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BustedS13 · 12-05-2008, 09:41 PM

okay, now i'm motivated. tomorrow night i'm going to fill my 10g and get started on it again. it's going to be 10 neon tetras, a few cherry shrimp, and a WALL 'O' MOSS!

http://www.aquamoss.net/How%20to%20c...oss%20wall.htm

BADASS!

jeeper_x · 12-05-2008, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kalashnikov

Nice. I used to Have some R.B.P's.
I also had a Super Red Asian Arowana, sold it for $10,500.
I think I paid like $2,200 for it as a juvenile.

Piranhas are cool, but I like other agressive fishes.

1. African Wolf fish
2. Snakeheads
3. Spotted Aligator gar (one of my favorite)

I stopped with aquatics for a while because I just don't have time anymore. At one time I had 8 tanks!
Now I have a custom 180gallon with only 4 african cichilds...lol...no time anymore. I also don't buy anymore aggressive fishes because my family always say , "man, that's so cruel" everytime I would buy Feeder gold fishes for them to eat. I tell them "that's life, that's nature." but bleh...

What are you feeding them now? Bloodworms..I hate keeping live bloodworms in the fridge...and that was another problem with my moms, kicks my ass when she finds worms in the fridge! LoL.
GIve them time, and that goldfish is good as gone. lol.

They are cool, but nothing beats a Super Red Arowana. The Skyline GTR of fish.

pictures or lie....

BustedS13 · 12-06-2008, 11:19 AM

thanks to this thread and craigslist, i'm now working on securing a 55 gallon tank with stand for $60. nomnomnom

Kaizen. · 12-06-2008, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BustedS13

thanks to this thread and craigslist, i'm now working on securing a 55 gallon tank with stand for $60. nomnomnom

Thats a good deal! Craigslist is the place for tanks.

I wanted pirahnas before but their only cool if you have a bunch in a tank. Plus they just look like Pacu's. I personally like raising Arowanas, and Flowerhorns only. Mainly because of their colors and value they hold for resale. I had a spotted alligator gar before too, super sick.

How much you pick up the babys for?

BustedS13 · 12-06-2008, 02:24 PM

picking it up tonight after work. it's still full and has a couple crappy fish in it. i'll drain it to 10 gallons or so and let the fish hang in it to help cycle it when i refill. i want to plant it, maybe get some co2 going.

BustedS13 · 12-06-2008, 09:51 PM

got the tank home, about to go to wal mart for some gear. it's woodgrain, i think i'm going to spray it and the stand semigloss black. but first i need to get a foot of decent water in it so these fish don't die in their paint bucket.

jeeper_x · 12-07-2008, 12:51 AM

i guess Kalashnikov dude is a liar....

BustedS13 · 12-07-2008, 02:58 AM

progress

here's the two fish i'm stuck with.

a goldfish the size of a can of working man's beer

and an algae eater 24oz in length

i'm hoping the fish store down the street will adopt these, because they really have no place in my plans :/ i do kind of dig the algae eater, but he'd just ruin the plants i want to put in.

so to finish this threadjack, here's what i got for $60

-55 gallon fish tank
-stand
-cheapo air pump
-whisper 60 HOB filter
-whisper heater
-hood w single tube fixture
-some gravel and junk
-bigass goldfish
-bigass suckerfish

i'll replace the whisper 60 here pretty soon with a nice canister setup, get a brighter bulb, paint the thing, blah blah. but this was one helluva deal, the filter alone is like $40 new...

Kalashnikov · 12-07-2008, 03:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BustedS13

okay, now i'm motivated. tomorrow night i'm going to fill my 10g and get started on it again. it's going to be 10 neon tetras, a few cherry shrimp, and a WALL 'O' MOSS!

Aquatic Moss. How to Create a Moss Wall. Create backdrop using aquatic moss. How to grow Aquatic Moss. Info on Java Moss, Christmas Moss, Taiwan Moss, Peacock Moss, Stringy Moss

BADASS!

Damn you! Now you got me all interested back into aquarium.

Man, Now I want to buy another Seaclear or Truvu 60 gallon set up with Fluval 404 and shit.

Damn you!! Now I will buy like 2 gallons of Amquel!! and try to do that moss.You wouldn't believe how addicting fresh and salt aquarium is.

What I do with cars and what I do with fish related things:

1. Check Craigslist and ebay for good Acrylic tanks and canister filters
(like we do for 240sx parts)

2. Retrofit T5 actinic bulbs/ Halides / Power compacts
(like we do for 240sx HIDs)

3. Try to make shit like a (Homedepot DIY SUMP)
(like people make an Homedepot Intake)

Thanks for the MOss link...I said that I quit with Aquariums, now you go me all into it again and shit.

*PBucch* · 12-07-2008, 08:58 AM

Busted nice job!

Keep that pleco! one taht big woudl cost like $40 or more. He wont eat your plants imo.

turtl631 · 12-07-2008, 10:49 AM

My dad caught a pretty big piranha when we were bass fishing in a local pond last year. It was about 12"...we were going to a family party later that day hosted by my cousin who's a self styled gourmand, so we brought the piranha for him to grill up along with the rest of the food. Wasn't half bad :0

BustedS13 · 12-07-2008, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PBucch

Busted nice job!

Keep that pleco! one taht big woudl cost like $40 or more. He wont eat your plants imo.

i really do like him. we'll see how he does i guess. he's just going to be ten times bigger than any other fish in the tank >.<

but the goldfish has to go. i hate those big shitting monstrosities. so dirty.

BustedS13 · 12-07-2008, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kalashnikov

Damn you! Now you got me all interested back into aquarium.

Man, Now I want to buy another Seaclear or Truvu 60 gallon set up with Fluval 404 and shit.

Damn you!! Now I will buy like 2 gallons of Amquel!! and try to do that moss.You wouldn't believe how addicting fresh and salt aquarium is.

What I do with cars and what I do with fish related things:

1. Check Craigslist and ebay for good Acrylic tanks and canister filters
(like we do for 240sx parts)

2. Retrofit T5 actinic bulbs/ Halides / Power compacts
(like we do for 240sx HIDs)

3. Try to make shit like a (Homedepot DIY SUMP)
(like people make an Homedepot Intake)

Thanks for the MOss link...I said that I quit with Aquariums, now you go me all into it again and shit.

so you like fluval? i've never used a canister filter as the biggest tank i've ever had up to this point was a 20 gallon.

i was looking at the Penn Plax Cascade 700 for this tank. anybody have experience with Penn Plax?

alindeman1989 · 12-07-2008, 02:29 PM

get a fluval fx5 thing is the shit. or get a filstar xp3 or 4 those are amazing also. if you still want to rock the hob filter i highly recommend a marinland or however yuo spell it emperor 400 i love the bio wheels. what i personally use is the 400 with a xp3 canister filter. the bio wheels keep the eco system in check and the xp3 keeps the water clear as hell. i also work at a hardware store where we cut all types of glass, lexan, anything pretty much. im going to build a 300 gallon tank at work.

BustedS13 · 12-07-2008, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alindeman1989

get a fluval fx5 thing is the shit. or get a filstar xp3 or 4 those are amazing also. if you still want to rock the hob filter i highly recommend a marinland or however yuo spell it emperor 400 i love the bio wheels. what i personally use is the 400 with a xp3 canister filter. the bio wheels keep the eco system in check and the xp3 keeps the water clear as hell. i also work at a hardware store where we cut all types of glass, lexan, anything pretty much. im going to build a 300 gallon tank at work.

i've got a marineland biowheel for my 10 gallon, i was thinking i'd just fill it with carbon and let it chug along on this tank. that way i can change carbon without having to crack into the canister... i've seen the emperor 400, i was thinking about that but i think i want to steer away from hob's for my main filtration...

so fluval fx5 or filstar xp3. i'll look into those

alindeman1989 · 12-07-2008, 05:40 PM

yeah i run the 400 just to keep the bio thing going. i dont have anything in it just the bio wheels. i use the xp3 for the rest.

alindeman1989 · 12-07-2008, 05:42 PM

also you guys might want to look into sand. main reason its bad ass and easier to clean poop and other shit off. since the gravel traps gunk. i am deff going to look into the moss. maybe getting the moss going on a log or a rock.

BustedS13 · 12-07-2008, 05:46 PM

how do you clean sand? i use a Python for water changes and use it to vacuum the gravel. i'd imagine a gravel vac would just suck the sand up.

i'd love to have sand, i'd like to see cories doing the burrowing thing.

alindeman1989 · 12-08-2008, 01:53 AM

you clean sand with a sifter. i use the same one people use to clean sand for like a lizard. just make sure the filters outlet is at least 3 inchs away from the sand. buy the sand dump in a bucket, stick a house in it and let it run for about 5 mins or till the water becomes cleaner. dump the sand in the tank but dont run the filters for about a night. let the sand settle then start the filter.

BustedS13 · 12-08-2008, 01:58 AM

it sounds like you're explaining how to clean sand before putting it in the tank.... i mean, how do you clean it once it's in the tank? like, i clean my gravel substrate with a gravel filter. how do you clean sand?

alindeman1989 · 12-08-2008, 02:08 AM

you clean sand with a sifter. i use the same one people use to clean sand for like a lizard.might have to get your arms a little wet but whatever

http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...ductId=2754909

*PBucch* · 12-08-2008, 10:30 AM

hmm that looks like a pain in the ass imo. I just use a siphon and tube, sometiems i get a mouthful of water but oh well.

Added a blue lobster last night, this thing is sick! it was murdering one of the crayfish when I woke up this morning lol.

*PBucch* · 12-08-2008, 04:14 PM

Check out this beast, woke up this morn he was eating another crayfish alive.

BustedS13 · 12-08-2008, 04:33 PM

^shit's rad. i'd love a blue lobster but i don't know what they'd kill in my tank... specifically cories, which i like. if i had a lobster i couldn't have any other bottom feeders :/

alindeman1989 · 12-08-2008, 05:17 PM

lol yeah the sand isnt to bad it only takes a couple more mins. the lobster is bad ass!! where you get it? it looks like its flexing lol. what do you feed it? wait your running sand in the pic with the lobster lol.

BustedS13 · 12-08-2008, 05:17 PM

pbucch what kind of sand are you using there? i cleared out my rocks last night, i'm going up to home depot tomorrow for a thing of play sand.

...in other news i should have hosed out this tank before i filled it, it's been a cloud of shit for about 18 hours now

alindeman1989 · 12-08-2008, 05:24 PM

its called new tank syndrome. make sure you wash the sand real good. i use play sand. you goign to get live plants? update with pics when you get it all done.

BustedS13 · 12-08-2008, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alindeman1989

its called new tank syndrome. make sure you wash the sand real good. i use play sand. you goign to get live plants? update with pics when you get it all done.

yeah, i'm not sure what yet. i know i want to do some moss. and i'll definitely be washing the sand, i don't want dust getting in my filter and so on...

and the tank was clear when i initially filled it, but last night i started scooping out the gravel substrate it came with and it became obvious the previous owner never cleaned the gravel. the tank is a swirling cloud of dump

*PBucch* · 12-08-2008, 06:48 PM

The sand is lighthouse pool filter silica sand, 10 bucks at NAMCO. Mine took like two days to clear up, but sure as shit all my levels have been fine since before i put the fish in. I put 10lbs of sand into the 55 gallon tank.

Blue Lobster I got at a pet store around here. He kicks ass and is one mean creature, he beats up the other crays, posts up in and on that rock and spreads his arms out looking to catch fish. The P's are just a little too fast for him though. thankfully.

BustedS13 · 12-08-2008, 08:02 PM

what do you guys use for lighting? i've only got a single fluorescent fixture on this tank, and that's not going to cut it.

12-05-2008, 09:41 PM	#31
BustedS13 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix AZ Age: 36 Posts: 10,287 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	okay, now i'm motivated. tomorrow night i'm going to fill my 10g and get started on it again. it's going to be 10 neon tetras, a few cherry shrimp, and a WALL 'O' MOSS! http://www.aquamoss.net/How%20to%20c...oss%20wall.htm BADASS! __________________

12-06-2008, 11:19 AM	#33
BustedS13 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix AZ Age: 36 Posts: 10,287 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	thanks to this thread and craigslist, i'm now working on securing a 55 gallon tank with stand for $60. nomnomnom __________________

12-06-2008, 02:24 PM	#35
BustedS13 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix AZ Age: 36 Posts: 10,287 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	picking it up tonight after work. it's still full and has a couple crappy fish in it. i'll drain it to 10 gallons or so and let the fish hang in it to help cycle it when i refill. i want to plant it, maybe get some co2 going. __________________

12-06-2008, 09:51 PM	#36
BustedS13 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix AZ Age: 36 Posts: 10,287 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	got the tank home, about to go to wal mart for some gear. it's woodgrain, i think i'm going to spray it and the stand semigloss black. but first i need to get a foot of decent water in it so these fish don't die in their paint bucket. __________________

12-07-2008, 02:58 AM	#38
BustedS13 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix AZ Age: 36 Posts: 10,287 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	progress here's the two fish i'm stuck with. a goldfish the size of a can of working man's beer and an algae eater 24oz in length i'm hoping the fish store down the street will adopt these, because they really have no place in my plans :/ i do kind of dig the algae eater, but he'd just ruin the plants i want to put in. so to finish this threadjack, here's what i got for $60 -55 gallon fish tank -stand -cheapo air pump -whisper 60 HOB filter -whisper heater -hood w single tube fixture -some gravel and junk -bigass goldfish -bigass suckerfish i'll replace the whisper 60 here pretty soon with a nice canister setup, get a brighter bulb, paint the thing, blah blah. but this was one helluva deal, the filter alone is like $40 new... __________________

12-07-2008, 08:58 AM	#40
PBucch Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: miami beach Age: 36 Posts: 1,039 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: PBucch Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Busted nice job! Keep that pleco! one taht big woudl cost like $40 or more. He wont eat your plants imo. __________________ section ef&ec changed my life

12-07-2008, 10:49 AM	#41
turtl631 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Milwaukee WI Posts: 900 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	My dad caught a pretty big piranha when we were bass fishing in a local pond last year. It was about 12"...we were going to a family party later that day hosted by my cousin who's a self styled gourmand, so we brought the piranha for him to grill up along with the rest of the food. Wasn't half bad :0

12-07-2008, 02:29 PM	#44
alindeman1989 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Newark/bayarea,Ca Age: 32 Posts: 902 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	get a fluval fx5 thing is the shit. or get a filstar xp3 or 4 those are amazing also. if you still want to rock the hob filter i highly recommend a marinland or however yuo spell it emperor 400 i love the bio wheels. what i personally use is the 400 with a xp3 canister filter. the bio wheels keep the eco system in check and the xp3 keeps the water clear as hell. i also work at a hardware store where we cut all types of glass, lexan, anything pretty much. im going to build a 300 gallon tank at work. __________________ tofu man: Don't be cheap, and buy shitty high offset rims

12-07-2008, 05:40 PM	#46
alindeman1989 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Newark/bayarea,Ca Age: 32 Posts: 902 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yeah i run the 400 just to keep the bio thing going. i dont have anything in it just the bio wheels. i use the xp3 for the rest. __________________ tofu man: Don't be cheap, and buy shitty high offset rims

12-07-2008, 05:42 PM	#47
alindeman1989 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Newark/bayarea,Ca Age: 32 Posts: 902 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	also you guys might want to look into sand. main reason its bad ass and easier to clean poop and other shit off. since the gravel traps gunk. i am deff going to look into the moss. maybe getting the moss going on a log or a rock. __________________ tofu man: Don't be cheap, and buy shitty high offset rims

12-07-2008, 05:46 PM	#48
BustedS13 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix AZ Age: 36 Posts: 10,287 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	how do you clean sand? i use a Python for water changes and use it to vacuum the gravel. i'd imagine a gravel vac would just suck the sand up. i'd love to have sand, i'd like to see cories doing the burrowing thing. __________________

12-08-2008, 01:53 AM	#49
alindeman1989 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Newark/bayarea,Ca Age: 32 Posts: 902 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	you clean sand with a sifter. i use the same one people use to clean sand for like a lizard. just make sure the filters outlet is at least 3 inchs away from the sand. buy the sand dump in a bucket, stick a house in it and let it run for about 5 mins or till the water becomes cleaner. dump the sand in the tank but dont run the filters for about a night. let the sand settle then start the filter. __________________ tofu man: Don't be cheap, and buy shitty high offset rims

12-08-2008, 01:58 AM	#50
BustedS13 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix AZ Age: 36 Posts: 10,287 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	it sounds like you're explaining how to clean sand before putting it in the tank.... i mean, how do you clean it once it's in the tank? like, i clean my gravel substrate with a gravel filter. how do you clean sand? __________________

12-08-2008, 02:08 AM	#51
alindeman1989 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Newark/bayarea,Ca Age: 32 Posts: 902 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	you clean sand with a sifter. i use the same one people use to clean sand for like a lizard.might have to get your arms a little wet but whatever http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...ductId=2754909 __________________ tofu man: Don't be cheap, and buy shitty high offset rims

12-08-2008, 10:30 AM	#52
PBucch Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: miami beach Age: 36 Posts: 1,039 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: PBucch Feedback Score: 0 reviews	hmm that looks like a pain in the ass imo. I just use a siphon and tube, sometiems i get a mouthful of water but oh well. Added a blue lobster last night, this thing is sick! it was murdering one of the crayfish when I woke up this morning lol. __________________ section ef&ec changed my life

12-08-2008, 04:14 PM	#53
PBucch Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: miami beach Age: 36 Posts: 1,039 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: PBucch Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Check out this beast, woke up this morn he was eating another crayfish alive. __________________ section ef&ec changed my life

12-08-2008, 04:33 PM	#54
BustedS13 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix AZ Age: 36 Posts: 10,287 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	^shit's rad. i'd love a blue lobster but i don't know what they'd kill in my tank... specifically cories, which i like. if i had a lobster i couldn't have any other bottom feeders :/ __________________

12-08-2008, 05:17 PM	#55
alindeman1989 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Newark/bayarea,Ca Age: 32 Posts: 902 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	lol yeah the sand isnt to bad it only takes a couple more mins. the lobster is bad ass!! where you get it? it looks like its flexing lol. what do you feed it? wait your running sand in the pic with the lobster lol. __________________ tofu man: Don't be cheap, and buy shitty high offset rims

12-08-2008, 05:24 PM	#57
alindeman1989 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Newark/bayarea,Ca Age: 32 Posts: 902 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	its called new tank syndrome. make sure you wash the sand real good. i use play sand. you goign to get live plants? update with pics when you get it all done. __________________ tofu man: Don't be cheap, and buy shitty high offset rims

12-08-2008, 06:48 PM	#59
PBucch Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: miami beach Age: 36 Posts: 1,039 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: PBucch Feedback Score: 0 reviews	The sand is lighthouse pool filter silica sand, 10 bucks at NAMCO. Mine took like two days to clear up, but sure as shit all my levels have been fine since before i put the fish in. I put 10lbs of sand into the 55 gallon tank. Blue Lobster I got at a pet store around here. He kicks ass and is one mean creature, he beats up the other crays, posts up in and on that rock and spreads his arms out looking to catch fish. The P's are just a little too fast for him though. thankfully. __________________ section ef&ec changed my life

12-08-2008, 08:02 PM	#60
BustedS13 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix AZ Age: 36 Posts: 10,287 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	what do you guys use for lighting? i've only got a single fluorescent fixture on this tank, and that's not going to cut it. __________________

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