Zuri_08 Posted September 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 a 1200x600x600 is a nice sized tank but I would say that it is on the larger end of medium tanks for most people other than 'freaks'. another popular mid sized tank would be 3ft x 18in x18in (~900 x 450 x 450) that would give you about 180L to play with edited for wrong length I think I'll be happy with small tanks (or small-medium), just maybe not quite as small as 28L in future ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 whats happened to our maths people :slfg: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 I think I'll be happy with small tanks (or small-medium), just maybe not quite as small as 28L in future ;-) I suggest something closer to 100L, a 900x300x300mm is a good upgrade from a smaller tank. A bit of room to play with but not too big that it costs too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepsnana Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 I may be classed as a freak, but I see a small tank as 54L (60cm x 30cm x 30cm). Small-Medium as 121L (90cm x 45cm x 30cm) Medium as 182L (90cm x 45cm x 45cm) Medium-Large as 300L (120cm x 50cm x 50cm) Large as 648L (120cm x 90cm x 60cm) or (180cm x 60cm x 60cm) Nice as 1512L (180cm x 120cm x 70cm) Perfect is 3.0m x 3.0m x 3.0m triangle base, 2.5m high. Built into the house between the lounge and the bar. I'll get pics as soon as Royce fills it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 nah, perfect fish tank... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 !drool: !drool: !drool: !drool: !drool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuri_08 Posted September 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 I suggest something closer to 100L, a 900x300x300mm is a good upgrade from a smaller tank. A bit of room to play with but not too big that it costs too much. That size sounds good to me too, I've also discovered fish keeping is expensive, so some things will have to wait :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karina Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 nah, perfect fish tank... Yep my husband told me that we are going to go there at some point :happy1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sup42 Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 If you don't over feed the fish they are not a problem. They have a self controlling mechanism in terms of numbers based of food supply. They will not breed when there is not enough food around. I have them in my big tank , I introduced them deliberately, They are never a problem. I just cant catch one to seed my new tank with these invaluable clean up workers. They are a bit harder for Loaches to kill off.There bio mass versus Loaches if you don;t over feed the tank is possibly negligable, I'm guessing here but if your tank is fully cycled their Nitrogenous contribution in controlled numbers would be limited. There positive contribution could outweigh Killing them off. Lastly if you are seeing them in the day time you are over feeding. Correct that first imo then make a decision, I am going with Dwarf Loaches because I like them and want rid of my small bladder snail stock. Good Luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 I have them in many tanks that are defintely not over fed, they are out and about 24/7 and I have had tanks crash before when too many were there (one hit nitrate levels of over 40 in 3 days with no fish in it) they are not normally an issue, but every now and again they just go mental. normally more of an issue in smaller tanks though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuri_08 Posted October 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 An update on my Trumpet snails.... (sound effects) nah nah nah nah nah..... screech screech! They are multiplying! Still not yet a problem, but I see someone had quite a few babies... and I can't wait till I have more money and more space... a bigger tank would be awesome (along with all the other animals I want to have ;-) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 1 becomes 2 2 becomes 4 4 becomes 8 8 becomes 16 16 becomes 32 32 becomes 64 64 becomes 128 128 becomes 256 and so on and so forth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li@m Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 It's called- Exponential Population Growth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 1 becomes 2 2 becomes 4 4 becomes 8 8 becomes 16 16 becomes 32 32 becomes 64 64 becomes 128 128 becomes 256 and so on and so forth That's not quite how it works with snails though. They don't just breed 1 snail each, it's more... Every week 2 becomes 100 100 becomes 50,000 50,000 becomes 250,000 250,000 becomes 12,500,000 12,500,000 becomes 625,000,000 625,000,000 becomes 31,250,000,000 31,250,000,000 becomes 1,562,500,000,000 1,562,500,000,000 becomes 78,125,000,000,000. So in 2 months you'll have 78 trillion snails. If they get loose that would be enough to completely cover about 7800 square kilometers and weighing about 3,906,250,000 metric tonnes. That is coincidentally almost exactly the same mass as the entire world's production of crude oil and twice the mass of all the fish in the world. All those starving snails would cover any area from roughly Levin to the bottom of the north island. The huge mass of snails would either devour every living thing and then migrate northwards eating anything and everything they can before reaching the top of the island. Resulting in somewhere around 4 million deaths and which point they all die of starvation. Or, being aquatic snails, most simply die at the start and leave us with almost 4 billion tonnes of rotting meat which seeps into the oceans, into the air, polluting everything and causing massive amounts of death in the ocean, spreading disease across the entire country and southern hemisphere. Millions or billions of people dead, massive ecological die offs and extinctions around the world, all because someone didn't control their snail infestation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 You crack me up so much Ira :rotf: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepsnana Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 On days when you're feeling a little down, do a search of Ira's posts. :slfg: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li@m Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 You've forgotten to take in account for the time in which the eggs take to hatch. :sage: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 You've forgotten to take in account for the time in which the eggs take to hatch. :sage: we are talking MTS here so no eggs, just new miniature snails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li@m Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 we are talking MTS here so no eggs, just new miniature snails Didn't know that, now i do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuri_08 Posted October 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 Wow thanks for sending frightening images of trumpet snails taking over the world! I better keep a close eye on those snails and call in reinforcements if they start taking over! The snails seem quite slow growing; so I guess it will take these little ones a while to grow big enough to produce more young, and as long as there isn't that much food for them I think they should not grow too much :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepsnana Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 And that thinking is how they get established.... "oh there's only one" /week later "hey look, there's four now. Good thing they grow slowly" /week later "Where the hell did all these little brats come from!? How am I going to remove 700 damn snails??" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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