im new here and my newish tank

[mixmaster jay]

Hi im jay ive just joined this forum and happy to be part of it and i will try to help you all as best as i can and have a laugh too lol


my tank is 825 litre 181 imp gallon tank 5.6ft x 2ft x 2.6ft with a sump 453 litre 100 1mp gallon.
6500 lph ocean runner return pump
vecton uv 25
5ft metal halide with 4 t5 moonlight tubes
2ft siver arrowana
1ft gibbiceps plec
L191 dull eyed royal plec
adult male and female common bristlenose plecs
3inch gibbiceps plec (girlfriends)
7 inch gold giant gourami
3 inch asian bumble bee catfish (somewhere lol)
4 inch weahter loach
4 inch pictus
2 bronze cory's
2 albino cory's
2 pepper cory's
2 swartzi cory's
9 inch reed fish (rope fish)
5 inch synodontis
2 opaline gourami's
and a royal ram
and my gf's cold water fish for a short while until the pond gets rebuilt next weekend thanks to theives who stole everything and kicked it in

here is some pics of my tank


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hope you like the pics

[Northernguy]

Welcome to the Fabulous AC!:22:
I hope you keep your arrowanna well fed or all the other fish his food?
They will be one day!
Here is some info to read on yours:
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[mixmaster jay]

Hi my arrow only eats from hand he is really tame i will have a look at the link thanks. the goldfish are coming out next weekend anyway thumbs2:

[Northernguy]

That would be a good idea.Your arrow may seem tame now but that will change in time!

[Jaster]

Welcome to AC! :22:

[mixmaster jay]

thankyou :19:

[KcEE]

Welcome to the AC! Nice big tank!

[Sir Tristen]

thumbs2: Welcome! Love the arrowana! I'd love to get a tank like that some day

[Gayle]

Hello and welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Crispy]

Welcome to the AC! I see you have a L191 dull-eyed royal... I also have one of these fellas... some pics of him would be nice. :)

[AABatteries]

Welcome to AC!

Awesome tank. But, why on earth are you running halides over an un-planted FW tank?

[mixmaster jay]

Welcome to the AC! I see you have a L191 dull-eyed royal... I also have one of these fellas... some pics of him would be nice. :)


thankyou crispy. they are great looking fish (when you see them lol)

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here he is not a very good pic though i'll try and get some more of him thumbs2:

[mixmaster jay]

Welcome to AC!

Awesome tank. But, why on earth are you running halides over an un-planted FW tank?

they are the lights that came with it and there is plants in it now and growing at an alarming rate lol ive had to split them down they grew a foot in a week and blocked my outlets to the sump lol its all good for another week now though

cabomba (very fast growing) 8 thick bunches
big leave thing 6 plants
15 vallas plants

more to come soon thumbs2: