gonetropo Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 Hi there, Just dropping in to say Hi and introduce myself. I bought my kids (yeah right) a 30 litre tank in September last year and since then........... bought another 30litre, then a 60litre and then went all out with a 550litre !! Someone mentioned it might be an addictive hobby to get involved in and I tend to agree !!! The big tank is a community tank with allsorts (a combination that originated from all the smaller tanks plus contributions for friends) including : a large pleco, 2 angels, 2 speckled mollies, 2 pearl mollies, platys, a dwarf gurami, a blue spotted gurami, scissor tails, a couple of coreys, a zebra loach and todays latest addition, a pair of rainbow boesman. I have a love/hate relationship with the Fluval403 filter. Its either great ... or NOT ...a real nightmare to get restarted (particularly after cleaning or power cuts). Still learning and very much enjoying fish keeping ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 Hi & welcome! Just a quick reminder put your location in so people will know where you are from. I hate, nope...feel sad, nope...LOVE to tell you that you have MTS (mutiple tank syndrome) for which there is no cure :bounce: :bounce: Post some pics sometime! Take care & have fun, Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 Hi and welcome. Yes, add your location to your profile (done through the User Control Panel top right). It is important to have a selection of tanks so your children can learn even more about fish keeping. It is a very educational hobby 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 Hi gonetropo, and welcome to the addictive world of fishkeeping. Sounds like you have a 403 like mine, sometimes you just want to kick it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 :bounce: Hi gonetropo. Welcome to the forum :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfishfanatic Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Hi and welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 hi from Whangarei also. I also started with a small one for the kiddies, its addictive alright! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynnie Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Welcome to the forums. :bounce: :bounce: MTS takes over all of us. Some get it straight away others fight it and pretend they dont have it. LOL. :bounce: :bounce: enjoy the forums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Lynnie wrote: others fight it and pretend they dont have it They're in denial :lol: :lol: Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonetropo Posted March 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 thanks all for the warm welcome. Fish have all survived the week - despite having no filter on Sunday as it took me ALLLLLLLLL day (or at least 6 hours of it) to get the fluval re-started after I cleaned it ... then again today - Northpower replaced a power pole in our street so fish were without power from 9am - 6pm. All going again now and the fish seem happy enough & a body surfing through the bubble jetstream !! ... I had hoped that keeping fish would be a stress free hobby !? Is there anything I should worry about with the filter having been off for so long ? (ammonia?? strike - is that the right term? think I read that somewhere !?) and anything I should put in the water in anticipation of problems? Cheers .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 ... I had hoped that keeping fish would be a stress free hobby !? It is, after the stress, you sit and watch your fishies and the stress goes away 8) If you have a test kit especially for ammonia you might want to keep on eye on that and if you see ammonia registering just do water changes to get it down. If power is out for sometime you might want to take the filter media and give it a swish around in some water that you've removed from the tank, ah say into a bucket that you use just for the fishies. Do a search and you'll see how others have handled power outages. But it sounds as if your fishies faired off pretty well just keep on eye out on the ammonia. Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 :bounce: Hi & Welcome :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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