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Females, yeah, but only the one male here! (The other males have to come in from abroad to visit!)

COBettaCouple

I hope it will work out for you, but mostly even with females, more than 1 Betta in an undivided tank leads to trouble. We tried it ourselves with just females and it looked ok at first, but we ended up returning 3 to the store and nursing the most injured back to health.

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We have had thee females and a male in there for a couple of weeks now without any problems, so I'm sure we will be ok. The females actually seem to stick together most of the time, almost schooling!

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Today I travelled to Cheshire and Manchester collecting some new fish from fellow aquarists. I came back with 50 new fish! Here are some of the snaps I have taken tonight:

(Sorry about the poor quality, they were taken with my phone.)

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COBettaCouple

you didn't happen to catch a football match while out? Got some beauties there on your outing.

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Thank you for the compliment. Not interested in football, just fish! My thanks go to the two people who allowed me to empty their aquariums, Rick and Damien. I feel very sorry for Rick, who's having to sell his setup, but damien will soon have a new cichlids tank to be proud of!

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Now completed tanks 7, 8, and 9 with tanks 10 and 11 in progress.

Tank 7:
2' 15 gallon tank
QT

Tank 8:
48x18x12
Tank 9:
24x24x11 Water Column
Contents:
5 Goldfish
1 Coy Carp
2 small silver sharks
2 small Rainbow sharks
4 Glowlight Danios
4 zebra danios
6 small marble angels

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hamstermann

Is that QT set into a wall? that is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. And what kind of stands are you using to get the look of one continuous tank like that? I'm so jealous of your set up!

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The whole thing has been built with the purpose in mind. What you are seeing is the end result of many weeks and months of planning and work. If you want to see how some of it has been done, check This, and This.

hamstermann

Wow. So are you a professional Carpenter? I would love to do something like that someday.

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Nope, standard DIY enthusiast! (With a passion for fish)

capekate

WOWZAH !!!
Timg.... you are doing such a fantastic job with your set ups! I just luv luv luv.. your surround tanks...what a great job! Now i have to show my husband the way you built them around the walls... he is a carpenter! Just maybe... hmmmm.... wouldnt that be nice! <sigh.. more wishful thinking..>
Good luck with your venture!

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tanks 10,11,12 and 13 are now completed and will be used for breeding and raising fry.

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Couldn't resist the oportunity to take these pics of the new fish! Mollies at 3 weeks old, and black neon, don't know how old this one is:

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I am now working on an Aquaponics garden for nitrate filtering. More to come....

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next i think Tim is going to create a scale model of the Amazon river.. cute baby fish and we'll be looking forward to seeing the aquaponics garden.

Gargoyle

Rock on dude!!

You are an inspiration to me and other DIY's. I love your work!

lolagurl

isnt that literally a full time job taking care of like 15 tanks and god knows how many fish?
well i definetly applaud you on your outcome!