The Sa Wasteland

[Dohmar]

lookin after a tropical tank is easy peasy just need a good filter, i bought my fluval fx5 about a year ago and only changed the water every 6 months and fish still happy =D just remember to feed the fishes thats all you need to worry about.

Yeah if you do it right you can pretty much have the aquariums look after themselves.

I had tanks for 15 odd years before I moved into my old place and havent bothered to set another one up...

Best advice is to get a powerhead and attach it to an undergravel filter, and then get some hardy fish in to start the bacteria culture up... add the plants and stones and what not, and give it at least a month before putting the really expensive fish in...

Livebearers (guppies, platys, mollies) are pretty tough, you can use fighting fish (bettas) as well since theyre from cambodian bogs and have the ability to breathe oxygen from the air... just make sure when you get an aquarium you plan the mixture of fish. Nothing worse than putting an angelfish or a red tailed black shark in and have them bully every other fish in the aquarium... get some docile fish like bumblebees or kuhli loaches, some catfish to keep the gravel clean of uneaten food and a couple of golden snails to eat algae (or a bristle nosed catfish)... you'll have a nice lookin' tank in no time

just dont skimp on the plant life or the equipment

-d

[fullyhyperlite]

My dad has had his tropical fish tank up and running i reckon for atleast most of my life. Hes gone through two fishtanks...both 4 foot ones. His original one broke, he tried to save some of the fish by putting them in a plastic tub...only fish that lived was a clown loach (this was like 10 years ago maybe??) and that clown loach is still alive today - bloody hardy fish.

He's also gone through his fair share of discus - love the fish but keep seeming to have trouble with them dying. He recently had some weird disease with his discus, killed 4 of em

And since then hes bought another 5, one of em which liked to chase all the others so hes got it seperate in a clear plastic box thing in the tank haha.

But yeah dads got clown loaches, cardinal tetras, a few of the guppies from my tropical fishtank on my bedside table , congo tetras and a shitload of bristlenosed catfish cos they had babies

My lil 22lt tank is currently down cos with year 12 i don't get the chance to change the water....but dad changes his every week - 40%. Trying to keep those bloody expensive discus alive. But yeah, after year 12 i'll have it going again....dad suggested getting a breeding pair of cichlids....so we'll see how that goes.

Anyway...just thought i'd share - some people are REALLY sto0pid....fail??

[Luke_ENR34]

^^ found out a old school mate works at coke with u lol

[SLED]

+1 Chris Hill from Albury

[fullyhyperlite]

Haha no joke, whats ya mate do Luke?

Well rhys on here also works for coke but he does a different job to me. Was hell random when i found out he did haha.

[r33 chris]

is that kid all there lol

[Luke_ENR34]

Ricardo from mexio, said he knew u.

[fullyhyperlite]

Lol pretty sure i don't know anyone by the name of Ricardo. So therefore he doesn't know me lol. Otherwise thats weird haha

[r33 chris]

back to the fish stuff anyone got sum spare fish or anything lol i want sum more fish or different ones lol

[Damo_R34]

f**k me, i didnt know exotic fish was such a lifestyle.

[r33 chris]

there is alot of stuff u dunno damo, ill swap u my fish 4 ur rc lol

[Damo_R34]

i had f**king hermit crabs, and that was hard enough, they shed their damn legs

[gtrkiet]

i was never into fish but once i started with a small 1 foot tank for my bday i never went back, started of with lil 'neons' , angel fish, lil cat fish, upgraded to 3 foot than 4 foot and now i have a 6 foot lol

p.s if anyone know where i can buy a red arowana LET ME KNOW!!! ill pay good money ^_^

for people that dont know looks like this.. i got the silver version but red looks 10000x better

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=wkUMd75BBiw&...feature=related

[DIOR 33]

damo you have seen mum's fish tank with all her weird tropical fish as her how much of a pain in the arse it is and thats just keeping them alive

[SLED]

i had crabs

[kralster]

*groan* Went bike browsing at lunchtime today ...

Now I wanna sell my MV F4 Brutale ...

$20,990 (retail)

101 rwkw

96 Nm

185 kg

257 kph max speed

(which has lots of carbon bits, Ohlins suspension, PCIIIr ecu, crash protection and full hi-flow system)

And get this ... an MV F4 1000

$26,990 (retail)

122 rwkw

109 Nm

192kg

301 kph max speed

Both bikes have engines designed and built by Ferrari (F4 = Ferrari 4 cylinder) *drool*

Bah i like the new model with the 1078cc engine.

[Damo_R34]

not anymore pete, i combed them out with my head lice comb.

[SLED]

so I take it you won't be in the group buy for back, sack & crack then Craig

[Damo_R34]

heres hoping they grow brown

[craig R33]

you have pubes?

when will i get mine?