Aquariums.... (the ones in our homes)

Aquariums.... (the ones in our homes)
09-04-2008

i'm having a guess says most of have had/currently have or plant to have again, a fishtank. and figured they deserved a thread all of their own.

over the years i have had so many fishtanks its hard to remember them all...

however, my favorite were always my amphibian/fish combinations.

i kept green tree frogs in a four foot tank with various rainbow fish species in successfully for years. the frogs tend to make the water quite acidic however, so you had to constantly watch that. unfortunately the southern water skink who later joined them was oblivious to the frogs, and would scamper over them, scratching their skin. it also attempted to hunt the fish - though eventually it succumbed to what i am sure was a lung infection, that had i been more experienced would have known how to avoid..

easily the easiest tank i had to maintain was japanese fire bellied newts mixed with small oriental fish. any combination of barbs, danios, ricefish or whiteclouds seems to work fine.

the fish take a lot of the newts food but japanese newts are much more active than other species and if you have had them a long time i find they become very tame, and feed off the surface like fish.

anyhow, thats my favorites.....discuss

09-04-2008

I've only got six aquariums running at the moment (and another eight sitting empty), plus two tanks for Litoria raniformis and Litoria aurea (southern bell frog and golden bell frog respectively in NZ, they have some different names in Australia). But I work in a public aquarium so I get my fish fixes at work too :-)

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09-04-2008

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anyhow, thats my favorites.....discuss[/QUOTE]


AHHHH, Discus, Wonderful fish, I have had many of these fine fish, The king of tropical fish

10-04-2008

We had seahorses for a little while in my mums room but i guess that didn't approve of her clinique perfume and turned belly up. And once we had abay turtles that we found in our pond that survived so well that we made them a cage outside but they all escaped on the first night.

28-04-2008

A mate moved into a new home unit and was told by the Body Corporate,"No pets." "What about my tropical fish ? he asked. After an anxious wait, he was told it would be OK. Fish tanks are not pets, they ruled. Apparently they are a "designer or decorator item."

I currently have 5 fish tanks going with African and South American cichlids and some Neotropical catfish. I'd like to try saltwater reef fish, but lack both the confidence and the cash.

Here in Australia the authorities frown on foreign fish species, but they are stuck with them - the industry is just too big to bring in blanket bans. Nevertheless there is a long list of species which are totally prohibited. Piranhas are a definite no-no, and fair enough too. The big catfish such as Red-tailed and Tiger Shovelnose are prohibited but those "in the know" can get them.

I do quite well from my Bristle-nose catfish. They breed well for me and the local aquarium shops will buy as many as I can sell them.

28-04-2008

I keep africans. I currently have malawi eye biters and afra cowbe. The afra cobwe have spawned but I am having no luck with the eye biters.

P.S have you seen the electric yellows in with the fijian iguanas at Taronga?
They look good, if you can look past the fact they come from the opposite side of the world. I wish they would chuck some big oscars or similiar in with the sail fin lizard and the river cooters.

28-04-2008

Give me South American Cichids any day

28-04-2008

old school.

28-04-2008

I keep a 3 footer with Various native fish rainbows, hardyhead, eeltails and gobies

Ay work i manage 20 marine tanks (including a 1000L Touch Tank) and 15 freshwater,

28-04-2008

Yep , Great range of shapes, sizes and colours

28-04-2008

Must admit, i love the geo's that are getting around at the moment.

28-04-2008

Such as Boof

28-04-2008

In SA Americans are getting much more popular, alot of them have been made legal so they are everywhere (not that they werent before) Red Devils, Dempseys, Chocolates, Convicts and the like are everywhere

28-04-2008

i have a gold fish does that count? :P

28-04-2008

only if you have a Murray cod to feed it too lol!