cfv@packet.UUCP (06/20/83)
Are there any fellow aquarists on the net? I am just re-entering the hobby
after a layoff of a few years and would love to get ahold of others who
are keeping fish...
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>From the dungeons of the Warlock:
Chuck Von Rospach
ucbvax!amd70!packet!cfv
(chuqui@mit-mc) <- obsolete!michaele@tektronix.UUCP (06/23/83)
For several years I have had a 30 gallon (glass) freshwater
aquarium. I recently set up a 125 gallon (plexiglass with black back)
freshwater aquarium and I am amazed at the difference between the glass
and plexiglass tanks.
The 125 is set up for "Reverse Flow" filtration, with two
outlets underneath the gravel, one outlet on the back in the upper left
corner, and four inlets on the back, one in each corner. One of the
best things is that there are no tubes or hoses inside the aquarium with
this method of filtration.
The outlets in the bottom of the aquarium are covered with filter
plates and the gravel is on top of the plates. With this kind of
filtration system, debris doesn't settle into the gravel since the water
is blowing up through it.
The aquarium is on a solid wood cabinet and has a wooden canopy on
top that comes down over the waterline. The result is an incredibly
QUIET aquarium; you can't even hear the air pumps!
On the other hand the 30 gallon uses an outside box filter
that is loud enough to wake up the dead... The under gravel filter has
two tubes coming up the back that look terrible!
Right now I have 25 fish in the 125 gallon aquarium:
4 Bleeding Heart Tetras 1.5"
4 Silver Dollar Tetras 1.0"
2 Tinfoil Barbs 6.0"
2 Firemouth Cichlids 3.0"
2 Gold Threespot Gouramis 3.0"
2 Gold Veil Angelfish 1.5"
2 Clown Loaches 1.5"
2 Pictus Catfish 3.5"
2 Albino Corydoras Catfish 2.5"
1 Bala Shark 5.0"
1 Gold Severum 1.5"
1 Lace Catfish 5.0"
I haven't decided what fish I am going to put in the 30 gallon
aquarium. I might sell it and get a 55 gallon plexiglass but that will take
some time since the plexiglass aquariums are so expensive; not too mention
the cost of the filtration system!
For about a year I tried using live plants, without much luck.
The fish (mostly the Tinfoil Barbs) kept eating/uprooting them.
Well, this is long enough for now... Maybe we should continue this
in net.pets (net.pets.fish ?)...
Michael Edelman
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