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My new 75gl, thanks mom!

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For my birthday this year my mom gifted me with a 75gl tank (what a mom, yes?) and this is the first pic which I took tonight. I'm sure there will be some re-arranging going on but this is how it looks for now. Notice anything missing?? I've tried for two days now to net out the fish from my 100 display that will be going into this tank. Not having much luck...someone told me that fish don't see red LED light so I bought a red LED flashlight. Fish do see red, in case anyone was wondering. :-(
 

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Thanks! This, from the woman who always says, "Oh for Pete's sake, you have too many tanks". Once my Discus started spawning she said, "But what about the eggs?" I told her that they will probably get eaten. "Oh no", she said. "We can't let that happen! I'm getting you a tank for your birthday!". I have the greatest mom in the world! :)
 
#4 ·
Wow! It's gorgeous AK. I'm lovin' that big piece of wood. And the plants with the dark substrate look great. So what fish are going in this tank? The discus? And what a Mom! So nice of her to buy this for your B-day.
 
#5 ·
wowcan i have your mom???? joking. lovely tank.justlove the lighting =)
 
#6 ·
I once had the misfortune of trying to catch around fifteen tiger barbs from a 75 gallon tank:evil:. Ended up lowering the water level by nearly one half perhaps three quarters, and using two large nets ,one in each hand.
The expletives used have been heard by very few I suspect, and approx one hour later,,,I managed to corral them all.
 
#8 ·
Oh the joys of trying to net fish in a big tank! Or even a small one, if they are quick little buggers.....lol

You lucky thing, you! I wish my mum would do that for me.....but no, I'm 35, so I have to do it myself. hahaha

There are always birthdays, I say! But nobody listens to me.

It's looking beautiful. :)
 
#9 ·
Gorgeous tank and what a wonderful gift. All I can say is "go hug that mom of yours" to say thanks. Also, as you know I had a heck of a time trying to figure out how to net my gold Gourami without killing everything (plants) in the tank. Well, I went out and bought a HUGE net. It was so big that I barely had to move it to cover the width of the tank. Made it a whole lot easier and I just sort of chased her in with the other net.

Good Luck, you gotta save those eggs. ;)
 
#11 ·
alot of you guys have NO idea what its like netting a fish from a saltwater reef tank stocked heavy with corals. lets put it this way, once the fish is in, its in... until everything else around it comes out.
the 2 net thing that 1077 said is prob. going to be your best offense. maybe you should drain 50%, net what you need to and replace some of the water? or even some new water and call it a water change?

anyways beautiful looking tank! thanks mom! in your next set of pictures could you do a close up of your wood? it looks pretty sweet. that came with the tank?
 
#12 ·
It's about time I got to see a picture ;-) And YOU of all people don't provide us with any close-ups? I'm shocked. Would love to see that awesome piece of driftwood you nabbed, too! All jokes aside, it really looks great, Kym. All that time you took to pick your plants really paid off. You did an amazing job aquascaping.

I agree with lowering the water level by about 50% and using a large net to catch them. Easier said than done, I know. Perhaps you can recruit a boyfriend to help... ;-)
 
#13 ·
moms are the best.great looking tank how many tanks do you have now.i have a garage full of empty 55gs and 20gs for some reason lol.your tanks always amaze me what do you use as fertilizer.ps im adopting another tiger shovle nose that has not eaten for weeks and lives in dirty water with a gar.
 
#14 ·
I've already done the 50% lowering of water, with the two nets. These *insert expletive here" fish have figured out all they have to do is crowd themselves into the corners behind the driftwood and plants and wait for a perfectly timed jump and they have all escaped my two net method as they just go up and over. I've never seen anything like it.
The red LED flashlight I used at night, a few hours after the tank lights had been off. They were too smart for that move.
Today I will do as Inga did and buy a HUGE net. The two nets that I have, one is an adult size discus net so I certainly thought that one would have been big enough!
(Puntius Denisonii and Crossocheilus siamensis can jump and flip like nobody's business) I will take Lisa's advice and enlist the help of another set of hands.

amberjade: I'm 51(!) and my mom still does these things for me. She rocks!
lisa: The lack of close ups is due to failing of the camera battery, it's charging now.
1077: I've now uttered all those bad words too!
onefish: yep, thank god this isn't a saltwater tank or it would be a total breakdown, no question.
Jeaninel, kitten, Romad, Inga, Johnny..thanks for your kind comments.
 
#18 ·
My parents just don't get my animal obsession - well, my dad does to a point. Not even hubby understands why I get all these animals. LOL

As long as hubby doesn't mind me collecting animals, it's all good! He figures if I take care of them all and he doesn't have to, it's no big deal. :)

Still - it would be nice if family would listen and help me feed my addiction! LOL
 
#24 ·
wait they call her aunt kymmie.... how old is your mom?? she's real cool to get you a tank i'm only 27 and my mom says clean the pond for me when your free.don't think i'll be getting any free tanks from her soon
 
#25 ·
wait they call her aunt kymmie.... how old is your mom?? she's real cool to get you a tank i'm only 27 and my mom says clean the pond for me when your free.don't think i'll be getting any free tanks from her soon
I'm 51 and my mom is 73. She absolutely rocks. She thinks my fish hobby is awesome and she loves my discus. My boyfriend is who got me my first large tank (the 100gl display) but now that he has seen what my hobby has morphed into I bet if he had it to do all over again he would have done everything in his power to dissuade me from getting into keeping fish. In the beginning he helped me with water changes but that stopped long ago. He says I'm a slave to my fish. I can think of worse things to be addicted too!
 
#26 ·
same here maybe he's just jealous you spend so much time with the fish which is something we are all guilty off and not ashamed to let the world know about it =)
 
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