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  • jwcarlson
    Homesteader

    • Jan 2022
    • 1694
    • Iowa
    • Jacob

    I HATE this tank.

    I HATE this tank... for now at least.

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  • brewmaster15
    Administrator
    • Apr 2002
    • 30357
    • Northford,CT,USA

    #2
    Re: I HATE this tank.

    Just need to find a fish that is so cool it doesnt matter what the tank is...

    Ever try Laetacara dorsigera
    Redbreast Acara?


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    Beautiful cichlids.
    Tangledupincichlids.com has tank raised ones.

    Great fish if you are looking for options
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    • jwcarlson
      Homesteader

      • Jan 2022
      • 1694
      • Iowa
      • Jacob

      #3
      Re: I HATE this tank.

      That's a really neat fish, Al, I've heard of acaras obviously, but never kept any of them. And never heard of that particular one either. Pretty!

      Bit of an update on this hated aquarium. I banished it to the basement.

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      • Willie
        Registered Member
        • May 2002
        • 4373
        • St Paul
        • Willie

        #4
        Re: I HATE this tank.

        Looks like it'd make a good breeding tank for larger discus.
        At my age, everything is irritating.

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        • Discus Fever
          • Sep 2023
          • 391
          • Gilberts, IL.
          • Scott Winefka

          #5
          Re: I HATE this tank.

          I think that would make a great nano tank

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          • jwcarlson
            Homesteader

            • Jan 2022
            • 1694
            • Iowa
            • Jacob

            #6
            Re: I HATE this tank.

            Leak test:

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            Filled her up, and my reflection looks like it's snorkeling. I didn't start a contest thread for the 125, but if it's captured in the reflection of a contest tank does that qualify it? Will have to ask Al. I hope to move my discus into the 125 at some point.

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            Willie, it probably would make a good breeding tank. I'm focusing on trying to keep other much less sensitive fry alive (which is part of the goal of this setup).

            This is the previous iteration of this tank before I tore it down in favor of a 40 breeder. Actually, this was probably the "peak". I struggled with plants in this one, probably in part due to the depth.

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            Last edited by jwcarlson; 11-28-2023, 10:21 AM.

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            • jwcarlson
              Homesteader

              • Jan 2022
              • 1694
              • Iowa
              • Jacob

              #7
              Re: I HATE this tank.

              Coming along. Waiting on some parts, but otherwise progressing.

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              • Adamski77
                Registered Member
                • Sep 2023
                • 108
                • Shanghai/China
                • Adam

                #8
                Re: I HATE this tank.

                Every time I open this thread I'm asking myself "but why do you hate it so much?" ... it's actually very good looking tank

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                • jwcarlson
                  Homesteader

                  • Jan 2022
                  • 1694
                  • Iowa
                  • Jacob

                  #9
                  Re: I HATE this tank.

                  It's purely footprint related. I suppose if fills a niche (like a breeding pair of discus... I have never done that, but I suspect it would be good).
                  I'm repurposing it for something I actually want to have. Which is a dedicated fry rearing space instead of using hang on breeder boxes and what not. I guess I never mentioned what I am doing here haha.

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                  • Discus Fever
                    • Sep 2023
                    • 391
                    • Gilberts, IL.
                    • Scott Winefka

                    #10
                    Re: I HATE this tank.

                    That would be a very good tank for raising fry, keep us posted on this.

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                    • jwcarlson
                      Homesteader

                      • Jan 2022
                      • 1694
                      • Iowa
                      • Jacob

                      #11
                      Re: I HATE this tank.

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                      First two batches of sterbai fry went into the fry system today. Spawned my celestial pearl danios this AM as well and have about 40-60 eggs from a trio. I've failed miserably with the CPDs after my first spawn, which I made it a couple of weeks into free swimming and over fed fry powder and ended up killing a large number of them. Have spawned them a few times after that with absolutely no luck, but believe that to be possibly related to cleanliness of the breeding/hatching containers. So bleach cleaned all of that and we'll see how it goes. Eggs are in methlyene blue on an internal hang-on breeder box.

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                      • jwcarlson
                        Homesteader

                        • Jan 2022
                        • 1694
                        • Iowa
                        • Jacob

                        #12
                        Re: I HATE this tank.

                        The CPD fry have hatched out.

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                        • AquaticNerd
                          Administrator
                          • Sep 2019
                          • 1223
                          • Kentucky
                          • Jake

                          #13
                          Re: I HATE this tank.

                          Holy smokes those are some TINY fry! Congratz on the hatch!
                          Jake

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                          • jwcarlson
                            Homesteader

                            • Jan 2022
                            • 1694
                            • Iowa
                            • Jacob

                            #14
                            Re: I HATE this tank.

                            Originally posted by AquaticNerd
                            Holy smokes those are some TINY fry! Congratz on the hatch!
                            Yeah, it's absolutely amazing to me that they can survive. What's even more wild is they basically lay on the bottom for like 3-5 more days and then eventually they'll move over and sit up on the sides. It takes a week or more to go free swimming. And boy are they a treat to feed. haha

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                            • Discus Fever
                              • Sep 2023
                              • 391
                              • Gilberts, IL.
                              • Scott Winefka

                              #15
                              Re: I HATE this tank.

                              Nice job keep up the great work.

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