Aquariums

[Wizbang]

Just wondering if there is anyone out there who is an aquarist like myself.

[brauning]

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[Antichrist]

here

 

Um.. pretty sure he's asking if anyone else shares his interest in aquariums, not people that have the zodiac sign aquarius.

 

And not me.. although I do keep 3 shubunkins in one of my outside ponds

[brauning]

Um.. pretty sure he's asking if anyone else shares his interest in aquariums, not people that have the zodiac sign aquarius.

 

 

 

eh, yes you're rihgt, seem i was too sleepy when i watched this section in last night

 

@ Wizbang, sorry for responding here. I don't have interest in the aquarium.

[Wizbang]

here

LOL no problem.

[KevinBacon]

The aquarium in Monterey, California here is world renowned. I've visited it several times. Gonna take my son there when I feel he can appreciate it.

[sicsiksix]

I have a tiny little aquarium on my desk:

 

 

Does this count?

[Wizbang]

Yea 6 it counts. I can't get the picture of my tank to the post. I have a 20 gallon saltwater tank right now.

[rolf]

I used to have a subtropic aquarium, 80x40x40cm. When I got it, it contained about 15 platy, a load of apple snails and a few cardinal tetra. Eventually, it evolved by buying and dying to a few cardinal, a few corydoras leucomelas, some albino L-numbers and a few Silvertip tetra. It used to be like this:

 

October 2006, without the L-numbers and Silvertip tetra's. And the other cute fishies are hidden

 

 

 

However, I didn't do much with it anymore, other than feeding and the necessary cleanup (which, both, I didn't do as often as necessary). So, I gave the fishes away and sold the aquarium when I switched to a room without the space for an aquarium.

 

 

I sometimes miss it, but it's nice to not have to take care of it at all times. Maybe when I have more space, I'll get an larger (sea?)aquarium back

 

 

edit: So you use the imperial system... 80x40x40 = 32"x16"x16" = 128L = 33 gallon

Edited August 5, 2011 by rolf

[Jefke]

Had one

 

but somehow the water turned green

 

 

Tried everything to fixed it but failed over and over again

 

 

 

eventually all my fish died :'(

 

 

The only one I remember the name is: neon tetra ^^

[sicsiksix]

Yea 6 it counts.

 

Yay! Anyway, I've been wanting to set up a small saltwater tank in my office, but i've heard that they're a real pain to maintain. How hard is it to maintain salinity and whatnot on a saltwater tank? I've heard that the bigger the tank, the easier it is, but I'm an aquarium noob so I have no idea.

[Wizbang]

I started with a 5 gallon. Its not the salinity that's hard to care for. Just make sure to do water changes every week. There is a test kit you can get to see levels of ammonia, nitrates, and nitrites. Now I have a 20 gallon fish only with live rock (FOWLR) tank with a humu trigger, fosters hawkfish, and tomato clownfish.