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Posted 07 July 2008 - 01:14 PM
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Posted 07 July 2008 - 03:52 PM
Is that fallfish or some kind of chub? Otherwise it look cool and almost looks like a sucker with huge mouth.
Edited by Mudfrog, 07 July 2008 - 03:57 PM.
Posted 07 July 2008 - 03:55 PM
Welcome Mudfrog!
Love the name!
Nice photos! How big are those fish? The big guy looks way too big for a 50 gallon, he can barely turn around!
How you"clean up" driftwood?
I have it in my head that driftwood is from the beach and you don't use it unless for a brackish or marine tank because of the salt content. Of course, I suppose driftwood could be collected from a river or stream. We have an abundance of aged wood all the time. Some of it really has to soak a long time before it sinks. What kind of wood is it, was it in a tank prior to this one?
What kind of rock it that white rock?
What kind of plants are you going to put in?
Posted 07 July 2008 - 04:36 PM
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Posted 07 July 2008 - 05:54 PM
Creek chub (Semotilus atromaculatus) is different species from fallfish, just let you know.
What you feeding to the fallfish? And did you caught it on line & hook?
Edited by Mudfrog, 07 July 2008 - 05:55 PM.
Posted 07 July 2008 - 05:55 PM
I love all the sunfish/rockbass. Are the smaller sunfish anything in particular ( as in special species or just smaller green sunfish??.) I Love the idea of greensunfish/rockbass tank, but the size of them have pointed me in a FAR different direction. I am happy when people post pictures of both fish because it always gives me hope for the future!
Thanks for sharing your fish with us!!
Posted 08 July 2008 - 11:27 AM
The Green Sunfish is about 5.5 - 6". The Chub is 12", the tank is 18" wide btw so he can still turn around, but like I said they will be in a 48x24x24 soon.
The driftwood is from a creek. It has mud and algae all over it. To prepare it I'm going to grind off a thin layer with a wire wheel then boil it in hot water to kill any parasites.
As for the white rocks, it's actually just where the black gravel has lost it's coloration. I bought the gravel at a LFS but I had no idea the black coloration would eventually wear off![]()
Plants wise, I'm not really sure, I probably won't add a whole lot as the tank is not going to have a ton of light, but I haven't decided on that yet.
Posted 08 July 2008 - 12:05 PM
Posted 08 July 2008 - 02:23 PM
I do not know of any native low-light plants other than Riccia. But I'm not familiar with plants that only occur on the west coast.
Posted 08 July 2008 - 02:25 PM
How long do you boil it for? I don't have a pot big enough to boil most of the wood around here. Do you think poring boiling water into a trash can and letting it soak until the water cooled would work the same?
The white rock I meant is in pictures 4, 5 and 7, not the gravel. Yeah, I'm not fond of aquarium gravel in aquariums. I use it for gravel in planters however. People often give it away for free and it works just as well as pea gravel.
There are plenty of low light plants. There are plenty of cold water plants. I haven't found any plants that are both cold water and low level and readily available here in Oregon. I'm still searching though.
Best of Luck!
Posted 08 July 2008 - 02:39 PM
Where can I find Riccia, I'm in Virginia as well.
Edited by Newt, 08 July 2008 - 02:40 PM.
Posted 08 July 2008 - 09:20 PM
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