General Chat

DONT
Leave the fish tank gravel that i have boiled to put back in the tank tomorrow
in a bucket in the kitchen


as i have just caught my cat Scarlett using it as a litter tray

oh dear new gravel on the cards then ;-) ;-)

LOLOL! There was me thinking having a pond in the garden with 40 fish in it was hard work, Joy :-D

i only boiled it because i am decorating
and needed to move the tank to wall paper behind it
so though spring clean it and paint the cupboards

the fish are in the dogs bath in my lounge for a bit longer now lol :-D :-D

i cant believe she thought it was the new litter tray

she must of thought this trays a bit small but its plenty deep ;-) ;-)

are they tropical? or goldfish?

Joy I am using Tesco Value Litter at £1.58 per 10 litre. Is your fish tank gravel any cheaper? Might change brand :-D

Scarlett sounds most innovative - bless :-) ;-)

Scarlett's a little star to be honest considering
she was badly neglected before i got her
she is a right character
its the first time in 8 months she hasnt used the right tray
so cant complain and it does look like litter

she must of thought Christmas had come heated litter

the lady up the road said she will drop me some gravel she has left over so no harm done :-D :-D

it isnt always a good idea to completely sterilise a tank, you need the bacteria to process the contents of the water,or you might get "new tank syndrome"
Saving some of the gravel before boiling the rest might help the tank to re-estabilish itself.

as is using a used filter element for a few days

Bob

Ive only lightly washed the sponges in the filter bob
i only do a full strip down once every 5 years
but i was also wallpapering behind the tank so it had to be moved
and there's only 3 goldfish in the tank
though they are about 15 years old and quite big :-D

i have the fish in the dogs bath in the lounge
so no rush to put the back and i used the water out the tank to quater fll th bath
so will top the tank up with some of thast water to
so it should be ok

Bob If I was a guppy or a goldfish, not sure I would swim round happily if my gravel had Scarlett's memories contained it in. :-D

But you make a very important point about sterilisation. Good debate to be had about whether sterlisation of surfaces and floors etc is a good thing, or whether better to reduce bacteria to a "safe level".

why not John?


Fish themselves do all sorts of things in it.....

What a horrible thought to start my day, Bob. :-D

i like how its always my job to sucking the syphoning pipe
when it comes to cleaning them out
a womans works never done

nothing worse to start ya day then fish waste soup :-( :-(

Ummm nice Joy. :-P :-P. My son had a tank and I didn't mind helping with the glass cleaning but when it came to siphoning out I drew the line. He now has a fancy small pump that does that job for him and also cleans the gravel.

i cheated i looped the tube before i sucked it lol

i think after 30 years of keeping fish tropical and goldfish
i am used to it

but i still cleaned my teeth twice and used the mouth wash :-D

:-D :-D :-D. The smell was enough for me let alone the taste :-P. He still keeps tropical but now has his own place so I don't get lumbered anymore, his girlfriend does ;-) :-D

when i am finished it
i am going to buy some more fish the smallest i can find
they always come on the best

might get some fancy ones to keep sid fishious company

Thats what he does. He bought a tiny Pleccy now it is a monster. It must measure about 9 inches and boy is it ugly, but I love him :-D. They think I am mad as when I visit I always say hello to it and named it Ugly Mug :-D

LOL

we bought a tiny(about inch and a half)orangey coloured bristlenose plec.

he?'s about 6 /7 inches now and its head looks like a bristly washing up brush

finger tame, er indoors feeds it algae tablets by hand, got a mouth like a sink plunger.....LOL( the fish, not er indoors)

Bob

LaGooner i used to have a old tom cat called ugly mug

Bob we used to have a big plec called plectmusprime :-D

:-D :-D :-D :-D Bob I bet er indoors would not be impressed you even said that ;-)