250G August 2005 - PART I

[The TRUST]

yup bro. he's my college mate. been to his house. COOL. esp the asian aros. and he has the BEST job too. working in s'pore's largest fish farm.

WTF!? How the hell he land a job like that??? Lucky Bastard!!!! LOL!

 

[The TRUST]

haha.

oops.


that niger is impressive.

You should see him eat. This specimens isn't like all the other ones you and I owned before. the ones we had before were lazy ass *****es. thei guy comes right up and eats floating pellets aggressively.

 

[The TRUST]

Very nice Jed.

Post pics of your filtration system im interested and also how do you do water changes? You dont fill buckets and then condition them and add to tank do you? Coz you would be there all day and i know you dont just add the water straight to tank then condition it do ya?

I have a 50ft python that I use for water changes. But I don't use the sink flow to drain. I think that is a waste of water. So I use it to just to get it started and suck out most of the dirt. But after that I just disconnect it and let it gravity flow out of my tank. But since the tank is huge it takes 2-2.5 hrs to drain about 180-200Gs of water.

As for filling it I just do the regular "use the hand to check temp" technique and fill it in with the python. I just dump in the water conditioner straight into the tank and leave it. Takes about 1.5-1.75 hrs to fill it up again.

Problem for me is that I sometimes forget about it and it has ALMOST overflowed. I need to get one of those Flood alarms so I don't make that mistake.

 

[The TRUST]

Geez Jed!! LOL! So much for the 1' gallon rule eh? LOL!! Now I won't feel as guilty when I stock my 300gal...lol.....pimpin! What are your plans for all those fish as they get larger?! LOVE THE RTC/TSN hybrid! And the RTGG(Red Tailed Giant Gourami)!! AWESOME! I absolutely loved mine!! Anyway...

Yeah I don't follow any rules. LOL! PLans? Hmmmm Dunno yet. Probably eat them.

Thanks I love those fish as well the TSNxRTC is awesome. Perfect color and shape.

 

[rumblesushi]

so where is the tank water being emptied when you change the water?

And you have like a hose attached to the tap that goes straight into the tank?

You don't need to let the water sit overnight or anything?

I let mine set overnight and put dechlorinator in it, but I have a small tank so it's not much hassle.

 

[The TRUST]

so where is the tank water being emptied when you change the water?

And you have like a hose attached to the tap that goes straight into the tank?

You don't need to let the water sit overnight or anything?

I let mine set overnight and put dechlorinator in it, but I have a small tank so it's not much hassle.

I have it drain into the toilet.

Yup from the tap straight.

No, I don't let it sit. I have no room or time for that much hassle. If the Hobby gets to be work instead of fun, I will lose interest

 

[Killduv]

Nice group of fishes. I love the giraffe cat and the peacock is a huge beast.

 

[The TRUST]

Nice group of fishes. I love the giraffe cat and the peacock is a huge beast.

Ahahahaha! I knew you'd say something about that Giraffe cat. You always love that guy.

 

[Killduv]

Hahaha I know you were going to say that. He rocks. I want another one so I guess I have to search. Canada sucks

Ahahahaha! I knew you'd say something about that Giraffe cat. You always love that guy.

 

[The TRUST]

they rare up there? I usually see them often in BC.