>> ^therealblankman:

What the fuck is this? TorutureAnimalSift? Next we'll have a shit-ton of videos with assholes poking lions with sticks through the bars of their cages and tapping the glass at the aquarium.
Bullshit. Video doesn't belong here.


I don't find this video anymore objectionable than this for example.

Sorry if my tags and title sounded like I'd find it amusing how those little ones react when captured. I assumed they were treated well in general.

What the fuck is this? TorutureAnimalSift? Next we'll have a shit-ton of videos with assholes poking lions with sticks through the bars of their cages and tapping the glass at the aquarium.

Bullshit. Video doesn't belong here.

Thanks !

http://www.aquariumplantsandsupplies.com/product_info.php?pName=red-tiger-lotus

THAT DOES LOOK NEAT !@ I just have a CFL spiral bulb keeping the Star Grass alive ( and quite well)
I will put more plants when I get a proper hood and lights. I have over come some fish sickness and initial start up problems, I am learning a bit everyday.

In reply to this comment by kymbos:
Looking good, BR. But where's the red tiger lotus? Don't make me come over there!

I thought of this sift talk post when I saw this link.
http://weburbanist.com/2011/10/04/holy-water-24-amazing-aquariums-and-fish-tanks/

>> ^kymbos:

Those fish forums are pretty intense. I once went there asking for advice, and someone basically told me that any baby fish born into my tank would be retarded. Finding that rather comical, I embarked on a trolling campaign pretending he had basically accused me of intentionally breeding genetic retards, but after a while I realised no matter how wild my comments got, they would always be considered genuine. Those people are out there.


That's just the Internet in general. Any topic you can think of has a dedicated forum packed with the exact same mix of people that had simply picked a different passion.

Politics, economics, books, science, math, xkcd rules, xkcd sucks, (xkcd sucks) sucks, martial arts, dolphin sex, video games, sports, cars, fish, medicine, homeopathy, astrology, UFOs, mole men, moon men, Nazis in Argentina, Nazis on the Moon, flat Earths, hollow Earths, the Electric Universe...

>> ^spoco2:

@BoneRemake What you describe is exactly why I gave it up! The tank gathers dust downstairs now...
Good luck sir, may the force be with you


I hear that, this is a fist fight now in my eyes.

I am not going to be the one giving in, this fucker of a tank is going to have a bloody nose before I do. The tank WILL be my bitch.

I am human, I am smarter than water.

(*#$&

I am getting a little annoyed at the science behind aquariums.

I know water quality via Ph and Parts per million in dissolved solids.

I put that aquarium salt in the water less than the instructions tell me, and my water shoots up to 850 ppm, which I know is "hard water" . so using this product I can only assume I have made my water hard.

I'll be joining another web based forum for aquariums, as this is blowing my fucking mind out.

It says to use it, but then it does that to my water.... I obviously do not understand tank dynamics fully.

Like hell I am going to be buying distilled water every couple days.

Edit- The PH down I use which is my old Phosphoric Acid, brings the PH down but also adds phosphates, phosphates are bad, Mmmm'Kay ?

My problems came from that I bet. the water hardness I am still figuring out. Very good to know though, I might have to invest in some Hydrochloric/ acid.

>> ^kymbos:

Khuli loaches look pretty cool. I always loved having clown loaches around. Depending on the size of the tank, having a school of these is awesome. They are very social creatures: http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Oddbal46.jpg




Thats kind of the plant setup I want, video more so for the khuli.

Well being a Scorpio I know that Aquariums and Scorpios are Fixed Signs, and when Fixed Signs meet, it's intense and fascinating.

That being said, I have am not the "hey..what's your sign?" kinda guy unless I am in Tokyo or Kashmir and then I am like "no really...what is your sign????"

That's what I think of Aquariu...ugh...OMG....where is my spell check...

Sounds awesome, BR. I know nothing about marine fish keeping (as opposed to freshwater), except that it always looks incredible when done well. Or when you say salt, are you talking about the salt you put in to neutralise the freshwater?

I used to hear stories of people who had modified old TVs into aquariums, so that you think you're looking at the screen, but it's actually a functioning tank. I guess that doesn't work with flatscreens...

As for plants, I was always partial to a tiger lotus: http://www.mosswall.com/ebay/image/PL/PL-NY01-01.jpg

Again, freshwater.

Will be keen to see what you put together.

@kymbos

I have my mother bringing me some slate rock from her rock garden this weekend as she comes up for Thanksgiving holiday, with that I am going to break it into proper sized pieces and join them together with the remaining marine fish safe sealant I posses. I will have a back ground of 1-2" wide 1''thick and thin, stagger them to make a rock back ground, until a month from now once its cycled I will add plants and once that's settled fish. Live plants add something more to the space, I grow plants as a hobby and have many around me, but to be able to put them in the aquarium and take use of my old hydroponic gear is very welcoming.

Added marine salt today. Sucks playing the waiting game.

*quality
Beautiful! When I was a kid, me and my parents used to make a summer trip to Northern Norway every year. We usually visited Tromso to do some fishing there (I remember whaling boats coming in, and lots of fish followed them, and we fished from the piers - though I might confuse some of this with Narvik, which was our other favorite place )

If I remember right, there was also an aquarium that has lots of cool fish, like piranhas! We never went during the winter, so I couldn't see Northern Lights like this. But at least I have seen northern lights plenty of times in Finland too

>> ^catbutt:

Reasons it looks funny to me:
1. Michel shuffles his feet before the tablecloth pull, as if he is getting in place and getting ready.
2. Michel pre-blocks with his arms. Not natural.
3. Michel scrambles backwards into the shelves without using his arms to catch himself, seeming to propel himself. That's the impression I get, maybe he was slipping on the tablecloth at that point?
4. Sven's hand trajectory during the pull seems purposefully targeted.
Reasons I don't think they planned for the whole shelf to come down:
1. That thing in the top left is a full aquarium - oops
2. The TV appears to be real - and really heavy.
3. Sven's "GTFO" reaction seems very sincere.
Initially staged, but unintended consequences?


no, probably just staged.

Reasons it looks funny to me:
1. Michel shuffles his feet before the tablecloth pull, as if he is getting in place and getting ready.
2. Michel pre-blocks with his arms. Not natural.
3. Michel scrambles backwards into the shelves without using his arms to catch himself, seeming to propel himself. That's the impression I get, maybe he was slipping on the tablecloth at that point?
4. Sven's hand trajectory during the pull seems purposefully targeted.

Reasons I don't think they planned for the whole shelf to come down:
1. That thing in the top left is a full aquarium - oops
2. The TV appears to be real - and really heavy.
3. Sven's "GTFO" reaction seems very sincere.

Initially staged, but unintended consequences?