The Most Controversial Aquarium Competition Ever!
#1 Guest_NateTessler13_*
Posted 28 November 2006 - 08:56 PM
Here they are:
The 1st tank is a 29 Gallon Aquarium.
It contains:
1- Spotted Sucker
1- Creek Chubsucker
6- Iowa Darter
2- Northern Starhead Topminnow
1- Black Banded Sunfish
2- Banded Pygmy Sunfish
2- Golden Shiner
5- Assorted Guppies (using the young as feeders for the darters, golden shiners, and eventually the sunfish)
Numerous- snails, clams, and plants
This is a closer shot
The 2nd Tank is a 45 Gallon Aquarium.
It contains:
2- Grass Pickerel
1- Smallmouth Bass
1- Rock Bass
1- Black Crappie
2- Yellow Perch
Numerous- feeders on the feeder side of the tank
1- Mudpuppy
Here is a shot with the feeder side more as the focus...
Please cast a vote on which tank you think is better. Please include some feedback on possible suggestions for bettering these tanks, and questions are welcomed too. Also put what you liked or didn't like about the tanks.
-sorry about the fuzziness of the pics, my camera isn't the best for this sort of thing.[list]
#2 Guest_ShinersRock_*
Posted 28 November 2006 - 09:36 PM
#3 Guest_dredcon_*
Posted 28 November 2006 - 09:45 PM
#4 Guest_NateTessler13_*
Posted 28 November 2006 - 10:03 PM
#5 Guest_edbihary_*
Posted 28 November 2006 - 11:29 PM
The 2nd Tank is a 45 Gallon Aquarium.
It contains:
2- Grass Pickerel
1- Rock Bass
1- Black Crappie
2- Yellow Perch
1- Mudpuppy
When I read that, I was sold on Tank 2 before even scrolling down and looking at the pics. The pics only confirmed it. Awesome pickerel!
#6 Guest_fundulus_*
Posted 28 November 2006 - 11:32 PM
#7 Guest_choupique_*
Posted 29 November 2006 - 12:03 AM
Tank two reminded me so much of a tank I had years ago, it was a sentimental thing.
#8 Guest_Skipjack_*
Posted 29 November 2006 - 12:06 AM
#9 Guest_nativeplanter_*
Posted 29 November 2006 - 10:55 AM
Besides, who cares what other people think? It looks like you each have a different style - one for plant style tanks, the other for carnivores style tanks. Very different approaches. You really can't compare the two. What matters is that each of you enjoys what you are doing, regardless of looks. I'll let you guess which one I'm drawn to, but that's not the point.
#10 Guest_chad55_*
Posted 29 November 2006 - 03:06 PM
Chad
#11 Guest_sandtiger_*
Posted 29 November 2006 - 05:01 PM
#12 Guest_NateTessler13_*
Posted 30 November 2006 - 05:54 AM
#13 Guest_chad55_*
Posted 30 November 2006 - 08:11 PM
Chad
#14 Guest_nativeplanter_*
Posted 01 December 2006 - 12:28 PM
#15 Guest_NateTessler13_*
Posted 03 December 2006 - 04:20 AM
#16 Guest_edbihary_*
Posted 03 December 2006 - 12:56 PM
#17 Guest_itsme_*
Posted 04 December 2006 - 01:13 AM
I have sometimes thought about ways to house both predator and prey in the same tank. My latest iteration is an in-tank refugium - submerge a smaller tank inside of the larger tank such that the predators don't have access to it, but so that the prey fish or invertebrates can make a run out into the larger space if they want to live dangerously. I'm thinking a small, high octagon set so its top is above the water level in the larger tank. And an air driven lift tube to move water into the smaller tank without the hazard of a pump impeller that would kill any fish passing though. The water would overflow from the small tank into the larger.
Anyway, I do like the large plant in tank 2. But #1 is more visually apealing. It's always cool to see others' tanks and get ideas and inspiration. Thanks.
#18 Guest_NateTessler13_*
Posted 04 December 2006 - 02:29 PM
#19 Guest_NateTessler13_*
Posted 06 December 2006 - 07:08 PM
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