chocky

did you see the "king of diy" build on youtube? 

thought that was pretty kewl... 

Yay
Nice big ranchu goldfish spawn this morning
I'm hoping for calico offspring from this batch!

Fingers crossed the male did his job hahah

Hey guys I'm still in the process of downsizing my stock. I have 5x Ranchus for sale to be sold as one lot. As a bonus I'm throwing in a free glass ranchu token (hand made by Jeff Thompson who is a ranchu breeding in the United States.) Anyone at the august pcs auction will know what they are. Lol ALSO- 20% will be donated to the Cichlid fund. I'll go drop of the money's at the tin in aquotix on Saturday morning I'm gonna make this a bit of an auction out of this. Please reply in this thread to bid. Starting bid - $60 Bid increments minimum $5 thanks last bid by Friday 8:59pm If you need a tank for them I can also throw in a 3ft x 1.5ft x 20cm(?) Tank for freeeeee Thanks https://youtu.be/cP6AfsuB5lg

Thnx for the great talk mattia. Was a nice introduction to cichlids for me. Now to start learning the cichlid names... I don't know how you guys remember them all lol

Will be there with a +1 for this  

(i'm just going for the cake really.. hehe)

Those fatty little goldfish are so cute! Looks awesome, gotta be happy with that

 

haha thanks! 

i think they are confused though cos its been a while since they've been in a clear tank! but i'm definitely enjoying seeing them from the side more than i did from the top

Finally attached the lights and popped some fish in.

The bigger fish are looking cramped hence the plan to swap out one row with a 6ft lol

Today we had to empty and move all my ponds out on to the lawn so we could position the new rack to its new home

 

Here's the old pond emptied and ready for a hose down tomorrow:

 

Goldfishies patiently waiting:

 

Hmmm..

 

Tanks in (still need to clean them though):

 

Tanks with the two tubs that i'm going to keep:

 

Please view this ad:

longjing and caojing goldfish,
http://www.gumtree.c...fish/1087303560

Price: $ 100.00

What a joke. Kept for a year these fish are heavily under nourished and look ill taken care of.

And the final kick in the feels he wants $100 for them?!?

Scum. ...

Thanks Poncho  
I had the fish bug for a while but just waiting for the right set up to come up on gumtree to buy heheh

after going to my first pcs auction too a few weeks back just seems like a nice community to be involved with. 

 

valves are good idea. i hate the ones at masters though (the white pvc with red tap). i have one that works just fine, and another that is an absolute nightmare trying to turn open/close. 

 

i won't be setting up and running every single tank straight away so i'll have time to think about it and plan it out hehe  

Hi
I'm pretty keen on this idea
Will send my pm

So just got home to start cleaning up the rack. And now realised how massive it is....

it's actually too tall for where I wanted it to go :S (Oops..) haha

 

3rd and last trip:

 

tanks and lids:

 

was meant to go in that corner:

 

tad tall..(corgi for height reference)

Hehe awesome!! I love the setting up and building part of keeping fish the most

Yeah the larger air pumps are wicked, I ran 19mm poly the entire circumference of the room and just run airlines off that a 90lt/min air pump comfortably runs 50 tanks!

 

Me too - i find i learn a lot along the way. yes making plenty of mistakes but finding better ways to do things is always satisfying 

 

That's the dream.. one day to just have a dedicated fish room.

Last weekend I bought myself my first fish tank breeding rack off gumtree.   I started this thread just to keep track of my progress, post lots of photos for anyone thats interested. Comments & criticism are welcome.

 

Super excited to bring it all home. Since I only have a little hatchback, I've made 2 trips so far picking up what i can fit, today will hopefully be the last time I have to go there. (how many times i have told myself, how handy having a tow bar would be...)

 

It's a 6ft rack and came with 6 3ft tanks that have been divided, glass lids for all, 3x 6ft fluro lights, marine ply wood for each shelf as well as foam. 

 

I'm going to replace my 2x1m pond with this rack. I just feel i'm not really enjoying my goldfishies as much when they are in the pond. Plus its more of a pain to keep clean. 

 

This weekend i'll be giving the rack a clean and sand to get rid of the superficial rust. I've bought some black spray paint (meant for rust/metal) just to go over those spots after. (I think this rack was used by a reefer before)

 

Also need to give all the tanks and lids a good clean. My partner only allowed me to buy this rack on the condition that it has to look spotless. lol 

 

Down the track will eventually replace all the fluros with LED, the glass lids with lightweight polycarbonate sheets, and swap with someone 2 of the 3footers for a 6/5 footer (if it fits) that will house my goldfish. 

 

The rest will be for guppies, my peppermint bristlenoses, and whatever else i eventually stock up on  

 

As much as i would love to have a centralised system, running to a sump, I think i would just feel better keeping everything separate (in case of illnesses etc) . 

 

ANyhoo will post up photos later this evening 

One of my goldfish which I bred last spring has dropped eggs.
I found eggs attached to the hair algae too this evening.

it's a bit early and cold I would have thought and wasn't planning to breed these guys yet but yay! At least I know for sure this one is a female lol