Adam
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Originally posted by Ally
U want a tank with just loaches?
Once I have the big tank I'm going to have:
9-15 loaches
15+ Tiger Barbs
20+ Danio's
But want to get startede on the clown's now, they are very playfull and active fish
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Ally
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50 fish in a 4 footer  surely your overstocking
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Cosmo
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Originally posted by Matty G
I need to sort my tank out.
Had a bit of a mishap with the prawns 
WTF went wrong? 
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Adam
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quote:
Originally posted by Ally
50 fish in a 4 footer surely your overstocking
quote:
Once I have the big tank I'm going to have:
9-15 loaches
15+ Tiger Barbs
20+ Danio's
But want to get startede on the clown's now, they are very playfull and active fish
That's going to be 2m x 1m x 1m
[Edited on 08-08-2006 by Adam]
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mwg
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I forgot to wash the bastards before I put them in 
So couple of hours later lots of nice fats and oils floating around in my tank
Now its empty, need new filters, I've washed the ornaments, just need to wash the gravel and clean the glass inside the tank before I can start allover again 
[Edited on 08-08-2006 by Matty G]
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--Dave--
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Originally posted by mark_d
what is it with CS and their hobbies
your the only people i know who find fish interesting
Ry_B 
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
I forgot to wash the bastards before I put them
So couple of hours later lots of nice fats and oils floating around in my tank
Now its empty, need new filters, I've washed the ornaments, just need to wash the gravel and clean the glass inside the tank before I can start allover again
Your meant to get the normal fresh or frozen prawns, not marinated ones
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mwg
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these were just your average raw frozen prawns
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--Dave--
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PMSL
Can just picture Matty putting 20 Spicy Chinese Style Prawns into his tank
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mark_d
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quote:
Originally posted by --Dave--
quote:
Originally posted by mark_d
what is it with CS and their hobbies
your the only people i know who find fish interesting
Ry_B
not this again
what happened to Jambo's plans to ban me? did he realise that im not the people who you thought i am. Is Ian keeping me on here? whats been said in PL?
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mwg
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Hi Lee
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
these were just your average raw frozen prawns
shouldnt of got anything bad out of those, Ive used them to cycle all my tanks with zero problems!
The tank is meant to go slightly cluody as they break down into ammonia, the filters will take care of this though without any problems.
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mwg
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quote:
Originally posted by --Dave--
PMSL
Can just picture Matty putting 20 Spicy Chinese Style Prawns into his tank
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--Dave--
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mwg
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they were raw king prawns.
think they might have had some silly coating on them that dissappears when you defrost them and I forgot to wash it off.
What should I do this time once I have got it all set up again
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mark_d
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Originally posted by Matty G
Hi Lee
hi my old school college friend
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
What should I do this time once I have got it all set up again
just buy cheap, frozen, small prawns. Put them in hot water to defrost (and a bit of a wash) put them in a container with holes in (or pair of tights or net) and put them in the tank. Sorted!
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Adam
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What are you feeding prawns too?
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mwg
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the tank
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Adam
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to cycle it?
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--Dave--
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yes
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Lynny
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lets hope your fish dont kill themselves liek the mice did
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Adam
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why not just use Nutrafin cycler or similar?
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Cosmo
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Originally posted by Adam
why not just use Nutrafin cycler or similar?
'cos its crap! It really isnt worth the money, as you still need a decent ammonia source to get it cycled, and that doesnt speed it up any TBH.
The prawns will just breakdown into ammonia and that'll start the cycle, then you can take them out (couple of days normally) and wait for the bacteria in the filter to feed off this ammonia and break it down. Job done!
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Adam
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so put the prawns in and wait for the amonia to reach ??ppm then take them out?
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