Back In The Game...

[DarkOne]

My EBA's are at it again. This is in the 125g.



I made one of my 75g into a pleco tank. I also thought I lost a L134 Leopard Frog pleco during the move because I could only see 5 but last week, I counted 6. I had to double and triple check.


The new fish in QT are doing great and getting bigger already. I'll wait another couple of weeks before moving them into their final homes.

Oh... Did I mention I got 2 more GSD puppies?

 

[DioAquatics]

My EBA's are at it again. This is in the 125g.

View attachment 856297

I made one of my 75g into a pleco tank. I also thought I lost a L134 Leopard Frog pleco during the move because I could only see 5 but last week, I counted 6. I had to double and triple check.
View attachment 856298

The new fish in QT are doing great and getting bigger already. I'll wait another couple of weeks before moving them into their final homes.

Oh... Did I mention I got 2 more GSD puppies?
View attachment 856300

Love the pleco tank man! Looks awesome. And congratulations on the 2 puppies too

 

[coralbandit]

Living good Bobby!
Good to hear and see all is well with your move.
Bigger tanks and bigger hearts[ GSD].
NICE!

 

[smee82]

My EBA's are at it again. This is in the 125g.

View attachment 856297

I made one of my 75g into a pleco tank. I also thought I lost a L134 Leopard Frog pleco during the move because I could only see 5 but last week, I counted 6. I had to double and triple check.
View attachment 856298

The new fish in QT are doing great and getting bigger already. I'll wait another couple of weeks before moving them into their final homes.

Oh... Did I mention I got 2 more GSD puppies?
View attachment 856300

Loving the dogs and they looked well trained too

 

[DarkOne]

Loving the dogs and they looked well trained too

I got them in April and have been working with them but Nina (black) is crazy and acts more like a malinois than a GSD. If I didn't have papers, I'd swear she's a malinois. Max was raised by a house full of girls that coddled all their pups so he craves affection all the time. Both are very sweet though. They still need a ton of training and it's tough with 2 pups but I'm working on it, together and individually.

Living good Bobby!
Good to hear and see all is well with your move.
Bigger tanks and bigger hearts[ GSD].
NICE!

It doesn't suck out here.
I just upgraded the stock nav in my c6 with a Pioneer DMH-W2770NEX and a backup cam.

 

[DarkOne]

Absolutely Fish is having a huge sale this weekend and I'm thinking of going Sat morning at 11a. I still have a bunch of credit that I need to burn up. Anyone interested? coralbandit ? DioAquatics ? 86 ssinit ? Anyone else?

 

[DioAquatics]

Absolutely Fish is having a huge sale this weekend and I'm thinking of going Sat morning at 11a. I still have a bunch of credit that I need to burn up. Anyone interested? coralbandit ? DioAquatics ? 86 ssinit ? Anyone else?

Funny you mention that because I was planning on going too. I’ll probably be there around 10:30 just in case theres a crazy line or something

 

[DarkOne]

Funny you mention that because I was planning on going too. I’ll probably be there around 10:30 just in case theres a crazy line or something

There usually is at opening but eases up during the day. I have a 3 hr drive so I'll be leaving here around 8a.

 

[DioAquatics]

There usually is at opening but eases up during the day. I have a 3 hr drive so I'll be leaving here around 8a.

Thats fine. I’ll be leaving like 9:30ish

 

[DarkOne]

8 clown loaches out of QT and into the 125g. I also picked up 8 Congo Tetras.

 

[coralbandit]

Clowns are great fish.
I know they will entertain you for many years!
Enjoy~!

 

[DarkOne]

I had my old 75g collecting dust in the garage from the move. I decided to make it a planted tank for the kitchen. I used half a bag of organic potting mix with 2 scoops of Osmocote, 1 under and 1 over the potting mix. I added 150lbs of medium graded sand. I had some Mexican beach pebbles and a few small pieces of driftwood so I threw them in. I grabbed a few crypts from my Fluval 2.6g tank and will probably put the rest in there. I also had a 10g tank of plants that I haven't touched since the move. The java fern and anubias have been doing really well but little else. The crinum was surprisingly still alive so I'm hoping it'll pull thru in the new tank. I'll have to take a trip to a real aquarium shop to get some more plants. I'll probably keep this running for a month before adding any fish. Maybe a bn pleco or 2 if it gets hit with diatom algae (probable). I'll have time to decide on what to stock it with.

 

[DarkOne]

Tank cleared up a bit and I picked up a few plants.

 

[DarkOne]

I went to That Fish Place in Lancaster PA and picked up some more plants. I also picked up a Fluval Flex 15 aquarium to replace the Fluval Spec in my office. I put a guppy pair in it for now but planning on turning it into a shrimp tank after it's established for a few months.

 

[ghostno]

looking good! are both of the guppies male or female?

 

[AsShrimpleAsThat]

I picked up a 40b from Petco today. I ordered an Aqueon 40b glass cover online (thatfishplace) for $48 shipped. It was the cheapest I could find for a 40b but when I was at Petco, they had the same thing for $35. Grrr. At least the place ships really fast and I should have it tomorrow (Sat delivery).

I stopped by Walmart and picked up some acrylic paint, 8oz of deep blue, for the back. It's water based but is moisture resistant when dry. I went with brushable paint because it's too cold for any type of spray paint now. I got a bit impatient so I used a heat gun to dry the first coat so I could get a 2nd coat on and set it up while it dries. It came out pretty good, IMO. I used about half the tube.

Washing BDBS sucks. I washed 70lbs and I hope I never have to wash gravel ever again! I filled the tank and used Prime to treat the water. I have some Tetra SS+ coming Monday with all the other stuff I ordered.

I had a very slight leak from the 306 I didn't notice at first and it turns out the o-ring was dried out so I ordered another one (also coming monday). It came with brand new filters and media but ordered some extra filters and media to have on hand (for both 306 and 206). I put the TopFin HOB on the side of the 40b to at least get the water moving around a bit. The paint on the back is still a bit wet.

So I have the cover coming tomorrow and a bunch of stuff coming Monday (heater, led light, etc). I'm still deciding on how to stock these 2 tanks. I have a betta and 2 kuhlI loaches in the 20h so far. I know I want another BN Pleco and a pair of GBR. I'll probably wait a few months for the tank to get established for the GBRs though.

View attachment 375520

ThatFishPlace is close to me and I love going there even though I don't go often.

I went to That Fish Place in Lancaster PA and picked up some more plants. I also picked up a Fluval Flex 15 aquarium to replace the Fluval Spec in my office. I put a guppy pair in it for now but planning on turning it into a shrimp tank after it's established for a few months.

View attachment 866230

View attachment 866231

There is a really nice fish place in the Hanover mall called "Fish & Friends and they have everything