Planted tank with a giant school of Rummy Nose. Google Spencer Jack, he is the king of cichlids and stocks a ton of fish.

Yeah, I've seen his website before. He has a good reputation here in Canada. I was considering a planted tank if I go with discus, but not with a South American cichlids tank though; too much hassle to keep them from uprooting the plants.

goldfish and treasure chest bubblers:mrgreen:

How about a paludarium, I've always wanted to set up one. It could look pretty awesome with a corner tank

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dLSVgS5AxB...ariummisty.jpg

Another of my favorite paludariums

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Hey, that might be an idea Marie. They are pretty cool. I don't know a whole lot about them but that's what makes it fun right? :biggrin:

I lean more toward the deep sea diver with bubbler. And goldfish are soooooooo yesterday! It's all about Guppies now! :mrgreen:

They don't grow too big and have alot of machismo... Altolaprologus either the comps or calvus both are very cool fish. Ambush predators so they won't need alot of aquarium length for swimming.They grow very slow so buy the largest you can.

You should bring the 92 corner down for me so I can down grade and get on with my reno's

LMAO I have a 14 gal bio cube with about 50 guppies in it, all I need is the bubbling diver, maybe some neon plastic plants. Think you may be onto something.

Fed Ex to Manitoba? Cost more than one of those fancy skimmers of yours. :mrgreen:

And I thought it was all about Endlers now.
But what do I know!

50 guppies in 14 gallons. Sounds like a big fishy orgy to me. Do T5's come in red for the guppy red light district?

You got that right, originally started with a male and two females ( poor things) would be nice if marine fish reproduced that easy.

Fancy Venezuelan guppies. Excuse me! I should say Fancy Venezuelan guppy-like fish. :lol:

I feel sick participating in any of this discussion but holy crap that light through the hole in the rock ceiling look is AMAZING!

Good luck Lance!

For anyone interested a spot may become available on my friends list in the near future.

Sell the 90g down grade to a 30(ish)g cube tank and fill it with lots of cool little gobies/blenny's and maybe pipefish or seahorse. I have to say I'm enjoying my 34g cube watching the yasha and pistol shrimp and my pipefish. Yesterday I put some mysis in and the pipefish got it then the yasha zipped out and tried to grab it from the pipefish but the pipefish held onto it. Then the yasha realized there was more mysis and he grabbed another piece of it. Was hilarious to watch, wish I had my camera ready to capture the moment.

I dont wanna offend any of our freshwater friends here but, I sorta agree with this sentiment.....going back to fresh now would be like going from full 1080p HD to black and white:mrgreen:

+1 Although that paludarium thingy above looks pretty wicked

I say go with Lauries idea, downgrade and do gobies and smaller fish. They're fun :)

Oh oh. Starting to show a little SW snobishness! That will open up a spot on my friend's list for someone who is already famous and not just "soon enough". :mrgreen:

I take it back man... I can't afford to loose you!

I secretly still fantasize about frontosas and malawi sexiness.

If I'm ever unable to afford the 404 I already know what I'd do with it!

The 90 is kind of a tweener size. Too small for big fish and too large for little fish or seahorses.
I like your idea Laurie but I really like the corner tank and don't want to give it up. I'll keep tossing ideas around and maybe even ask the wife's opinion............WOW, that will be a first!

He he I knew you'd come crawling back.

I did the East African thingy already years ago. It was a cool tank though; the rock scaping was a work-of-art if I say so myself.

You mean you haven't noticed this side of everyone here yet, where have you been? :lol:

Oh that was a little harsh....poor Brett. :wink: He needs all the help he can get.

To tell the truth Leah, I've been guilty of looking down my nose at the Freshies myself. :redface:

Maybe have her look down the 'idea pipe' and see what comes (out) of it?

Discus are gorgeous!

The "idea pipe" is not a good idea.

Well just think of how many little gobies/blennys etc you could put in a 90g I'm sure you would see some of them some of the time :wink: :lol: I always thought it would be cool to have a bunch of fairy wrasses and dwarf angels together.

DAZED & CONFUSED

My poor Fire Clowns are screwed up. Their Nem moved again and left their clutch of eggs uncovered. The parents take turns, going from guarding the eggs and then to the Nem and back and forth all day long.


In this pic you can see the red egg cluster under the rock overhang on the left side. The Nem has moved about 10" to the right.
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You can see the eggs better in this photo. Mama clown is to the right of the eggs.
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nems is evil!........ and fire clowns?....poor?......I dont know how your fire clowns are, but the ones we had at the shop a while back were the meanest SOBs on the face of the earth.....they would come from across the tank to take a chunk out of you whenever you were in the tank.......Kevin put one in the clam system at the old shop and all the customers got a kick out of watching the clown attack us every time we were in the tank..........I wouldnt call them poor.....except maybe they're poor in the IQ department:razz:.....

Until I bought the 'poor' thing :lol:

Oh they're evil all right! Taken some of my hide more than once. Even so it is still
sad to see them trying to guard both the eggs and the nem.

You could always use the 90 to house the beagle! Your choice as to wether you drain the water out first :twised: or turn it into a mini gro-op

Beagle Shmeagle, Gro-op would be easy: just add soil and seeds. The tank is already equipped with timed lighting and the ATO for watering. Wouldn't even alert the new smart meter! :lol:

Do you have a fish that is a PITA to feed? It's hard to believe but my PITA is this guy.


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Sydney the Tuskfish. Toughest fish in the tank, but in some ways the wimpiest. When I approach the tank every fish goes nuts at the front glass hoping to get fed. But not Sydney; he hides in the rockwork and won't come out until I move away from the tank. Consequently most of the food is gone by the time he comes out. The only way I can get food to him is by tossing in a few large chunks of food. The other fish can't eat large pieces and he will steal it away. The only bad thing about this is I'm afraid he'll rip some poor fish's face off one day as he steals the food so aggressively, and has a nasty mouthful of teeth. Anybody else have this problem with their Tuskfish.

I would venture to guess that not to many peeps actually have a tuskfish......

maybe you could try a long piece of pvc and a compressor to get food to the tank without freaking Sydney out:wink:.......

Oh it would freak him out alright, but prolly not as much as the wifey! Poor girl has nightmares of demon-like compressor hoses chasing her around the house. :twised:

A NEAR DISASTER!

Leaving on vacation tomorrow and won't be back for 16 days, so I just did a water change on all 3 tanks. Mixed up 75 gals of SW and started on the 90g first. Had about 15 gals of the new SW into the tank when I noticed the two clams were closing up and some of the corals were starting to slime up. Uh Oh! Checked the temp on the tank: 74F! Stuck my hand in the new water and it was ice cold. The heater in the mixing container must have failed. I keep the container in the garage which is at about 60F. Tank temp dropped 4 degrees in five minutes! No wonder the inverts looked ****y! I always check the temp and salinity before water changes, but forgot to this time. IDIOT! Slowly raised the temp back to 78 and everything appears to be okay. Clams have re-opened and corals stopped sliming. Whew! Too close for comfort.

Gald you caught that! I sometimes remember to do a high-tech hand-test comparison between tank and barrel good call.