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mackgeofries · Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:38 pm Post subject: My Fish Tanks

30 gallon community tank.

55 gallon African tank.

20 gallon coldwater tank.

10 gallon Convict tank. you can see the babies in the pot there Smile

10 gallon Jack tank. It's an ugly set up, I know, but I'm HOPEFULLY going to move the jack and convicts into a 30 gallon tank, which will hopefully be themed/designed/whatever like the convict tank.

After looking at these pictures I realize I need to clean a little more roughly when I clean.

mpp · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:37 pm Post subject:

Those are nice looking tanks. You can make a really cheap black background using the black plastic sheeting found at Menards. Or if you stop by sometime, I can give you some of my leftovers.
regards
mike

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Nice looking fish! My dad has some goldfish like those, only his are about 10" and in a 55 gallon... they get big!

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mackgeofries · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:10 pm Post subject:

I hope they get that big! Not yet though... I wanna set up a koi pond, and that'd be sweet to have some fish already in there... Smile

In other news I did... probably a 95% water change on the african tank, because I was sick of it being unlevel... so it's reorganized, and everyone's happy in there again.

I forgot pictures of my bettas also, but those tanks aren't anything special. Razz

mackgeofries · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 7:12 pm Post subject:

oops

mpp, sorry, I completely blanked your post... Embarassed

that's my memory for ya...

Anyway, I've always kind of liked the clear background, but i've been leaning more and more towards the solid colored background. I've just been worried about either a) it would look crappy, or b) I'd have to spray paint it, and if the front got scratched I'd be screwed... etc...

But if you say it works well, I'll give it a shot Smile

mpp · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 8:09 pm Post subject:

Tanks with black plastic on back. the 125 & 180 so you get an idea of what it looks like

mike

AnneRiceBowl · Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:03 am Post subject:

IMO, any tank looks SOOOOO much better with a sold black background. All of my tanks, except for my arcylic tank, are painted black on the back.

clunkster · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:15 am Post subject:

mackgeofries wrote:

In other news I did... probably a 95% water change on the african tank,

Why would you change that amount of water at any one time ?

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i dont keep fish i keep water that fish can live in what do you do ?

mackgeofries · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:43 pm Post subject:

I had to move the tank, and it's funnier to call it a water change.

I did lose one fish in the act though... I put them in a bucket during it, and then when I put them back in, and filled it up, he was gone. Literally. I have no idea where he went. Sad

clunkster · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:36 pm Post subject:

Sorry if i came over wrong (you will come too understand me eventually, ask Gary and the rest of the crew) Are you sure you have lost one or are they hiding ? Mind you if you have only lost one durring a tank change over thats not a bad result.

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mackgeofries · Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:38 am Post subject:

Quote:

Sorry if i came over wrong

? I dunno what that means. lol.

Anyway, I suppose only losing one is pretty good, but I'm used to not losing any. Well, because of/during a water change at least, knock on wood. so it seems pretty odd to me... Very Happy

just lucky I guess.

Also, I got two little oscars to add to my community tank. I have a larger goal for them, but the tank's not set up yet, and so far, they're small enough that they can live with my neons, and the angelfish regulates everything still... Smile

I rearranged that one too, I'll see if I can get some new pictures sooner or later to post.

mpp, you said you had some of those black plastic sheets left over? any chance I could grab those from you sometime? (why are there two devil faces, but no angel face?)