Recent content by altermac

New bookshelf aquarium: Div. Anubias barterie and cryptocoryne parva, 50cm and 45l. poolfilter sand at the bottom. Still cycling, will keep most of my blue neocaridina shrimp in this one.

A little bit overgrown? Nah... Sera Cube 130l freshwater. Left alone for a month...

Relocated all tanks. One is a 25L/5gal Shrimp tank. First time to see this tank from the front, on its last place i could only see through one small side. I will call it mosswall from now on... It contains Javamoss and blue Neocaridina.

Thats the chair in my homeoffice just one second after i left the seat. Someday i will sit on that cat because i didn't turn around to check that my chair is still empty...

Did you add the driftwood with the new tank? Some plecos chew on wood an poop sawdust. It is healthy for them but it creates a mess.

Update on the fishroom aka my homeoffice: The Sera 130XXL cube is back in use. The cube should keep all fish left and some odd Neocaridina. There will be a bunch of Panaquolus sp. L448, Corydoras paleatus and my orange indoor medaka. Since i do not clean the gravel, i try to do a carpet of...

The eheim corner filter is shrimp safe. No problems even with shrimplets. All intakes are blocked by sponge.

Changed back to motor filter from air driven sponge filter on this tank. The Cryptocoryne parva carpet is getting crazy in here. I try to reduce nitrates, so i moved my ricefish to a bigger tank and left only blue Neocaridina davidii in this tank. The tank is really matured, i think it runs more...

Fishbowl update: Removed the small stones because Cryptocoryne wendtii did so well. Even Cryptocoryne parva has grown larger. Should i remove some plants? Nah, there is enough room left...

New Shrimp bowl (2gal, 8.4l): Minimalistic aproach with Cryptocoryne wendtii and Cryptocoryne parva and some older blue Neocaridina davidii. The lens-effect makes the shrimps look gigantic.

I'm on tour in a campervan. No styrofoam box but a fridge and airconditioning. No problem when driving. But it is 30°C air out here, so i the bottle cools down in a vat full of cold water. Should work for next 24 hours.

Thanks. There are only six of them, so i will keep them in one batch. Seems that this is Corbicula sp. or with the german Name 'Körbchenmuschel'. A common mussel for ponds in europe.

Got some small freshwater clams from a lake in france and have to transport them back home. The lake had a water temperature about 24°C today, but I try to cool the water down under 20°C for transport. Is it ok to transport them in a big bottle at this temperature or should I try to go down to...

Today i gave 107 Pelvicachromis pulcher to my LFS. So there are no more african cichlids in that tank. After that i did a big waterchange and moved half of the plants to another tank. Lots of room for 15 clownplecos, wich are ofcause all hiding: Then the tank with the peppered Corys got some...

The Pelvicachromis pulcher fry is 6 months old by now. I thought there where about 40 to 50 juvenile left, but little did i know: Today i decided to bring them and their parents to my LFS. I got 107 juveniles from my tank. The parents managed to keep the whole batch of fry alive. Because they...