My 1000l Fowlr Tank(from China)

Second Tant (1000L) history :mixed:

2005/11/22

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2005/12/22

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2005/12/31

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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7837427#post7837427 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Musicbabe
I really like how you set up your rock. How much rock do you have in your tank?
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about 130KG rock in my tank.:rollface:
 
Do you have any pictures of the room and house? As mentioned before, why so many fish? It looks great but when they grow what will you do?
 
Someone was wondering how much his fish and equipment cost. I'm not sure about the equipment (he said $10k in total). If he's anywhere near Hong Kong, marine fish is jump change! There's a street in HK that just sells aquarium stuff. It's Tung Choi Street in Kowloon. I was in Hong Kong 1 1/2 years ago, I saw 4-5" blue tangs for $50HK and 12+" Emperors for $350HK or ~$7 and ~$50CDN, respectively! If he lives near Hong Kong, fish is CHEAP, relatively speaking! Definitely, this street is a must see!

Some shops are really small but selection and stock are HUGE and they stock smaller marine fish almost comparible to a tank of feeder goldfish! The filtration system is a mystery to me. Not even wholesalers in Toronto come close to the fish/water ratio in HK retail stores and in some cases, total inventory as well! Being that HK is a short plane ride from the Philipines (or somewhere else), the fishes don't suffer/stress as much as shipping to this side of the world, so that may explain why they can pack so many fishes together without short term consequences.

For smaller fish, some stores keep them in shallow/open top tanks with dividers BUT it's self serve! Perculas for ~3CDN. :-)

BTW, impressive set up. I love it! An Emperor like that will cost, well, $350CDN here in Toronto.
 
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Do you have any UV sheild for those DE halides?
And can I ask how long you have had that morish idol, Here in the states they have a horrible track record..........Have you fed anything in particular that works well?
 
Could somone say go to this magical street in Hong Kong and buy some fish and ship it back to the states? Anyone know how that would work out?
 
As for shipping them. It's going to cost a boat load of $$$ via super premium priority express. All said and done, may not be worth it provided they're willing to do it. Well, forsure shipping to me will be rediculous. You're a few thousand miles closer... But I doubt what would help. :-(


I thought about bringing a Blue Tang or two back home. But I opted not to since I'm not sure what customs Canada would do. I think it should be okay. It's not endangered and it's not like I'm going to release it into a lake when it gets too big! It would have been in a bag for atleast 20 hrs from purchase to going back home. So, lots of stress by the time it hits my tank and I have no quarintine tank. On top of that, I didn't bother to find out what customs may do, so I dropped the idea for the sake of the fish.

Definately, I couldn't bring back coral due to CITES but most fish should be okay. 20 years ago, my parents brought back crabs caught from a HK beach and a few foam boxes full of goldfish for their aquarium store. Besides turtles, customs didn't care 20 years ago (but I sneaked two in my backpack... heheh).
 
gregmoeck thanks for sharing thoughs pics, I don't think I could have even imagined something like that.
 
Awesome gregmoeck!

You have anymore? Brings back memories... Next time I'm in HK (I have no idea when) I'll take pictures.
 
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