My First Tropical Tank

[tlagden]

Okay here's an update of the tank - i overfilled it a little today doing a partial water change and it flooded onto the carpet while i was at work - through the ceiling below eek - that aside here's my new fish lol
The tank looks more established now - the plants i thought were dyeing are making a comeback - think they just shed a few leaves...

Here's my Siamese Fighter, i felt sorry for him because somebody in the store was taking the mick out of his fins! - i like the colors though:

Here's his obsession with the water heater - i get worried he is going to burn near it (you'll need to tilt your head!):

And finally here's more of the sunset platy's which as somebody has posted above will be generating lots and lots of fry - oh boy...

I think people want to know are you single and are we going to end up with another couple on here?

Well now that makes a little more sense - i am not single nope.

 

[tlagden]

Does anybody know whether it would be okay for me to get an apple snail/crab/frog of some kind or is that not a good idea?

 

[chardonnay1000]

ok, this is how it began, ....pretty discuss said she loved your pic/fish and she loved you 2.......hello, this in my book was the ultimate in chat up, i just pointed out that you kind of conveniently missed wot could of been an ecxiting opportunity. obviously not knowing the back ground of nor u or discus lover i just thought it needed mentioned....thats all...and btw that was simply you sig i was quoting..which seemed to fit... no offence intended btw, hope you didnt take it that way, simply a bit of fun. after all if you are happy to post your own photo on yr avatar, imo you are asking for these kind of propostions from the young girlies on this site. nuf said

 

[JamieH]

anyway.... about those fish

 

[tlagden]

Hmm - well in that case you should probably know that i don't bat for your team 'girlie's' - now yes - about those fish lol

Looks, amazing. I hate coloured gravel, but yours works. I have the same ornament and my angel fish keeps getting stuck inside it. Also i love the platys, they are hardy and cute. Also i have a gravel bottemed tank and a sand bottom tank, by far the gravel is eayser to clean. You can just stick the syphon in and it gets loads of dirt out. With the sand if you try to clean it it gets messed up, dirt particals go everywhere, the tank goes cloudy. One day i stuck the syphon in the sand, and the amount of dirt that came out was crazy. Also i have albino corys in my gravel tank and for the last year or so they have been fine, even spawned. If i could i would have got gravel from the start, for me the maintenance is 10 times eayser. But anyway the tank is FAB-U-LOUS. Male and females will equil fry in no time. Expect 30 ish babies every month from each female. Thats the only down side the millions of babies, a few is nice but trying to raise 100s at a time can be a big drain. Also make sur you, have fun with it.

Thanks for that - i am not going to get an angel fish obviously but am hoping that my Siamese fighter will eventually find a hiding place in the cave created by that rock - however i believe this isn't high enough for him as he'll need to surface all night...

 

[Betta5]

I had a Betta (siamese fighter) in my tank and he used to use it as a hide out until i got the corys. They kicked him out so i got him a tank of his own, but he should like it, they love to hide.

 

[JamieH]

Hmm - well in that case you should probably know that i don't bat for your team 'girlie's' - now yes - about those fish lol

Me either!

 

[tlagden]

I had a Betta (siamese fighter) in my tank and he used to use it as a hide out until i got the corys. They kicked him out so i got him a tank of his own, but he should like it, they love to hide.

Yes i noticed that - when i put him in he went straight for it then one of my albino's went in the little cave bit and out he went and he's stuck by the heater ever since!

 

[chardonnay1000]

Does anybody know whether it would be okay for me to get an apple snail/crab/frog of some kind or is that not a good idea?

apple snails are great, very entertaining, i prob wouldnt get df as they need alot of space and they shoot from the bottom of the tank to the top real fast.

 

[tlagden]

i prob wouldnt get df as they need alot of space and they shoot from the bottom of the tank to the top real fast.

DF meaning dwarf?

 

[stang1]

Hmm - well in that case you should probably know that i don't bat for your team 'girlie's' - now yes - about those fish lol

Don't worry, I wasn't trying to hit on you!!! Nearly old enough to be your mum and in a very happy relationship.
You've obviously caused astir amongst some of the female members, might be best to change your avatar!

 

[JamieH]

Don't worry, I wasn't trying to hit on you!!! Nearly old enough to be your mum and in a very happy relationship.
You've obviously caused astir amongst some of the female members, might be best to change your avatar!

*ahem*

and some of the male ones

 

[tlagden]

Don't worry, I wasn't trying to hit on you!!! Nearly old enough to be your mum and in a very happy relationship.
You've obviously caused astir amongst some of the female members, might be best to change your avatar!

*ahem*

and some of the male ones

Is that so...you're the guy with the cloudy water - is it better now?

 

[Betta5]

Don't worry, I wasn't trying to hit on you!!! Nearly old enough to be your mum and in a very happy relationship.
You've obviously caused astir amongst some of the female members, might be best to change your avatar!

*ahem*

and some of the male ones

Yeah!

 

[JamieH]

...... so.... err..... what fish you getting next?