12 Volt Man's Aqueon 150 Gallon Startup Thread

[iamzrad]

Great progress so far!
Looking forward to completion!

 

[12 Volt Man]

there was 5 redhooks in the tank that I grabbed the 4 out of...

I am debating whether or not to go back and get the last one....

 

[BushFishRox]

I always do just because I feel bad for the fish that is how I ended up with 8 RH's.

 

[12 Volt Man]

some shots of the few inhabitants..the 4 redhooks and 4 baby giants lol

no full tank shot until the tank clears..lol

still murky from the water conditiomer..looks like garbage but fish are doing great. they already beg for food -and they will be getting lots of it LOL

 

[12 Volt Man]

going to be picking up an Aqueon 40 gallon breeder tank for under my 65 salt. probably next week.

this one will be a planted tank. - I miss plants..

it won't have black silicone though - not really worth paying the extra this time around since it will be a "bottom tank"..

the canadian domestic tank maker here in the GTA- Miracles Aquariums- (makes great tanks) does make tanks with black silicone, but their 40 breeder is only 15 inches tall and it has a big plastic cross brace - great for cutting out light? LOL

the Aqueon version is basically 17 inches tall (the company website says 16 and 15/16ths (!! LOL) of an inch tall) and has NO BRACE - its built 'old style' which I am thinking is better for plants....

 

[heatherbeast]

Those yellow-fins are so wee! Love it.

About how long does it take to raise them to 12"? To their full-grown size?

 

[seds]

Red hooks look amazing!

Err how do you tell if a tinfoil barb is low quality? Unhealthy or genetic?

 

[12 Volt Man]

Those yellow-fins are so wee! Love it.

About how long does it take to raise them to 12"? To their full-grown size?

thanks, they should grow about an inch per month.

so in a year they should all be 12 inches long.

a year and a half or so 18"...

thats how fast my old ones grew..

these little guys eat until they are bulging, so I know they are going to grow nice and fast

 

[12 Volt Man]

Red hooks look amazing!

Err how do you tell if a tinfoil barb is low quality? Unhealthy or genetic?

thanks.

for quality, I was mainly speaking of colour.

for example, my LFS had 3 inches ones with not very nice red on them at all and yellow eyes...

at 3-4 inches, they should already have vibrant red fins and orange-ish coloured eyes..

 

[Fry]

The red and yellow really stands out in your black on black set up. Very nice! Keep us updated.