The perfect fish only tank setup for starter

elementkid65 said:
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True!

i have been keeping fish for a year, started from scratch, and now i am breeding about 15 species of fish (my sig has a few of my african colonies). which takes effort time and patience, i have my 12 tank breeding set up, 5 fry tanks and 2 displays (one is in my signiture). i am trying to breed other fish as well!

while i know people who have kept tanks for over 6 years and know what water changes are but have no clue with most other things.

i remember when i was asking questions in june/july 2007, and now i grow up colonies/ pairs, breed them, raise fry, sell fry, buy and sell fish for profit, and enjoy them!

guess how old i am :eek3:...........15

not hard if you have dedication ;)
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The amount of time spent researching has little to do with actual experience. Well said.
 
Experience is great.....but like someone else said, there are people who keep fish for years, without learning anything (because they refuse to study and research) and these people know much less than what this 15 yr old knows. Research and experience are like two sides of a coin - both have to be there to get value out of it.

BTW, SchizotypalVamp, the first tank for my girl is purposefully unplanted, because i dont want to overwhelm her with maintanence chores. When she is ready, i will introduce plants and pruning and other chores. I have heard of pool filter sand, and also someone chicken grit. Need to look into both. Do you keep african dwarf frogs by any chance ? If so, pls comment how it would affect my stocking rate.
 
The plants I mentioned, besides the ones I stated, don't need pruning :). But I understand. Honestly, the reason I bring it up is because of how simply it can be done and how beneficial plants can be. But I don't want to seem like I'm pushing an issue-you do know what is best for your girl, methinks.
Yes I do, however I do not keep them in community tanks. They are not great bioload producers, but activity wise need a ten gallon tank per pair. There is actually an article on this site about them, if you search.
The reason I am saying quarantine first is that there is a chytrid fungus going around which is almost always fatal to the frogs. They need to be quarantined for 2 months at elevated temperatures or given a preventative heat treatment.
 
There is a cure, there are a couple, that have worked on various test groups. However, en masse, for wild populations, these will not work. And many many ADFs have died from being mixed with ACFs. Its actually become something of a risk to buy them. I just have to wait and hope for my little guys.
 
Yes, i understand the importance of plants. By the way what is ACF ? I am going to visit a local pool shop to look at the pool filter sand. Is this the same as silica sand ? I read good suggestion on silica sand on the krib. I would prefer to have a darker substrate, but if i cant find a good one, i will settle for the pool filter sand i think. Does pool filter sand come in a darker shade also ? Chicken grit was suggested as a darker replacement for pool filter sand, but i live in a california city and cant find farm supply store close by. Local home depot would not carry it i think.
 
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For a darker sand substrate, I know many people who use Tahitian Moon Sand (available at PetSmart and most LFS), which is a black sand. It looks great (especially in a planted tank) and no one I know has had any issues with it. The one drawback is you must make sure to clean it well before you put it in your tank, whereas with pool filter sand I believe it is already cleaned and ready to go.

Oh, and an ACF is an African Clawed Frog, but I don't know much of anything about them, except they grow larger and more aggressive than an ADF but are often mistakenly sold as ADFs.
 
Yes schizo, im in SF bay. Tahitian moon is not good if you plant to keep bottom dwellers and I have checked with Carribsea on their substrates and suggestions. Besides 50 lbs of carribsea from online stores would cost about $75 for CA shipping. I am inclined to pick up some local landscaping stuff and test them for a week on changes in ph/kh/Gh. Someone else in another forum talked about paving sand or something from home depot, but with sand, i always face the problem of compacting and further anaerobic bacteria in 6 months. The sand available here is a bit darker and not so bright as ocean sand. But its finer than pool filter sand and would compact. I once read a book that suggested layering some gravel with some nylon net type of material and on top of that adding sand. The book suggests that this might prevent the sand from going too deep and settling. I dont know if this would work or if its good idea. Because i am thinking that the nylon fine mesh layer would act somewhat as the bottom of the tank itself and sand would compact on top of the nylon mesh layer. I am very attracted to the black criva found in Lowes. Will check it out for water chemistry within a week.
 
nsamuel said:
Tahitian moon is not good if you plant to keep bottom dwellers
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How do you know this? I know several people who have kept corys with it for years with no ill effects. In fact they seem quite happy to play around in the sand. I have also read on AC repeatedly that it is fine for bottom dwellers, and I've never heard anything to the contrary.

Does anyone else recommend against Tahitian Moon Sand, as I was planning on switching to it when I upgrade tanks?
 
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