Cosmo
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dont have any old tank water. I'm starting from scratch
if the tank doesnt have any fish then it doesnt matter then as you'll be cycling the tank anyway 
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mwg
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yeah got to get it cycling so wont matter 
when I come to change the white filter pads (think its something like every 6 weeks?) thats when I wash the new white pads in the old tank water yeah?
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GREG 1
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Did you leave the bag in the tank for a while for the fish to get used to the water / heat etc?
I know its alot worse for marine but you still need to with tropical, should leave it in the bag floating for around 45 mins, then slowly add around 10% of water every say 10 mins.
All in all you shouldn't release the fish until about 1hr 30mins.
A quick entry to the tank can shock and stress the fish causing all sorts of problems including death.
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yeah got to get it cycling so wont matter
when I come to change the white filter pads (think its something like every 6 weeks?) thats when I wash the new white pads in the old tank water yeah?
No
The white pad is just added (new and dry) and put above all other pads straight into tank. When it really is dirty you lift out all the pads and bin the white one and repeat.
When doing that you clean the others with old water.
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sweet. can always rely on off day fish keeping posse for advice  Ta
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GREG 1
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Thats why we love it 
I know a bit about freshwater but alot more about marine.
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Cosmo
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I know a bit about freshwater but alot more about marine.
and Im the other way round! Never had a marine tank but will do in the future probably.
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Have you ever watched the film - Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigalow
Now that has a sweet marine fish tank in it
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Matty - The white pads are shite. If you change them at six week intervals, it's a bit too long. They get blocked easily, thi slows down the water flow. I tend to change mine every 2-3 weeks.
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I know a bit about freshwater but alot more about marine.
and Im the other way round! Never had a marine tank but will do in the future probably.
Yeah thats what I done, i totally agree with starting freshwater before going marine.
Marine is the best thing I have ever done!
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Have you ever watched the film - Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigalow
Now that has a sweet marine fish tank in it
No I haven't mate.
It's all about finding nemo
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Cosmo
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Yeah thats what I done, i totally agree with starting freshwater before going marine.
Marine is the best thing I have ever done!
ILL only have a marine when Ive a big enough tank to house a black tip reef shark, so about a 2-3,000 gal 
Will always keep freshwater though as cant see me stopping collecting Piranha.
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Cool mate, im not a lover of piranhas to be honest but I guess it's good we all like different things.
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I really would like to keep some Pirahna
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Cosmo
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Cool mate, im not a lover of piranhas to be honest but I guess it's good we all like different things.
 how can you not like these...
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GREG 1
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A guy in my local shop fed them chicks i think it was?
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GREG 1
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Cosmo - Can you get a vid clip up when you feed them for me
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Cosmo
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A guy in my local shop fed them chicks i think it was?
yeah you can feed them mice, pinkies, chicks, feeder fish, etc. but they'll eat prawns and stuff like that too...and its better for them.
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The one in the background on the second pic looks like a meaner version of my silver dollars
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Cosmo
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The one in the background on the second pic looks like a meaner version of my silver dollars
Pygocentrus Caribe, you can shoal them and are fairly easy to keep
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Piranhas can't be kept with anything alse can they?
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Cosmo
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Cosmo - Can you get a vid clip up when you feed them for me
Super reds (basically wild version of the most common Piranha available). Video here
Caribe feeding on a mouse. Again these can be shoaled. Video Here
Now the best video, but seems its one of the biggest Piranhas in captivity I thought Id post it. Its a Pygocentrus Piraya, can be kept in shoals and obviously grows huge. Video here
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Piranhas can't be kept with anything alse can they?
depends on the type and size really.
You can shoal all the Pygocentrus type (Common Red belly, Ternetzi, Caribe and Piraya). But the Serrsalmus types have to be kept alone, if they are fairly large though (above 10" or so) then you can normally have some small community fish in the tank aswell and they wont bother with them.
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Caribe feeding on a mouse. Again these can be shoaled. Video Here
fucking hell 
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GREG 1
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Coor crikey
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