Stocking ideas

[Yanbbrox]

Remind me never to move to the dark side of the moon. They close rivers and streams from rock collecting..... Hmmmmmmm.

Technically no, but it does make it harder to get on the nicer waters, closed season for fishing. Almost all stretches of rivers are privately owned and leased out to clubs on private land, it would certainly raise a few eyebrows wandering around looking for rocks

 

[Loulou]

Technically no, but it does make it harder to get on the nicer waters, closed season for fishing. Almost all stretches of rivers are privately owned and leased out to clubs on private land, it would certainly raise a few eyebrows wandering around looking for rocks

Well, I guess you could ask permission stating nicely what you are looking for and why... I'm sure the owners, etc would be glad to help you out, my friend

Think about all the nice rocks you could find Take it as a long term project What that guy did to his tank (the one with rocks) was awesome. He took a long while but the result is breath-taking!

 

[Loulou]

Found another picture...

 

[Tequila]

Technically no, but it does make it harder to get on the nicer waters, closed season for fishing. Almost all stretches of rivers are privately owned and leased out to clubs on private land, it would certainly raise a few eyebrows wandering around looking for rocks

Excuss me kind sir/madam, I am a keeper of exotic fish and I like to keep my aquariums more on the natural looking side. I wonder if I could trouble you to allow me in my wadders, say an hour too walk about your selection of the lake in search of some natural rocks and rock formations with and without plants attached. I only require a few pound says 20 or less, and I will surely clean up after myself and any other small messes I come across.

So what's so hard in doing that? Either that or come across the pond for a visit and I promise I'll send you home with all the rocks, driftwood and fish that you can carry.

 

[Tequila]

Found another picture...

Great pic Lou, but I an't tell you how many times fish get trapped in those kind of backgrounds/formations and rot and foul the whole system. Either that or the owner/keeper has to rip apart the formation in search of the dead rotting item(s). Many years ago I used to build natural looking backgrounds out of resin and selected pieces of shale and wire. Though this setup looks more like there just stacked, what a royal pain in the butt if you gotta ever take it all down searching for whatever is fouling the tank. And you'll never ever get it back to it's original setting.

But I do like the Neons in there swimming free until whatever lurking in the cracks crevices decides to jump out and eat them, nice.

 

[Loulou]

Excuss me kind sir/madam, I am a keeper of exotic fish and I like to keep my aquariums more on the natural looking side. I wonder if I could trouble you to allow me in my wadders, say an hour too walk about your selection of the lake in search of some natural rocks and rock formations with and without plants attached. I only require a few pound says 20 or less, and I will surely clean up after myself and any other small messes I come across.

So what's so hard in doing that? Either that or come across the pond for a visit and I promise I'll send you home with all the rocks, driftwood and fish that you can carry.

Yeah, I don't think it would be that difficult to get the rocks You just have to make the effort, my friend

 

[Loulou]

Great pic Lou, but I an't tell you how many times fish get trapped in those kind of backgrounds/formations and rot and foul the whole system. Either that or the owner/keeper has to rip apart the formation in search of the dead rotting item(s). Many years ago I used to build natural looking backgrounds out of resin and selected pieces of shale and wire. Though this setup looks more like there just stacked, what a royal pain in the butt if you gotta ever take it all down searching for whatever is fouling the tank. And you'll never ever get it back to it's original setting.

But I do like the Neons in there swimming free until whatever lurking in the cracks crevices decides to jump out and eat them, nice.

I believe the owner of that tank made the rocks in modules... stacked and glued a few of them together and arranged several modules to end up with how the tank looks like now... if ever he has to tear down the tank, he just has to move the individual modules...

I'd love to have a big tank (say 10 x 3 x 2.5 feet) arranged like that with mbuna cichlids... would have been awesome

 

[Tequila]

I believe the owner of that tank made the rocks in modules... stacked and glued a few of them together and arranged several modules to end up with how the tank looks like now... if ever he has to tear down the tank, he just has to move the individual modules...

I'd love to have a big tank (say 10 x 3 x 2.5 feet) arranged like that with mbuna cichlids... would have been awesome

Yeah that's what I'm saying modules look great but have been known to trap fish. Then you gotta break them down and then reassemble them, what a pain in the butt. Unless you build filteration into the modules and even then you may still have the same problem if fish get trapped, just that it shouldn't be that bad. Especially if you pack the canister with chemistry packs and Ammo Carb, but still a mess either way you look at it.

Anyway has Yanbbrox decided what he's going to stock his new tank with yet. Pleco's and some Moon Monkey's to off set the empty feeling that comes with Pleco and fake fish tanks.

 

[Yanbbrox]

Excuss me kind sir/madam, I am a keeper of exotic fish and I like to keep my aquariums more on the natural looking side. I wonder if I could trouble you to allow me in my wadders, say an hour too walk about your selection of the lake in search of some natural rocks and rock formations with and without plants attached. I only require a few pound says 20 or less, and I will surely clean up after myself and any other small messes I come across.

So what's so hard in doing that? Either that or come across the pond for a visit and I promise I'll send you home with all the rocks, driftwood and fish that you can carry.

Imagine the look on the persons face, with me in wadders out of season asking that question

Hmmm, a trip across the pond on a 'Tequila's rock and wood hunting trip', sounds fun Is the bank of Tequila paying the shipping weights?

Yeah, I don't think it would be that difficult to get the rocks You just have to make the effort, my friend

Trust me guys it's not as easier as you make out, but I'll have a think about so good hunting locations for this weekend

I believe the owner of that tank made the rocks in modules... stacked and glued a few of them together and arranged several modules to end up with how the tank looks like now... if ever he has to tear down the tank, he just has to move the individual modules...

I'd love to have a big tank (say 10 x 3 x 2.5 feet) arranged like that with mbuna cichlids... would have been awesome

Yes the tank looks awesome, but I have to side with Tequila(first time for everything) there are just too many potential headaches with the maintenance and risk of a dead fish/waste building up somewhere in the setup up that could go for days unchecked and you'd never know.

If I get some good rock this weekend I'm going to redo that tank as for the stocking it's got to be moon monkeys all the way

 

[Tequila]

Imagine the look on the persons face, with me in wadders out of season asking that question

Hmmm, a trip across the pond on a 'Tequila's rock and wood hunting trip', sounds fun Is the bank of Tequila paying the shipping weights?


Trust me guys it's not as easier as you make out, but I'll have a think about so good hunting locations for this weekend


Yes the tank looks awesome, but I have to side with Tequila OMG!!! (first time for everything) there are just too many potential headaches with the maintenance and risk of a dead fish/waste building up somewhere in the setup up that could go for days unchecked and you'd never know.

If I get some good rock this weekend I'm going to redo that tank as for the stocking it's got to be moon monkeys all the way

All I can say is .