What have you achieved today?

[newtonfox]

they are :icon_wink

 

[Durham Fox]

A Biorb is a decent tank, I helped launch it into the market. It does destort the view of the fish though.

Be very careful though, I have witnessed one set light to something that was right behind it as the sun shone through it.

Possibly a lone male Siamese fighter would complement the tank in a month's time.

Oh I assumed they were all style over substance (not that that stopped me buying it). I did resist the SpyOrb though :icon_bigg

It's out of direct sunlight and up against a wall so should be OK.

I went up to A5 Aquatics today (working from home rules) and saw a lot of fish that were claimed to be 'teritorial' would that be the same?

 

[Melton Fox]

Oh I assumed they were all style over substance (not that that stopped me buying it). I did resist the SpyOrb though :icon_bigg

It's out of direct sunlight and up against a wall so should be OK.

I went up to A5 Aquatics today (working from home rules) and saw a lot of fish that were claimed to be 'teritorial' would that be the same?

You want "Community Fish".

My advice would be go to Maidenhead Aquatics at Woodlands.

 

[Durham Fox]

You want "Community Fish".

My advice would be go to Maidenhead Aquatics at Woodlands.

Ah OK, thats better then??

 

[Melton Fox]

Oh I assumed they were all style over substance

Nope.

We distribute them in Europe and have rebranded them for that market, we wouldn't get involved in shit :icon_bigg

 

[Brauny Blue]

Oh I assumed they were all style over substance (not that that stopped me buying it). I did resist the SpyOrb though :icon_bigg

It's out of direct sunlight and up against a wall so should be OK.

I went up to A5 Aquatics today (working from home rules) and saw a lot of fish that were claimed to be 'teritorial' would that be the same?

Once had some barbs who were constantly chasing and shredding the tails of the guppy fish we had. We had to separate them in the finish because they were not 'playing'

 

[Durham Fox]

Nope.

We distribute them in Europe and have rebranded them for that market, we wouldn't get involved in shit :icon_bigg

TBF the whole concept seems very well thought out for the amateur like me.

 

[MKFox]

I love the old Khuli loach:icon_wink

we had one of those in our tropical tank years ago. Nutter it was.
We've got a cold water tank now and my favouite is a weather loach who lies under the gravel with just his head sticking out.I found it under the sofa at 2 am one morning, god only knows how it lived through that.

 

[Matt_B]

I once had a 4ft tank with a few angels and an elephant fish in it. I took as best care as I knew how of it and they still died after a couple of years, in the end I figured I didn't know enough to keep them happy so gave up. Just thought I'd mention that. I love that fecking elephant fish, and when I went to fish it out with a metal net the dead ****ed shocked me (they move by using electric pulses, like an electric eel I was told). I'm a bit pissed tonight so not sure if it's relevant, or if this is the Leroy Potter missing thread, but hey ho.

 

[Melton Fox]

I love that fecking elephant fish, and when I went to fish it out with a metal net the dead ****ed shocked me (they move by using electric pulses, like an electric eel I was told).

That's bizarre.

An Elephant nose' electric pulse is an active action and not a passive one, so I'm very surprised it could manage this whilst dead.

I was also under the impression it was a measured in micro/milli/tiny vaults as opposed to actual vaults as it's mainly used for navigation and giving a warning to little fish who nip its tail.

I guess you must have had a mutant who lived near an African electric works.

 

[Boy Genius]

That's bizarre.

An Elephant nose' electric pulse is an active action and not a passive one, so I'm very surprised it could manage this whilst dead.

I was also under the impression it was a measured in micro/milli/tiny vaults as opposed to actual vaults as it's mainly used for navigation and giving a warning to little fish who nip its tail.

I guess you must have had a mutant who lived near an African electric works.

as in bank vaults or burial vaults, or was it pole vaulting........


or was it volts?

 

[Melton Fox]

or was it volts?

I meant to put "volts", it was an error on my part.

 

[Boy Genius]

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my tropical set up ,you will see my lads trophy in one of the pic so don't start girls

Oy Newts, that looks like a fresh water tank me, the Black Widow Tetra is the give away!.

You said you had a marine set up, is this another porky pie?

 

[Melton Fox]

i have both :icon_wink

You don't have an undergravel filter, Newts. You are running an external filter in that pic.

 

[newtonfox]

You don't have an undergravel filter, Newts. You are running an external filter in that pic.

I have a undergravel filter too

 

[Melton Fox]

I have a undergravel filter too

I can only see two pipes, one is supply to your external filter (on the right), the other appears to be the return from your filter (on the left with what appears to be a bung in the end).

 

[newtonfox]

I can only see two pipes, one is supply to your external filter (on the right), the other appears to be the return from your filter (on the left with what appears to be a bung in the end).

the tank is drilled at the bottom for the gravel filter you can not see the pipes at all ,that's how the tank came when we got it

 

[Melton Fox]

the tank is drilled at the bottom for the gravel filter you can not see the pipes at all ,that's how the tank came when we got it

The tank is only drilled at the bottom if a sump is used in the cabinet. For a tank that size, it's bloody ludicrous.

Are you confusing an under gravel filter, with a sump filter which fits under your tank?

I take it the hole is blanked and you aren't using the sump under the tank?

 

[newtonfox]

The tank is only drilled at the bottom if a sump is used in the cabinet. For a tank that size, it's bloody ludicrous.

Are you confusing an under gravel filter, with a sump filter which fits under your tank?

I take it the hole is blanked and you aren't using the sump under the tank?

yes indeed as it didn't come with a sump the chap that had the tank and stand custom made it ,he fitted the under gravel filter ,the air line goes in the drilled hole at the bottom and is sealed in with something.not sure what,the air pump has two out lets ,and is rate adjustable.

 

[highland fox]

I once had a Goldfish,it died and I flushed it down the Bog