Show us pictures of your aquarium

[Ortaega]

Awesomenessness.

Wow, I have never seen these fish before.

yeah, I love these little guys, Frontosa's was ultimately the reason I got into the fishkeeping hobby and took me many years before I could work up to keeping them, then I saw these guys as well. I want one more school of fish to complete my setup but unfortunately these buggers way out of my league when it comes to pricing. They are called "Cyprichromus Leptosoma" aka fresh water sardines lol. They like the neons/"dither" fish for bigger fish-keeping hobbyists.

https://imgur.com/a/PGSJAGT

This dudes got some nice advice and views on lake Tang Cichlids

Jason

 

[roomlizzard]

Probably the Raphael... they're cool, I have one that's still trucking at 16 years old, been keeping fish for around 28 years now.

Had no idea they lived this long ... Super Chilled fish, haha

 

[Shad.O]

Small update on my main tank, added in a nice piece of dritwood to give the large open space in the front some more character (as well as hold up the pothos 😆) and the fish love it 🤩

https://imgur.com/a/M67iVsq

 

[KENBAL420♰]

New 90L tank in new apartment. Currently has 20 neon tetras, 4 kuhli loaches and a hill stream loach (will get more his buddies died when I bought them). Busy cultivating more plants emersed and will add them when most of them have settled in.

https://imgur.com/2G01aCP

https://imgur.com/XpoFHpr

 

[Snazzylicious]

New 90L tank in new apartment. Currently has 20 neon tetras, 4 kuhli loaches and a hill stream loach (will get more his buddies died when I bought them). Busy cultivating more plants emersed and will add them when most of them have settled in.

https://imgur.com/2G01aCP

https://imgur.com/XpoFHpr

Very nice

 

[Shad.O]

4 month old baby Cory with a few more hatching in a day or so 🤩

https://imgur.com/a/kzipfSI

https://imgur.com/a/vcCGzyc

 

[Fife]

Father in law just had a guy come in and build up more of a structure in the tank last week, turned out awesome

https://imgur.com/a/bCRR1sK

 

[Spontaneous.Spinach]

What's with the lack of amazing variety of fish being imported , did a new law stop imports or something?

I used to get amazing quality fancy gold fish breeds but now everything has been pretty pathetic lately.

Anyone notice this or is this just a Durban thing?

 

[Fife]

What's with the lack of amazing variety of fish being imported , did a new law stop imports or something?

I used to get amazing quality fancy gold fish breeds but now everything has been pretty pathetic lately.

Anyone notice this or is this just a Durban thing?

Who do you usually get fish from around here?

 

[Harbinger2000]

Who do you usually get fish from around here?

Locally I know BubblyFish does imports, they do ship countrywide though.

 

[Spontaneous.Spinach]

Who do you usually get fish from around here?

I used to get from one old uncle in verulam, even gumtree and Facebook marketplace used have so many adverts with good quality fresh water fish but everything is dry now 😮‍💨

 

[Spontaneous.Spinach]

Locally I know BubblyFish does imports, they do ship countrywide though.

I used to get stuff like that at a fraction of the cost but still an awesome website 👍

 

[Fife]

I used to get from one old uncle in verulam, even gumtree and Facebook marketplace used have so many adverts with good quality fresh water fish but everything is dry now 😮‍💨

Found these guys last week were pretty well equipped on the marine side

Aquatics 4 Finatics | Durban

Aquatics 4 Finatics, Durban North. 908 likes · 94 talking about this. We are aquarium specialists. We stock and import only the best marine fish and coral.

www.facebook.com

 

[Red Falcon]

So just got my 3ft (90 litre) tank going. After many years of not having a tank.

Any advise with regards to getting a good lighting setup for the tank?

Maybe someone can advise me perhaps on using led strip with controller ? That's what I'm thinking

Last I remember was using a a flourescent tube with those big grey transformer tank fittings

 

[Nirv]

You get proper LED lights for aquariums that can either be in the tube form factor or a flat style that basically clips onto the top of the aquarium frame. They're pricey once-off, but last much longer than the old fluorescent tubes with ballasts, which add up over time.

I use a smart plug for my lights on a timer, but there are dedicated timers as well.

 

[kinosfronimos]

So just got my 3ft (90 litre) tank going. After many years of not having a tank.

Any advise with regards to getting a good lighting setup for the tank?

Maybe someone can advise me perhaps on using led strip with controller ? That's what I'm thinking

Last I remember was using a a flourescent tube with those big grey transformer tank fittings

Is it a planted tank? Or just fish?
Expensive LED grow lights (sunlight spectrum simulating) if planted.
Else cheap LED strips from China mall can suffice.

 

[Red Falcon]

Just fish.
So led strip with 1 of those remote controllers should be fine

 

[Snazzylicious]

@Zakariyya could I please ask that you post some pics of your tanks please

 

[Snazzylicious]

Is it a planted tank? Or just fish?
Expensive LED grow lights (sunlight spectrum simulating) if planted.
Else cheap LED strips from China mall can suffice.

Just a note, I know a few guys using the cheap chinese LEDs to grow plants too, but the more hardy ones.

 

[Snazzylicious]

Just fish.
So led strip with 1 of those remote controllers should be fine

What type of fish are you going for?

 

[Red Falcon]

So since I'm starting to keep fish again after very long. I started off with some danios and guppies