Got Pets?

[I_THUMP]

Ok heres a pic of the pole for ya lol (sorry no pics of it in use yet)

And to keep this thread on topic heres some pics of my fish in their 6x2 home. When moving house this was the most work to move and set up.

 

[thump*140]

I-THUMP.... you have a pretty cichlid... lol...
nice work with the pole. you sir, are a champion among men.

 

[Danity]

Haha nice pole mate...
Now now Dont lie...Im sure uve got plenty of pics of hillz on it??
But we dont wanna see them keep em to urself

 

[Hillz]

i have Oscar's & convicts, i might get some pics

& dont start Danity... do you want us to start picking on you ? lol

 

[thump*140]

Oscars are cool. i had a red n black one. i called him sniffy. lol

 

[mrbrnz]

oscars are the smartest fish, mine used to let me pet them and hand feed them.

 

[Danity]

i have Oscar's & convicts, i might get some pics

& dont start Danity... do you want us to start picking on you ? lol

Haha sorry mate, Couldnt help myself

 

[Cactus Jack]

I used to have oscars (Red Tiger and Albino) ... plus just about every other fish you can think of ... including salt water ... ie Lobsters , octopus , crabs , Moray eels , Barrier Reef fish , anemones , coral etc ...

I've still got 3 fresh water tanks running ...

One 4 x 2 x 2 with a lone Giant Goramy (Osphronemus Goramy) named "Knucklehead" who is about 22 ~ 23" inches long ... They have the type of face that only a mother could love ...

A 4ft x 18" x 14" with a rare talking catfish (Agamyxis Pectinfrons) and a 7" Sailfin Plecostomus (Pterygoplicthys Gibbiceps) ...

and a 24" x 20" x 14" tank with another Sailfin Pleco that is about 14 ~15" long ...

We also have 3 Rainbow Lorikeets , one Red Collared Lori ... 2 African love birds ... 2 guinea pigs ... one cat (Lily) ... one mini Fox Terrier (Vixen) ... and a 6 ft Diamond Pyhthon (Mary) ...

 

[TyD]

I used to have crabs etc ...

so tell me more?

 

[Danity]

so tell me more?

Lol whys that? You trying to get rid of your crabs?

 

[roost666]

I used to have oscars (Red Tiger and Albino) ... plus just about every other fish you can think of ... including salt water ... ie Lobsters , octopus , crabs , Moray eels , Barrier Reef fish , anemones , coral etc ...

I've still got 3 fresh water tanks running ...

One 4 x 2 x 2 with a lone Giant Goramy (Osphronemus Goramy) named "Knucklehead" who is about 22 ~ 23" inches long ... They have the type of face that only a mother could love ...

A 4ft x 18" x 14" with a rare talking catfish (Agamyxis Pectinfrons) and a 7" Sailfin Plecostomus (Pterygoplicthys Gibbiceps) ...

and a 24" x 20" x 14" tank with another Sailfin Pleco that is about 14 ~15" long ...

We also have 3 Rainbow Lorikeets , one Red Collared Lori ... 2 African love birds ... 2 guinea pigs ... one cat (Lily) ... one mini Fox Terrier (Vixen) ... and a 6 ft Diamond Pyhthon (Mary) ...

dam cactus lol you'll need two houses soon 1 for you and 1 for your pets
impressive list there man

 

[Cactus Jack]

The Lori's are in cages outside ... them and the fish are my pets and are simple to look after ... I got dumped with caring for the others ... kids want things ... then don't look after 'em ...

We lived on the NSW central coast and there used to be heaps of tropical fish around the Entrance and Swansea (NOT any more) ... so I had salt water tanks and caught heaps of things locally in the rock pools and also bought things from aquarium shops ... They were interesting for a while ... but you need an automatic battery backup system ... Saltwater fish don't last too long if the power gets cut while you're not home ... It was a real let down to come home from work and find everything dead or dying because the power station had a blackout ... and for some dick head reason or other Munmorah power station stuffed up a lot back then ... Fresh water fish are heaps easier to keep ...

The crabs were huge mud crabs we caught while fishing ... They looked mad in a big tank ... Small spotted moray eels make the best saltwater pets though ... They're comical to watch and will take food out of your hands ... Coral and stuff is hard to keep if the people you live with go spraying perfume , deodorants , flyspray and other crap near the tank ...

 

[thump*140]

...so in theory, if we were to "Agent Orange" in some way, the barrier reef with Chanel No5, crown of thorns starfish may no longer be an issue??
that's rather random yet very interesting that perfumes, which 9 times out of ten are made from extracts of fish, and fish scales, prove fatal to coral etc... How very odd...

and now that i'm completely off-topic, i'm going to shoosh now.

 

[nicko451]

i got a German shepard, a little white fluff ball, a Male Eclectus Parrot and a cat! and believe it or not the bird is the dominant one! lol

 

[I_THUMP]

Yeah cactus ive always wanted to get into the salt water fish and corals but it all looks like too much work for me. I'll stick to my African Cichlids coz they are easy to look after once everything is setup and running.
Before I moved house I had about 40 fish in the 6ft tank and another L shaped corner tank which held a breeding pair of Red Jewels and their fry. The 6 foot tank had a few Yellow Labs that bred like crazy and I had a male Johanni that decided to cross breed with the yellows as well so I ended up with some feisty and weird coloured fish. I got rid of all the cross breeds as feeder fish to friends with turtles and huge Oscars because I didnt want them to continue breeding and multiplying. I also gave away a lot of the Red Jewels as well so I only have one tank to look after now.

 

[dirt_bike_chick]

My dog......beware she is a killa !

Here is my little baby

her name is Mckenzie and she is a Maltese purebred she turns one next month!

 

[thump*140]

^^^WTF is that? you have a dog called Maccas? That is a concern... but explains much...

 

[Cactus Jack]

Some info on perfumes ...

Where to Find the Best All Natural Perfume - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com

Is Perfume Toxic to Your Health? - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com

Aquariums rely on nitrifying and de-nitrifying bacteria to detoxify organic waste from fish ... ie the gram positive (aerobic) bacterias ~ Nitrosomona to convert ammonia into nitrite ... Nitrobacter to convert nitrite into nitrate ... and gram negative (anaerobic) bacterias to convert nitrate to free nitrogen which bubbles off out of the water ... Any trace of chlorine , alcohol etc KILLS the good bacteria which sets the tank off on the path to auto toxification ...

ALL tanks containing fish will build up nitrate over time ... coral can't handle much nitrate at all nor any other chemical and they're extremely sensitive to temperature and environmental changes ... You can kill coral simply by touching it with your bare hands ...

I could talk for hours about the finer details of salt AND fresh water fish keeping I-Thump ... I was a member of the NSW Cichlid Society for about 5 years ... I used to enter fish in shows ... LOL ... I won all the time with Africans ... Tropheus Moorii Moliro red and Tropheus Duboisi's ... American cichlids don't show too well ...

I stopped going to club meetings when work stepped up to 7 days per week with overtime every day ... I'm a fitter/machinist/welder/fabricator and was over loaded with the responsibility of keeping a factory full of machinery running ...

I ended up with mostly weird looking nocturnal catfish since they're really easy to look after ... Most of the free time I had was early AM ... I was at f'ing work or on call most of the time ...

Did you see on the news the other night where Peter Harvey was talking about code names for today's yuppies ?

There's ...

NETTLES ... Not Enough Time To Enjoy Life ...

Extra income comes with a sting | National News | News.com.au

LOMBARD ... Loads Of Money But A Real Dill ...

KIPPERS ... Kids In Parents Pockets Eroding Retirement Savings ...

TWITS ... Teenage Women In Their Thirties ... or Teen Wannabe's In Their Thirties ...

 

[dirt_bike_chick]

hahahaha its a DOG thump!

 

[I_THUMP]

Sleep much Cactus?