Aquariums

we have a fish tank but it´s got gerbils in it (not filled with water now, obviously!) we have an outdoor pond with miniature koi in it, very nice little pond too. they´re all asleep now at the bottom because it´s so cold. I´m considering a larger pond, and getting a large indoor tank as a feature, maybe build it into a wall or something. funnily I´ve spent pretty much all afternoon in the aquarium supplies part of our local big graden centre.

Miniature koi? Nice! The ones in our pond are NOT miniature, and they are getting bigger! A bigger pond is planned eventualy. An indoor/outdoor feature would be neat, one where the fish could swim in and out. I saw one at this fancy hotel once <img src=smilies/icon_smile_wink.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> A large indoor tank built into the wall with all the filter stuff in a secret room in the wall!!! Someday I´ll desing my own house and it´ll have that. EDIT: see what happens when you start talking about fish? You get promoted <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Edited by - Warlord Bob on 07-12-2003 19:34:53

something fishy is going on here

@WLB Fisherman´s Wharf. Problem with indoor/outdoor is water level to maintain a weather tight seal. Also, heat/cold transfer of the pond water. Only seems practically affordable in temperate climates where hot and cold don´t get extreme. If you

I hate fish. But I did see a neat restaurant one time where they had plastic tubes all over the place and fish could actually swim from one part of the restaurant to the other. I was really young and can´t remember where this place was. Probably a seafood restaurant. A clever way to let the fish know what they´re in for. <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> <img src=´http://www.techhelpers.net/e4u/animal/649.gif ´>I hate eating fish too, by the way.<img src=´http://www.techhelpers.net/e4u/animal/650.gif ´> Sir Spectre Edited by - Sir Spectre on 08-12-2003 02:56:12

<font size=1 face="trebuchet ms"><BLOCKQUOTE><hr size=1 noshade>where they had plastic tubes all over the place and fish could actually swim from one part of the restaurant to the other <hr size=1 noshade></BLOCKQUOTE></font><font face=´trebuchet ms, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica´ size=2> ...another of my private dreams... problem is they (the fish) like to hide. The really pretty ones too. Black ghosts, clown loaches, and my favorite, plecostomus´ (sp?) etc. Indy - I´m in the southern US. There were German POW camps here in WW2 and the prisoners complained it was hotter than North Africa!

@WLB LOL. A lot people say that and then, of course a lot of people say: It´s not the heat, it´s the humidity. But I happen to think that it is true. Well then the other problem for you to worry about would be moisture and the propogation of unwa

I use to have fish...but I prefer my cats. Taw said, <font size=1 face="trebuchet ms"><BLOCKQUOTE><hr size=1 noshade>we have a fish tank but it´s got gerbils in it (not filled with water now, obviously!) <hr size=1 noshade></BLOCKQUOTE></font><font face=´trebuchet ms, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica´ size=2> Thats no fun! Life: No one gets out alive. <img src=´http://www.planetgromit.co.uk/tlr/rilms.gif ´> <img src=´http://www.planetgromit.co.uk/tlr/ss.gif ´>

I have a small hexagonal tank in my bedroom with: 1 neon tetra 1 x-ray tetra 1 plococtomus (i dont know how to spell it), or just a sucker fish In my old 3 foot by 2 ft by 1 ft tank I had: 2 clown loaches (or tiger botia´s) 1 silver shark 10 neon tetras 4 x-ray tetras 4 platy´s the sucker fish Some other fish When I moved house I ditched the old tank, gave away the silver shark and the biggest clown loach to the old next-door neighbours, and bought a nice new hexagonal tank! I had sand in the bottom, and what I thought was enough bottom feeders to rid the sand of any crap. My light bulb fused out because of condensation, and the fish just relied on a constant stream of sunlight from my north facing window. Little did I know that 9 of my neon tetras had died and had got sucked into the filter. Bits of dead fish were floating about (I couldn´t see them) and eventually all my fish died except the two tetras, a platy, and the plococtumus. I almost cried when I found my clown loach floating <img src=smilies/icon_smile_sad.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> because it´s been through hell. In my old tank, after some live food (NEVER BUY THAT CRAP) I had an infestation of parasites, then gill flukes, then white spot, then pop-eye (where the eyes swell up), and surprisingly only a couple of fish passed away. The medicine that fights white spot is unfriendly to loaches, so my clown loaches suffered even more <img src=smilies/icon_smile_sad.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>. My clown loaches survived that, but my baby clown loach had been scratching against the pebbles and had deep gashes in his side where he´d been scratching. He survived. Then we moved house (about 3 months ago) and then the sandy problem happened! I was devastated. My mum told me that I wasn´t allowed back on my PC until I´d ´sorted out that **** bath in my room!´ I promptly visited the garden centre and sorted it all out! So there we have it, from a relatively large population of fish, I now have a meager 3! <img src=smilies/icon_smile_sad.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle><img src=smilies/icon_smile_sad.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle><img src=smilies/icon_smile_sad.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle><img src=smilies/icon_smile_sad.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle><img src=smilies/icon_smile_sad.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle><img src=smilies/icon_smile_sad.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle><img src=smilies/icon_smile_sad.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle><img src=smilies/icon_smile_sad.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Oh well. At least now the deceased fish are now swimming with the big fish in the sky! -/-/-/-/-/-/-/- Estupidud Rex <img src=´http://www.lancersreactor.org/images/news/bp23.gif ´> <A href=´http://www.cardamine.net´ Target=_Blank>http://www.cardamine.net/</a> - should be up and running after Christmas!

Hmmm, theres something fishy about this thread.

we´ve heard that already -------------------- Junkers rule --------------------

well cardemine, be carefull where you buy live food from next time

@Cardamine - yay! I knew there was somone else out there! My hex tank had a precession of fish go through it. The first group, including my surviving clown loach (there used to be two) and a silver shark (I think this is the same as bala shark?) outgre

I have a fish tank with one goldfish. The fishtank looks almost solid as you cant visibility through the water is about 1mm, due to algae. In other words it looks to be just a green box. Sometimes we remember to throw some fish feed on the top of that little green box, sometimes we don´t. Approx. every 1.5 years I stop, actually look at the fish and think - &quot;wow, a fish&quot; and appreciate its existance for a few minutes.

@WLB - lol i think the sewers is crowded because of me, as I always flush dead fish down the boggy crapper, lol. I did have a 9 inch clown loach, and a 7 inch tiger shark, but only because the person who gave us the tank gave them growth food, that fish f

Griffon_26 - That´s bad for your fishes health lol <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle><img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15

@Cardamine - That´s nice that you get to see them. I wish I could go visit my Oscars <img src=smilies/icon_smile_sad.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> (yes ff, I actualy got multiple oscars <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=1

@WLB <font size=1 face="trebuchet ms"><BLOCKQUOTE><hr size=1 noshade>That´s nice that you get to see them. I wish I could go visit my Oscars <img src=smilies/icon_smile_sad.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> (yes ff, I actualy got multiple osca

Don´t be daft sS, he has a fish called Oscar *sigh* <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Edit: Damn spelling. It´s better to chase a rabbit then to catch a hare...