What Do You Think Of My Tank?

[mr williams]

 

[big mick]

No offence but get ready for a right slagging about your stocking.....3 oscars and 6 bala's in that tank (a Rio 300 or 400)?......sweet lord!

 

[mr williams]

No offence but get ready for a right slagging about your stocking.....3 oscars and 6 bala's in that tank (a Rio 300 or 400)?......sweet lord!

Its a 400 and they will be moved as approach maturity,...

 

[cane76]

tanks looking good how does the mbu do in the community?

 

[mr williams]

tanks looking good how does the mbu do in the community?

He behaves himself impecibly, the only fish that diaplays any agressive is the slightly larger pleco.

If you could advise me on which fish I should get rid of it appears I have too many, or will ahve once they grow a bit...

 

[cane76]

in the long run i would lose 2 of the oscars the mbu and one ornate bichir and 2 of the sailfin plecs im afraid
what filtration are you running just the jewel is it?
where abouts in london are you i might be interested in the mbu

 

[mr williams]

Impossible!! I would rather buy a double sized tank than lose mooboo. I will give up the bala sharks plus 1-2 oscars... Deal??

 

[Gankutsuou]

It's not a "deal", it's the problem of the fact of how much stress and territory fights are going to break out. Unfortunatly, the best looking tanks to the people who don't know about fishkeeping are those that are heavily heavily over stocked....


But, get a double sized tank. That'd be a start. Then you could seperate some of the fish and that'd sort out the stocking issues.

 

[mr williams]

i would lose 2 of the oscars the mbu and one ornate bichir and 2 of the sailfin plecs im afraid
what filtration are you running just the jewel is it?
where abouts in london are you i might be interested in the mbu

I see I am running the Juwel plus another ehiem external that I added, I also upgraded the pump in The Juwel. I change 40-50% 1-2 weeks..

I can't give away my MBU i'm afraid. He is my favourite. Plus it may be hard for me to find another that will live as peacefully. I bought him at maiden head aquatics in East grinstead for £80 but they have 2 left and have slashed the price to £45. They look pretty miserable in their though.

I'm in purley just outside south London by the way.

It's not a "deal", it's the problem of the fact of how much stress and territory fights are going to break out. Unfortunatly, the best looking tanks to the people who don't know about fishkeeping are those that are heavily heavily over stocked....


But, get a double sized tank. That'd be a start. Then you could seperate some of the fish and that'd sort out the stocking issues.

1. I was using the phrase "deal" in a tougne in cheek fashion.

2. Yes I am new to the hobby but you should probably blame the advice that "experts" give out in lfs.

3. I am clearly trying to resolve my overstocking problem (at great expense to myslef).

4. If I had room for another larger tank I would buy one immeadiately.

 

[cane76]

getting a bigger tank for the mbu is a must they get huge

 

[mr williams]

getting a bigger tank for the mbu is a must they get huge

This was pointed out to be in store and it is my intention to move him to a home at least twice the size. The LFS told me it would be fime to keep him in there for at least a year. Surely it's over kill to keep a 4in fish in an 800L tank???

 

[cane76]

if you have a bigger tank lined up for your fish i dont see a immediate problem as you can split the fish up accordingly.
but you do have a lot of large growing fish so you aint got long

 

[mr williams]

I'm have been scared into Immeadiate action

 

[cane76]

we all make mistakes at least your correcting them
i wouldnt put a lot of trust in what your told by your lfs most of them are full of underpaid idiots who have no clue no offence to anyone who works in one i know there are good staff too

 

[mr williams]

Does make the induvidual feel bad though to hav unhappy fish, although they seem ok.......