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[fish]

Hi all, just set up a new tank for my P bass on over the weekend and thought I would put some pics of it up. I haven't finished yet, still got to get some more plants and fish for it

stock list will be

2 P bass
1 or 2 Red scats
1 Feather fin Catfish
1 Salmon tail Catfish

feel free to post some ideas of fish, plants etc that would look good in there, But please don't comment if your going to be negative

will keep the post updated with new pics of fish, plants etc

hope you like the pics

thanks

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Edited by fish, 28 March 2011 - 05:41 PM.

[Neddy]

Looks good mate, how big is the tank?

[fish]

thanks, tank is 4ft x 50cm x 32cm

[Peckoltia]

I'd ditch the limestone in favour of some driftwood. Can't really tell what substrate you have used but if it is Aragonite or something similar I'd get rid of that too. I would also paint the background. Hopefully you have made some attempt to cycle the tank /filters.

[fish]

Don't really like drift wood that much, I rather limestone. I have just used the play sand that you can get from city farmers in Midland ( washed before I put it in the tank). Filter was already running before I put it on the tank

Edited by fish, 28 March 2011 - 05:26 PM.

[Ronny]

The suggestion to remove the limestone was more for water chemistry/PH reasons, not the look.

P Bass are soft water fish....

Plus in a tank that small, I wouldn't add more fish with the bass.

[fish]

they are only 6-7cm, will be upgrading to a bigger tank when they need it, probably 7x2x2 or 8ftx2x2

[Peckoltia]

I noticed that you edited your post to add "But please don't comment if your going to be negative" after I posted a few suggestions.

Not the greatest to ask people for opinions then become upset when they give you some constructive criticism.

Ronny is correct, I suggested ditching the limestone for some wood as wood will help keep your pH a little lower as apposed to limestone that will keep your pH a little higher than it would normally be. I personally don't like the look of it in tanks dominated by SA cichlids either, just doesn't look natural.

Painting the background will also help your decor and the colours in your fish stand out. Makes the tank much more appealing.

At the end of the day the old saying "you can't help someone, who doesn't want to help themselves" applies.

Best of luck.

[Sarah Jayne]

But please don't comment if your going to be negative

well that leaves me out doesnt it fish

Alex is just offering you constructive criticism.

keep a eye on the ph tank looks good. like the plants.

[fish]

thanks, am doing a test now, if it's too high, will have to change it to driftwood, I just don't like the way it changes the colour of the water, how do you stop this??

[Sarah Jayne]

Purigen should work, ask your lfs

[Peckoltia]

Presoak the wood until it has leached out all or the majority of the tannins. You could always add the wood and do a few more water changes than usual to help lower the 'yellowness' of the water. Also Seachem make a great product called Purigen, get a pouch of this stuff, it's great at polishing aquarium water.

[fish]

ok, PH is 8.0, not good, I've got some of that PH downer stuff, will that work or will the limestone just bring it back up again??

[Sarah Jayne]

it will bring it back up again you'll need to rescape

whats ph is your tap water?

[fish]

dam, ok

[Peckoltia]

The pH down stuff you get with test kits is useless. Invest in some acid buffer, just be careful as it's pretty concentrated stuff, so measure what you are using carefully. To answer your question, your limestone will buffer your pH back up after using the 'pH down product', as it will do after using acid buffer. Like I said, ditch the limestone.

[fish]

dunno, will test it, I use the filtered water ( the skinny tap)

[fish]

Tap is 7.6

whats the importance of PH??

[Craig]

whats the importance of PH??

No offense mate but if you don't know this then you really shouldnt be keeping such fish...
Do some research.

[Sarah Jayne]

Craig as much as everyone has told him, he hasn't so it's better off offering advice for the current situation