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wilson just answer your question earlier .

no an older tank wont make a blind bit of diffrence to the water chemistry or the cycle process

(PS have a look at a nice malawi set up, the marine fish of the tropical world, or how about a south american tank of oscar geophagus and a few other choice beutys. just a thought for ya ive seen way too many people return pirahnas)
 
danny boy said:
wilson just answer your question earlier .

no an older tank wont make a blind bit of diffrence to the water chemistry or the cycle process

(PS have a look at a nice malawi set up, the marine fish of the tropical world, or how about a south american tank of oscar geophagus and a few other choice beutys. just a thought for ya ive seen way too many people return pirahnas)

True. I took some p's from a friend who was moving. I had one years ago and thought I would like to keep some again. But, after having them for about 2 months I am looking to get rid of them and change it over to another cichlid tank. I am going to try and pick up some geo. balzani's.

Too bad Wilson isn't closer, he could have my 3 rbp's!
 
JD_MAN said:
Too bad Wilson isn't closer, he could have my 3 rbp's!

Bugger!!! I'm moving...!! lol!



danny boy said:
wilson just answer your question earlier .

no an older tank wont make a blind bit of diffrence to the water chemistry or the cycle process

(PS have a look at a nice malawi set up, the marine fish of the tropical world, or how about a south american tank of oscar geophagus and a few other choice beutys. just a thought for ya ive seen way too many people return pirahnas)

OK, I will be leaving it a while anyhow before adding anything anyhow...
I will have a look in a bit mate thanks for advise, but I'm still gonna have a go at the RBP's though, I could always change 6 months down the line!! I do believe you more experienced lot, but I want to!!! :D
 
Wilson said:
Bugger!!! I'm moving...!! lol!





OK, I will be leaving it a while anyhow before adding anything anyhow...
I will have a look in a bit mate thanks for advise, but I'm still gonna have a go at the RBP's though, I could always change 6 months down the line!! I do believe you more experienced lot, but I want to!!! :D

Can i ask you may have already mentioned it befor but i can't remember, How many RBP's you planning on getting ? was it 6 to 8 ? And How big is the tank ? I'm only asking because you will possably know already not to over stock your tank and let me show you why here's what happened to one of mine when i over stocked mine



You can see the inside of his stomach on these next 2 pic's.



 
Piranha babies are really fun to watch. Its when they get larger they begin to become dull. Maybe, I got bored with them? Anyways, large piranha are extremely messy eaters. They leave bits of food everwhere! So this makes any type of substrate hard to clean! Even, when I vaccumed their tanks, I would get outbreaks of Hydra. So if you plan to use any substrate I would suggest just enuff to cover the bottom for effect.
 
DanDanUK said:
Can i ask you may have already mentioned it befor but i can't remember, How many RBP's you planning on getting ? was it 6 to 8 ? And How big is the tank ? I'm only asking because you will possably know already not to over stock your tank and let me show you why here's what happened to one of mine when i over stocked mine

I was hoping to start with 6 to 8 on the understanding that I may loose 2-3, however now that I have the tank here, I realise that it is only approx 55-60g

Thanks for the pics!! that is bad!!! :rip :rip :rip



ChickenTeeth said:
Piranha babies are really fun to watch. Its when they get larger they begin to become dull. Maybe, I got bored with them? Anyways, large piranha are extremely messy eaters. They leave bits of food everwhere! So this makes any type of substrate hard to clean! Even, when I vaccumed their tanks, I would get outbreaks of Hydra. So if you plan to use any substrate I would suggest just enuff to cover the bottom for effect.

I suspect the novelty will wear off for me also, its the same with alot of things, but as long as I keep on top of things and the tank looks nice then that is all I want... no doubt a year from now, i'll want something different! but we'll see....
Noted about the substrate, thanks for your input

Thanks
Marc
 
Wilson said:
I suspect the novelty will wear off for me also, its the same with alot of things, but as long as I keep on top of things and the tank looks nice then that is all I want... no doubt a year from now, i'll want something different! but we'll see....
Noted about the substrate, thanks for your input

Thanks
Marc

Amen thats the beauty of the forum. if you want them go get them.
 
Wilson said:
Oh yeah of course... good point, I didn't think of that! Well in my recent reading of various sites, I've heard that a darkish tank is good for RBP's and I've also heard that live plants are better too..!

Perhaps my idea of one red one white (but not such low wattage) would be better, I just fancy a bit of a red colour to the tank for personal pref, it would go well in my lounge!!! lol tart!

Thanks for advise

Marc


every try ketapeat??

ive read that plants can grow with less light if you use it in the water and buried a small bag of it next to the plants root.
 
I have white sand it looks really good but gets dirty when i feed my rbp's feederfish. make sure to put your filter sucker thing a bit higher so no sand gets in it, and wrecks your filter. Sounds like a good project show us some pics when your all done.
 
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