Fishy Randomness - Page 13

Riverfishguy · 01-08-2008, 02:26 PM

Lol never thought about that. Just had a sharpie sitting on the top of the tank during a water change and went

In another bit of randomness water changes are easier, quiter, and faster now due to the fact that ive started using a 1200 gph mag drive pump with a good prefilter to drain tanks. Just run the output to the sink or bathtub. Drains tanks a LOT faster then the python. And it doesnt make the whooshing noise the python does while draining.

ChilDawg · 01-08-2008, 02:33 PM

I love the Sharpie thing--I use it to mark the 3 gallon/6 gallon marks on my tanks.

wesleydnunder · 01-10-2008, 12:05 PM

All mine are planted so I do them all weekly. My discus tank gets two a week. I used a sharpie to graduate the tanks the first time I filled them with a 5 gal. bucket.

Mark

Riverfishguy · 01-10-2008, 05:18 PM

Rescued a foot long albino oscar someone had brought into the LFS. They had the sense to get rid of him before the 55 he was in stunted him. He's now in my 125 scaring the bejeezus out of my red devil just by being there. The RD is only about 6 inches long and attempted to dominate the oscar for all of 10 seconds while being ignored.

UncaBret · 01-20-2008, 03:32 PM

I went to a fish auction with ChilDawg yesterday. Won a 3 gallon Deco Kit in the raffle. Nice little tank, but I think the 80gph Rapids power filter it came with might be just a bit much. Especially since it will probably have Endlers and Cherry shrimp in it. It would be a nice filter for a 15-20g, I think.

Emg · 01-20-2008, 07:17 PM

WOW.......put some new bulbs in my coralife over the 29 fw tank.....finally....after 1....2......3 years..

Love the difference.....the plants probably will too......

Before....

After....

I bought the colormax bulbs this time around.......now, to wait for the inevitable algae bloom......

Maybe I can avoid that by keeping the lights on for a shorter span of time for awhile....

UncaBret · 01-29-2008, 08:31 AM

My big female Endler just gave birth again. Jeeze! I may have to start using the babies as snacks for my Rainbows and Bettas.

WhiteClouds probably wouldn't eat the babies would they? Maybe I'll move the two remaining Bettas out of the 20 into the 2.5s and move the Endlers and Cherry Shrimp into the 20. Hmmmmmmmm....

joephys · 01-30-2008, 09:53 PM

I had to euthanize my first non-dying fish last night. I had a betta that somehow hurt its jaw. It was stuck out, and it couldn't open his mouth. It couldn't breath at the surface or eat, and he knew it. It would try to eat, but when it couldn't, it just watch the food float around. I have euthanized dying fish before, but not one that wasn't dying [yet]. It sure felt like I was killing the fish, but it was better than letting it live with the pain of a hurt jaw and starving to death.

khombre · 01-31-2008, 12:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joephys

I had to euthanize my first non-dying fish last night. I had a betta that somehow hurt its jaw. It was stuck out, and it couldn't open his mouth. It couldn't breath at the surface or eat, and he knew it. It would try to eat, but when it couldn't, it just watch the food float around. I have euthanized dying fish before, but not one that wasn't dying [yet]. It sure felt like I was killing the fish, but it was better than letting it live with the pain of a hurt jaw and starving to death.

That's sad joe

Trixie · 06-01-2008, 09:42 PM

AARG! One of my beautiful male Pearl Gouramis died. I have no idea why. The tank's parameters are fine: Ammonia 0, Nitrate 10ppm and Nitrite 0. He was OK this morning, and when I looked in on him tonight he was dead.
WAAAAH!

RIP Henry the Pearl Gourami.

DirtyDawg10 · 06-02-2008, 05:42 PM

Sorry to hear that, Trixie. It is definitely worse when you don't know what caused it.

TwoTankAmin · 06-10-2008, 03:17 PM

I love the yin/yang nature of fishkeeping.

Over the weekend I spotted a couple of very tiny choprae danio fry in a planted 20L. It is a miracle that any eggs even last long enough to hatch given the inhabitants and even more miraculous any hatch and make it.

The other side of the coin is while cleaning a bn growout tank yesterday, one got sucked up in the syphon and landed in the bucket. I figured I would net it out and put it back when the bucket was filled. Unfortunately, I forgot and dumped the bucket into the toilet. I sent a perfectly healthy fish to a horrible death.

Emg · 06-10-2008, 03:47 PM

Sylvia · 06-10-2008, 06:07 PM

How come there don't seem to be many serious fancy goldfish keepers? Are they just boring to some people? It's just that they don't seem to be talked about as much as tropical fish are.

Emg · 06-10-2008, 06:28 PM

I've always thought that one day I'd like to do a goldfish tank. I have no idea why except that I never have. Some of the fancy goldfish are just plain ugly...with all those folds and bulbous patches, buggy eyes and funny shaped bodies so that they can barely seem to swim........but some of them are very pretty.

I think a lot of the serious fish keepers see goldfish as being so extremely mutated that they have no interest in them. Other "mutated" fish also tend to be avoided by hobbiests as well, such as parrot cichlids and "balloon rams"...(though I do have a pair of those

)...and anything painted. It's just that when you really start to 'get into' the hobby, most seem to find they like more natural settings and fish. Just a guess on my part...

joephys · 06-10-2008, 07:08 PM

I think that Emg is probably right. I have personally never had a interest in gold fish because I just don't like how they look. If I ever have an outdoor pond, I will probably fill it with gold fish rather than koi

Sylvia · 06-10-2008, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emg

I've always thought that one day I'd like to do a goldfish tank. I have no idea why except that I never have. Some of the fancy goldfish are just plain ugly...with all those folds and bulbous patches, buggy eyes and funny shaped bodies so that they can barely seem to swim........but some of them are very pretty.

I agree with that! I'ts too bad that some fancy goldfish are bred to be deformed. They do have great personalities, though, and it's fun to watch them "school" with other goldfish.

Trixie · 06-10-2008, 09:14 PM

Also probably because they need a BIG tank.

Bunny13 · 06-11-2008, 07:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trixie

Also probably because they need a BIG tank.

Exactly. I really like some of the goldfish out there but I can't have a tank big enough for them especially since they are so messy!

sarcare · 06-11-2008, 08:29 AM

Yesterday I was watching my old shelly tank--the one where I have not managed to catch more then four of the four million fish to move to the new tank--and I saw a little movement under the filter basket in the hob filter. Looking closely it was a teeny shellie baby! I pulled the basket out, turned the filter out, and saw the baby was still alive. I moved him to the new tank--remarkably he was out and swimming around in the new tank in min. He is pretty badly battered, with some torn teeny fins and black battered marks on him. At less then a fourth of an inch, he is a very small fish. He's not a baby, since they are very very teeny, but he is the youngest juvie in the new tank. We'll see how he fares.

01-08-2008, 02:26 PM	#241 (permalink)
Riverfishguy Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 37	Lol never thought about that. Just had a sharpie sitting on the top of the tank during a water change and went In another bit of randomness water changes are easier, quiter, and faster now due to the fact that ive started using a 1200 gph mag drive pump with a good prefilter to drain tanks. Just run the output to the sink or bathtub. Drains tanks a LOT faster then the python. And it doesnt make the whooshing noise the python does while draining. __________________ A soldiers pack is never so heavy as a prisoners chains.

01-10-2008, 12:05 PM	#243 (permalink)
wesleydnunder Resident Cannibal Join Date: May 2006 Location: La Marque, Tx. Posts: 2,346	All mine are planted so I do them all weekly. My discus tank gets two a week. I used a sharpie to graduate the tanks the first time I filled them with a 5 gal. bucket. Mark __________________ If it can't be fixxed with a hammer, then you've got an electrical problem.

01-10-2008, 05:18 PM	#244 (permalink)
Riverfishguy Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 37	Rescued a foot long albino oscar someone had brought into the LFS. They had the sense to get rid of him before the 55 he was in stunted him. He's now in my 125 scaring the bejeezus out of my red devil just by being there. The RD is only about 6 inches long and attempted to dominate the oscar for all of 10 seconds while being ignored. __________________ A soldiers pack is never so heavy as a prisoners chains.

01-20-2008, 03:32 PM	#245 (permalink)
UncaBret I don't knoooow....... Join Date: May 2006 Location: Normal, IL Posts: 2,208	I went to a fish auction with ChilDawg yesterday. Won a 3 gallon Deco Kit in the raffle. Nice little tank, but I think the 80gph Rapids power filter it came with might be just a bit much. Especially since it will probably have Endlers and Cherry shrimp in it. It would be a nice filter for a 15-20g, I think. __________________ I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. -Abraham Lincoln-

01-20-2008, 07:17 PM	#246 (permalink)
Emg Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Northeastern Ct Posts: 3,265	WOW.......put some new bulbs in my coralife over the 29 fw tank.....finally....after 1....2......3 years.. Love the difference.....the plants probably will too...... Before.... After.... I bought the colormax bulbs this time around.......now, to wait for the inevitable algae bloom...... Maybe I can avoid that by keeping the lights on for a shorter span of time for awhile.... __________________ Blog of my tanks and critters....come check em out and don't forget the archives ! http://emgstanks.blogspot.com/ Eileen

01-08-2008, 02:33 PM	#242 (permalink)
ChilDawg Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Normal, IL Posts: 605	I love the Sharpie thing--I use it to mark the 3 gallon/6 gallon marks on my tanks.

01-29-2008, 08:31 AM	#247 (permalink)
UncaBret I don't knoooow....... Join Date: May 2006 Location: Normal, IL Posts: 2,208	My big female Endler just gave birth again. Jeeze! I may have to start using the babies as snacks for my Rainbows and Bettas. WhiteClouds probably wouldn't eat the babies would they? Maybe I'll move the two remaining Bettas out of the 20 into the 2.5s and move the Endlers and Cherry Shrimp into the 20. Hmmmmmmmm.... __________________ I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. -Abraham Lincoln- Last edited by UncaBret : 01-29-2008 at 08:35 AM.

01-30-2008, 09:53 PM	#248 (permalink)
joephys Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: auburn, wa Posts: 4,393	I had to euthanize my first non-dying fish last night. I had a betta that somehow hurt its jaw. It was stuck out, and it couldn't open his mouth. It couldn't breath at the surface or eat, and he knew it. It would try to eat, but when it couldn't, it just watch the food float around. I have euthanized dying fish before, but not one that wasn't dying [yet]. It sure felt like I was killing the fish, but it was better than letting it live with the pain of a hurt jaw and starving to death.

06-01-2008, 09:42 PM	#250 (permalink)
Trixie Fauna is my EVIL TWIN. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Northern VA Posts: 1,575	AARG! One of my beautiful male Pearl Gouramis died. I have no idea why. The tank's parameters are fine: Ammonia 0, Nitrate 10ppm and Nitrite 0. He was OK this morning, and when I looked in on him tonight he was dead. WAAAAH! RIP Henry the Pearl Gourami. __________________

06-02-2008, 05:42 PM	#251 (permalink)
DirtyDawg10 Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,391	Sorry to hear that, Trixie. It is definitely worse when you don't know what caused it. __________________ Derek Self-Proclaimed FUTURE Fish Master IN TRAINING

06-10-2008, 03:17 PM	#252 (permalink)
TwoTankAmin Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Westchester Co., NY Posts: 724	I love the yin/yang nature of fishkeeping. Over the weekend I spotted a couple of very tiny choprae danio fry in a planted 20L. It is a miracle that any eggs even last long enough to hatch given the inhabitants and even more miraculous any hatch and make it. The other side of the coin is while cleaning a bn growout tank yesterday, one got sucked up in the syphon and landed in the bucket. I figured I would net it out and put it back when the bucket was filled. Unfortunately, I forgot and dumped the bucket into the toilet. I sent a perfectly healthy fish to a horrible death. __________________ Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.

06-10-2008, 03:47 PM	#253 (permalink)
Emg Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Northeastern Ct Posts: 3,265	__________________ Blog of my tanks and critters....come check em out and don't forget the archives ! http://emgstanks.blogspot.com/ Eileen

06-10-2008, 06:07 PM	#254 (permalink)
Sylvia The singing ring Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 515	How come there don't seem to be many serious fancy goldfish keepers? Are they just boring to some people? It's just that they don't seem to be talked about as much as tropical fish are. __________________ "This is Nenya, the Ring of Adamant, and I am its keeper." - Galadriel, from Lord of the Rings

06-10-2008, 06:28 PM	#255 (permalink)
Emg Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Northeastern Ct Posts: 3,265	I've always thought that one day I'd like to do a goldfish tank. I have no idea why except that I never have. Some of the fancy goldfish are just plain ugly...with all those folds and bulbous patches, buggy eyes and funny shaped bodies so that they can barely seem to swim........but some of them are very pretty. I think a lot of the serious fish keepers see goldfish as being so extremely mutated that they have no interest in them. Other "mutated" fish also tend to be avoided by hobbiests as well, such as parrot cichlids and "balloon rams"...(though I do have a pair of those )...and anything painted. It's just that when you really start to 'get into' the hobby, most seem to find they like more natural settings and fish. Just a guess on my part... __________________ Blog of my tanks and critters....come check em out and don't forget the archives ! http://emgstanks.blogspot.com/ Eileen

06-10-2008, 07:08 PM	#256 (permalink)
joephys Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: auburn, wa Posts: 4,393	I think that Emg is probably right. I have personally never had a interest in gold fish because I just don't like how they look. If I ever have an outdoor pond, I will probably fill it with gold fish rather than koi

06-10-2008, 09:14 PM	#258 (permalink)
Trixie Fauna is my EVIL TWIN. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Northern VA Posts: 1,575	Also probably because they need a BIG tank. __________________

06-11-2008, 08:29 AM	#260 (permalink)
sarcare Lost and Confused Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 1,910	Yesterday I was watching my old shelly tank--the one where I have not managed to catch more then four of the four million fish to move to the new tank--and I saw a little movement under the filter basket in the hob filter. Looking closely it was a teeny shellie baby! I pulled the basket out, turned the filter out, and saw the baby was still alive. I moved him to the new tank--remarkably he was out and swimming around in the new tank in min. He is pretty badly battered, with some torn teeny fins and black battered marks on him. At less then a fourth of an inch, he is a very small fish. He's not a baby, since they are very very teeny, but he is the youngest juvie in the new tank. We'll see how he fares. __________________ Reality--go 'way!

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