Aquarium Fish Tank

[Kimbo Almond]

Up until 3 days ago I had a 10 litre tank in my bedroom with one axolotl and one goldfish in it.

Then I did a water change and something went wrong and they both died within 3 hours.

Starting from scratch I'm thinking of getting a long tank (somewhere between 3ft and 6ft long) and putting 4 axolotls in it. I'll keep a big barrel of treated water in my attic for doing water changes so that I don't have a mishap again. Axolotls are fine in room temperature water, you don't need a heater.

I think I'll put lots of tiny little live fish in with the axolotls and let them be food for the axolotls and just add more of the tiny fish once or twice a month.

My last axolotl was albino, totally white all over. I'll try to get 4 axolotls all a different colour. Even better if they mate.

Anyone have a fancy aquarium at home?

[Proximal]

Always wanted one, but figured maintenance was going to be too much of a hassle.

Damn, a 6 foot long tank would be awesome. Post some pics?

[Kimbo Almond]

Always wanted one, but figured maintenance was going to be too much of a hassle.

Damn, a 6 foot long tank would be awesome. Post some pics?

I don't have the long tank yet, I'm waiting til I move house first. But here's a photograph of my axolotl that died 3 days ago. . .

[Proximal]

I don't have the long tank yet, I'm waiting til I move house first. But here's a photograph of my axolotl that died 3 days ago. . .

Very cool, how big are they?

[Couchlockd]

I had a 120 gallon spring leaks from 3vl of the 4 corners in middle if the night.

Woke up to a 1/4 full 120 gallon tank, power head under gravel filters sucking and gurgling
.

[ghettoboyd]

I had an aquarium built into my bar in my man cave for years and I thought you were only supposed to replace 20% a week so as to leave some of the bacteria and not disrupt the PH levels to much...believe it or not the tank needs to be somewhat dirty...

[Proximal]

I had a 120 gallon spring leaks from 3vl of the 4 corners in middle if the night.

Woke up to a 1/4 full 120 gallon tank, power head under gravel filters sucking and gurgling
.

Was a gang valve ever involved?

[almostgone]

I had an aquarium built into my bar in my man cave for years and I thought you were only supposed to replace 20% a week so as to leave some of the bacteria and not disrupt the PH levels to much...believe it or not the tank needs to be somewhat dirty...

Seems like I recall hearing the same thing.... something to do with the introduction of too much treated water from the municipal supply.

[Couchlockd]

Was a gang valve ever involved?

During the rescuing of the fish yes there was significant gang valve action

[almostgone]

During the rescuing of the fish yes there was significant gang valve action

I figured you were aerating your hydroponic vegetable garden supply.

[Proximal]

I figured you were aerating your hydroponic vegetable garden supply.

Very cool, tomatoes, radishes, cilantro . . . .

[Couchlockd]

I figured you were aerating your hydroponic vegetable garden supply.

Organic soil.

[Kimbo Almond]

Very cool, how big are they?

Mine was only about 6 inches... I think it had more growing to do. I think they go up to 9 inches.

I'm gonna prioritise finding a nice place to live in the next 3 months, and then I'll look for a tank off Gumtree or whatever. Axolotls stay along the bottom of the tank so I can get a tank that's only about a foot or two high, but really long (between 3 and 6ft).

The young babies cannibalise each other so that should be interesting to watch if my four adults mate.

[Proximal]

Mine was only about 6 inches... I think it had more growing to do. I think they go up to 9 inches.

You think? Damn Almond, you forgot? You need to stop all of that monk stuff and get active again, lol.

[Kimbo Almond]

You think? Damn Almond, you forgot? You need to stop all of that monk stuff and get active again, lol.

I ran 5 kilometres in 22min 58sec last weekend.

[Couchlockd]

I just drown hookers in my fish tank these days, I ain't paying no $40 for some poon-tang

[Proximal]

I just drown hookers in my fish tank these days, I ain't paying no $40 for some poon-tang

$40? Cheaper than dinner, movie, & fuel. Like the professionals myself. Although no offense, $40 ain’t L.A. prices.

[Couchlockd]

$40? Cheaper than dinner, movie, & fuel. Like the professionals myself. Although no offense, $40 ain’t L.A. prices.

That's after minutes of haggling and bidding counterfeit 20s amongst a bunch of ones.

[< <Samson> >]

Fresh water?!

Eww

I still have a fresh water 40 gal, wife “takes care” of it


About 15 years back I was all into marine aquariums - I think that thing cost me more that sauce does now

It was like 6’ long - loved that thing, but maintaining that thing is such a chore. . . It was at about 3/4 hours of work per week + almost 100 Bucks a month in supplies


I’d love a reef tank now - but, this whole life thing gets in the way

[Charlie67]

Fresh water?!
About 15 years back I was all into marine aquariums....

In my best aquarium days I had two 120g saltwater tanks. They were there best things ever... Calming, peaceful, beautiful.... I actually thought taking care of a 120 was easier than fidgeting with a 29g or 55g, I had those too. I jumped right into saltwater tanks because of a roommate, and I was hooked. Never tried freshwater but i always wanted a big plant tank.

- but, this whole life thing gets in the way

But then this happened to me too... Kids, family, job..... Now my youngest has a goldfish in a 7 gallon fishbowl.

[< <Samson> >]

I miss staring at my marine tank - that thing looked cool

Thought I had a picture of it, but this was almost two decades back

[Kimbo Almond]

I can also run a really really really cool experiment on the axolotls.... if anyone's interested in hearing about it?

[Mooseman33]

Mine was only about 6 inches... I think it had more growing to do. I think they go up to 9 inches.

I'm gonna prioritise finding a nice place to live in the next 3 months, and then I'll look for a tank off Gumtree or whatever. Axolotls stay along the bottom of the tank so I can get a tank that's only about a foot or two high, but really long (between 3 and 6ft).

The young babies cannibalise each other so that should be interesting to watch if my four adults mate.

you are such a sick fucking person

[Kimbo Almond]

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you are such a sick fucking person

The adults' limbs grow back if you cut them off. I can get a really long scissors and dip it into the tank.

But also there's a more interesting (and God-like) experiment I can run.

[Proximal]

Kimbo, always like to give everyone the benefit of a doubt as no one is perfect (imo), but once again this has taken an unnecessary turn to the dark & possibly inflammatory side, so I’m out.

[BG]

This was my last reef tank, started off as a 90 gallon 12 years prior, few Leaky tanks, it ended up down at 30 gallons. Probably the biggest waste of time and money I’ve done recently. Glad since I moved I put an end to that

[almostgone]

This was my last reef tank, started off as a 90 gallon 12 years prior, few Leaky tanks, it ended up down at 30 gallons. Probably the biggest waste of time and money I’ve done recently. Glad since I moved I put an end to that

Cool as fvck though. The colors really draw the eye.

[Charlie67]

Probably the biggest waste of time and money I’ve done recently. Glad since I moved I put an end to that

True, that's an expensive hobby, but it's cool looking.

[Kimbo Almond]

True, that's an expensive hobby, but it's cool looking.

Keeping four axolotls in a cold water tank should cost me very little in food and maintenance.

The thyroid hormone I need for my experiment might be pricey though. . .

[Couchlockd]

Keeping four axolotls in a cold water tank should cost me very little in food and maintenance.

The thyroid hormone I need for my experiment might be pricey though. . .

I just looked those animals up.

They are pretty cool looking

[Kimbo Almond]

I just looked those animals up.

They are pretty cool looking

Wanna hear the supercool amazing God-like experiment you can do with them?

[BG]

True, that's an expensive hobby, but it's cool looking.

Cool as fvck though. The colors really draw the eye.

It is nice to watch but that little tank took 2 hrs a weekend to maintain and 2-3 feedings a day, I had to show my cat sitter how to do it when we went on vacations, storms........had to get a generator hooked up ASAP to keep water flow, make make water, add supps, then the money, yup expensive.

[BG]

Wanna hear the supercool amazing God-like experiment you can do with them?

No and stop going in the wrong direction.

[Kimbo Almond]

No and stop going in the wrong direction.

I genuinely think you might find this one very interesting

[ghettoboyd]

Kimbo you once again crafted a thread where you asked a question you really didn’t want answered so you could segway into a more dark and twisted subject for which to garnish attention...wtf?...my proof of this is you not commenting on the posts of the people who where trying to help you...

[almostgone]

It is nice to watch but that little tank took 2 hrs a weekend to maintain and 2-3 feedings a day, I had to show my cat sitter how to do it when we went on vacations, storms........had to get a generator hooked up ASAP to keep water flow, make make water, add supps, then the money, yup expensive.

Dang, high maintenance for sure! Too bad, that would be nice to look at and just zone out at the end of the day, but definitely too much work for my lazy @ss. Maybe I'll save the image and input it to the TV.

[BG]

Dang, high maintenance for sure! Too bad, that would be nice to look at and just zone out at the end of the day, but definitely too much work for my lazy @ss. Maybe I'll save the image and input it to the TV.

I dont miss all that work and money at all. I think I have some videos of my bigger tanks.......you can loop those on your tv

[Couchlockd]

Wanna hear the supercool amazing God-like experiment you can do with them?

Yes I would.

[Kimbo Almond]

Yes I would.

Amphibious lizards (such as the salamander) are born in water, and they have gills for breathing under water. When they're juveniles they remain in the water and continue to breathe under water using their gills. Into adulthood, they start to grow lungs and then they leave the water and live the rest of their life on land breathing with their lungs.

The axolotol is strange though, because it is born in water, lives as a juvenile in water, and then matures into an adult without ever developing lungs, it just stays in the water all its life.

But here's where it gets really cool. . .

The genome of the axolotl is very long, it's even longer than the human genome. Maybe it's so long because there's information in it for regrowing amputated limbs. Another reason might be that there are parts of it that have been temporarily disabled or deactivated. The axolotl must have had an ancestor 50,000 years ago that developed lungs and walked on land, because it's possible to get an axolotl to grow lungs and become a terrestial lizard by administering a hormone to it.

So I'm gonna get a tank and keep four axolotls in it. Every month I'll buy one more axolotl and give it the hormone, so there will be five in the tank. This fifth axolotl might die if the metamorphisis doesn't go right. I'll have to try this experiment once a month until it works. Might take me a couple of years. Or it might work first time.

[Couchlockd]

Amphibious lizards (such as the salamander) are born in water, and they have gills for breathing under water. When they're juveniles they remain in the water and continue to breathe under water using their gills. Into adulthood, they start to grow lungs and then they leave the water and live the rest of their life on land breathing with their lungs.

The axolotol is strange though, because it is born in water, lives as a juvenile in water, and then matures into an adult without ever developing lungs, it just stays in the water all its life.

But here's where it gets really cool. . .

The genome of the axolotl is very long, it's even longer than the human genome. Maybe it's so long because there's information in it for regrowing amputated limbs. Another reason might be that there are parts of it that have been temporarily disabled or deactivated. The axolotl must have had an ancestor 50,000 years ago that developed lungs and walked on land, because it's possible to get an axolotl to grow lungs and become a terrestial lizard by administering a hormone to it.

So I'm gonna get a tank and keep four axolotls in it. Every month I'll buy one more axolotl and give it the hormone, so there will be five in the tank. This fifth axolotl might die if the metamorphisis doesn't go right. I'll have to try this experiment once a month until it works. Might take me a couple of years. Or it might work first time.

I honestly don't see anything wrong with that.

Scientist do shit like that all the time and even worse