6 foot wall aquarium

chris g · 03-02-2011, 02:01 PM

Hi there this might seem strange but I want to do a fake marine theme but with fresh water tropical fish small ones that is the tanks only 6 inches front to back where's a good place to buy fake coral and stuff ?

verdifer · 03-02-2011, 04:57 PM

My LFS sells loads of the stuff.

Tailfin · 03-02-2011, 08:03 PM

Petsmart

phys · 03-02-2011, 08:17 PM

if you go to your LFS, you can get some dead live rock for a good price.. that will give you a ton of surface area for beneficial bacteria (you'll just have to wait the cycle). They should have some dead coral on them or laying around the store also.

snail · 03-03-2011, 03:10 PM

Dead coral and lime stone type rocks will make the water too hard for most fresh water fish, you'll be better off with fake coral. Are you set on the sea theme or would you consider other decor?

It sounds like a cool aquarium, how high is it?

Kibblemania1414 · 03-03-2011, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by phys

if you go to your LFS, you can get some dead live rock for a good price.. that will give you a ton of surface area for beneficial bacteria (you'll just have to wait the cycle). They should have some dead coral on them or laying around the store also.

dead live rock?

u mean rock? dead and live cancel each other out.. lol

phys · 03-03-2011, 03:51 PM

its a better descriptor for the object i'm talking about. if i just say rock, that can lead you to think anything.. if i say dead live rock.. that helps you see i'm talking about dried/dead rock that used to be live rock...

snail · 03-03-2011, 03:56 PM

LOL, not a bad way to describe it really. Still it would not be good for most fresh water fish.

phys · 03-03-2011, 06:22 PM

that's true, but if you were to use RO water, it actually would help a lot... maybe?

snail · 03-04-2011, 02:27 AM

A small amount as a PH buffer, but you would not want to overdo it. Some fish, like hard water cichlids, lime stone is actually good for in larger quantities but not for most fishh

snail · 03-04-2011, 05:42 AM

Smallish fast swimming fish like danios would enjoy the the length of the tank. Does the tank have lights for plants?

chris g · 03-05-2011, 01:28 PM

It comes with lights , filters , heater , co2 and automatic feeder it's called the Aquavista panoramic you can view them on YouTube

verdifer · 03-05-2011, 01:42 PM

I will say the plastic corals you can buy in some cases do look very fake, but if you were to put them in the right place and with the right lighting they could look good, if you were using a blue light they could look real.

snail · 03-05-2011, 02:14 PM

If the lights are good enough for plants I'd do a planted tank Vals could look really good because of being tall and skinny.

verdifer · 03-05-2011, 02:21 PM

Planted Tank would be nice but he is looking to do a Marine Tank theme using Freshwater.

chris g · 03-06-2011, 01:37 AM

I'm happy to do a planted theme I'm just looking at all the options any ideas are very welcome

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chris g Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 8 Location: London Uk Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 0 Times Said "Thanks" 9 Times Was Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: 6 foot wall aquarium It comes with lights , filters , heater , co2 and automatic feeder it's called the Aquavista panoramic you can view them on YouTube

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verdifer Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 261 Name: Liam Wilson Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 29 Times Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 74 Times in 69 Posts	Re: 6 foot wall aquarium I will say the plastic corals you can buy in some cases do look very fake, but if you were to put them in the right place and with the right lighting they could look good, if you were using a blue light they could look real.

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snail snail's Photo Gallery Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2,646 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 2,935 Times Said "Thanks" 363 Times Was Thanked 635 Times in 592 Posts	Re: 6 foot wall aquarium If the lights are good enough for plants I'd do a planted tank Vals could look really good because of being tall and skinny.

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chris g Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 8 Location: London Uk Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 0 Times Said "Thanks" 9 Times Was Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: 6 foot wall aquarium I'm happy to do a planted theme I'm just looking at all the options any ideas are very welcome