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Wow your lion let you pet him that must have been a cool fish.

snowflake311 wrote:

Wow your lion let you pet him that must have been a cool fish.

yep i could pet him which is unheard of since the volitan lion is a venomous (poisonous) fish

cajun wrote:

The making of awesome Lemon Jakes in my 5g

COOL. They gonna out grow this real soon.

cajun wrote:

the Alpha male in the cave RULES...

And you know this , MAN

lordraptor1 wrote:

snowflake311 wrote:

Wow your lion let you pet him that must have been a cool fish.

yep i could pet him which is unheard of since the volitan lion is a venomous (poisonous) fish

Not that unheard of. When my dad was younger he worked in a fish store and they had one that would lay his spines down to get fed and petted. There was also a pleco that would go to the surface of the water upside down to get fed. Just pour the food right into his mouth! (Yes my MTS is my dads fault )

Ditto on my large pleco. Okay, not quite upside down but, he sure tries. That's what the pic in my avatar is - lol!

Wow too cool!

Those are some great stories. I have only had a oscar that really interacted with me. She was a lot of fun. I would feed her crickets by hand, we played catch with a ping pong ball and when she was just like my wife she got mad and threw tempertanturms fairly often.

dhawk52 wrote:

Those are some great stories. I have only had a oscar that really interacted with me. She was a lot of fun. I would feed her crickets by hand, we played catch with a ping pong ball and when she was just like my wife she got mad and threw tempertanturms fairly often.

Don't telll your wife that you might be sleeping in the fish room!

way too funny!!!!!!

All my Show tanks.


110 Gallon - Mpimbwe Frontosas and Jalo Reefs


125 Gallon - All 3 the lakes!


75 Gallon - Kenyi, Red Zebra, Chipokae, Ahli, and Bumblebees


75 Gallon - White labs and Afra Cobwe


72 Bowfront - White Top Hara, Mainganos and Yellow Labs


40 Breeder - Red Zebra, Yellow Lab, SP44, and Kenyi fry


30 Tall - Red Zebra Juvies


20 Long - Julie Marlieri pair and 15+ fry


20 Long N. Leleupi

Wow! Very nice tanks. Are the Julies hiding in that pic? Also, how do you like those breeding caves? Do they work well?

CSnyder00 wrote:

Wow! Very nice tanks. Are the Julies hiding in that pic? Also, how do you like those breeding caves? Do they work well?

Thanks Snyder...Caves are working good as homes but not breeding...YET. The Leleupi are too young to breed as they are not even a year old yet. The J. marlieri are hiding because they are protecting their new eggs. ( I only have ONE pair in the 20L) You can see the male guarding the entrance under the holey rock. I have two generations growing out in that tank right now underneath the holey rock. You can't see them because the substrate camouflages them very well (they are tiny and always hiding). I always know when the female has laid her eggs, she disappears for a week or so while she protects the eggs.

Cool!

My Frontosas

Frontosas again

My Big Mean Texas Blue

My Babies F1 Frontosas

Other pic of my F1s

My Baby fry Africans

My 75 Gallon African Fish Tank

My Big Frontosa

My 75 Gallon again

Those F1's are

That sea horse tank is really elegant!

Here is my tank.....

How much was your pool filter sand? For some odd reason, lowes didn't have the cheapo kind and only had the $25 ones. Asked around for sand and there was only regular childrens play sand which is still kinda ugly

I got my pool filter sand at Ace Hardware i think it was 10 bucks for 50lbs...i think it was made by hth...I put 150lbs in my 125 tank. u also need to wash it alot before it goes in the tank...i just pour some in a 5gal bucket and ran water hose in it till it ran clear....i would definatly stay away from play sand

Thanks alot! I will look into it, Lowes and Home Depot dont have it and I never thought about checking Ace.

Phil, the home depot off 360 and Camp Wisdom in Grand Prairie has Pool Filter sand. 50lbs for 5 bucks. That's where I buy mine from.

philuponthepho wrote:

How much was your pool filter sand? For some odd reason, lowes didn't have the cheapo kind and only had the $25 ones. Asked around for sand and there was only regular childrens play sand which is still kinda ugly

lowes has some pfs in a white bag that says PLAY SAND this could be used and you could also use pavestone brand pulverised limestone which is 4.68 for a 40lb bag at home depot. i use the pulverised limestone in my salt tank and it is nice grain size, it is however calcium corbonate type material so i would check to see what kind of buffering effect it will have on your tank i know it works great for saltwater but not sure on the freshwater side of things.

My Tank room. My hubby made my stands and helped me with converting a 10x10 bedroom into a tank room.. I say tank room as it has 10 tanks in it. Their is a RO unit in the closet..

The room before the redo:


The room After using simi gloss Latex paint and sticky tiles that have lasted for 5 yr.


Below: Fitting the stands in. These are the 29 & 75 gal double stands:


BELOW: The 55gal double stands:


BELOW: The Tanks IN and filled: The 29 & 75gal:


BELOW: The shelves above:


BELOW: The 55gal filled:


BELOW: The shelve above made too by hubby:


BELOW: 20 and 15 gal tanks for holding females THEN fry: These are by the 75 gal and the window


The Ro unit in the closet W/30 gal water container. works great as the bathroom is next to it for water/drain..



BELOW: THE room at nite looking in:


All fish and deco have changed. the midas are now in the bottom 75gal all together as that is their daughter in the top 29 gal. doing all fine together. All pics were taken in Feb to sometime in 2008. room at nite in Jan 09..

My 125gal that is more intertaining then the TV sometimes!! The 125gal:

Very nice