[AquaticLife] new tank

January 1, 2009 @ 7:15 pm · Filed under Philippines Internet Koi Society

Shells and other marine items made of calcium will raise your pH which is a good thing if it is too low. Otherwise, maybe not a good idea.

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From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Amber Berglund Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 3:25 PM To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Fw: [AquaticLife] new tank

You should be safe to use those decorations (if you want to) if you boil them first for 10 minutes. That will clean them and make them safe for the tank, but make sure nothing in plastic as it can melt LOL
Amber
Darlene wrote: > > the tank i have now is 29 gallons > it is 18″ x 30″ x 12″ > the new tank came with decorations, 2 large shells, a bunch of smaller > shells and the exoskeleton of a star fish > not sure i want to use any of them since i don’t know where the person > got them or what they have been exposed to > Darlene > > —– Original Message —– > From: Lenny V. aka GoldLenny > To: AquaticLife@ yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 2:34 PM > Subject: RE: [AquaticLife] new tank > > Those measurements add up to 19.94 gallons. What do you mean by smaller? > Shorter in height? What are the dimensions of your current tank? > > I would use it to increase the water volume of your current tank.. either > with the bridge or with the U-tubes. Either would increase the water > volume. If you want a separate H-tank or Q-tank, which is certainly > recommended, get either a 10G tank or just a clear sterilite storage box > which you could put away when not needed… or use it to hold all your > non-chemical aquarium stuff. > > Considering the cost of building a bridge out of the poly tubing, I would > save that money towards the much larger tank you will eventually need. Two > 20G tanks will be OK for now but if your fish aren’t permanently stunted… > you do have goldfish, right?… they will outgrow the space and water > volume > provided by the 20G’s. If you are going to do the DIY 4″ or 5″ square > bridge out of a sheet of plexiglass, then that would be low enough cost to > do for now and you could reuse the bridge on two 55G tanks or > something like > that. > > Lenny Vasbinder > Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny. blogspot.com blogspot.com> > (Links to any articles referenced in above reply are listed on the right > side, alphabetically under Labels and also under Archives by Year, Month) > > —–Original Message—– > From: AquaticLife@ yahoogroups.com > > [mailto:AquaticLife@ yahoogroups.com > ] On > Behalf Of Darlene > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 12:25 PM > To: AquaticLife@ yahoogroups.com > Subject: [AquaticLife] new tank > > ok the new tank just got here, it is smaller, i would presume 18 - 20 > gallons measures 24″ x 12″ x 16″ > i can use it as a hospital tank or build a bridge so they will have more > room to swim around have to wait for it to warm up to room temp then i can > clean it > > Darlene > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >