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, I am young. I never thought about the electric bill. That is true, though. I payed for the tank, and everything for my 55. Even the water bill, but not the electric bill.Tanganyika biotope monster tank 1800gal
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fishhead0103666
, I am young. I never thought about the electric bill. That is true, though. I payed for the tank, and everything for my 55. Even the water bill, but not the electric bill.it is new for me, i was never charged for anything in my parents home
.. and i don't see myself taking any money from my kids ...
Once you stay in the hobby for awhile and learn the way around things, you tend to find ways to make things a fraction of the price. I expected to pay around $300 for my 30, but ended up spending a fraction of which because I went out and found 'decor' (rocks and sunken branches) from a lake, and waited for my val and crypts to shoot runners. As for the tank, as opposed to buying such an uncommon model for full price, I got it used for $20 and resealed it for $5. All my other tanks are bought used or DPG, and I don't buy decor anymore. Last piece of decor I bought was a nice piece of driftwood and some dragonstone from the local aquarium club for around $20.
Oh yeah, I'm also in highschool and don't have a job, so there is not much excuse for not being able to access certain things as long as your parents let you out of the house. All my tanks are paid for with birthday and allowance money.
And another thing, don't get driftwood from lakes, or rocks from streams. Get rocks from lakes, and driftwood from streams. Driftwood from lakes will usually have leeches, rocks from streams will have God knows what kinds of insect larvae.
The biggest (and last) rock I grabbed from the stream down the street was covered in caddis, and had a 3 inch cranefly larva on it, which caught me off guard because I didn't expect there to be a caterpillar on my stream rocks when I got home.
Oh yeah, I'm also in highschool and don't have a job, so there is not much excuse for not being able to access certain things as long as your parents let you out of the house. All my tanks are paid for with birthday and allowance money.
And another thing, don't get driftwood from lakes, or rocks from streams. Get rocks from lakes, and driftwood from streams. Driftwood from lakes will usually have leeches, rocks from streams will have God knows what kinds of insect larvae.
The biggest (and last) rock I grabbed from the stream down the street was covered in caddis, and had a 3 inch cranefly larva on it, which caught me off guard because I didn't expect there to be a caterpillar on my stream rocks when I got home.
There’s an incredibly simple solution though which is drying them out first. The rocks won’t be any different and you’ll just have to get the driftwood to sink again.
I also forgot to mention I dried the lake driftwood out for a month, only took a few days to sink (after everything floating out of placement when I filled the tank)
Love the dimensions,with your tank you are like a throwback to the mfk of old when most of the members actually had monster tanks and fish!
actually i wanted 12'x12'x3', but than i got call from head office (wife) and they explain me why i don't want, and don't need such a big tank
So what made you decide to use such a large sized tank for over all decidedly small fish?
Don't get me wrong, I think it's brilliant! I love huge tanks with an actual "slice" of nature. Most would just cram that size tank full of random monsters. Bare tank and sad fish.
Don't get me wrong, I think it's brilliant! I love huge tanks with an actual "slice" of nature. Most would just cram that size tank full of random monsters. Bare tank and sad fish.
