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Jarrod90

Member Since 27 May 2014
Offline Last Active Dec 27 2015 08:55 AM

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Fs: Tanks And Mature American Cichlids

08 June 2015 - 10:50 PM

Selling some tanks and fish to make room, all in good to excellent condition unless stated otherwise. All prices negotiable, text me on 0431 562 520

 

Tank 1 - Aquaone tank and stand, black silicone on black wooden stand
Dimensions (length/width/height): 2.5ft / 1.5ft / 2ft
Glass Thickness: 1cm
Condition: Good
Age: bought second hand 3 years ago
Stand: black wood
Lids: yes
Price or ballpark figure: $150
Shipping available? no

comes with 2ft dual bulb Heto light, can also include aquaone heater, airpump and internal filter to run

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Oscar, sex unknown, really vivid orange, photo taken after a water change so he looks a bit pale

~25cm

bought from Morley Aquariums about a year ago

$35

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2x Male Convicts

both around 10-12cm

bought from Morley aquariums about a year ago

$10 each

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Modifying Tank To A Sump Setup

20 August 2014 - 04:54 PM

I've been keeping an eye out for 6x2 tanks on gumtree and have seen a few really good deals, $400 or less for the tank and stand, in some cases lights and other accessories too. But all that I've seen in that sort of price range so far don't have the holes or weir etc for a sump, so I'm wanting to know if its worth the saving if I'm then going to have to modify the tank to run one

 

Is this a huge job to set up if I grab a sump from one of the retailers and modify a normal tank to run it? This will be my first time dealing with this sort of set up so not sure if the sumps come with the hosing and connections from the overflow to the sump. Any help is appreciated :)


Advice On Tank Mates

20 August 2014 - 12:17 PM

So I previously had my female jag and male texas (carpintis) in with a firemouth and jack dempsey, up until my Jag and Texas formed a breeding pair. The texas killed the FM, and I moved the JD into my housemates tank temporarily since he was being hassled by both the Jag and texas.

 

I am looking at getting a new tank soon, looking for a 6x2x2 or similar that I can run with a sump, and when I do I will be moving the Jag into it and leaving the texas with the JD (which I think is a male) in the current one.

 

I wanna get another couple of cichlids to go with the Jag, at the moment im thinking an oscar and maybe a GT (saum) but open to suggestions there...was just wondering if getting females will help much with reducing aggression. As far as I know those 3 can't interbreed so not sure if that will really have any effect.

 

Also want to find a couple of cleaners that won't get killed by the cichlids, had some goldspot plecos in there but they were getting huge, stirring it up and claiming the caves I built for the cichlids...any suggestions?