dobby968

great thank you for the advice guys, I didnt even think about putting the new filter in the old 65 gallon!! DUH..., I'm going to be picking up new rock and decorations next week, So I will set up ne filter in the 65 gallon, Let it run in there a week Then when I'm ready to fill up the 90 gallon I will let it still cycle for a few weeks, Before I move the 2 adult severums back in there, I'm sure my zebra danios will be much happier with out the big guys in there, It's just been so crazy the guy was going to get rid of them And had alrady emptied out his 90 gallon,( they were sitting in a bucket when I went over there) So thats why when I took them I just therw them in my 65 gallon,( that only had 6 Zera danios and 2 plecos) liveing in it for the past 2 years Then 3 days later he phones me asking if I wanted the 90 Galllon!!( and I sure the heck wasnt turnning down a free tank with all the equpitment, So now I'm going to get the 90 gallon up and going, emptie out the 65 gallon and move that one upstairs as well!! I think I'm going to set the 65 gallon up in my computer room, And seeing as I will literally have only the zebra danios It will be a easy move just have to eptie water out in buckets and Upstairs it goes!!

ok so I have a few questions I have to ask, And they have to do with a few things so I thought I would throw it in here, I hope thats ok!!Firstly about cyleing my new 90 gallon tank! the guy who gave me a tank also gave me a Eheim canaster filter with it! he said not to change any of the filters or bio rocks (Whatever there called)little white rocks that are hollowed out! he said to just fill the tank with water and let it filter through for a week or two! What I am wondering is should I buy all new filter sponges and carbon?or keep the old? I dont know how old the the stuff in the canaster is,He bought it 1 yr ago! Now I do have a 65 gallon tank that has been established already It has a mateing pair of green severums( Which he also gave me) and their 5 babys, As well as my 2 plecos and 5 zebra danios! Can I do a water change on that tank and put the water in the 90 gallon tank with the new meterials for the filter and let it cycle that way?, Also I dont know alot about cichlids, I have done some reading on the green severums and so far they seem to be pretty calm fish, Because there a breeding pair I'm Wondering if I should keep them in the 65 gallon or move them back to their old home the 90 gallon as soon as I get it up and running? also what are some sutible tank mates for them? I think I wanna get rid of the babys, Cause I dont want a tank full of the same fish! especially if these guys keep breeding The next thing ya know I'll be over populated with the little guys( although ther pretty cute)And also I have to mention I am Going to set this 90 gallon up in my upstairs liveing room, I have made sure I put it agaist a wall that has a 6 support beams under the flooring, As well as I have real hardwood floors is this tank going to be to heavy? will it damage the hard wood in any way? ok I'm going to stop here lol..... I could ask a few more questions but I will save it for another day!!

Hi I thought I would re intoduce my self I havent been on here in a while! (couple of years I think) I moved to a new house And lost most my fishies in the process of renovateing, Someone didnt Cover the fish tank when they were sanding the walls and such(husband) so all that dust got into the tank, That and the stress of moveing I think is what did them in! anyways 1 week ago My friend called me up asking if I wanted his 90 gallon aquarium( which has been sitting empty for a few months) with his breeding pair of green severums and their 5 babys form his 150 gallon,Which for now all of them are stuck in my 65 gallon So I can say I am offically back in the game......now I will post all my questions in the proper rooms cause I have lots of them...lol

:thumbs: Very cool!!

I got a new sony cyber shot camera and I thought my fish would make good models!! This is my pleco enjoyeing some cucumber he's over a year old now and is the same size as when i got him!! :well: I rescued this one from my nieces daycare they had this one in a 10 gallon tank This is Gimpy his fin has been like this since i got him I'll post more as I practice

sorry about you loss

:thumbs: congrats nick hope all goes well!!!!

OUCH!!!! but very cool

:tongue: that really sucks.....sorry to hear that Nick

:thumbs: cool hope they make it

i totaly know what you are going through...what i do is put some cucmber in the tank for the night useally in the mornning i find a few stuck to it i take em out put them in the garbage, and if i see them in the tank i net them out if there bigger or sqwish the against the side for my fish to eat...i know its kindda a pain in the A :cuss: but i found it has kept the snail population somewhat under control

:thumbs: good read, Thanks for posting!

:thumbs: very cool where did you get him? and was he very expensive?

:thumbs: very cool!!

:thumbs: AWWW soo cute ........then they chew things lmao