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Offline whynitica

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some clips of my unusual oddball aquarium (must see)
« on: April 21, 2009, 01:38:38 am »
Thought I'd post some vids of my unusual tank. Yes, it is overstocked. I bought all these fish as babies when I set up the tank in 2007 and haven't purchased a single fish since. The most unusual part of my tank is the variety of fish which breaks the "rules" of much fish keeping advice. I have tiny fish an inch long hanging boldly with fish 6, 7 even 11 inches long. A few oddballs in there as well. Also, many of the fish are, (in just little over a year), larger than most books say the max size is. Finally, click in the last link for a shot of one of the most amazing eartheater cichlids I have ever seen.

Here's a list of fish with some video links at the bottom.

4 Black Bar Myleus "Tetra disco" "Blackear Pacu" (Myleus Schomburgki) over 6.5-7.5 inches
3 Common Silver Dollar (Metynnis Hypsauchen or Argenteus) 6.5-7.5 inches
2 Mystery Silver Dollars (Metynnis Mola or Luna) almost 5 inches
1 Flagtail (Semaprochilodus taeniurus) 11 inches
1 Silver Distichodus (Distichodus affinis) 7.5 inches
1 Chinese Hi Fin "Hifin" Banded Shark (Myxocyprinus asiaticus) over 7 inches
1 Earth Eater Cichlid (Satanoperca leucosticta) over 7 inches
1 Rosy Red Minnow (Pimephales promelas) 4 inches
3 Angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare) 5-6+ inches
1 Keyhole Cichlid (Aequidens maroni) 4+ inches
5 Pleco (Plecostomus) 5-9+ inches
1 Royal Pleco (Panaque nigrolineatus) 6 inches
1 Blue Gourami ((Trichogaster trichopterus) 4 inches
4 Bumblebee Goby (Brachygobius xanthozona) over 1 inch
7 Black Neon Tetra (Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi) 1.5-2 inches
1 Rasbora (Rasbora heteromorpha) almost 2 inches
1 Darter Fish 3 inches
1 Bluefin Killifish? (Lucania goodei)
4 Hillstream Loach (Beaufortia kweichowensis) 2 inches
2 Horseface Loach (Acantopsis choirorhynchos) 5+ inches
1 Neon Blue Australian Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia praecox) almost 3 inches
6 Kuhli Loach (Pangio kuhlii) 4 inches
2 Ghost Shrimp (Palaemonetes) over 2 inches (body)
1 Bright red bamboo shrimp

newbielink:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9bpi3bE3bE [nonactive]


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Many more on my youtube page.
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Re: some clips of my unusual oddball aquarium (must see)
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2009, 09:36:21 am »
Those are some beautiful fish, for sure.  I am quite surprised that you have not had a lot of aggression and dead/eaten fish. 

How often do you change the water in your tank?  I would imagine that keeping clean water with that many fish in a tank that size is a challenge.

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Re: some clips of my unusual oddball aquarium (must see)
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2009, 05:23:31 pm »
Those are some beautiful fish, for sure.  I am quite surprised that you have not had a lot of aggression and dead/eaten fish. 

How often do you change the water in your tank?  I would imagine that keeping clean water with that many fish in a tank that size is a challenge.

Me too!

I try to change about 65% every 2 weeks

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Re: some clips of my unusual oddball aquarium (must see)
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2010, 05:40:13 pm »
you have a very nice set up looks great. keep up the great work