Bahrain Aquarium Club

Asmack Arabia Active member

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13 years ago

#41

could you show me some pics of your tank please? it is my dream to own 1 as big as those.

kool-male Guest

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13 years ago

#42

Yes,, send me ur email or PM me.. and i will send them to you.. and by the way,, i will send u another email of a person who has lot of plants and u can get what u need when u are here...

Asmack Arabia Active member

46POSTS

13 years ago

#43

by the way, where do you buy your fishes?

kool-male Guest

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13 years ago

#44

Hi There,

You can get fishes of different kinds & aquatic plants for aquascaping..co2 even branded substrate too etc...in following area.

budayah highway
um al hassam

Regards,

Hassan

Asmack Arabia Active member

46POSTS

13 years ago

#45

thank you hassan. actually, i dont need anymore equipment. what i need are algae eating fishes and more plants. what kind of aquarium you keep?

kool-male Guest

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13 years ago

#46

These are easily available but chinese algae eater..I have siamese in my tank.. got lucky..I am keeping planted aquarium..have asorted plants with little christmas moss and java moss..slightly moving towards aquascape..

Asmack Arabia Active member

46POSTS

13 years ago

#47

i have a LOT of chinese algae eaters already.

its because its the only algae eating fish i can find besides the janitor catfish which is just too big to stay or hang around on top of the fine leafed plants.
i am searching for otos, shrimps and nerite snails. do you ever find these in bahrain?

kool-male Guest

0POSTS

13 years ago

#48

Actually..u should see the reason of algae growth..remember if it is brown algae then no algae fish gonna eat it.brown algae is diatoms.if u r not using CO2 for plants then algae will absorb those nutrient that Co2 control for plants.brown algae will go in few months if ur tank is new. And green algae will take place..u cannot depend upon plecos or loaches to get rid of algae.2nd reduce light timing.regarding shrimps..cherry shrimps are not available from many months in bahrain..and in easternregion in ksa nobody brings shrimps ..yes wood shrimps are available in bahrain but the don't breed..

Asmack Arabia Active member

46POSTS

13 years ago

#49

wow, you are very knowledgeable about this things. i'm impressed. actually, i am not so novice either.

can we chat via email? much easier to do it there. you can pm me ur add. thanks!

ZoRo10 Member

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13 years ago

#50

Hi everyone, I am new here

Can anybody list the places in Bahrain where i can get Freshwater fish and equipment's?

I am a Bahraini but i see the options are very limited, like Budaya highway or Umalhassum or Sitra highway. is there any other place that have some high tech. equipment's and better varaity of fishes?

if you know any palace, please let me know

Asmack Arabia Active member

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13 years ago

#51

@ZoRo10, what kind of tank would you like to keep? freshwater, planted, marine?

ZoRo10 Member

2POSTS

13 years ago

#52

Mostly African cichlids.

Mohsen Ali Member

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13 years ago

#53

Hi all,
Am looking for a CO2 system for sale.
Thanks

kool-male Guest

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13 years ago

#54

Dear Mohsin,, visit the Sayed Shop in Adliya,, he has canisters, for BD 8 and the set will cost u only BD 15 or 20,, it will be enought for ur requirements...

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Mohsen Ali Member

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13 years ago

#55

Thaaaanks dear...

Asmack Arabia Active member

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13 years ago

#56

@Mohsen Ali: i have 2 new CO2 regulators i bought a few months ago but never used. got a little confused with the fittings between european and american. one is aqua medic (european) and the other is SMITH CO2 REGULATOR CGA320 MED DUTY SERIES 30-100-320 (american). if you are interested pm me. got a lot more items i never used that i want to get rid of (eheim filters, etc.). im planning to sell them on ebay but would like to offer here first.

bodoy Member

3POSTS

13 years ago

#57

hi michael

your proposed project is interesting, though i don't have aquarium on my own, but there is 1 aquarium in our flat, i used to have an aquarium before, but different circumstance do happen, but i love fish, so just let me know when and where.

Asmack Arabia Active member

46POSTS

13 years ago

#58

Hello everyone,

I have some aquarium stuff (eheim filter and pumps, co2 regulators, tunze pumps, etc..) I bought online this year but never really used and now I want to get rid of. I plan to sell them on eBay but wanted to offer here first. If you are interested, pm me. I can meet up with you in Khobar on weekends or I can ship it to you via registered mail. Thank you.

kool-male Guest

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13 years ago

#59

Hi,, we need this to happen,, so i am in,, i have sent u a PM..

Any 1 out there.. who can join in and lets do it then..

Cheers Michael..

violetsub New member

6POSTS

13 years ago

#60

Hi guys, we should start a society or club ... Seriously let's meet and share our knowledge of aquatic .

lhman05 Member

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13 years ago

#61

Hi Michael good day to you I'm Sid and I'm staying here in Manama Bahrain and I love fish keeping. Currently Im keeping discus fish. Count me in your group. Thanks.

ihsanozbakir Active member

85POSTS

13 years ago

#62

Hi Michael and all hobbyists.

Before I moved to Bahrain, there were 6 tanks in my flat, each tank was almost 150 lt and full of discusses. I was planning to start again in Bahrain but then I changed my mind and I'm just visiting some aquarium shops for watching fishes.

It will be a great pleasure for me to meet you.

Shall we arrange a meeting?

ihsanozbakir Active member

85POSTS

13 years ago

#63

violetsub wrote:
I m very interested with this topic, I'm having difficulty to know which water to use fresh water or tap water... My fishes are going to heaven one by one..

Thanks,

what kind of fishes you already have? As you know, tap water in Bahrain is mostly r/o from sea. For this reason, I guess ph of tap water may be very less (if water authority doesnt add some chemicals for increasing the ph). So this means some kind of fishes cannot live in health for a long time.

Secondly, I still couldnt be able to watch healthy freshwater fishes here. Generally sick or weak fishes living in the tanks of aquarium shops (which one's I already visited)

Asmack Arabia Active member

46POSTS

13 years ago

#64

hello,

i have some extra vallisneria rubra in my tank which I want to dispose of. Vallisneria rubra has a reddish tint on their leaves which I really like coz I am big fan of vallisnerias in general. If you want to swap with another plant or buy from me, just sent me a pm. Thank you.

Asmack Arabia Active member

46POSTS

13 years ago

#65

anybody here knows where to buy f/w shrimps? I badly need some coz my tank is being overrun by all types of algae - bba, gsa, thread....
Let me know if you have any leads...
Thank you.

Chalcosoma Active member

26POSTS

13 years ago

#66

Hello Aquaheads

Someone mentioned it's possible to find branded substrates, plants, and even Co2 on Budeya and in Um Al hasam...now I've been to Fish World in Budeya, and they shop next door to it, and to Wonder Fish, Wonder Land, and Reefs and Rivers in Um Al hasam. Am I missing something here?

Are there hidden shops I don't know about?

Regards

Chalcosoma Active member

26POSTS

13 years ago

#67

Hi everyone

I agree, we should arrange to meet one of these weekends for coffee and have a chat about how to get an Aquarium Club started. Then we can start to have some meet ups and swaps for fish, plants, equipment...maybe even presentations or talks and things like that. Group orders from abroad for things that are unavailable locally should be possible too!

Let's get this started!

Regards

Michael Salter

brightonguy ViP

1591POSTS

13 years ago

#68

I just saw this: For Sale 2 Meter Fish tank and I don't know if any one of you would be interested in it.

nickysanchez Member

2POSTS

13 years ago

#69

Hi Michael... so sad that i already left bahrain... like you i also love aquariums... when i was there i kept two 60 gallons and one 30 gallons plus three 15-gallon hospital tanks... was keeping african cichlids as well... did some 3D aquascaping in my two 60... and did my own filtering systems as well... sadly i went off last feb and gave all my tanks to two friends there...

Hopefully you'll be successful in putting up an aquarium club there...

cheers mate

ihsanozbakir Active member

85POSTS

13 years ago

#70

Chalcosoma wrote:
Hi everyone

I agree, we should arrange to meet one of these weekends for coffee and have a chat about how to get an Aquarium Club started. Then we can start to have some meet ups and swaps for fish, plants, equipment...maybe even presentations or talks and things like that. Group orders from abroad for things that are unavailable locally should be possible too!

Let's get this started!

Regards

Michael Salter

Hello Michael,

I'm in. It's really good idea.

As a suggestion, we can meet at Veranda Cafe / Adliya (this place have separate places for sisha smokers, cigarette smokers and also for non smokers. Also they have open air place). What about 23.02.2013 saturday afternoon or evening?

Does everybody ready to meet? :-)

Regards,
Ihsan Ozbakir

ihsanozbakir Active member

85POSTS

13 years ago

#71

This is a video link of my discus couple with their 1 week old babies : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwowVnEr808

Another video from this couple, while laying eggs with their babies

: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t0oWd2WsWg

Before moving to Bahrain, I gifted them to friends who loves discus fishes.

violetsub New member

6POSTS

13 years ago

#72

Dear all, I have created a group in Facebook is called "Bahrain Aquarium Society" Is an open account , please feel free to join and spread to voice around hopefully we will be able to meet there and share our experience, photo , etc...

Cheers....

ihsanozbakir Active member

85POSTS

13 years ago

#73

violetsub wrote:
Dear all, I have created a group in Facebook is called "Bahrain Aquarium Society" Is an open account , please feel free to join and spread to voice around hopefully we will be able to meet there and share our experience, photo , etc...

Cheers....

Hi, did you publish this group? Search engine couldnt be able to find.

violetsub New member

6POSTS

13 years ago

#74

Try to click on this, it will directly take u to d website..

facebook.com/groups/103615099824897/

Pls feel free to spread d site, wish to have more members so that we could share our experience....

Thank you.

valar_morghulis Serial expat

245POSTS

13 years ago

#75

Hi every one

ihsanozbakir Active member

85POSTS

13 years ago

#76

violetsub wrote:
Try to click on this, it will directly take u to d website..

facebook.com/groups/103615099824897/

Pls feel free to spread d site, wish to have more members so that we could share our experience....

Thank you.

my membership is waiting for your approval :-)

ihsanozbakir Active member

85POSTS

13 years ago

#77

valar_morghulis wrote:
Hi every one

hi n welcome :-)

valar_morghulis Serial expat

245POSTS

13 years ago

#78

no one shared a single picture of their aquarium yet.

kool-male Guest

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13 years ago

#79

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Rainu747 New member

4POSTS

13 years ago

#80

Hi every one,i live in Gudaybiya and i recently bought an aquarium from a local shop here about 6 weeks ago.i don't even know how many gallons it is. So u can understand i am in need of your help. i have read all i can since then.but those ppl don't live here. and one more thing i can't find this group "Bahrain Aquarium Society" in Facebook. i need to know as a beginner what type of fish i can have or if i can change it from artificial plants to natural plants. I had 4 mollies and 6 tiger barbs and but only 3 sailfinn mollies survived the ICK disease. now there is no sign of the disease for 4days. still they are in medicated water.
so can anyone tell me this facebook group how to locate it for first.
Thanks A Lot !!
Have A Nice day Ahead !!
Rainu