goblnriff
Member
 Posts: 19
Age: 45
Location: new mexico
Humor: the kind of laughing you do after wreaking your moutainbike
Favorite Fish: green texan, flowerhorns ,escondidos, african cichlids and channel cats
 |  Subject: 75 set up Sat Jan 09, 2010 1:12 pm | |
| dang, 52 degrees out of the tap had to fill the tank up halfway , put the 300 watt heater in , angle a powerhead at it to heat the water , finally spliting up the carpintis , the greens a terror ( I love it ) but the escondido gunna be a sun of a gun cant wait to put em in his own tank |
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dirtydawg10
Global Moderator
Posts: 2950
Age: 39
Location: Connecticut
Favorite Fish: Severum
| | Subject: Re: 75 set up Sat Jan 09, 2010 1:28 pm | |
| Wow...das cold. No hot water heater in your place? |
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goblnriff
Member
Posts: 19
Age: 45
Location: new mexico
Humor: the kind of laughing you do after wreaking your moutainbike
Favorite Fish: green texan, flowerhorns ,escondidos, african cichlids and channel cats
| | Subject: Re: 75 set up Sat Jan 09, 2010 2:15 pm | |
| well, about 8 months ago I had a bunch o ballas and such for fish in my 125 and I did a water change and all but one bala , one i had since day one died an agonizing death , to this day I dont know why , the only thng I could think of was that I got my water from the tub facet , but I always sprayed the air freshnair towards it so I'm convinced I poisined my fish from my batthroom facet, so ever since I use the out door spiget. |
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Mostlycichlids
Cichlid Specialist
Posts: 4507
Age: 32
Location: New Mexico USA
Favorite Fish: Jaguar Cichlid
| | Subject: Re: 75 set up Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:18 am | |
| Hmmm...could of done em in. In the warmer months my tap never gets below 75ish but now that is is colder here I got to use the hot and cold water. Got pics yet for us!
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dirtydawg10
Global Moderator
Posts: 2950
Age: 39
Location: Connecticut
Favorite Fish: Severum
| | Subject: Re: 75 set up Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:08 pm | |
| | goblnriff wrote: | | well, about 8 months ago I had a bunch o ballas and such for fish in my 125 and I did a water change and all but one bala , one i had since day one died an agonizing death , to this day I dont know why , the only thng I could think of was that I got my water from the tub facet , but I always sprayed the air freshnair towards it so I'm convinced I poisined my fish from my batthroom facet, so ever since I use the out door spiget. |
Sorry to hear that. Now the temp makes sense. |
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