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awesom thread...i just got a whites tree frog a little bit ago..maby a month now.. making his tank was one of the funnest parts of the whole project (besides having the most awesom of frogs)

 

 

I have a live plant in there and a pond..some drift wood to work as trees...its an awesom tank..just a ten gallon though..im thinking of upgrading to a 25 gall soon so he has some more room to feel sweet.

 

ill post picss soon

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daaaaaaaamn close to a grand thats some seriouse shit, my tanks (20 gal, + 25 gal.) have cost me around 500$ already, damn if i would of just gone with a 50 gal. it would have saved me around 200$ already........shiiiiit.... i will post up a update soon on my tanks..

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Wise1 get on craigslist and check for tanks. Theres crazy deals in there, also see if you have underground auctions from aquaruim society clubs. Go big..............go natural as possible. Its a great thing to get into. I have been maintaining tanks for about ten years. I have worked at the Steinheart aquaruim, nippons, and the marine science institute. If you need any advise just let me know. I have never posted pics on here but, maybe this weekend? :o

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i checked out craigs list, not bad deal on a 40 gal. with everything including live rock and stand for 75$ that is kick ass....

 

but i dont live in cali... only live in UT so hit me up with some more sites that can ship up here, or that around here.... lol if you can think of any....

 

hey love your stuff (well havnt seen it ) but i really hope you post soon man, diggin what you typein' so far, here is a update on my two tanks..... the one withought fish and huge piece of drift wood is gona be a planted tank with some sharks, and barbs..... plus some kick ass plants....

 

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and hit me up on the pm, so we can chatta'!

bump this thread, we need more attention....

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thanks for the propz, yeah its changed much, im getting fish tomorow, coworker is gonna call when the fish truck arrives, and im gonna get

 

-6 tiger barbs

-2 red tailed sharks

-1 dwarf puffer

-2 dwarf guarmis

-1 leporiurus Fasciatus

 

for my other tank

-2 red fire dwarf guarmis

-1 african dwarf frogs

-2 rose barbs

 

can we bump this where is ?$? ????? you still need to hit me up!

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the african dwarf frog is what my frog gza was... they arent supposed to live that long.. a year maybe.. but mine lived for 3 or 4 years.. he was the shit... post your tank as soon as all that shit gets in there...

 

ps im on an imac at schlotzskys... ohhh the internet and sammiches

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ok update time, thanks for the comments

 

i bought the following today

 

SEMI AGGRESIVE TANK:

-6 tiger barbs

-2 dwar puffers ( they kick ass)

 

COMMUNITY TANK:

-2 guarmis

-2 platy's (male and female = baby's)

-2 guppies (male and female= babys)

 

ok here are some updated pics...

 

here is tobey just chillin on the driftwood

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here is speedy, lucky to get a pick while he was searching for flakes

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good ol' small tiger barbs, wanna raise em' up to be champs, they are already kinda fighting eachother though, chasing and headbutting, plus nibling, but there is six of them, so hopefully that is enough to keep them occupied from the two puffers...

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here are my guarmi's... they are pretty nice colored

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and my two favorite additions are my puffers, they are sooo kick ass, love em alot, although i have a male and a female, the male is just chilling on the bottom, doing nothing most of the time looking dead, i read that your tank should be completely cycled before adding these fellows or else it can kill them...... so hopefully they will be ok.

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heheh as i type my little female puffer is trying to take on tobey, tobey is a huge snail and will only get bigger, he is probably 4X-6X the size of the puffer fish.... but i dont know i heard the puffers can do some mean stuff and take down fish 5X their size ;)

 

i plan on buying a 10 gal. tank tomorow and setting it up for a cycle with biospira, which automaticaly does the cycle as soon as it is mixed with the water, and i plan on having a tank full of DP's dwarf puffers, and i want to have them breed, and make fry, whom which i will by another tank for..... since they are eazy to take care of it should be a blast, tomorow i plan on spending another few hundred dollars on some more stuff including a breeding snail tank to feed my puffers....

 

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but for now here are my eye gazing tanks, so beuatiful in the dark.. :drool:

 

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Originally posted by tae+Aug 2 2005, 04:59 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (tae - Aug 2 2005, 04:59 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>man u should get some spotted green puffers or figure 8 puffers!they're so good,the spotted greens get big though,really big,like bigger than a tennis ball.mine are all dead now but they were so good to watch.

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yeah i was really lookin into them, i was about to buy two of em', the green spotted, and the figure 8, yeah i almost bought them, but they are expensive online, like about 8 bucks a piece, but 30 bucks to ship.... so its 50$ just for two of em', so i will get them in the future, but not now, becuase they are brackish, which means they can grow up in freshwater, but they will need slightly salted water when their older, did you have yours in tropical water??

 

 

Originally posted by nomadawhat@Aug 2 2005, 05:15 PM

nice set up. nice pictures.

what camera are you using?

 

i have the nikon 4600 coolpix, it kicks ass has 4.0 mega pixels, 3X optical zoom, and a huge freakind digital zoom, and its small, really small, best camera ever, trust me i looked into it, and its the best...

 

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Open Question: what would it for a beginners setup do you think, fresh not salt.

 

yeah go with freshwater, saltwater is 20$ a gallon... so a 80 tank would cost you 1600$ atleast, plus more for matenence each day......

 

freshwater is much cheaper and easier to take care of... if you really want to get into it and want help, which you will need check out... http://www.fishforums.net we will all hook you up there, and just check out your local petsmart for some great help...

 

I'm getting jellous

 

yeah go with freshwater, saltwater is 20$ a gallon... so a 80 tank would cost you 1600$ atleast, plus more for matenence each day......

 

freshwater is much cheaper and easier to take care of... if you really want to get into it and want help, which you will need check out... http://www.fishforums.net we will all hook you up there, and just check out your local petsmart for some great help...

 

trust me once you have been bitten, you never go back, its a great hobby and good for your future...

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Man no offense but, your tanks are very artifical lookin first of all. Second your fish are not agressive. Check cichlidforum.com. It's kool if you a just starting and are in to the hole guppy and barb things. The real show tanks are about the natural aquascapeing. Which means everything from the gravel/sand, rocks, driftwood, boulders, food diet, background, lighting, to the species in the comunity of the tank. I hope I did not shit on your parade but those castles, fake plants, and colored gravel just ...................are generic and gay.

 

I really am not trying to call you out. I think you should read up on the lakes, rivers, and oceans that are available for export. There is a so much kool shit out there that most " pet shops" sleep on.

Good luck on the tanks and education that comes with it. ;)

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i just realized today that this thread is called flesh tanks not fishtanks. well, id post mine but it sucks. i got a question tho, when aggressive fish eat other fish in the tank does that make a huge bloody mess or what... <did i juist sound brit right there?? well anyway, does it?

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i just realized today that this thread is called fLesh tanks not fishtanks. well, id post mine but it sucks. i got a question tho, when aggressive fish eat other fish in the tank does that make a huge bloody mess or what... <did i just sound brit right there?? well anyway, does it?

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Originally posted by ?$?@Aug 3 2005, 03:49 AM

Man no offense but, your tanks are very artifical lookin first of all. Second your fish are not agressive. Check cichlidforum.com. It's kool if you a just starting and are in to the hole guppy and barb things. The real show tanks are about the natural aquascapeing. Which means everything from the gravel/sand, rocks, driftwood, boulders, food diet, background, lighting, to the species in the comunity of the tank. I hope I did not shit on your parade but those castles, fake plants, and colored gravel just ...................are generic and gay.

 

I really am not trying to call you out. I think you should read up on the lakes, rivers, and oceans that are available for export. There is a so much kool shit out there that most " pet shops" sleep on.

Good luck on the tanks and education that comes with it. ;)

 

 

no its cool you aint haitin or anything, but im just waiting till i get a bigger and better tank, then i will hit the aquascape scene, i have been studying about it for a little while and i have already ordered stuff online, that 25 gallon will soon be all planted (real plants) with semi-aggressive fish (red tails, clown loach's..)

 

but the real fun will start tomorow im gonna practice the aquascape on my lil' 10 gallon tank i just got today for my puffers ( i breed puffers love em' a ton) by making everything all natural, no colored or any fake shit like that, all natural, it will be stocked with 3 puffers... natural rock, live plants including (micro sword, java fern, java moss, amazon sword, breeding grass hair grass, ect. ) and i will work on it for a while, im hookin it up with 50 watts.... so that is 5 watts per gallon, perfect for plants, might even upgrade it to a 50 gallon tank add some CO2 and get som cichilds....maybe some oscars midas's.... densleys and of course some convicts..... but not sure what is happening now, the 20 and 25 gallon tanks were just to start out, im kinda hating my community tank, its boring, i might just dump the fish and start over.....

 

thanks for the heads up and you have any links to some aquascaping sites??........i might look into making my own styrophome backround, been reading about that, and it looks pretty awesome, plus you get to put your own talent and art skills into em'.....

 

if your gonna buy a tank, go as big as you can start out with a 30 gallon atleast, if you dont its just wasting money, your tanks will soon build up (i have bought three in the past month)... and that builds up money also....

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Originally posted by NeRVe54@Aug 3 2005, 09:18 PM

i just realized today that this thread is called flesh tanks not fishtanks. well, id post mine but it sucks. i got a question tho, when aggressive fish eat other fish in the tank does that make a huge bloody mess or what... <did i juist sound brit right there?? well anyway, does it?

 

No, The blood can be visable depending. What can of fish do you have?

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