Low maintenance tanganykan aquarium

Hi, my tank is only a 20 gallon size,
and I have 5 tanganykan cichlids and 5 red crabs.
I never changed the water, I never syphoon the bottom to clean it,
because I don't feed them very often.
I only add new tap water due to evaporation, but I cover all my
holes, so the evaporation occurs very slowly.

I have not changed water since October of 2000.
I feed my fish , just cichlid flakes, once a month.
I cover my tank with all sides with paper or blanket so
it will not create algae on the walls.
Also under dark conditions, fishes of the cichlid genre,
are less active at night than day.

Everynight when I am home, I just appreciate the beautiful
peaceful and tranquility of colorful tanganykan cichlids
comingling with red crabs.My fishes are not much bigger than
my red crabs of course.

thats a great bloody idea! Why didn't I think of that!!! lets all STARVE our
fish, DEPRIVE them of LIGHT, and let the stew in their own FILTH, so we
don't have to do any freakin Water Changes! Lazy freak...

BTW, that torpid state that you refer to as peaceful and tranquil, is also
commonly known as STARVATION!

Are you still sexually molesting them too btw?



"chip" wrote in message
om...
Hi, my tank is only a 20 gallon size,
and I have 5 tanganykan cichlids and 5 red crabs.
I never changed the water, I never syphoon the bottom to clean it,
because I don't feed them very often.
I only add new tap water due to evaporation, but I cover all my
holes, so the evaporation occurs very slowly.

I have not changed water since October of 2000.
I feed my fish , just cichlid flakes, once a month.
I cover my tank with all sides with paper or blanket so
it will not create algae on the walls.
Also under dark conditions, fishes of the cichlid genre,
are less active at night than day.

Everynight when I am home, I just appreciate the beautiful
peaceful and tranquility of colorful tanganykan cichlids
comingling with red crabs.My fishes are not much bigger than
my red crabs of course.

In article ,
(chip) wrote:

I have not changed water since October of 2000.
I feed my fish , just cichlid flakes, once a month.
I cover my tank with all sides with paper or blanket so
it will not create algae on the walls.
Also under dark conditions, fishes of the cichlid genre,
are less active at night than day.

Jesus Christ!

What an outrage - you apparently have no idea what you're doin' to the
fish! I'm appalled by your obvious animal abuse! Someone ought to lock
you up and make you starve for weeks and weeks, then maybe you realize
how your behaviour affect those poor animals.

Not to mention the fact that you're enough of an idiot to describe your
misdeeds in a usenet posting...

You really should get some professional help!

Could not have said it better myself..


The Madd Hatter wrote in message
thats a great bloody idea! Why didn't I think of that!!! lets all STARVE
our
fish, DEPRIVE them of LIGHT, and let the stew in their own FILTH, so we
don't have to do any freakin Water Changes! Lazy freak...

BTW, that torpid state that you refer to as peaceful and tranquil, is also
commonly known as STARVATION!

Are you still sexually molesting them too btw?



"chip" wrote in message
om...
Hi, my tank is only a 20 gallon size,
and I have 5 tanganykan cichlids and 5 red crabs.
I never changed the water, I never syphoon the bottom to clean it,
because I don't feed them very often.
I only add new tap water due to evaporation, but I cover all my
holes, so the evaporation occurs very slowly.

I have not changed water since October of 2000.
I feed my fish , just cichlid flakes, once a month.
I cover my tank with all sides with paper or blanket so
it will not create algae on the walls.
Also under dark conditions, fishes of the cichlid genre,
are less active at night than day.

Everynight when I am home, I just appreciate the beautiful
peaceful and tranquility of colorful tanganykan cichlids
comingling with red crabs.My fishes are not much bigger than
my red crabs of course.

Every year I try to post this message to describe to the world a new approach
on how to keep a healthy low maintenance aquarium.

The majority of the posts here is about improper care of fish, due to
overfeeding and or too much light or water changes causing ph and water
variations. I do not even use a thermostat in my aquarium.

How do you know if the fish are hungry or starved? You don't know.
Fish do not have emotions. They are animal predators, unlike
domesticated cat and dogs.
From my aquarium, it is clean shiny, colorful, and still swimming around.

regards




"The Madd Hatter" wrote in message able.rogers.com...
thats a great bloody idea! Why didn't I think of that!!! lets all STARVE our
fish, DEPRIVE them of LIGHT, and let the stew in their own FILTH, so we
don't have to do any freakin Water Changes! Lazy freak...

BTW, that torpid state that you refer to as peaceful and tranquil, is also
commonly known as STARVATION!

Are you still sexually molesting them too btw?



"chip" wrote in message
om...
Hi, my tank is only a 20 gallon size,
and I have 5 tanganykan cichlids and 5 red crabs.
I never changed the water, I never syphoon the bottom to clean it,
because I don't feed them very often.
I only add new tap water due to evaporation, but I cover all my
holes, so the evaporation occurs very slowly.

I have not changed water since October of 2000.
I feed my fish , just cichlid flakes, once a month.
I cover my tank with all sides with paper or blanket so
it will not create algae on the walls.
Also under dark conditions, fishes of the cichlid genre,
are less active at night than day.

Everynight when I am home, I just appreciate the beautiful
peaceful and tranquility of colorful tanganykan cichlids
comingling with red crabs.My fishes are not much bigger than
my red crabs of course.

Go away troll... you've been here, done this, now take your souvenir
and take it back to mommy and daddy..

|_ 0 Z R !!!

You are a god damned freak... just because they can "survive a month without
food, doesn't mean thats all they need to eat. I could probably keep you
alive in my closet by feeding you every week or so too. I don't think you'd
be very healthy though... Idiot




"chip" wrote in message
m...
Every year I try to post this message to describe to the world a new
approach
on how to keep a healthy low maintenance aquarium.

The majority of the posts here is about improper care of fish, due to
overfeeding and or too much light or water changes causing ph and water
variations. I do not even use a thermostat in my aquarium.

How do you know if the fish are hungry or starved? You don't know.
Fish do not have emotions. They are animal predators, unlike
domesticated cat and dogs.
From my aquarium, it is clean shiny, colorful, and still swimming around.

regards




"The Madd Hatter" wrote in message
able.rogers.com...
thats a great bloody idea! Why didn't I think of that!!! lets all STARVE
our
fish, DEPRIVE them of LIGHT, and let the stew in their own FILTH, so we
don't have to do any freakin Water Changes! Lazy freak...

BTW, that torpid state that you refer to as peaceful and tranquil, is
also
commonly known as STARVATION!

Are you still sexually molesting them too btw?



"chip" wrote in message
om...
Hi, my tank is only a 20 gallon size,
and I have 5 tanganykan cichlids and 5 red crabs.
I never changed the water, I never syphoon the bottom to clean it,
because I don't feed them very often.
I only add new tap water due to evaporation, but I cover all my
holes, so the evaporation occurs very slowly.

I have not changed water since October of 2000.
I feed my fish , just cichlid flakes, once a month.
I cover my tank with all sides with paper or blanket so
it will not create algae on the walls.
Also under dark conditions, fishes of the cichlid genre,
are less active at night than day.

Everynight when I am home, I just appreciate the beautiful
peaceful and tranquility of colorful tanganykan cichlids
comingling with red crabs.My fishes are not much bigger than
my red crabs of course.

I remember.... I'd call him a bottom feeding scum sucker, but It would just
insult pleco's by association...

Neanderthal, might be an apter description!


"Jeff Dantzler" wrote in message
news:1061569889.323149@yasure...
chip wrote:

[snip]

TROLL

Ignore this kid. Do a google search on the loser...

He's the same dork that brought us: "i cum inside my aquarium " in March.

I have a low maintenance Tanganyika tank. It is 15 gallons and houses a
pair
of N. brichardi. I feed them daily during the week and change 1/2 the
water
every Friday. I spend less than 1 hour each month maintaining it.
They have produced 500+ fry over the years.

JLD

Hey, Clyde, my spiny monster pleco, doesn't like that because he doesn't
suck scum (Algae isn't scum).... and he only bottomfeeds because I put the
food there!!! Get your facts straight!!!


"The Madd Hatter" wrote in message
ble.rogers.com...
I remember.... I'd call him a bottom feeding scum sucker, but It would
just
insult pleco's by association...

Neanderthal, might be an apter description!


"Jeff Dantzler" wrote in message
news:1061569889.323149@yasure...
chip wrote:

[snip]

TROLL

Ignore this kid. Do a google search on the loser...

He's the same dork that brought us: "i cum inside my aquarium " in
March.

I have a low maintenance Tanganyika tank. It is 15 gallons and houses a
pair
of N. brichardi. I feed them daily during the week and change 1/2 the
water
every Friday. I spend less than 1 hour each month maintaining it.
They have produced 500+ fry over the years.

JLD

I was refering to chip, who seems to have a tendency to masturbate in his
fish tank and doesn't really understands the intricate details involved in
this hobby.

1: In point of fact, aside from eating algae, pleco's are opportunistic
scavengers. They eat bits of food etc that is missed by other fish... Last
time I checked, gravity tends to send these bits of food to the bottom,
which is where they eat it from.... Hence the term bottom feeder... I would
also like to mention that in their natural habitat, there are no glass walls
for them to eat algae off of... They stick to the bottom, where they can
blend into the background and also rapidly seek shelter in case of danger...
.....

2: Do a search on Merriam Webster Online Dictionary for the term "scum"...
One of the entries that pops up is as follows:
"pond scum
Function: noun
Date: circa 1890
1 : SPIROGYRA; also : any of various related algae
2 : a mass of tangled algal filaments in stagnant waters"

Buy Clyde a copy of a Dictionary or better yet, Get your own facts straight
and stop talking to your fish.....

"JEFFREY STREET" wrote in message
.net...
Hey, Clyde, my spiny monster pleco, doesn't like that because he doesn't
suck scum (Algae isn't scum).... and he only bottomfeeds because I put the
food there!!! Get your facts straight!!!


"The Madd Hatter" wrote in message
ble.rogers.com...
I remember.... I'd call him a bottom feeding scum sucker, but It would
just
insult pleco's by association...

Neanderthal, might be an apter description!


"Jeff Dantzler" wrote in message
news:1061569889.323149@yasure...
chip wrote:

[snip]

TROLL

Ignore this kid. Do a google search on the loser...

He's the same dork that brought us: "i cum inside my aquarium " in
March.

I have a low maintenance Tanganyika tank. It is 15 gallons and houses
a
pair
of N. brichardi. I feed them daily during the week and change 1/2 the
water
every Friday. I spend less than 1 hour each month maintaining it.
They have produced 500+ fry over the years.

JLD