my tanks

[chefjamesscott]

well i thought it was time to start a thread showing my tanks im doing some tearing down of some getting rid of some of the fish and redoing my tanks with a more natural look making sure the plants are all plastic not just silk plants people have used for tanks making sure the fake decor is not something fish will easily get stuck in and doing my best to use natural substrate though i have found to remove the old substrate really releases lots of bad stuff in the water which makes me even more want to use sand

here is my 55g oscar tank

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/tank%20remakes/DSC04266.jpg

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/tank%20remakes/DSC04268.jpg

and this is my 25$ 30g european tank i got which i made into my new nursery tank

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/tank%20remakes/DSC04280.jpg

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/tank%20remakes/DSC04281.jpg

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/tank%20remakes/DSC04282.jpg

this i was glad to get 3 pearl fry for 2 common pleco

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/tank%20remakes/DSC04288.jpg

more pics to come as i redo my tanks

[Rbishop]

Nice. I would prefer black backgrounds...

[Weezer]

:iagree: A darker back ground would help set off all the colors in your tank and fishes, looks nice.......:)

[Reefscape]

Nice tanks, and i agree, all would look lots better with black backgrounds...

[jm1212]

nice oscar

[DrNo]

Black backgrounds for sure... good looking oscars. What kind of HOB do you have on your 30 gallon nursery tank?

[chefjamesscott]

it said it was rated for 30-50g its an aqua clear dont remember the number

[Mgamer20o0]

cool tanks

[chefjamesscott]

i have since added a fluval 200 series canister to the nursery tank so i have both cannister and hob

[chefjamesscott]

ok since people have asked me about my columbian sharks that i rehomed here is a few pics of the tank i have them in i dont know what the volume of the tank its a homemade tank that i got from someone at any rate its more of a holding tank and the fish have ease turning and by the time they need the bigger tank i will have one set up for them

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/brackish%20tank%201/DSC04494.jpg

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/brackish%20tank%201/DSC04491.jpg

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/brackish%20tank%201/DSC04490.jpg

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/brackish%20tank%201/DSC04495.jpg

i got the scats as well from my lfs as they were a surrender i thought i would do a brackish tank before i tried to do a sw

yes i am aware of the size needed for some of my fish but i would put it this way

though my 4 month old daughter need a 2 year old snow suit in days to come she is still only 4 months old an when she needs the snow suit i will very much have one for her

what im trying to do is to put together a personal fish program of bigger tanks to rehome some of the very lovely fish that i have been able to get from people

[syddakyd]

i dont get what you are trying to say but those are iridescent sharks, another type of catfish they gets like 4 ft or something. colombian shark catfish are brackish/marine and get about 18inches

[chefjamesscott]

what im tryin to say is that by the time they need a bigger tank i will have them built

one tank im gonna do in my basement is gonna be 4 feet tall 5 feet wide and at least 8 feet long

these three sharks were told to me by the person whos tanks i was buying that i needed to house some 6-8 inch sharks and when i got them i was rather looking going my goodness those are not 6 inches long but by this time he had them in buckets an the tank tore down so had no choice but to take them

what im saying is by the time they get monster size i will have a monster tank or two or three or four etc.....

being in business as i am gives me some room to do some things for example at my cafe i have 33g, 55g, 2 75g, 90g 180g

[chefjamesscott]

i also have a 140 custom built that my glass dude is finishing off for me that i got from a guy when it ruptured its back seam its 2 feet wide rather than 18 inches

im just crazy enough to turn my home into a zoo where im going to build one tank in my basement that will run almost the whole length of my fish room which is 2o feet long

my wife an i have 7 kids and we decided that we would make our pets our social life we have birds and i could not stand to see them in cages only so we converted one of our bedrooms into an aviary which if i had not had to take care of a ex business partner who lacked integrity i would have finished off by now but i had to dedicate over 7grand to taking him out in the short term amongst other things

what im tryin to say is i have a passion for pets and im just a big kid at heart who happens to have come across some fantastic outcomes of life after slugging it out in the business world for the past ten years and im gonna do some insane crazy things in the arena of aquaria

[DrNo]

Those are Pangasius catfish (aka Iridescent 'sharks')

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/catfish/pangasius.php

Your stocking practices are yours... and are highly controversial.

[chefjamesscott]

what is so highly controversial about taking a rehome on a pacu that was in a 55g and putting it in a 180g with plans to eventually put it in my basement 1000g tank

or taking some sharks from someone again who had them in a 50g and putting them in a 75g or so

or taking my oscar who was in a 30g and putting him in a 50g with two other fish

what is so controversial about taking fish that came from other people as i purchased their tanks and then realizing the need for larger tanks go out an get 90g, 140g, 180g, soon to get a 300g going to build at least 2 tanks 500g plus

my stocking practices come from acquiring other peoples tanks an misfit fish and then doing my very best to get the needed tank size for them what is so controversial about putting a green terror in a 75g and giving him the tank for his own

what is so controversial about planning ahead for these fish that i have gotten from other people and making sure that when the time comes i will have the tanks that fit them

or what is so controversial about having a friend who has a 500g display tank in his restaurant where i coudl place the pacu if it grows to the size before i get my tank done or my other friend who has a in floor tank that is at least 700g

tell me vader what would you do

on the phone and by email the dude tells you he is draining his 55g tank and that i should have room to house 3 6-8inch sharks and a few others and when you show up in the bucket are these monsters would you tell the person to refill his 55g tank and put them back in what would you do

as for me i find bigger tanks as fast as they come available an buy them but saddly in gettting the bigger tanks there comes other fish so the need comes to get more tanks and thankfully some of my bigger tanks 180g for example came empty, 140g empty , 90g empty now what do you do when someone brings to your attention fish of a larger size that need a home and since you have bigger tanks you can place them

do you leave them in their respective 55g tanks , do you leave them as my new green terror was in the 35g at the lfs , what would you do

as for me i make plans to get the biggest tanks i can find for example the 300g tank that is 2.5 hour drive from here that is 10 feet long by 2 feet wide i try to broker a deal on it so i can bring it to town or i find a tank at pats pets which is another 160g and i cut a deal so i can pick it up next friday an so have a home that will do these fish justice till i get my big tanks done at home

personally I AM GETTING MORE THAN A LITTLE SICK OF PEOPLE WHO DONT CONSIDER THAT AT PRESENT THE FISH ARE VERY MUCH AT HOME IN THEIR TANK AS THEY WILL BE WHEN I REHOME THEM IN MY BIGGER TANKS WHICH I WILL HAVE READY WHEN THEY NEED THEM OR EVEN MORE DONT CONSIDER THAT THE FISH ARE IN MUCH BIGGER TANKS THAN WHAT THEY CAME IN

for example tell me a 9 month old pacu is not at home in a 180g tank when it came out of a 55g

[chefjamesscott]

Those are Pangasius catfish (aka Iridescent 'sharks')

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/catfish/pangasius.php

Your stocking practices are yours... and are highly controversial.

im going to give you a quote from the very page you link to vader

I adopted a pangasius catfish that was originally about 15 inches and 12 years old. She was in a 210 gal tank and would freak out and jump out of the much to small tank, leaving a massive mess behind her. I brought her home and put her in an agricultural tub while looking for a more suitable home for her. My family fell in love with her and when I finally found an affordable 500 gallon tank I bought it right away. The only problem, it wouldn't fit in the basement. Guess what, now we are currently in our new home (with bilco doors to the basement - yes we moved for the fish) and Rebuttal is in her 500 gallon tank. She is happy as can be and is now about 27 inches, so we will be looking for another bigger tank for her in the future.

Kim
2008-09-05

that is from the comments on the very page you link to and it says it better than i ever could and yes im not attached to my home and would gladly sell my house an lot to be able to afford a bigger better house for example my wife has found an acerage with house quonset and 3 car garage 15 minutes outta town we find out how much it is in a week so perhaps i might move to the country

[Redneck Woman]

Nice tanks and fish! I love the scats.
Wow! Seven kids! Where do you find the time to take care of those tanks? I find it hard with just three!!lol

[DrNo]

It is very difficult to understand your posts and frankly, I have no intention of wasting time trying to convince people who are dead-set in their ways to consider different care for their specimens. The latest photos speak for themselves.

FYI , I selected that link as it had a decent photo; I make no claim to the fidelity of its content.

As I said, they are your ways and they are controversial to many here. If you're, "...MORE THAN A LITTLE SICK OF PEOPLE..." don't post and please don't shout. Sharing tank shots, etc. opens one up to both compliments and to criticism. Those criticisms are always intended to aid the specimen in obtaining/maintaining optimum health.

As always, good luck to you and to your specimens.

[chefjamesscott]

FOR YOUR INFORMATION SIR

the link you chose for the picture also happens to have a womens testimonial of how they rehomed said fish and found a tank that was of the right size and then since the tank would not fit in their home they moved so that they could have a tank big enough for it

so for your information before you think to try to downplay others perhaps you should consider that some people actually upgrade their tank plans when it so happens that they get given fish that will need bigger tanks

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

by the time im done setting up my fish tanks and fish room having the needed tank space will not be an issue how sad people like you choose to try to lay smack down on people without getting the necessary background as to what the person is actually about for example when i finish building my central tank in my basement it will bee 1198.6 gallons according to the ac conversion calculator

further i will have no tank under 55g and will have multiple tanks over 150g

while you may feel qualified to judge my aquaria practices maybe you also think i should have told the person to keep his sharks in the filthy 55g they came out of rather than getting them into a 75g plus tank which they are in at present maybe i should have told him to keep them in the fresh water rather than in the 6ppt brackish mix i have them in now maybe at this present moment the fish fit the tank they are in the tank is 1.5 times the width of the fish ample enough for them to turn around in and the tank is 5.2 times the length of the fish also ample enough now when i plant then in a 180g in about 4months or so will that be big enough for their actual present size at that time yes and when the time comes that i drop them in my 1200g tank at home with the pacu will that tank be big enough for them to spend the rest of their life in or maybe i go one further and knock down some non structural walls in my basement and build my tank that i want to do which will be 25 feet long 4 feet high an 5 feet wide a tank that will be 3745.61 gallons when done

at the end of this matter would you rather that i sit back and leave these fish in the hands of those who have them in tanks not nearly big enough for them and further leave them with these people who see their fish as a hassle not a blessing to have further to leave them with these people who have no plans to upgrade to make a better home i would think not

so think what you wish friend but when im done building my tanks in the future please dont be one of those who lines up to slap me on the back for a job well done as that will not be acceptable

its so funny i have been in business for over 10 years and the same people who tried to dissuade at the start and the same people who talked all kinds of smack about the cost i was having to pay to be in business are the very same people who now think they can say job well done now that success has come HMMMMMMMM i think not

[jackiomy]

i also have a 140 custom built that my glass dude is finishing off for me that i got from a guy when it ruptured its back seam its 2 feet wide rather than 18 inches

im just crazy enough to turn my home into a zoo where im going to build one tank in my basement that will run almost the whole length of my fish room which is 2o feet long

my wife an i have 7 kids and we decided that we would make our pets our social life we have birds and i could not stand to see them in cages only so we converted one of our bedrooms into an aviary which if i had not had to take care of a ex business partner who lacked integrity i would have finished off by now but i had to dedicate over 7grand to taking him out in the short term amongst other things

what im tryin to say is i have a passion for pets and im just a big kid at heart who happens to have come across some fantastic outcomes of life after slugging it out in the business world for the past ten years and im gonna do some insane crazy things in the arena of aquaria


Do you have a single brother? LOL

[chefjamesscott]

no but i have a sister who is just as pet crazy as me she owns a macaw , tiel, 3 dogs and a cat named wildchild

[Dangerdoll]

Those are Pangasius catfish (aka Iridescent 'sharks')

I just want to agree with this and I notice your scats are in the same tank as the sharks. While Columbian sharks are fresh at birth, maturing into brackish and ultimately becoming a high-end brackish to full saltwater needing fish, the iridescent sharks are a catfish that are fully freshwater. I supposed they can stand bouts of salt for medicinal purposes but keeping them in a brackish tank full time might lead to their demise.

[12 Volt Man]

are you planning on setting up a full saltwater tank for your silver scats?

they will need full salt as they get bigger.

I used to keep mine at a specific gravity of 1.020.

brackish water is only good when they are young.

[chefjamesscott]

well then i shall move the sharks to my 180g at the university today so as to take them out of the brackish tank netting them is gonna be the fun part

and to answer about the scats yes they will be moving steadily up to a full sw set up

i wanted to start them off in brackish and move the salinity up

[chefjamesscott]

ok was doin wc tonight at the cafe and thought to snap a round of shots of my tanks here as they look now

these are just a few fish shots of my first 75 g here

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/75g%20souprman/DSC04715.jpg

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/75g%20souprman/DSC04713.jpg

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/75g%20souprman/DSC04717.jpg

i replaced my 33g tank i had in the corner with this one

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/new%20corner%20tank%20soup/DSC04726.jpg

and this little rainbow is the one that took a ride through the sump at the petland here and they gave it to me for free when it was a speck

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/new%20corner%20tank%20soup/DSC04728.jpg

in this tank i have rams a urau and this rainbow

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/tank%20remakes/DSC04724.jpg

i decided i would take out one of the driftwood an give them some more rocks

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/rehomed%20fish/DSC04723.jpg

doin the wc on the 80g and the tilapia is really upset

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/rehomed%20fish/DSC04721.jpg

well thats about it right now

[rich311k]

Very nice!

[cassiejx8]

Nice tanks!

[Dangerdoll]

updates are nice, chef!

[chefjamesscott]

i really think i should take the pics before i do wc lol

the water down the front of the tank is a bad image

im hoping my glass dude who cut his fingers on the table saw is done remaking my 140g as i would really like to move the tilapia to that tank

[SchizotypalVamp]

Nice pics, keep em coming!

[chefjamesscott]

i have managed to get another tank finally to redo one of my fist ones the one i have the scats in i will be doing the flip over of the tank tonight ill take a few shots since this is gonna be my first full on sw tank i wanted to find a good one to set up im pumped my first try at full on sw i have all the live rock from another 33g sw setup that i bought

will post pics

[chefjamesscott]

well tonight i went after work to pick up my latest fish that i got on purpose after having talked in detail with greg the head fish dude as to whether i could hold them in my 55g here for a month or so till i got their tank ready he said sure go for it so i went to petland got them brought them here and got them geared up to go in the tank here are some pics of the whole thing

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/soup%2055g/DSC04734.jpg

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/soup%2055g/DSC04735.jpg

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/soup%2055g/DSC04738.jpg

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/soup%2055g/DSC04737.jpg

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/soup%2055g/DSC04736.jpg

now after this i figured time to go home an do a wc on the scats an increase the salinity only to get a full on nightmare when i went downstairs but tahts next post

[chefjamesscott]

now for the night mare of my life considering my basement earlier this summer filled with water and made a mess outta things this was even worse to find

i go downstairs go to my sink to start the waterchange and i see plaster all over the counter everywhere and there is water all over the place i look up an see this mess has fallen from the roof so i go up right away to check the tank upstairs nope not from there so i track its location and its from the sink upstairs so i go check that nope its dry so i get my hammer cause i know this when the plaster falls from the roof the rain is not far behind

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/brackish%20tank%201/DSC04742.jpg

if i could slap the plumber who did this hatchet job when they replace the galvanized steel i would looks to me like the person tried to solder a wet pipe

now my scat tank just barely missed gettin plaster right in it so to my great dismay i realize i have to do the switch now cause this leak is dripping fast so here are the pics of my 2 hour fast as i can flip the tanks

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/brackish%20tank%201/DSC04743.jpg

the old faithful hatchet tank i got for 100 bucks

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/brackish%20tank%201/DSC04741.jpg

the new tank i got for them

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/brackish%20tank%201/DSC04744.jpg

their 2 hour home

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/brackish%20tank%201/DSC04745.jpg

the live rock that i figured i may as well not wait to put in later since it was gonna go in the new tank anyways

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/brackish%20tank%201/DSC04746.jpg

my worst nightmare having to put my babies into this water but i had to cause after 2 hours in the purple bucket they was lookin real upset with me as i took the water level pretty low to put it in the tank

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/brackish%20tank%201/DSC04747.jpg

here they are right after i put them in the tank i had the filter running for about 45 min first to try to clear the water

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/brackish%20tank%201/DSC04748.jpg

here they are after having been in the tank for about an hour

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/brackish%20tank%201/DSC04750.jpg

and here is my 80g drip basin lololololol

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/brackish%20tank%201/DSC04749.jpg

i figured one test i always use is how do they react to food so here are some shots of them in that mode as well as just a few shots as i played with my cameras functions

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/brackish%20tank%201/DSC04790.jpg

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/brackish%20tank%201/DSC04781.jpg

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/brackish%20tank%201/DSC04780.jpg

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/brackish%20tank%201/DSC04790.jpg

well i guess i will know tomorrow how they are but i hear scats are a hardy fish so i really hope they are ok but had to do the fast flip since ya cant just push a 80g tank full of water

[chefjamesscott]

so since i could not sleep an came to post i had to check on my new aristochromis christyi and they were sleeping and looked like this

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/soup%2055g/DSC04801.jpg

and a shot with flash

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/soup%2055g/DSC04802.jpg

in a month i will be planting another 75g or larger tank for them here but they should do ok in the tank for that time

[chefjamesscott]

well i was able to secure a deal on the 300g that i been after from the fish breeder 3 hours from here its brand new comes with stand and glass top i should have it by christmas time moving it is gonna be fun

[chefjamesscott]

so i went to get some prime for wc an my son peaks an says dad they gots eels

so i had to do it we came home with bags o fish

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/new%20corner%20tank%20soup/DSC04993.jpg

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/new%20corner%20tank%20soup/DSC04991.jpg

and of course the serious look

so i got 2 peacock eels , 2 severum and 2 ghost knife now im bringing a 100g here tonight which will be catfish tank will post pics as i do it but i put the ghost in my geo tank

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/75g%20souprman/DSC04999.jpg

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/75g%20souprman/DSC04998.jpg

i figure there is no way in 1-2 days that they will get big enough to eat anyone in that tank so its a better place than my ram tank

i did a fast rearrange of the ram tank to give the eels hiding places and when i grabbed some wood from my johani tank i spot this little baby

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/new%20corner%20tank%20soup/DSC04996.jpg

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/new%20corner%20tank%20soup/DSC04994.jpg

before the remake and the shots of the remake

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/new%20corner%20tank%20soup/DSC05001.jpg

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/new%20corner%20tank%20soup/DSC05003.jpg

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/new%20corner%20tank%20soup/DSC05005-1.jpg

this is the red hump earth eater male

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/new%20corner%20tank%20soup/DSC05004-1.jpg

well im not usually an impulse fish buyer but my son who is 10 is itchin to become part of dads great passion so i just had to his name is hebron james

[chefjamesscott]

i thought about it an there is no way im gonna leave my male female geo in the 75 as the female just might be small enough to get bit now the only ones small enough to get bit are the giant danios at top so i moved my geo couple to the corner tank

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/new%20corner%20tank%20soup/DSC05009.jpg

the male

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/new%20corner%20tank%20soup/DSC05008.jpg

the female

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/new%20corner%20tank%20soup/DSC05010.jpg

for the 2 or 3 days they will be in here i think they will do ok

[chefjamesscott]

ok so my pleco stopped long enough for me to get a shot of him i bought him as common but he dont look so common

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/new%20corner%20tank%20soup/DSC05011.jpg

and the eels seem to like the tank

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/new%20corner%20tank%20soup/DSC05012.jpg

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/new%20corner%20tank%20soup/DSC05013.jpg

[ChrisK]

Nice job

[chefjamesscott]

i just had to post this i had this plant order shipped to me today will take pics when i pick it up tomorrow at 7 am im so not gonna be able to sleep im pumped

QUANTITYDESCRIPTIONUNIT PRICEAMOUNT 1.0Greyhound Shipping 16.81 $16.81 1.0Box Charge 5.00 $5.00 1.0Heat Pack 1.50 $1.50 2.0Bolbitis jeudelotii (African Water Fern) 5.75 $11.50 1.0Cyrptocoryne ciliata 6.99 $6.99 1.0Cryptocoryne petchii 5.99 $5.99 2.0Cyrptocoryne wendtii dewitt 5.99 $11.98 2.0Cryptocoryne lucens 5.99 $11.98 1 Anubias congensis med 8.99 $8.99 1 Anubias hastifolia 8.99 $8.99 2 Microsoruium pteropus var. windelov 3.99 $7.98 3 Red Jungle Val 2.75 $8.25 3.0Jungle Val 2.50 $7.50 3.0Sagittaria subulata (broadleaf sagittaria) 1.75 $5.25 4.0Sagittaria subulata (Narrow leaf sagittaria) 1.75 $7.00 1 Crinum calamistratum 9.99 $9.99 2 Aponogeton crispus 6.49 $12.98 2 Anubias afzelli lrg 11.99 $23.98 STATEMENTS NOT ISSUED, PLEASE PAY ON INVOICE. SUBTOTAL$172.66 GST PST TOTAL$172.66 DIRECT ALL INQUIRIES TO:

finally i got me some real plants

[lilim10]

In the picture with the knife fish, I'm pretty sure those are clown knife fish, not ghost. Ghost knife fish are completely black and have a white band at the end of their tails, in your picture, it looks silver with black spots, definitely a clown knife fish, unless you were talking about something else?

[chefjamesscott]

sorry was lookin at both today clown an ghost yes its a clown kinda like me an typos lol

[DAVIDFBT]

Nice pictures, you definetely know how to make tanks very quickly. :)

[chefjamesscott]

ok so i just got my plants today an i just picked up a neglected 100g from an old folks home but this tank is special to my kids we had a very good friend who lived there an passed earlier this year so for me to get this tank i was just pumped it has a cool stand an all will post pics

as well gonna redo the tank decor since i got my plants so gonna be a busy night especially since i got a lunch for 27 people tomorrow to cater

[chefjamesscott]

ok to clarify in chat tonight i made mention of a planted piece of driftwood that i got from petland and my snail went to town on the plant this was in my gar tank and has nothing to do with the plant order i got today i just thought my gar would like some plant cover but my columbian ram snail liked it better lolol

ok today i got an order of plants from spencer jack and here is the journal of my remake of my tanks here at soup r man tanks since they are for display i want them to look the best

i got the plants this morning

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they arrived in great shape and nice variety this is sort of a trial run for me with doin planted ive never really had a big focus on it but here are the before an after shots

55g african tank added anubis frazeri x2, windelons fern, anubis congensis, crinum calamistratum

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75g green terror tank added wood and african waterfern x2, anubiz afzelli x2, red jungle val x3

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corner tank not sure of gallons took out plastic wood added real wood cryptocoryne wendtii x2, cryptocoryne petchii, cyrptocoryne lucens

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180g removed drift wood added some more granite anubis hastrolia, anubis barteri x2, narrowleaf sagittaria x4, broadleaf sagittaria x3

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left the plastic grass in hope it deters pacu from grazing real plants

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75g geo tank took out fake plants and added real wood aponogeton crispus x2 , aponogeton ciliata, cryptocoryne lucens, anubis barteri var. nana x2, green jungle val x3

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i added some ferts to the water but must get some more since i did not have enough i also will be getting some more substrate to add depth to these tanks to give a base for roots to establish

i have 2 red tiger lotus bulbs that im looking for thoughts on where to put them

[chefjamesscott]

and here is the tank i got today that i will move my tilapia to once i get it cleaned up should be a day or so since im just moving all the substrate water an filter to this one from where she is she has been acting like she wants a male tilapia ever since i got her so im gonna locate one but have her old tank as a back up just in case

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[chefjamesscott]

ok the tanks all ready to be put up i was gonna flip bonita in there tonight but im kinda bushed been a busy fish day

now it looks like this

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and saddly here is the saga of the wonderful tank that was at the old folks home they emptied it about a week or so ago look at the last time it was checked

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man that is so sad my wife an kids said there were beautiful koi some very fancy goldfish and snails half the size of baseballs in there , and they went without any food or cleaning and then they all died well time to resurrect this tank

[chefjamesscott]

ok so tonight was unusually warm out for a sask winter dec 1 and the snow on the road is melting so what time better to move 2 of my 55 from my house to the 100 here ? i decided that this was what i was gonna do with this 100 since i have four more tanks coming in here by the end of christmas and i been growing the two 55 at home to move the fish here so all the filters are fresh from use the stuff in the tank is fresh and the gravel will be pulled from the tanks at home an added tomorrow will post the fast track of this tank in pics in about an hour as its wc night for me here at the restaurant

[chefjamesscott]

ok so here we are took about an hour to get the tank set up and and an hour for photobucket to move its buns lolol

the new residents temporary homes they was stressed bad

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time for claws to go swimming

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in go the babies

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the one pleco i really love

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this fish i have no idea what it is i got 8 black specs from the lfs when i bought my uaru and they have grown into these the smallish one in the center of the pic , this planted log i first had in my gar tank when my snails i was given went to town on it so i saved it from them and kept it in these guys home now it moved here

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some other fish

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the inbetween pic of what the filter that came with it look like an what it look like now

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a little trick i use for this kind of filter i use green scrubbie to replace the expensive plastic and the carbon insert holds it fine

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now just some shots of what it looks like with the lights off in the restaurant it did not come with a canopy so i just used two i have here to see what it looks like

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i favour the second of the two
well ill update as i add to this tank

[Coler]

The small unidentified fish looks like a jewel to me - those juvenile mbuna are about perfect size for the crayfish to eat btw. You may be lucky, and not have it predate on 'em but I would not trust a crayfish that size with fish that size. They sneak up and eat 'em when the fish rest during the night.

[AfroCichlid]

Ugh.

[DrNo]

Nice pick up on the old tank from the retirement home... shame the MTS and golds were neglected.

Coler makes a good point re: the crayfish. Do you know the species of crayfish (some are more aggressive towards tankmates than others)? I've seen some clean out an entire tank of fish while others keep to themselves and forage for detris alone.

[chefjamesscott]

Ugh.

why ugh

and as far as the lfs dude told me it is a blue crayfish but has lost lots of its color i would think due to diet i hope to be able to restore its color as far as it attacking fish i have only really caught it with one fish ill definitely watch this in this tank if it gets some of the fish or one of them ill move it to another of my tanks at home but in the time ive had it has not been to agressive

[chefjamesscott]

well i just found my missing shipment from mgamer its been sitting here at the university for over 3 weeeks

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rock on no petstore prices for this thanks tonnes gamer

and ROCK ON look at those post cards whooooot

[kayla25690]

your tanks are nice!!! The pacu is beautiful!!!