jeez. havent posted on this site for ages. sort of went off the hobby a bit in autumn.
anyway, im from newcastle, good to see at least one other novocastrian on this site. as for fish, i have a 160 litre mbuna tank, with electric yellows, melanochromis auratus, a cobalt blue and some electric blues thrown in which were only $10. i used to have (before the auratus) a beautiful 6" peacock cichlid but it died with no warning overnight. i also have a pond outside with a HUGE (not really) tandanus catfish, and the second biggest goldfish ive ever seen, as well as another 2 goldfish and 2 koi. i also have two 60 litre tanks in my room, one has guppies, platies and an axolotl who dines on fry, and the other tank has a festive cichlid who is the friendliest fish ive ever owned, yet he will eat guppy fry if i throw them in.
im in the (slow) process of turning my spare 80 litre tank into an asian themed planted tank, with co2, powerful lights, the works. thinking of revolving around a rtbs with some barbs. so far i got a multi stage internal filter, a diy light setup, and 7kg of seachem flourite red. i will probably need more substrate, but with no money (at all) its a bit hard.
ive had huge problems with black brush algae in the past, with both the 160 and 80 litre tanks getting the full vinegar and bleach treatment. next in line is the guppy tank, im hoping to get rid of it before it starts to take over the plants.
wow i blabber on and on and on, i could go all day. but with school tomorrow, (first day back) i aught to stop.
