£5 tank

by **Skunk** on Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:16 pm

I got a £5 tank today Smile

18"x12"x12", so around 40 litres (around 9 gallons) Smile

This is going to be used as a growing up tank for an axolotl which I'm gonna get sometime over the weekend Smile

*very happy* when I know the filter has got there.

I also got a mature filter from them for £5 which is a Sacem Gemini 60

Got sand as a substrate due to axies being silly-bums and eating gravel!

So, good deal?

How long do you think it will take for the filter to be efficient enough for an axie?

Will take water values tonight to see how the land lies

Lexxi

by **Skunk** on Fri Apr 23, 2010 10:05 pm

Ammonia 0ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate 30ppm

Perfect :D Double check tomorrow morning Smile

before I get my axie <3

by **Haych** on Fri Apr 23, 2010 10:09 pm

bargain!

I just paid £70 for one Shocked

I was gonna buy just the glass tank for £28, but the hood was £32 - then I needed lights, heater and filter so Kev told me to just buy the Juwel Korall

by **Skunk** on Fri Apr 23, 2010 10:33 pm

True

for £10 I got a 2nd hand tank and matured little filter, no lid or lighting.

Full set up new sexy kits are worth that though :D Eventually, in many years to come, i'm going to get a huge 8ft tank with cupboards and it's going to be brand new from the shop Twisted Evil

by **Vandraco aka Bronzecat** on Fri Apr 23, 2010 10:52 pm

Good buy

If the filter you got was mature and didn't dry out, then just keep adding some fish food everyday until you stock it. This will keep the bacteria alive. Keep checking the stats daily just to check.

by **Skunk** on Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:18 pm

Will do

Also, 3 of the plants I bought for my 26C tank have died, took them out and the leaves where brown and all fell off. Ideas why?

by **Irish_Lass** on Sat Apr 24, 2010 10:32 am

£5???? Where the hell do you all get these tanks! Jealous!

by **Skunk** on Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:16 am

I went into my lfs and usually go in for a chat with the guy who owns it anyway, discussing what would be best for various tanks, etc. and he usually gets in 2nd hand tanks, big 4ft'ers for £30, etc, this one was £10, but he said I could have it for £5, think he thinks I'm gonna be a good future customer :P *just bought an axolotl*

by **Irish_Lass** on Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:41 am

Congratulations on the axolotl! Very Happy

I need to make myself a LFS friend. Wink

by **kizno1** on Sat Apr 24, 2010 3:11 pm

thats a good price i got a 10G for £3 but that was just the tank it didnt have a lid or anything.

by **Skunk** on Sat Apr 24, 2010 4:05 pm

Same, no lid here either :P

The little guy is doing well, lethargic and a bit stressed as you can imagine for the first day. Though, i went into a lps where I had got a hamster from (Ichigo) and asked about bubble stones...they said that an "ansolotty" was a reptile and needs dry and wet Shocked

Grr, bad advice.

by **kizno1** on Sat Apr 24, 2010 4:07 pm

lol. my lfs are worse they told me corys get to 15cm and are extreamly agressive and will eat tetras lol

by **Skunk** on Sat Apr 24, 2010 4:56 pm

LOL :P

My little axie looks so tiny in his big 45Ltr tank, aww Sad

Plenty of plants for hiding though, and fed him some bloodworm.

by **kizno1** on Sat Apr 24, 2010 5:04 pm

what type is it? the albinos or wild

by **Skunk** on Sat Apr 24, 2010 5:52 pm

A wild, but quite light, i.e. the majority is a golden brown, though he has an awesome thin moustache shaped marking above his top lip :D

by **Irish_Lass** on Sat Apr 24, 2010 7:29 pm

Photos, photos, photos!

by **Skunk** on Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:35 am

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Ain't he sweet? :D

by **Irish_Lass** on Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:51 pm

Ah, he's adorable!!!! Very jealous lassie sitting here. Smile

by **Skunk** on Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:53 pm

:D It's quite fun watching him nom on blood worms, quite feisty :D which I guess is a good sign

by **Irish_Lass** on Sun Apr 25, 2010 3:02 pm

Does he have a name at the moment?

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