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[Professional_Cynic]

Oh dear, what happened mate? End in disaster I take it?

well I split up with jenny, and she got a friend to try and remove the tank. And they decided to pull the tank forward without removing the rear plumbing, which broke the back panel.

[Dan_05]

well I split up with jenny, and she got a friend to try and remove the tank. And they decided to pull the tank forward without removing the rear plumbing, which broke the back panel.

Oh dear!! I would have been fuming! I dread coming home to find either the tank has cracked or heater/filter has stopped working! Always at the back of my mind, which isnt good with 2 £100 fish lol

[Bas]

Sure you won't be tempted in the future... there are still loads more fish to experience, a nice salt water ray would be lovely! The original fish tank man can't go retiring!!

Maybe - but not for the forseeable!

[Professional_Cynic]

I've just come home from holiday to find the bottom pond of our 2 ponds nearly empty. Looks like I might have myself a new fishy project. Theres not much fun in just re-lining it now is there

[Dan_05]

I've just come home from holiday to find the bottom pond of our 2 ponds nearly empty. Looks like I might have myself a new fishy project. Theres not much fun in just re-lining it now is there

Wahey, and so it begins again lol. Have you got anything in there at the moment?

[Professional_Cynic]

Wahey, and so it begins again lol. Have you got anything in there at the moment?

yeah, some goldfish

I'm hoping I can did it another foot deeper and add a 6-9 cubic feet and move some of the larger fish into it and hard plumb an uprated filter system in

[Dan_05]

Not impressed, my fluval 405 seems to be on the blink, typically just as the 3 year warranty runs out. In the middle of the night it started rattling, have taken it apart, cleaned it and put all back together, still rattling though!

It sounds like its coming from the impeller, searching on Google it seems to be a regular occurrence!

[Professional_Cynic]

I've had a good think about what to do with the pond. Digging out and enlarging is the only option. I'm also thinking of plumbing in a bottom drain and using a solid handling pump and very heavy filtration to prevent silt build up. Its going to be a good project, I'm considerign the use of underwater lighting as well to add an extra effect

[King Scotts]

yeah, some goldfish

I'm hoping I can did it another foot deeper and add a 6-9 cubic feet and move some of the larger fish into it and hard plumb an uprated filter system in

Do you have any pictures?

[Dan_05]

My worst nightmre has come true!!! Came home to find the filter has stopped working while I've been out, and I've lost one of my rays his belly is covered in ammonia burn and part of his skin has disolved, the other one thankfully is still OK, although she's very quiet, I've managed to get her to eat, she's always been the strongest of the two so fingers crossed she'll pull through. Have done a big water change and will have to go out when the shops open and buy a new filter. Gutted! Flaming Fluval and their dodgy filters! It's only just over 3 years old and cost me over £100!!

[Dan_05]

Well 2 months after my loss, my remaining Ray is still with us, she didn't seem to have suffered any issues like the other one and carried on as normal.

This was her last night doing the usual Ray thing up the sides of the tank, her disc is about 8 inches and she is about 12 inches in length, her tail is rather short for a Motoro, it's possible part of it may have broken off in the wild.

My mission now is to get her to hand feed and become more confident when people are around, as she's still very timid, have started putting my hand in the tank with her food and moving it upto her so she understands that my hand is bringing her food and is nothing to be scared of.

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[caveat_civis]

Interesting topic! So 5 years on, how big has your turtle grown Bas?

I bought the kids a Turtle the other day. It's a River Cooter variety and he is about the size of a 50p piece!! (see attached photo - bit blurry though)

The shop (very reliable and knowledgable so far with my Piranha and Tropical fish purchases) said the way they were displayed is fine, which was a tank about 2 feet by 1 foot, 1 inch of water, and some rocks and a log so he can spend time out of the water.

Having now done some research, some websites are saying they should have a basking lamp, but other sites don't mention anything like.

Has anyone on here got experience of keeping Turtles, and what might I need. He's been in our tank for three days and he seems perfectly fine!

[Bas]

My worst nightmre has come true!!! Came home to find the filter has stopped working while I've been out, and I've lost one of my rays his belly is covered in ammonia burn and part of his skin has disolved, the other one thankfully is still OK, although she's very quiet, I've managed to get her to eat, she's always been the strongest of the two so fingers crossed she'll pull through. Have done a big water change and will have to go out when the shops open and buy a new filter. Gutted! Flaming Fluval and their dodgy filters! It's only just over 3 years old and cost me over £100!!

Sorry to hear that mate - I never saw your update - it was when I was on holiday and then obviously it got lost down the topic list! Glad the other one is ok - stunning fish. Hope all stays well.

Interesting topic! So 5 years on, how big has your turtle grown Bas?

If you read on, it went back to the shop a week or so later! That's when I started the fish craze. They have also now all gone!

[caveat_civis]

If you read on, it went back to the shop a week or so later! That's when I started the fish craze. They have also now all gone!

Ah.. It's all about the tents nowadays?

[Damsel]

Ah.. It's all about the tents nowadays?

Yeah, but it took him ages to sew enough fish together to make a tent