farmchick Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 .........of MTS I have sold one of my 3 ft tanks, will sell the other soon and I am going to use the 2 ft as a sump for my 8ft !!!!!!! 8) 8) 8) that I bought myself over xmas. So now, my sister has her 8 1/2 ftr running with all the really big cichlids and I can get more Malawis to stock my wee tank By the way, thanks again to Ryanjury who kindly did all the bracing on the 8 1/2 footer before disappearing to Bulls. Will put photos up soon of the 8 1/2 ft one as soon as I find the USB cable for the camera :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmchick Posted January 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Dats awesome Farmchick, congrats! Ya going to the BTS now, not MTS! :evil: "Thats it .... come to the 'other side' like the rest of ussssssssss" :evil: :lol: :lol: I have felt the pull from the "other side" for a while now and finally relented to the power. I realised it was pointless fighting it and wasting all that energy :lol: :lol: One question though, I have grown quite attached to my 2 little Khuli loaches and Im not sure if they would go well with my Malawis? Everyone else out of the 3 footers have new homes to go to except for these little blighters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmchick Posted January 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 bugger, I ddnt think they would last long but hey, worth asking I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 but then again they have been with the malawis already so could be alright. until a mate talked us into giving him our loaches we had two living in with our malawis and they wheren't bothered at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmchick Posted January 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Nah, the loaches have been in one of the 3fters with some bristles, kribs and rams but its their tank thats been sold. The only other place for them now is a wee 21 litre number that I had been using for randy guppies or the monster tank with the BIG cichlids in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Awesome news on the 8ft Kirsty I was watching the auction thats for sure and would have been bidding on it too if I was still up there.. So the 8fter was braced ok then? I have been thinking of if since and hoping it didn't burst when filled and hoping I did a good enough job.. Also keep in touch will send you up some fish to stock your new one once you have it up im getting 3 more tanks today.. another 5ft and 2 540litre 900mm high 4ft's so setting up a fish room soon.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmchick Posted January 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Awesome news on the 8ft Kirsty I was watching the auction thats for sure and would have been bidding on it too if I was still up there.. So the 8fter was braced ok then? I have been thinking of if since and hoping it didn't burst when filled and hoping I did a good enough job.. Also keep in touch will send you up some fish to stock your new one once you have it up im getting 3 more tanks today.. another 5ft and 2 540litre 900mm high 4ft's so setting up a fish room soon.. Yeh, its fantastic, bracing is great, stand is okay, could do with some supports in a few places and he gave me enough gravel to do 2 x 8ft tanks The one you braced for us is holding up as well, my sister put alll her beasties in there on the weekend so it is now home to: 4 x plecostamus (sp?) 2 x clown loaches (including the 30cm one that you wanted Ryan) 2 x jags 2 x brasilliensis 2 x ugly red and black cichlids (have no idea what they are) 1 x featherfin synadontis 2 x jewels 1 x ghost knife 3 x parrots Mine is going to be malawis and bristles!! Where on earth are you going to put all your critters? It was a farily substantial list that moved to Bulls already!! Hows the puppy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 thats a very interesting mix she has there- some of the nastiest and some of the nicest fish. it will be interesting to see how they get on, does she have any dividers/other tanks on hand just incase? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 lol ive got a garage that will be setup with a proper fish room.. Yes we had alot of critters when we moved but have even more now.. Steph got 2 femish giants and 3 birds recently (rainbow lori and 2 ringnecks) and the cats about to burst.. And jades awesome still really well behaved for a puppy and really big now.. lol when you coming to visit? Also keep in touch regarding fish will send a box up when your setup.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmchick Posted January 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 thats a very interesting mix she has there- some of the nastiest and some of the nicest fish. it will be interesting to see how they get on, does she have any dividers/other tanks on hand just incase? No Sharn, no dividers. Personally, I think it would be great if some of them did have a tiff and she got discouraged, sold the lot and then I could have 2 huge malawi tanks!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: Surprisingly, they all get along really well. Both Jags are girls, the clown loach is the 2nd biggest in the tank and the pleco pretty much rules everybody else. The only one that looks to be on his way out is the Synodontis. Hes a right pain in the posterior. She may be looking at swapping him for another loach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmchick Posted January 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 lol ive got a garage that will be setup with a proper fish room.. Yes we had alot of critters when we moved but have even more now.. Steph got 2 femish giants and 3 birds recently (rainbow lori and 2 ringnecks) and the cats about to burst.. And jades awesome still really well behaved for a puppy and really big now.. lol when you coming to visit? Also keep in touch regarding fish will send a box up when your setup.. WOW The Jury Zoo certainly sounds like a place to visit alright. How bigs ya back lawn Ryan? We often go through Bulls for the horse competitions. It could be a great stop off point. Just depends on whether your back yard could cope with our travelling zoo? At least 4 horses and the accompanying dogs!!!! Will keep in touch re the malawi tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmchick Posted January 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Any chance of some pix of the fishies? I would watch out for the Parrots, Jags and Jewels, especially wif the Ghost Knife! Yeh, the parrots are just daft really, the jags spend the entire day chasing each other up and down the tank and the jewels are the littlest in the tank and pretty much keep to themselves. The ghost knife has a personality very similar to the Goofy character, as in, doesnt really know that what hes doing is quite stupid. Things like, trying to keep up with the jags during their daily exercise routine and cuddling up to the clowns (he wedges himself in between them at nap time) :roll: but the all time classic is taking food directly from the parrots mouths, well trying to anyway!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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