Pets

[19TsiAwd90]

bringing this very very old thread back to life lol i recently got a freshwater tank going, and i have a baby red belly piranha, a bala shark, 2 rainbow sharks, and 2 cory catfish, 2 female beta's, surprisingly the red belly keeps to his corner till he gets hungry then i drop in a guppie and he nomps it up

[Kracka]

A cat, two rabbits, and a wife.

[rose0529]

Two Cats and a Dog

Flash (4yo)
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/565/medium/SSPX0061.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5057/5514375191_80f71486ea_z.jpg

Noche (6mo)
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5294/5514356869_33d1748c2a_z.jpg
Sleeping on Luna, with tougne out.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5250/5313934875_6c6cba2933_z.jpg

Luna (3yo Doxie/Poodle)
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5251/5514976838_3ca0cd5373_z.jpg
Luna on left, moms Doxie on right.

[19TsiAwd90]

A cat, two rabbits, and a wife.
wives count? lol

[Matt D.]

65 gallon salt water tank (born December 2009), home to two onyx clownfish, yellow tang, longnose hawkfish, six line wrasse, yellow watchman goby, a pistol shrimp and a cleaner shrimp. And lots of coral.

April 2010
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/4834/img0826u.jpg

November 2010
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/5200766958_1fc92a3a2c_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5282/5200766968_40d9227fe1_b.jpg

December 2010
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs054.snc6/168446_487834134441_506854441_5933974_288679_n.jpg

Need a new picture, rearranged the rock last week.

[sleepydsm]

Cool tank, Matt. Is it a huge bitch to keep that salt water tank going?

[Matt D.]

Cool tank, Matt. Is it a huge bitch to keep that salt water tank going?
I have it very automated, a computer controller runs the heater, lights and all the pumps. A line runs right to the tank from a reverse osmosis/deionize water filter that turns on for about a half hour a day to top off the water (evaporation). Digital light timers operate two peristaltic dosing pumps to add calcium and an alkalinity solution to the tank on a daily basis to aid in coral health.

This is the madness in the stand that you don't see normally. The middle section is a refugium, an area for small critters (little bug-like things called copepods) to grow without being wiped out by the fish. It is filled with a little sand, some rock rubble and an algae called chaetomorpha. These "bugs" eventually make their way to the main tank and are a natural food source. On the left is a GFO (granular ferric oxide) and carbon reactor which I have since removed, I was running it to help clean up some nuisance algae.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/5200766954_cb97e59535_b.jpg

Cleaning the glass, changing 10-20 gallons of water every 1-2 months, and feeding the tank every day or two are the only manual tasks I deal with. Granted it took me a year (and some money) to get this far, but I don't test the water nearly as much as I used to because it's very stable now. I could leave the house for a week and not worry.

[sleepydsm]

So what happens if the power goes out?

[Matt D.]

So what happens if the power goes out?
A small amount of water flows into the sump and that's it. When it the power comes back it will resume operation.

[scheides]

Matt, you need a UPS and generator for that thing you've built there! I love that the aquarium itself is the pet, not just the fish in it. Very very nice, I didn't realize how much you had into this thing but it is awesome!