S@M
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Anybody into fish tanks as a hobby?
We have a planted 120ltr tropical tank
Post pics of yours... I'm after fresh idea's! Hope I'm not alone!


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Simon
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Check out drunken fools in House Day and start saving
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Whittie
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S@M
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quote: Originally posted by Simon
Check out drunken fools in House Day and start saving
ah yeah never spotted that thread. its quite an impressive marine tank
should look great when its built up!
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tom130691
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S@M
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that looks smart tom what fish you got in there. spy some neons
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tom130691
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quote: Originally posted by S@M
that looks smart tom what fish you got in there. spy some neons
old pic alot of the plants have died as i ran out of co2 and the crabs like to cut them down 
few different colours of tetra, 12 in total roughly
bn plec
fighting fish
few shrimp
couple of crabs
upside down catfish 
tons of assassin snails
bit overstocked but meh, i have a decent filter in there now
[Edited on 04-07-2012 by tom130691]
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S@M
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quote: Originally posted by tom130691
quote: Originally posted by S@M
that looks smart tom what fish you got in there. spy some neons
old pic alot of the plants have died as i ran out of co2 and the crabs like to cut them down 
few different colours of tetra, 12 in total roughly
bn plec
fighting fish
few shrimp
couple of crabs
upside down catfish 
tons of assassin snails
bit overstocked but meh, i have a decent filter in there now
[Edited on 04-07-2012 by tom130691]
sounds good! should be ok as long as you do regular water changes...
what co2 system was you using?
few random snaps of our fish for you:



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tom130691
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TETRA CO2 OPTIMAT KIT off ebay for like £16
what do you use it clearly works better 
you on the tropical fish forum ? pics seem familiar
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Anty
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ive had a bi-orp, 30 ltr, whiched leaked, and then some cheapo tank..lol B&M bargins.. and i got some kiddies one ..lol moneys tight, nothing fancy, 2 fish had them some years now..
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Ste
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quote: Originally posted by Anty
ive had a bi-orp, 30 ltr, whiched leaked, and then some cheapo tank..lol B&M bargins.. and i got some kiddies one ..lol moneys tight, nothing fancy, 2 fish had them some years now..
sentence needs more lols tbh!
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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Twitch
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spankyjames
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I have a a tank with coarse fish in consisting in
1x mirror carp
1x common carp
2x green tench
1x golden tench
Will get some pics up
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James
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I quite fancy a BiOrb fish tank. How often do fish need feeding? I'm going to be away a lot with my new job
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Russ
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quote: Originally posted by James
I quite fancy a BiOrb fish tank. How often do fish need feeding? I'm going to be away a lot with my new job
you can get timed feeders
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morpheus22
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quote: Originally posted by spankyjames
I have a a tank with coarse fish in consisting in
1x mirror carp
1x common carp
2x green tench
1x golden tench
Will get some pics up
get some pics up i would like to see that
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spankyjames
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Tanks proper dirty going to clean it on the weekend but tried getting some pics


The common and golden tench

One of the green tench

Mirror and common together
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