that they are not good for many fish as the fish need the horizontal space. Any truth to that? The vertical tanks are awfully pretty.
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04-24-2007, 12:36 PM
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Country: | My impression of vertical tanks is that:
They can look very cool but without specialized filtration, there can be dead spots in the tank with little or no current. You have to have current every where in the tank.
They are difficult to clean
Temperature control can be a problem... u don’t want thermoclines!
The wrong thing to do is just pick out a vertical tank with off the shelf filtration and heating... it is worth more planning
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04-24-2007, 02:00 PM
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#26 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | Agreed with comiso, his facts are correct....
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04-24-2007, 02:32 PM
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#27 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Yep.Smaller footprints are great for other things, but not fishtanks. Having horizontal space for them to move around is very important. Plus, if you have aggressive fish, you need to have places where fish can hide. With Africans especially, you need rock with nooks and crannies for them to call their own territory, or something like the way Comiso has his set up. If it is tall with a small footprint, it is difficult to set up a system like that.
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04-24-2007, 02:37 PM
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#28 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Here are 2 of my old tanks.
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04-24-2007, 02:40 PM
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#29 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | Nice set ups Eric, too bad u had to give em up...
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04-24-2007, 03:07 PM
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#30 | | Senior Member
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Country: | I've seen succesful 6 foot vertical tanks but they require customzation like a powerhead every 2 feet and a heating unit on the bottom. I never saw how they cleaned it.
Great tanks Evanglider.. My water just went VERY cloudy and I'm not sure why. I think i threw a hunk of cheese in the tank after a few drinks.
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