Building a tank...

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:37:36 GMT, "Sean"
wrote:

Anyone have any tips on what one would need/do when building a custom tank?
Materials to use and sealant advice would be great. I'm looking to contruct
a tank that is about 300Gs...

Sean



Someone in another group posted this link

http://www.oregonreef.com/

Someone in another group posted this link

http://www.oregonreef.com/



Nice. My tank is going to be freshwater. Saves a pile of money. Basically
I want to re-create a section of a junglescape river scene. Piranha are
going to be the main fish with some frogs and other fish from the same type
of aquascape living amoung the Piranha. I know the Piranha are going to nip
the fins of the other fish but that's what I am trying to do, re-create the
river in my house. If I can I am going to try and have a large number of
aquatic bugs too. The list goes on.

Sean

"Sean" wrote in message
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Nice. My tank is going to be freshwater. Saves a pile of money.
Basically I want to re-create a section of a junglescape river scene.
Piranha are going to be the main fish with some frogs and other fish from
the same type of aquascape living amoung the Piranha. I know the Piranha
are going to nip the fins of the other fish but that's what I am trying to
do, re-create the river in my house. If I can I am going to try and have
a large number of aquatic bugs too. The list goes on.
=======================
Check on those Piranhas as I believe it's illegal to keep them as pets in
your country as well as mine.
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Check on those Piranhas as I believe it's illegal to keep them as pets in
your country as well as mine.
--
Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...

Piranhas are legal in Canada, at least where I live. I live in Newfoundland
and I can tell you the water does not get near to anything that a Piranha
can survive in for more then a few minutes. I'm talking 8-10c celcius tops
in the summer. There may be a few places in BC or Onterio that have some
ponds that would support them for a month or so but thats about it.

Sean

"Sean" wrote in message
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Check on those Piranhas as I believe it's illegal to keep them as pets in
your country as well as mine.
--
Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...

Piranhas are legal in Canada, at least where I live. I live in
Newfoundland and I can tell you the water does not get near to anything
that a Piranha can survive in for more then a few minutes. I'm talking
8-10c celcius tops in the summer. There may be a few places in BC or
Onterio that have some ponds that would support them for a month or so but
thats about it.
============================
Keep children away from your tank and ENJOY! :-))
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============================
Keep children away from your tank and ENJOY! :-))
--
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Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:

Oi, I will.

Sean

"Sean" wrote in message
...

Someone in another group posted this link

http://www.oregonreef.com/



Nice. My tank is going to be freshwater. Saves a pile of money.
Basically I want to re-create a section of a junglescape river scene.
Piranha are going to be the main fish with some frogs and other fish
from the same type of aquascape living amoung the Piranha. I know the
Piranha are going to nip the fins of the other fish but that's what I
am trying to do, re-create the river in my house. If I can I am going
to try and have a large number of aquatic bugs too. The list goes on.

Sean


If piranhas will be your main fish, then you'll probably find your other
fish choices severely limited. Piranhas do not 'nip' fins. They assume
a position above and behind the victim and lunge, turning their body 90
degrees so that they can wrap their teeth around the adipose fin (or the
area behind the dorsal fin). The will then do a quick twist and swim
away with a chunk of fish the size of their jaw. If their prey take to
the upper waters, then the Piranhas repeat the behaviour aimed at the
anal fin. Whatever fish you have, if they survive the assaults (and
large fish frequently do) they will have chunks missing behind the dorsal
fin (even losing the adipose and dorsal fin completely), or chunks
missing underneath them (though as soon as the intestines start pouring
out, they don't usually live longer than about 2 weeks).

Another minor point, is that humans are not compatible with deep Piranha
tanks which require people to climb in to do maintenance. Do you think
they are just going to watch you? Are you aware what their eventual size
is? (which they *will* achieve in a 1200g tank). Of course you'll be
feeding them a lot of meat to get them to that size ($$$), and if you
don't, they will simply eat each other (problem solved). I think you'll
have a lot of research ahead of you, and it certainly sounds like an
interesting project.
--
www.NetMax.tk

Actually there has never been a recorded case of Piranhas killing a human.

"NetMax" wrote in message
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"Sean" wrote in message
...

Someone in another group posted this link

http://www.oregonreef.com/



Nice. My tank is going to be freshwater. Saves a pile of money.
Basically I want to re-create a section of a junglescape river scene.
Piranha are going to be the main fish with some frogs and other fish from
the same type of aquascape living amoung the Piranha. I know the Piranha
are going to nip the fins of the other fish but that's what I am trying
to do, re-create the river in my house. If I can I am going to try and
have a large number of aquatic bugs too. The list goes on.

Sean


If piranhas will be your main fish, then you'll probably find your other
fish choices severely limited. Piranhas do not 'nip' fins. They assume a
position above and behind the victim and lunge, turning their body 90
degrees so that they can wrap their teeth around the adipose fin (or the
area behind the dorsal fin). The will then do a quick twist and swim away
with a chunk of fish the size of their jaw. If their prey take to the
upper waters, then the Piranhas repeat the behaviour aimed at the anal
fin. Whatever fish you have, if they survive the assaults (and large fish
frequently do) they will have chunks missing behind the dorsal fin (even
losing the adipose and dorsal fin completely), or chunks missing
underneath them (though as soon as the intestines start pouring out, they
don't usually live longer than about 2 weeks).

Another minor point, is that humans are not compatible with deep Piranha
tanks which require people to climb in to do maintenance. Do you think
they are just going to watch you? Are you aware what their eventual size
is? (which they *will* achieve in a 1200g tank). Of course you'll be
feeding them a lot of meat to get them to that size ($$$), and if you
don't, they will simply eat each other (problem solved). I think you'll
have a lot of research ahead of you, and it certainly sounds like an
interesting project.
--
www.NetMax.tk

"CanadianCray" wrote in message
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Actually there has never been a recorded case of Piranhas killing a human.
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Can that be because they were very well fed pets? I saw a piranha attack on
an adult water buffalo on TV. They took it down in minutes and in no time
at all it was reduced to a skeleton. :-(( I mean even the entrails were
gone!!!
--
Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy
Troll Information:
http://members.aol.com/intwg/trolls.htm
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Can that be because they were very well fed pets? I saw a piranha attack
on an adult water buffalo on TV. They took it down in minutes and in no
time at all it was reduced to a skeleton. :-(( I mean even the entrails
were gone!!!

These Piranha you saw are part of a tourism gimick in Brazil ( I believe
thats the place), somewhere Amazonian anyways. They dam off sections of the
river where they know there a schools of the fish and starve them for many
days. They then lead an unsuspecting victim to the water to drink. And
boom the rumors fly.

Sean