You need to test more than ammonia. You need to test the nitrites as well. If you’re showing any levels of those as well it’s just as bad as ammonia.
Try reading up about the nitrogen cycle. Aquarium Nitrogen Cycle
At the EARLIEST you should have not put any fish in for at least two weeks.
That’s quite the extensive pipe work. Does he resell fish and live rock?
Not really… he trades with other saltwater junkies and sells a little to local fish store. Yeah his fish room is in the basement and the tank is upstairs. Im scared to ask what he’s spent on his hobby.
In just these pictures I can see close to a couple thousand
Totally not trying to thread jack.
I love salt water fish and love the idea of a tank, but the majority of tanks just look totally misplaced. Personally, i hate seeing all the filters and pumps, even the seams on the tank.
1.) Are there any custom tank builders out there? Not flat glass, but glass formers (i.e heat to different shapes?
2.) I would totally do an in wall setup (access to everything through a closet)
3.) If i do anything, i want to do a jellyfish tank and it would be in my basement, behind the bar or in the theater room.
lighting is key:
Yes, plenty of guys out there that will do the “custom” tanks; they are $$ though, obviously.
I completely agree, these normally look the best as you can hide everything to support the “display” tank. Have the “clean” look in the display tank like most of the really nice tanks have.
Never seen one except at a zoo and it would look awesome!!!
I have a 220 and a 180 downstairs(not a basement lol)I really do want to get rid of one or the other just because of the humidity they put off.Also have my Turtle in a 55 Down there as well.Was thinking about turning the 220 into a turtle resort for my little guy since I feel bad he has to live his life in a cage.
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My fish are all dead except one gar and the tough bottom feeders.
Going to Pennsylvania for piranhas in a few weeks. Who wants some?
I raised my other 6 from babies and loved upgrading their food every couple months lol
Mouse Fetuses FTW!
Anyone have tips on how to keep feeder fish out of the filter and how to keep them alive in general.
I have a 15 gallon and I usually buy 50 (They give me about 75 though) guppies at a time. 20 or so die by the time I am done with them.
buy another tank to hold the feeders
It is a seperate tank.
My main tank is a 55 gallon.
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thought that was kinda cool.
FWIW one of the sweetest fresh water aggressive species you can find is a largemouth bass. I know I know, it is illegal to posess “gamefish” in an aquarium, but so is a piranha in ny, unless you have a permit. When I was younger my friend caught a little 6" bass and that thing was a monster in the 55 gallon tank. It would eat 10 goldfish at a time (or at least try to). He also had a small northen pike that we caught in a ditch. Just like a gar fish but it’s much more colored and a lot taller. It wasn’t as cool as the bass though, unless it was feeding time. The pike would slowly rise up above it’s prey and then angle down a bit, and then WHAM, it would strike! Pretty fun to watch, but most of the time it would just sit still.
i fish a lot and i always wanted to keep a small largemouth and put it in a tank and take care of it.
I would be too tempted to eat the bass.
hard to imagine a wild bass living in an aquarium
