Bizaliz3's tanks and fish :-)

***Sept 2017 edit!!! Skip ahead to post 2359 on page 118 for more up to date tank and fish pics!!

***Jan 2017 edit!!! For more up-to-date photos of my fish and tanks skip ahead to post 1699!! Lol***

I have been meaning to do this for a really long time. Thanks for taking the time to look!!! I appreciate it a ton!

I will start with the tanks. I have 14 but not all of them are decorated....so I am just going to include the ones that are!

Personally I am not a fan of a few of them.

The first one is my favorite because I have put the most time and effort into that one. I love how the plants are exploding it's a 55 gallon with angels, cories, 2 bn plecos, harlequins and the BGK. (rehoming him has been tough but I'm trying!)



Next is my other 55 gallon. My cichlid tank with my JD and HRP the geophagus trio and raphael catfish



46 gallon bowfront angelfish grow out tank. My 16 babies will be moving in there very soon with their big brother Charming! The ones in there now are going to the lfs. They are some of my older babies that are now juveniles.



29 gallon I call the red tank...2 persimmon (dwarf) parrots a ghost cat school, cories and a bn pleco.



29 gallon colorful tank. It has a platinum angel pair (recently paired up) a bn pleco and a school of white tipped tetras (they are being rehomed)



20 gallon in my daughter's room...newly set up. Currently housing 2 juvie angels 1 juvie bn pleco and an adopted one eyed cory of an unknown species



20 gallon with my 16 angel babies and charming who are all moving to the 46 any day now!! I really don't like this one...



10 gallon with female white crayfish



2.6 gallon betta tank



And a step back to look at my little slice of heaven. My two 55s situated on each side of my TV



OK I'm going to stop there for now. Next I have to get pics of all my fish!!! Thanks again for taking the time to look

 

Here are some of my favorite fish.

The Jack Dempsey female and the platinum honduran red point male who have appeared to have paired up



One of my smiling parrots




A couple of stunning blue dwarf crayfish (cambarellus diminutus) that I bred! Look how blue!!





RIP my sweet angel!!! The 2nd pic is with his beautiful wife who misses him dearly






The stay at home dad



Blue Eyes!!!



The platinum pair



MORE TO COME!!!!!!!

 

Some more of my favs...
Albino pearlscale angelfish (notice the plantinum angel photo bombing? Who can spot her? lol)


Super Veil tail angel



Nerite the angel





Baldy



Charming



Nerite, Charming and Baldy were all born and raised by me

 

Your fish are stunning! I'm especially fond of those crayfish, their colors are so pretty.
Is the pleco with blue eyes a variant of BN?

 

Your fish are stunning! I'm especially fond of those crayfish, their colors are so pretty.
Is the pleco with blue eyes a variant of BN?

Thanks!!

Ya.. the bn pleco is a yellow blue eyed pleco. I think he is a pretty awesome fish!!
Here's one of his babies! The mom was brown so none of the babies got the yellow color and blue eyes. But they still have a different look to them

 

That's awesome! It's on my fish list to get some of the more exotic BN's. I think the baby looks cool

 

Here's my super Veil tail angel when I first got her...and then now....I didn't necessarily know it was a super Veil when I get her....to be technical...she is a comb tail super veil!!! I also didn't realize at the time that she would be yellow

 

Wow, that's a lot of finnage. No name for her?

 

Wow awesome tanks, fish and photos. I love the pleco pics.

I wish I could have so many tanks, but I just wouldn't have time to maintain them all, and my wife would never allow it.

 

Wow awesome tanks, fish and photos. I love the pleco pics.

I wish I could have so many tanks, but I just wouldn't have time to maintain them all, and my wife would never allow it.

Thanks so much!!! My number of tanks did not explode like that until I got my python water changer! If it weren't for that, there is no way in HECK I could find the time OR THE ENERGY to maintain them! Last night for instance, I did the 46, three 20s and two 10s in about an hour....Maybe a little less even And a lot of it is spent sitting around while I wait for them to fill back up. I had the baseball game on in the background....It was actually relaxing. No lifting and pouring heavy buckets over and over and over!! In fact, I also worked on starting this thread while I was cleaning the tanks! LOL

Wow, that's a lot of finnage. No name for her?

I know, it is crazy how long those fins got. The problem is when they get THAT long they start to look a little raggedy....but that is normal for a super veil comb tail! (which I had never heard of until I started researching angels more) My regular veil tail angel (the black marble female with her platinum partner in the previous post) has maintained beautiful flawless long fins. A much different look than this one.

As for a name....I may have already mentioned this, but I don't have names for most of my fish!! So I am open to suggestions! What do you think would be a good name for this angel?

 

I'm terrible at naming.. but I'm certain it'll have to be one that has something to do with those fins!

 

hmm...Beyonce?

 

I'm terrible at naming.. but I'm certain it'll have to be one that has something to do with those fins!

how about Rapunzel?!

 

how about Rapunzel?!

Haha.. That's perfect!!!

 

Haha.. That's perfect!!!

I know!! I really like it too!!!! I have had her for years and never thought of that until today.

Her name is officially Rapunzel!!


More to come!!!!

 

Do you have a log somewhere to keep track of what/how many fish/inverts you have in each tank?

 

Do you have a log somewhere to keep track of what/how many fish/inverts you have in each tank?

No....but I should probably make one! Because I am not kidding you, I totally forgot about my clown pleco. I guess when you end up with this many tanks and this many fish....and you have one that NEVER shows itself....and you have a bad memory like me.....you can forget what you have!!

Many years ago....probably in my first year of fish keeping, I had purchased a loach of some kind from petsmart. I think a dojo loach. Not entirely sure. But I hadn't seen him for YEARS. So I thought he had died. Then one day, years later, out of nowhere he came zooming around the tank when I was cleaning it!! I was shocked! So he is still in there somewhere!!!

 

Wow i'm surprised! Dojo loaches are usually very outgoing. If I could have a cool water tank they would be the first fish I'd get

that might be his problem then....if he is a cool water fish. I didn't realize that. I didn't research fish before I bought him back in the day. I was a newbie and didn't understand all that. And then it wasn't until very recently that I even realized he was still there!!! The poor guy!!!!

Well thanks for mentioning that....I should really have taken the time to see what I could do for him once I realized he was even still in there! Because I know better now! No excuses!! lol

Should I try and rehome him after all these years? His tank is kept pretty warm...at 78-80 degrees.....I feel terrible now that you say he is coldwater. BUT in my defense, I had no idea he even existed anymore! How do they hide so well? I don't even know if I will be able to find him to rehome him! lol. I think he lives in the rocks. The tank he is in is the red tank (see previous pics) and that tank has larger "gravel" more like small rocks. That's my only theory.

 

I think their ideal temps are at about 75. Not sure if any of your other tanks are around that temp but you could transfer him over.

I live in the south and it's almost impossible to keep the tanks below 78 in the summers. No shame though because they are known as weather loaches and are marketed many times as "highly adaptable" but really I guess they aren't. I too was planning on putting a couple of dojo loaches in my soon to be 75 gallon. Then I found out their temp requirements and BP's need it around 79+ so it was a hard choice but I had to disqualify them from my stock. They are some of my favorite fish though.

 

I think their ideal temps are at about 75. Not sure if any of your other tanks are around that temp but you could transfer him over.

I live in the south and it's almost impossible to keep the tanks below 78 in the summers. No shame though because they are known as weather loaches and are marketed many times as "highly adaptable" but really I guess they aren't. I too was planning on putting a couple of dojo loaches in my soon to be 75 gallon. Then I found out their temp requirements and BP's need it around 79+ so it was a hard choice but I had to disqualify them from my stock. They are some of my favorite fish though.

i'll see what I can come up with. I might be able to set up another tank for the guy. lol

I think I MIGHT have a picture of him. From years ago. Just so you can id him and verify that he is in fact a dojo loach....let me see if I can find one....

 

i'll see what I can come up with. I might be able to set up another tank for the guy. lol

I think I MIGHT have a picture of him. From years ago. Just so you can id him and verify that he is in fact a dojo loach....let me see if I can find one....
@ here's the only pic I can find. The loach is hiding in an unusual position.....

Honestly...I'm not sure. That could be a black kuhlI or pangio oblonga. Which would make a lot more sense if he's hiding all the time. @ ?

And if he is that would make making him happy a lot easier. You'd just need to find some more oblonga. They would be temp compatible in the tank you have him now.

 

Honestly...I'm not sure. That could be a black kuhlI or pangio oblonga. Which would make a lot more sense if he's hiding all the time. @ ?

And if he is that would make making him happy a lot easier. You'd just need to find some more oblonga. They would be temp compatible in the tank you have him now.

Thanks for giving hampalong a shout-out!

It's been many years but I'm ninety-nine percent sure PetSmart sold it to me as a dojo loach.

 

Thanks for giving hampalong a shout-out!

It's been many years but I'm ninety-nine percent sure PetSmart sold it to me as a dojo loach.

It very well could be a dojo. I'm not good at ID'ing fish. I've never kept dojo's before but I do have one oblonga with the rest of my kuhli's (I've been looking for some buddies for him for a while). He hides all the time. I very rarely see him come out of the cave. The other kuhli's are all over the tank all the time. But the oblonga stays hidden 99% of the time.

 

It very well could be a dojo. I'm not good at ID'ing fish. I've never kept dojo's before but I do have one oblonga with the rest of my kuhli's (I've been looking for some buddies for him for a while). He hides all the time. I very rarely see him come out of the cave. The other kuhli's are all over the tank all the time. But the oblonga stays hidden 99% of the time.

Well petsmart also sells matae cories as melinI cories....so.....
Never mind...petsmart says black kuhlI loach haha...and I was 99% sure they said it was a dojo....

 

I bought one of those dojo loaches about 40 plus years ago under the name Japanese Weather Loach. Such beautiful tanks and fish and quite the variety. I have to say I still don't know how you do it even with the python. Alison

 

trinsfish has a good photo of one and it looks exactly like my oblonga



Here is a google of a dojo

 

trinsfish has a good photo of one and it looks exactly like my oblonga



Here is a google of a dojo

The Google isn't working for me.

Well it's looking like I might not have a temperature problem, but as soon as I can get my hands on him I'm going to put him in one of the tanks that has sand he will probably enjoy that

 

The Google isn't working for me.

Scroll to the bottom photo

 

'Tis a black Kuhli. Needs to be in a group.

 

'Tis a black Kuhli. Needs to be in a group.

What size tank would you suggest and how large of a group?

 

6 minimum. smallest would probably be a 20 gallon. Seriouslyfish suggests a 24 inch tank. Same care as a kuhli

 

They don't need a big tank, but 6 minimum. For Kuhlies the more the better.

 

They don't need a big tank, but 6 minimum. For Kuhlies the more the better.

Would a group of 6 in a 10 gallon be pushing it? I am just brainstorming based on what I currently have available...it doesn't sound good....but I thought I would ask! Cuz I don't really know. I have an empty one I could set up just for them.....

Otherwise, The newest tank, the 20 gallon in my daughters room currently has 2 juvie angels, a juvie bn pleco and the one-eyed cory. (I need to have that cory id'd, its a pretty large cory). Those residents are not all permanent residents, they are just growing out in there, except the cory.... With that being said, do you think a group of 6 could work in there permanently? Would it be too cramped with the current stock (although temporary?)

little side note about the cory: it was all alone at the pet store. Half-off because of the missing eye. My daughter desperately wanted to bring home the poor little fellow. So we did. However, when she had only a 10 gallon in her room, I never let her have him because I felt it was too small. But with the 20 gallon upgrade I gave in and let her have him in her room. He has lived with other cories in the 55 up until this point. (not of his kind since I don't know what he is, nor have I ever seen one like him before) Point is, I am aware it isn't the best situation for him to be the only cory. But he never hung out with the others anyway, and I don't know how to find his kind!! I'll get a pic of him to try and get an ID.

6 minimum. smallest would probably be a 20 gallon. Seriouslyfish suggests a 24 inch tank. Same care as a kuhli

sorry I didn't see this one first. So, the answer then would be yes, the 10 gallon would be pushing it. Even if it is just for them.

 

do you know the dimensions of the 10? Probably would be fine temporarily. But long term they need something with a little bit of length. Seriously fish suggest 24 x 12

 

do you know the dimensions of the 10? Probably would be fine temporarily. But long term they need something with a little bit of length. Seriously fish suggest 24 x 12

OK thanks I'll see what I can do! I am really thinking possibly the 20 in my daughters room might work. What do you think?

The purpose of her tank is simply to allow small-ish angels to grow out a bit more. So it will never have angels larger than a quarter. And most likely never more than 2 at a time. And the BN pleco in there, if its a female, will most likely be joining her yellow blue eyed father to give me a shot at some yellow blue eyed babies. (since she would have the gene recessively) I just need to get her big enough to sex.

What kind of bio-load do these khulI loaches have?

I might have to re-home him if this won't work. I just don't have the space to put up another 20 gallon or more. :-( And I would hate to keep him all alone anymore!

 

I think it would be fine. You don't have any other bottom dwellers in there (other than the pirate cory) so I think they would have plenty of room. Kuhli's have very small bioloads. They eat any kind of sinking pellet (mine like the omega one shrimp pellets as well as NLS sinking cichlid pellets). I'd do 6-8 oblonga's in a 20 high. maybe 10-12 in a 20 long

edit: just saw the pics of that tank. they'll love it. plenty of hiding places. and it already has sand

 

I think it would be fine. You don't have any other bottom dwellers in there (other than the pirate cory) so I think they would have plenty of room. Kuhli's have very small bioloads. They eat any kind of sinking pellet (mine like the omega one shrimp pellets as well as NLS sinking cichlid pellets). I'd do 6-8 oblonga's in a 20 high. maybe 10-12 in a 20 long

edit: just saw the pics of that tank. they'll love it. plenty of hiding places. and it already has sand

Cool! Thanks so much for hashing that out with me!! My little loach is going to be so happy that I started this thread!!! LOL And I am really looking forward to seeing some natural behaviors....and maybe simply actually SEEING them! Do you think he/they will come out more if they have a group? Or will I probably still never see them?

Also, I am growing some water wisteria in the back corner of that tank. Some small-ish pieces I cut off from other plants in the other tanks. Would the loaches affect that at all? Do they actually burrow in the sand and stuff? Will the black diamond sand be too harsh for them? it hasn't been a problem for my cories....

Oh wow...lots of questions! geez.

I have a feeling my daughter is going to be excited about this too....

EDIT: I just called my daughter and she is PUMPED!!!

 

I have blasting sand in my tank with my kuhli's and oblonga and they love it. Everyone always says that kuhli's burrow into the sand. I've yet to see any of mine burrow in the sand except one time. One time I saw a kuhlI of mine with nothing showing but his head sticking up so he was burried but never saw anything like that again.

I see mine all the time. Especially at feeding time. Typically with more kuhlI loaches and shaded spots/hiding places the more that encourages them to come out. I have a big patch of anacharis in my tank and that is their favorite hiding spot. They love shaded areas like plants even more than caves. at least mine do. They aren't strong enough to knock out any established plants or root feeders but stem plants that are just barely in they can move around. They love to hang in plants and crawl up them. Mine especially love wrapping around moss balls.

I would suggest (and I think you already have a good set up for this) providing tons of shaded areas and semI hiding places that you can still see in (like an open backed cave, plant patches, etc). They will all pile up in those places together and when feeding happens, will swarm the tank. It may take them a while but feeding them when the lights come on will encourage them to come out more

do you have a photo of piratey cory? Maybe someone can ID it

 

I have blasting sand in my tank with my kuhli's and oblonga and they love it. Everyone always says that kuhli's burrow into the sand. I've yet to see any of mine burrow in the sand except one time. One time I saw a kuhlI of mine with nothing showing but his head sticking up so he was burried but never saw anything like that again.

I see mine all the time. Especially at feeding time. Typically with more kuhlI loaches and shaded spots/hiding places the more that encourages them to come out. I have a big patch of anacharis in my tank and that is their favorite hiding spot. They love shaded areas like plants even more than caves. at least mine do. They aren't strong enough to knock out any established plants or root feeders but stem plants that are just barely in they can move around. They love to hang in plants and crawl up them. Mine especially love wrapping around moss balls.

I would suggest (and I think you already have a good set up for this) providing tons of shaded areas and semI hiding places that you can still see in (like an open backed cave, plant patches, etc). They will all pile up in those places together and when feeding happens, will swarm the tank. It may take them a while but feeding them when the lights come on will encourage them to come out more

do you have a photo of piratey cory? Maybe someone can ID it

I am really excited about this now. Thanks! My daughter is very excited too. Now I am worried about QT though....I don't have a QT available at the moment....I would hate to risk the health of the other few fish in there....Its so funny. I went YEARS without QTing without a problem....I was pretty lucky! I had a couple fish that ended up being sick when I got them and died relatively quickly....but they never infected my healthy fish. But now I have gotten really serious about this hobby and I am too paranoid to NOT do it. Hmmmm

Ya, I thought I had a pic of that cory. I can't find it so I will have to get a new one. I will post it when I get home!

 

Do you have room for a simple plastic bin?