My new pet
07-27-2008, 03:57 PM
#23
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: PA
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RE: My new pet
ORIGINAL: TREEDOG
When you get that 150 up and running id love to see a photo of it.
When you get that 150 up and running id love to see a photo of it.
07-28-2008, 07:04 PM
#26
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: \"Good Ontario\"
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RE: My new pet
I think a they would be a nice fish to look at, but I dunno if I'd want one. I think I'd go for a bigger Cichlid like a Jaguar or something different like that. Or maybe salt....Oh I hope this 55 gallon deal I have going on goes through.....
07-28-2008, 07:29 PM
#27
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RE: My new pet
I had a living 50 gallon saltwater tank for the better part of 5 years. Once I got it up and running it was very easy to maintain and beautiful to look at. However, you have to be very picky about your fish. I made the mistake of getting one from a shady store that infected and wiped out my entire tank. I was heartbroken, so after that I packed it up and put it away for a few years. I'm thinking about getting it back out again, but smaller and probably freshwater.
07-28-2008, 08:58 PM
#28
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RE: My new pet
ORIGINAL: huntingirl89
I had a living 50 gallon saltwater tank for the better part of 5 years. Once I got it up and running it was very easy to maintain and beautiful to look at. However, you have to be very picky about your fish. I made the mistake of getting one from a shady store that infected and wiped out my entire tank. I was heartbroken, so after that I packed it up and put it away for a few years. I'm thinking about getting it back out again, but smaller and probably freshwater.
I had a living 50 gallon saltwater tank for the better part of 5 years. Once I got it up and running it was very easy to maintain and beautiful to look at. However, you have to be very picky about your fish. I made the mistake of getting one from a shady store that infected and wiped out my entire tank. I was heartbroken, so after that I packed it up and put it away for a few years. I'm thinking about getting it back out again, but smaller and probably freshwater.
A $30 Quaratine set-up (tank, filter, heater, no substrate, maybe a fake plant) can save a lot of heartbreak later on.
07-28-2008, 11:18 PM
#29
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: South Dakota
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RE: My new pet
ORIGINAL: huntingirl89
Here's my baby eating his mouse
I used to have some red-bellied eating machines, but they outgrew their tank and I just couldn't keep up with them. I used to feed them deer legs, beef, fish, etc. Pretty much anything meat.
Here's my baby eating his mouse
I used to have some red-bellied eating machines, but they outgrew their tank and I just couldn't keep up with them. I used to feed them deer legs, beef, fish, etc. Pretty much anything meat.
