Blueram Posted February 4, 2003 Report Share Posted February 4, 2003 Hi there everybody, Found this web site mid wat through last year and did not think too much of it. Sorry!! I normally visit the Krib, Tropica and the Aquatic Gardeners Association web sites/forms for inspiration To the person that set this web site and form up, Thank You. The content has really improved since last year. Anyway enough about that, here is I'm interested in and what I currently keep. I have kept fish for the last ten years, successfully and unsuccessfully!! My late father wanted to have fish and decided to set up tropical and goldfish tank. Many hundreds of dollars later and numerous fish deaths we finally figured out that you should NOT CLEAN OUT THE ENTIRE FILTER WITH TAP WATER!! After my father passed on, I closed down the tropical tank and just focussed on the goldfish. Remembering form the lesson above things went well. I got board with goldfish after a year and decided to buy a new tank from Hollywood Fishfarm after finding a Takashi Amano book (Everybody bow to the master of planted aquarium design). Hence planted aquariums are my interest and I have the following set ups: Tank 1: Equipment Black stand holding a 90X45X45 = 182L Eheim Professional 2224 with standard media Jager heater 30W X 3 light bulbs 15Kg Fine black gravel Fertilisation with laterite in substrate and Seachem Flourish every second week 40L water change every week NO CO2 is used as I can't afford it, but my plants grow we anyway!! Plants Cambomba Java Fern Java Moss Anubias Barteri Hygrophila Polysperma Echinodorus Cardamine Vallisneria Mini Sage Assorted Crypts Fish 5 Corys 2 Otocinclus 1 Siamese Algae Eater (SAE) 3 White Sail Fin Mollies and 3 big and 20 tiny babies 6 Guppies and millions of babies 12 Red Phantom Tetras 1 Black Phantom Tetra (all the rest died last year!!) Tank 2: Equipment On the ground 50X40X61 = 122L Fluval 204 with standard media Jager heater 30W X 1 light bulbs 10Kg Fine black gravel Fertilisation with laterite in substrate 40L water change every week NO CO2 is used as I can't afford it, but my plants grow we anyway!! Plants Cambomba Java Moss Hygrophila Polysperma Echinodorus Fish Male and femae Kribs and 30 15cm babies Sorry for taking so long. Catch you in the other forums soon. Kind Regards Blueram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted February 5, 2003 Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 Hey there BlueRam, Nice informative first post there, and great to see you are (like the rest of us) addicted to the hobby once more. There's has been, as you say, lots of changes made to the forum, with lots more topics, members and thousands of interesting posts. You'll be in good company here Great to see you here. Look forward to seeing you here often. Happy Days, Bill (Pegasus) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 5, 2003 Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 Hi blueram. Good to see you gave us another chance. We have certainly improved since our beginning and hope to continue going from strength to strength. A site like this is only as good as the input from members so keep those posts going people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie Posted February 5, 2003 Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 great to see you Blueram and welcome to the board. I have a pair of kribensis too. They are a little hard on my plants. The planted tanks are beautiful, in the last aquarium magazine they had articles on Dutch aquariums which of course are fully planted. WOWOW ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL Welcome again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueram Posted February 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 Thanks guys for making me feel welcome. Goldie, yes my kribs are great fish, but very territorial. My male guppies can vouch for that!!! What is "the last aquarium magazine they had articles on Dutch aquariums". Are you talking about Practical Fishkeeping or some other magazine? If not where do you think I can get a copy? Regards Blueram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie Posted February 5, 2003 Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 Auarium Quarterly US Articles include:- Introduction to Dutch Aquariums Supporting the Tank Building Terraces in the Aquariums Choosing Plants for the Aquariums - the finishing touch Balancing the Fish n plants. Explains all about the Dutch Aquariums etc Some beautiful pics and explainations are good. I picked it up on sale late last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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