FishyFishy!

And now here's the problem.... After this great success... I want to do it on all of my tanks... but I'd have to drain and completely empty them all to paint them :cry:

Couple more pics. One of all the stuff it took to do this, and the finished product.

I got bored the other day and decided to paint the background in my 120 gallon. Materials required: - Krylon Fusion spray paint (fantastic!) One can did my whole 120 gallon. ($6.97/can @ Crappy Tire) - Good masking tape (cheap stuff dosn't stick well to glass and rips easily when you pull it)($5.95/roll) - Card board and/or newspaper (just moved... so there is an ubundance of this around my house) - Windex or rubbing alcohol ($2.00 for a bottle of walmart stuff..) - Paper towel (should have this lying around) Steps: 1. You want to put the tank flat on its front side. This allows a nice flat, level surface for the paint to adhere too. If you try to do this with the tank standing up, you will get runns and drips. 2. Mask and tape off the sections that you do not want to paint. I used card board on all sides to cover the tank glass/opening. 3. Clean and whipe down the surface to be painted. I used windex and paper towel, but there is a big thing with windex - MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR TANK INSIDE AND OUTSIDE PANELS COMPLETELY TAPED OFF AND BLOCKED Windex is harmful to fish. you do not want this on the inside of your tank. The only surface you want this to touch is the back panel (the one you are about to paint)... I can't stress this enough. I have also heard of people using rubbing alcohol to the same effect. Cleaning the tank is very useful for two reasons: 1) getting finger prints off the glass surface (the oil from your fingerprints will cause a barrier between paint and glass, and the paint will flake or run right off the prints. 2) To remove dust particles and debris on the glass surface. 4. Start painting! Do consistant sprays from edge to edge, releasing your finger off the nozzle at the end of each stroke (this prevents excess build up and the edges). This Krylon Fusion paint dries completely in between coats in 15 minutes! Hardens in 24 hours, and becomes flake/chip resistant in 7 days. I did a full 3 coats to prevent light transmission through the paint in high light areas. I have a window right behind my tank. 3 coats was awesome. 5. After it dries for about 15 minutes after the last coat, remove all masking tape and cardboard/newspaper. DO NOT leave this until the paint is 100% cured or you could get chipping while pulling the tape off. 6. Admire your great success!!

I kept the Pleco in the 120, and transfered the ray and the arowana to the 250, just in case the pleco did decide to suck on the ray. I'm going to do a small colony of frontosa's in the 120.

I might add some coral, but I heard the trigger will eat corals. What would you suggest? And the tang is already about 7-8 inches long. He's pretty big. But he has been in the tank for about 1.5 years or more according to the previous owner.

MOVED TO MY JOURNAL!

I'm sure my yellow box fish has ick. Can anyone confirm (I heard velvet was similar looking). Anyone know if I put him in quarantine... will it spread to other members of the tank? They all seem good at the moment. Any cures that people have used that are better than others? This is salt water for anyone who needed clarification. lol

I got my 250 Gallon, and along with it got two new Fluval FX5 filters. I've been searching on the net for Media suggestions/placement, and have really come up with little to no definitive answers. I also just picked up a new FX5 for my 120 gallon, so I'm in a hurry to get these things cycling. On monster fish keepers, they have a thread on it, but it ends up being very contridictory in the end. They start off by saying to use "dish scrubbies" (those plastic woven dish scrubbers), which i'm sure are great for an aquariest on a budget, but Bio max should be a lot better. I'm thinking something along the lines of bio max in the bottom two trays, and in the third, a small layer of pre-filter rings, and then the blue polishing pad at the top. (I heard the white fine polishing pads for the FX5 are crap and require a lot of maintenance due to clogging). What does everyone run in theirs? Any suggestions?? Thanks FishyFishy!

New dimensions are 96 X 24 X 25 (LXDXH)

Well here's the good news... I just picked up a 250 Gallon! haha. Now I'll have room for everyone when they're all grown up! Now... where to put it....?? :boxed:

They are totally fine! The pleco is scared of the ray. Every time he goes near the pleco he runs away

Good info! I'll keep away from the ID! My oscar is about 8", Frontosa is 8", and the pleco is about 7". My ray is only about a diameter of 6" now. I bought him at about 5", so he's still a little guy at the moment! When the fish start to grow a little bigger, I'm going to a 180 Gallon.

Just wondering if a 12" ID Shark would do ok with my 12" Silver Arowana? Anyone seen this before? I have a buddy that wants to give me his large ID shark.

I wanted one of these guys so bad!!! But unfortunately my two lionfish would not be very nice to a blenny :cry:

I actually just went to Home Depot, and they have an awesome selection at really decent prices. I went to scenic acres garden center, and they had the same pond kit that Home Depot had... for almost 2 times the price! Home depot so far is the winner. Any other suggestions?

Glad to hear your move went well! I really hope this goes smoothly. Is there any issue with putting lids on 5 gallon pales with tank water and live rock in them? Just wondering about oxygen transfer. I realistically only have about a 10 minute drive between houses, so it isn't that long.

Just wondering where to get good pond supplies in calgary? I'm planning on starting a decent size Koi pond this weekend. I went to a couple places, but they just sold over priced filters/pumps and pond liners. Advice?

Yeah that does sound like an easier way to do it. But what if I keep about 80% of all the water during the move? I have never moved a salt water tank before, but have read it can crater your tank. Any way to avoid a disaster other than selling off all of my fish?

Hi there! I have a 110 Gallon salt water setup. I recently moved into a new house, and have been stalling with the moving of the tank. I would like to know... what is your best idea about how to transport the water? Ideas/tricks to transporting the fish? I have a Nasso Tang, A Fox Face, A snowflake Eel and a Bursa Triggerfish to transport. Any ideas or tricks to make this move better would be awesome! I was thinking of purchasing a whole bunch of large, thick rubbermaid containers. Thoughts?

It will definatly benefit from being away from direct sunlight (I have actually experimented with this) the tank I put close to the window grew fully covered over with algae in 26 days... when I changed locations... it has yet to have any major algae in 30 days. Buy a reverse osmosis water purifier for all water changes to remove all of this city's crappy water chemicals. Add more flow to the aquarium, and some helpful little algae cleaners such as crabs, snail, shrimp or gobies etc etc. Simple steps to begin with.

Awesome pictures!!! so amazing! Are all of those fish in the 500 Gallon?

The only way I found when one of my tanks had Callamanus worms was ordering or through a Vet at rediculous prices.

Loaches are truely awesome! I absolutely love them. My favorite are Clown Loaches, but they get very large, and will eventually need a large aquarium. The YoYo Loach is smaller, but can still reach about 5-6 inches in length (at their largest), however they are much slower growing and if bought young, may be kept in a smaller aquarium for a number of years. Once again, at a smaller size, they are certainly compatible with cory's. They will be fairly large at one point, and therefore not compatible with cory's at a larger size. Pleco's will be just fine with Loaches. Your MTS population will go missing with loaches, unless they are large. I'd say anything smaller than a twoonie size will most likely go missing. I've seen one of my clowns rip an apple snail out of its shell that was about the size of a nickle. If you like loaches, you could certianly try Kuhli Loaches. These are fantastic to watch, have bright coloring and also have very serpentine like bodies. They also stay small, and rarely pick on snails. I guess a good start would be asking, how big is your tank? Here is some good info on Loaches: http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/LoachesBotias.html

I have come accross a 6.5 inch (body only, no fins included). He was HUGE! and so beautiful. With a lot of searching you can find them. But in my days, only one that big has been seen for sale. I have seen others in pictures and such. It happened to be at a petland as a surrender, which was odd. My angels were 3 years old when I sold them last week, and they had 4 inch bodies. This isn't to say that they would stop growing at that age, but you also have to consider the size of the tanks they grow up in. Those that are in larger thanks will tend to grow faster and larger. How/what you feed them, amount of stress, environment, water conditions etc etc etc... can also influence (and sometimes stunt) their growth.

So this has a UV light built in? I was thinking of picking two of these up for my 110 Gallon cube. Bow valley aquariums has a bunch of these for cheap. They have the bigger ones for $150.00 too. Keep us updated. I'd like to know how well it works.