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hercules Ex Member	fish 20. Dec 2009 at 14:59 does anybody else keep fish,i had the lovely job earlier of cleaning the tank,4ft and bah eck can they produce some sh@t
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Omegadoha, Desert Member Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1357 Doha, Qatar Drives: 3.2 V6 2002	Re: fish Reply #1 - 20. Dec 2009 at 15:04 used to keep tropical and cold water fish - not in the same tank though. One of the ballon mollies got a bit ill once and was floating upside down before it died. I think changing the water too often did more harm than good.
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hercules Ex Member	Re: fish Reply #2 - 20. Dec 2009 at 15:06 i do it once every 3/4 weeks in my tropical,usually 4 cos i cant be arsed
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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: fish Reply #3 - 20. Dec 2009 at 15:06 Yes, get a good filter system, and they need very little maintainance. Keep the water, the fish keep themselves (bar food obviously)
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Mr Skrunts Over Active Poster Offline 3.O Elite Saloon with all the toys, Posts: 23830 Skruntie Land. Gender: Drives: Jimbob Mad It seems	Re: fish Reply #4 - 20. Dec 2009 at 15:13 Jimbob wrote on 20. Dec 2009 at 15:06: Yes, get a good filter system, and they need very little maintainance. Keep the water, the fish keep themselves (bar food obviously) I agree with JB. I used to have an external filter on mine. If your tank wont stay clean it's generally due to over feeding, the more food the more poop.
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hercules Ex Member	Re: fish Reply #5 - 20. Dec 2009 at 15:18 ive got a fluval 4 plus and 3 bottom feeders help keep it clean but my plec does mansize turds
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My dad kept tropical fish in the late 70s-early 80s. He had a Red Belly Piranha in a 6' tank of it's own. He would feed it live Goldfish, i had great fun watching it as a teenanger. I used to think "i bet that Goldfish is thinking - Uhm it's nice & warm in here". Then Jaws would stalk his prey. I've never seen a fish so big move so fast. It didn't eat it all at once, he would bite it in half & come back for rest later & the front half of the Goldfish would still be swimming about Grin

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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: fish Reply #7 - 20. Dec 2009 at 16:53 I have a big external filter, and external UV filter. Keeps the water spotless. Clean the filter 2-3 times a year, 1/3rd water change 6 times a year. Internal ones just do not cut the mustard imho
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Reply #8 - 20. Dec 2009 at 17:06

Pete. wrote on 20. Dec 2009 at 16:36:

My dad kept tropical fish in the late 70s-early 80s. He had a Red Belly Piranha in a 6' tank of it's own. He would feed it live Goldfish, i had great fun watching it as a teenanger. I used to think "i bet that Goldfish is thinking - Uhm it's nice & warm in here". Then Jaws would stalk his prey. I've never seen a fish so big move so fast. It didn't eat it all at once, he would bite it in half & come back for rest later & the front half of the Goldfish would still be swimming about Grin

My father once planned to stock the pond in the back garden with Piranhas & let the neighbourhood cats try to catch them with their paws (He hated cats because they dug up his seed beds) Cheesy

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jereboam Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1675 Suffolk Gender: Drives: BLACK 1999 3.0 Elite	Re: fish Reply #9 - 20. Dec 2009 at 17:12 A job I no longer have to do, thank heaven, since my daughter moved out and took her bl*dy aquarium with her. Only proper use for fish is bouillabaisse* or similar.
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Reply #10 - 20. Dec 2009 at 18:53

Pitchfork wrote on 20. Dec 2009 at 17:06:

Pete. wrote on 20. Dec 2009 at 16:36:

My dad kept tropical fish in the late 70s-early 80s. He had a Red Belly Piranha in a 6' tank of it's own. He would feed it live Goldfish, i had great fun watching it as a teenanger. I used to think "i bet that Goldfish is thinking - Uhm it's nice & warm in here". Then Jaws would stalk his prey. I've never seen a fish so big move so fast. It didn't eat it all at once, he would bite it in half & come back for rest later & the front half of the Goldfish would still be swimming about Grin

My father once planned to stock the pond in the back garden with Piranhas & let the neighbourhood cats try to catch them with their paws (He hated cats because they dug up his seed beds) Cheesy

What a good idea. I hate cats too Angry

The bloke across the road from me has three & they crap on my lawn. It's ok, because he gets it back Wink

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Pete. wrote on 20. Dec 2009 at 18:53:

Pitchfork wrote on 20. Dec 2009 at 17:06:

Pete. wrote on 20. Dec 2009 at 16:36:

My dad kept tropical fish in the late 70s-early 80s. He had a Red Belly Piranha in a 6' tank of it's own. He would feed it live Goldfish, i had great fun watching it as a teenanger. I used to think "i bet that Goldfish is thinking - Uhm it's nice & warm in here". Then Jaws would stalk his prey. I've never seen a fish so big move so fast. It didn't eat it all at once, he would bite it in half & come back for rest later & the front half of the Goldfish would still be swimming about Grin

My father once planned to stock the pond in the back garden with Piranhas & let the neighbourhood cats try to catch them with their paws (He hated cats because they dug up his seed beds) Cheesy

What a good idea. I hate cats too Angry

The bloke across the road from me has three & they crap on my lawn. It's ok, because he gets it back Wink

Not through the letterbox I hope. Grin

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