Dragonii: I can imagine... The one I was eyeballing was a used system, with stand, filters, light, substrate... everything
But naturally, I couldn't possibly have the space for that in anything but a private house...

Skwishee: Me too... I counted that roughly 23-25 fish would be pretty happy in there c: BUT IMAGINE TO CLEAN ALL THE GRAVEL IN SUCH A MONSTER! D8

Check out this 340 gallon tank.

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Wow that tank is amazing! I never knew you could keep frogs with goldfish! Thanks for the video Dragonii

totally awesome Dragonii, thanks for sharing, those Easter Island heads in amongst the plantings are a nice feature, with faces all stern and frozen, and the fish with their colour and movement, some very nice contrasts. Even the frogs suggest a feeling of something primative, as do the heads... cheers

I agree, they do look a bit strange swimming around in the aquarium and that hanging thing is as well, maybe it's because we are used to seeing them out of water... I wonder if they croak at all, I think that would drive me nuts at night. Cheers

hehe thats a funny noise, sounds like they are being squeezed... they would have to be kept far away from the bedroom. cheers Skwishee

Hey all.

Sorry I have'nt been on in a while to update, I've been busy and have been getting more art comissions. Bob, Larry and Curly are still doing well. My filters beeing giving me a few issues lately though with noise and water output. :/ I've had to take it apart and clean it ( just the intake tube, the motor had all kinds of gunk on it and the "spillway" had slime hanging off of it) and I may have to do it again soon.

Naturally, a crowded and underfiltered tank will have a whole lot more gunk in the filter
You'll probably need to clean it with pretty regular intervals, maybe even once a week, just clean it roughly and you should avoid too much crap collecting in it.

I've done a comission for my neighbor of her pomeranian who passed away and I just finished a picture of my friends daugthers horse. I also might have some one wanting to buy one of my older pictures as well as a lady from my mums church who say the poster I did that's displayed in the lobby and wants me do draw something for her.

Yeah I've been running the filter with the lid off, I've also had to place a rock over the small hole next to the intake tube because it was causing the filter to bubble inside and that caused loud, uneven water flow out. Also the media basket had popped up a little. >.<;

Just a random Q, but I was at OSH the other day and I saw that they have 45 gallon sterilite storage containers for pretty cheap. How would one of those stand up to having water in it?  But at the same time...now that I look at my tank and think about the container, it's odd but I'm pretty sure they might have been about the same size. Unless it's just been a while since I saw the container.

Those plastic containers bow pretty badly when you put water in them. They can be used for sumps under tanks because they have the walls of the wood stands to hold them in place, but just sitting out in the open the bow, and they bow pretty bad.

Round tubs work fine because the water pressure on the sides would be evenly distributed and it would actually hold up the walls instead of bowing them.

Yeah I was just thinking about the whole setting them up on the patio thing and when I was the tub a lightbulb lit up. XD But I guess it would have more of a chance of busting than an actual tank would, not  to mention most those size are'nt see through. No fishy viewing. And running a filter out there would be a challenge.

Awww theyre so cute!

Larry.... hmm he looks very similar to Lucky in size and build.
I guess if his tail gets longer and more 'flowy' you'd know for sure, but he looks like a common to me

Sometimes you can, I managed to figure out Lucky was a girl and she's only 2 inches or so.
Basically the idea is that if there is a bump before the anal fin, it's a girl, if it's smooth/dips inwards and there are bumps on the gills then it's a boy.

It's obviously a lot easier to tell when the goldfish are bigger, but sometimes you can tell when their young.

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Well I was quite fortunate that 'Lucky' is pretty much a unisex name XD
But let me know what you find out about their gender, if your unsure you could always post pics