Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- articles for AC / Bottle tanks
From: Tom Watson (onefish2fish-in-comcast.net)
Date: Wed Nov 17 2004 - 18:02:41 CST
Jim,
Are these boxes see-through?
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From: "James Smith" <jbosmith-in-gmail.com>
To: <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- articles for AC / Bottle tanks
> Talk to some killifish people and you will find that the 2.5 gallon
> plastic shoe or sweater boxes that you can get-in-any major retailer
> are also very popular small tanks. I once met a guy who said he had
> 200 fish tanks and I was like "Holy crap!" then I found out they were
> all sweater boxes with about 2 gallons of water in each and a central
> filtration/water change area and I wasn't quite as impressed. I'm sure
> it was still pretty amazing though. I have several of these containers
> myself made by sterlite .. they cost about $3 each.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 10:21:19 -0800, Bob Sinclair <rjs-in-silcom.com> wrote:
>>
>> Casper:
>>
>> Do you know of any literature, printed or on the Internet, concerning
>> raising
>> fish in gallon jugs and larger? Sounds like they could make for some very
>> interesting display pieces, done correctly.
>>
>>
>>
>> Bob Sinclair
>> Santa Barbara CA
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Of
>> Prizma-in-aol.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 6:57 AM
>> To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
>> Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- articles for AC / Bottle tanks
>>
>>
>> seems like i remember jim g going on about his longterm success w/ 1
>> gallon
>> bottle tanks housing pygmy sunnies that were doing well for long periods
>> of
>> time and without water changes.
>>
>> that would be a good article in ac.
>>
>> my bottle tanks ( experiments )... 1 gallon, 7 and 13 gallon have had
>> limited success. least killies in a heavily planted bottle seem to do
>> ok...
>> but not always. :(
>> lately ive added small flag fish and they seem to be doing pretty good
>> since
>> they eat algae and are active.
>> i light all my bottle tanks w/ artificial light or place them near
>> windows (
>> out of direct sunlight tho ).
>> a variety of plants live in the bottles from java fern and moss to
>> anacharis, millfoil, hornwort, anubis and water lettuce.
>>
>> ive tried pygmy and bluefin killies to minimal success. probably needed
>> more
>> live food added.
>>
>> something i dont like about the bottles tho is the awkwardness to peer
>> into
>> them, the distortion. they do look pretty and interesting especially when
>> they are lush w/ plants.
>>
>> any other experiences out there?
>>
>> casper
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