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Probably something from the locally collected driftwood. Although I don't know how it stayed alive.
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What is a scud? I'm only getting missiles with Google.
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I am going to regret not getting the super cool piece of spider wood at the lfs today. 
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Alrighty, pic dump time.
Here's my little Dwarf Puffer taking a poo right before his water change. How polite of him to do it before, and not after.
Here's one of the two Ottos I have left in the tank. I'm fairly certain this one is a female - it's much, much fatter and thicker than the other one. They've been doing well as a pair for over a year, so I don't plan on adding any more.
Here's the massive ghost shrimp that's survived a whole year in a tank with a puffer. I'm impressed. The little thing is the Chuck Norris of shrimp! I thought maybe this puffer was just shrimp-safe, but he certainly didn't refrain from killing other ghosties and RCS.
He's watching. Ignore my hair algae, please. Lol.
This isn't the best picture, but I thought it was cool. He had his tailed fanned out - I've rarely seen DP's do it to this extent, so I had to grab a pic.
And, finally, a FTS. I hate all the little root fibers everywhere, and I'd like to change out the scape. But why fix what's working so well?
Here's my little Dwarf Puffer taking a poo right before his water change. How polite of him to do it before, and not after.
Here's one of the two Ottos I have left in the tank. I'm fairly certain this one is a female - it's much, much fatter and thicker than the other one. They've been doing well as a pair for over a year, so I don't plan on adding any more.
Here's the massive ghost shrimp that's survived a whole year in a tank with a puffer. I'm impressed. The little thing is the Chuck Norris of shrimp! I thought maybe this puffer was just shrimp-safe, but he certainly didn't refrain from killing other ghosties and RCS.
He's watching. Ignore my hair algae, please. Lol.
This isn't the best picture, but I thought it was cool. He had his tailed fanned out - I've rarely seen DP's do it to this extent, so I had to grab a pic.
And, finally, a FTS. I hate all the little root fibers everywhere, and I'd like to change out the scape. But why fix what's working so well?
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Yes it was a clear, harder plastic one . It warped and shrank in places , meh lesson learnt. Then I bought one of those accordion style ones as the rest were over kill for a small shrimp tank, gravel vacced and it all got stuck inside the squeezy pump starter thingy and blocked ! That went in the bin and I bought a bigger decent one. Which I will not be boiling
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These were bred and tank raised by one of the store employees.
And yes, they are very yellow. Barely any coloring on the tail, which was very difficult to see. I'm hoping as they grow they will become more like these:
Apistogramma agassizii
I imagine just being in my tank will change their appearance over the almost bare store tank.
The manager explained the gill plate coloring like he knew what he was talking about. And when we were comparing fish the ones with the sparkle of green/blue seemed to look more like males with their longer dorsal fin and head not being as round/blunt. The ones without the coloring looked more like females.
But time will tell.
At least I know I will be able to return one if it comes to that.
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I took down the 10 gallon yesterday.
It was just becoming too much for me currently (not been feeling well these past few weeks) and the scape was beginning to be overrun with algae anyways. All the Cherry Shrimp left got split between the 15 gallon column and 29 gallon community however there was not too many of them left in there. I do plan on revisiting this tank in the future and doing one of the following;
Make it into an aquascape with only carpeting plants and a large cave
Make it into my first paludarium using my Internal Tetra 40i filter.
I hope everyone else has been keeping healthy so far in 2022.
It was just becoming too much for me currently (not been feeling well these past few weeks) and the scape was beginning to be overrun with algae anyways. All the Cherry Shrimp left got split between the 15 gallon column and 29 gallon community however there was not too many of them left in there. I do plan on revisiting this tank in the future and doing one of the following;
Make it into an aquascape with only carpeting plants and a large cave
Make it into my first paludarium using my Internal Tetra 40i filter.
I hope everyone else has been keeping healthy so far in 2022.
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Doing a WC and general maintenance. I'm down to only 1 neon and 1 blue tetra along with my two Cichlids.
along with my two Cichlids.
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I need to take apart my dehumidifier today and try to short the humidity sensor. The error code I've been getting is related to a sensor failure. I thought maybe it was just getting insufficient power, but it's been plugged directly into the wall and still giving me issues. I've read that by shorting that sensor you can trick the dehumidifer into running 24/7, and then it can be put onto a timer to regulate how often it runs.
Other than that, I'm back to work tomorrow, so this is gonna be a lazy day, I hope. I've got some more light maintenance I'd like to do on my QT tanks and my GSP tank, but we'll see how I'm feeling.
I think I've officially reached the end of my wits with these purple mystery snails. I've had them for like 9 months, and no eggs. I see them mounting each other pretty often, so I'm not sure if one (or a couple) of them are sterile or what. Regardless, they're beginning to slow down, as old snails do - I'll let them live out the rest of their lives, and try another group.
I can breed snails, dangit, lol.
Other than that, I'm back to work tomorrow, so this is gonna be a lazy day, I hope. I've got some more light maintenance I'd like to do on my QT tanks and my GSP tank, but we'll see how I'm feeling.
I think I've officially reached the end of my wits with these purple mystery snails. I've had them for like 9 months, and no eggs. I see them mounting each other pretty often, so I'm not sure if one (or a couple) of them are sterile or what. Regardless, they're beginning to slow down, as old snails do - I'll let them live out the rest of their lives, and try another group.
I can breed snails, dangit, lol.
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Well, that sucked.
Like an idiot, I decided I didn't need to go out and get some wire strippers for the dehumidifier project. I cut myself with a razor blade trying to strip some wires... ugh. Didn't hurt, but it bled everywhere. *facepalm*
Anyway... I took off the back of the unit, and found that the humidity sensor was rusted. The geniuses decided it'd be a great idea to place the sensor in a place where water could drip off of the heatsink, as it condensed. I'm floored that someone thought that was a good idea.
So I cut off the connector and removed the sensor entirely. I stripped all 5 wires that led to the connector, and made a list of possible combinations between the 5 wires. It would have been easier, had the wires been labeled like they should have been, like they are in most US products that I've worked on, but apparently the good people over at Hisense thought they were too good for that. Can you tell I'm annoyed?
I began twisting wires together and testing the dehumidifier until I found a combination that made the compressor run continuously - all the other combinations just made the fan spin. Some gave a fake reading on the humidity display.
Once I succeeded in not dying while playing with things I shouldn't be playing with, I've let it run for an hour. It ran for most of the hour without cutting off - success! It seems like it'll cut off every now and then to cool down or something, but it cuts back on after a few minutes.
Now, to run to Lowe's and grab some wire nuts and a humidity sensor to hang on the wall. This unit has a timer built into it, so I'm hoping that I can set something like 30 minute intervals of operation to help keep humidity in check. I don't think this thing would work right on a standard wall timer.
All this would be fine if the unit were old, not under warranty, or cheap. But this thing is under a year old, under a manufacturer warranty, and $300. There is no world in which I should have to do something like this to have a working product. The manufacturer offered me a replacement - if I would ship this behemoth of a thing to them at my cost, or drive it to a repair center in Ohio.
What a terrible, terrible company.
Like an idiot, I decided I didn't need to go out and get some wire strippers for the dehumidifier project. I cut myself with a razor blade trying to strip some wires... ugh. Didn't hurt, but it bled everywhere. *facepalm*
Anyway... I took off the back of the unit, and found that the humidity sensor was rusted. The geniuses decided it'd be a great idea to place the sensor in a place where water could drip off of the heatsink, as it condensed. I'm floored that someone thought that was a good idea.
So I cut off the connector and removed the sensor entirely. I stripped all 5 wires that led to the connector, and made a list of possible combinations between the 5 wires. It would have been easier, had the wires been labeled like they should have been, like they are in most US products that I've worked on, but apparently the good people over at Hisense thought they were too good for that. Can you tell I'm annoyed?
I began twisting wires together and testing the dehumidifier until I found a combination that made the compressor run continuously - all the other combinations just made the fan spin. Some gave a fake reading on the humidity display.
Once I succeeded in not dying while playing with things I shouldn't be playing with, I've let it run for an hour. It ran for most of the hour without cutting off - success! It seems like it'll cut off every now and then to cool down or something, but it cuts back on after a few minutes.
Now, to run to Lowe's and grab some wire nuts and a humidity sensor to hang on the wall. This unit has a timer built into it, so I'm hoping that I can set something like 30 minute intervals of operation to help keep humidity in check. I don't think this thing would work right on a standard wall timer.
All this would be fine if the unit were old, not under warranty, or cheap. But this thing is under a year old, under a manufacturer warranty, and $300. There is no world in which I should have to do something like this to have a working product. The manufacturer offered me a replacement - if I would ship this behemoth of a thing to them at my cost, or drive it to a repair center in Ohio.
What a terrible, terrible company.
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I decided today was THE day to catch the remaining 3 pandas so they could go with there buddies in the bigger tank, they are quick little so and so’s! Yeah… so ripped my tank apart, everything out and into a bucket , all plants uprooted etc. Anyway I got them ! Put everything back , trimmed all plants, finished the wc and after very careful checking of the bucket only 1 baby shrimp was in it ! I’m calling it a success all in all. Two hours later and I see a tonne of shrimp babies out and about so the corys must of made them hide more. Here’s a tank shot, some mama’s enjoying a snack and another cherry with a teeny baby on a leaf next to it. I didn’t flatten the substrate yet as I figured I’d messed more than enough as it was !
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Finished up a complete rescape of the 55 yesterday. Took every plant, rock and piece of wood out and rearranged them all. Four hours later this is what I came up with.
The plants have some settling and filling in to do. The scape previously was so overgrown that I had no idea how much plant mass I really had. I threw out a full 13 gallon size garbage bag of plants. I had multiple single Anubias plants the size of 10 gallon tanks I had to toss.
I wanted a little bit cleaner looking of a scape with a little more focus on hardscape instead of a jungle hiding all my hardscape like I had previously. I found the dwarf lily in the front right side withering away under some Anubias plants that I forgot about. Now that it's back in the light I look forward to this thing getting huge and filling in that area with a big pop of red.
Anyways here's a photo of the rescape and a little video of it. I forgot to take a recent before photo, The "before" photo below was taken months ago. It basically looked like that with 5 times the plant mass.
The plants have some settling and filling in to do. The scape previously was so overgrown that I had no idea how much plant mass I really had. I threw out a full 13 gallon size garbage bag of plants. I had multiple single Anubias plants the size of 10 gallon tanks I had to toss.
I wanted a little bit cleaner looking of a scape with a little more focus on hardscape instead of a jungle hiding all my hardscape like I had previously. I found the dwarf lily in the front right side withering away under some Anubias plants that I forgot about. Now that it's back in the light I look forward to this thing getting huge and filling in that area with a big pop of red.
Anyways here's a photo of the rescape and a little video of it. I forgot to take a recent before photo, The "before" photo below was taken months ago. It basically looked like that with 5 times the plant mass.
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They're just extra large black lava rock I ordered off Amazon. I got two 10lb bags for around 50 dollars I believe. https://www.amazon.com/American-Fir...x=extra+large+black+lava+rock,aps,115&sr=8-37
I continue with operation duck (seems like it has been over a month); the 5 gallon was easy enough to clear and put the floaters back which I have done but the 29 is never ending. The problem is bits of duckweed has trapped it self on the rim (which I wiped); on the matten filter (which I cleaned); on the sponge filter, on the jet stream tube and while I wipe and clean it all it just keeps coming back. This is why duckweed is a horrible plant. Unless you have a gold fish that will eat every last bite it just doesn't know when it isn't wanted and keeps returning. The bogey monster was never this persistent. And when I was a child boy did i have to deal with the bogey monster. There was this one time I ran home crying with the bogey monster chasing me - ok i was only 3 but I still remember the incident vividly; but unlike duckweed the bogey monster went away - duckweed just doesn't want to go away. Sigh.
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Ok so haven't been updating these past few days, so now here's a big update.
Also, Happy New Year 2022!!
So, I went to the lfs and got 3 Pepper Cories for my 55g, to keep the sand clean and also coz they're super cute.
So, I plan to get more later.
I am selling my guppies bcuz they don't fit in and because I wanted to get some money(fishkeeping is hella expensive!!)
These 3 are going to be shipped soon, the last guppy is staying because he has no one to nip.
I recently had some biofilm and cloudy water, etc on the surface of my tanks, then realized I hadn't cleaned my filters in a month, so I cleaned both on 55 and 10g, and 'boom!' crystal clear water. So yeah I'm happy about that, I have a lot of shrimps now and I'm really happy about that too.
Crystal clear water.. and removal of plants before, the Java Fern has just been added back after I put the frogbit back, it had too much light.
Lots of shrimp..(if you look closely)
and still some more shrimp..
Candy who is being very cute..
Disco's old 10g clearing up(and him being put back(I removed him and put him in the 12g breeding tank))
Disco is changing colour! He is becoming red on his side!
This is the breeding tank he was in..
Also, Happy New Year 2022!!
So, I went to the lfs and got 3 Pepper Cories for my 55g, to keep the sand clean and also coz they're super cute.
So, I plan to get more later.
I am selling my guppies bcuz they don't fit in and because I wanted to get some money(fishkeeping is hella expensive!!)
These 3 are going to be shipped soon, the last guppy is staying because he has no one to nip.
I recently had some biofilm and cloudy water, etc on the surface of my tanks, then realized I hadn't cleaned my filters in a month, so I cleaned both on 55 and 10g, and 'boom!' crystal clear water. So yeah I'm happy about that, I have a lot of shrimps now and I'm really happy about that too.
Crystal clear water.. and removal of plants before, the Java Fern has just been added back after I put the frogbit back, it had too much light.
Lots of shrimp..(if you look closely)
and still some more shrimp..
Candy who is being very cute..
Disco's old 10g clearing up(and him being put back(I removed him and put him in the 12g breeding tank))
Disco is changing colour! He is becoming red on his side!
This is the breeding tank he was in..
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Wasn’t today, but this past weekend my snail died. I didn’t take it out that day. The next afternoon my betta was practically on its deathbed. Wouldn’t eat, was hiding in the grass, barely swimming, wouldn’t come to meet me at the glass, would barely try to swim away from my net. I tested the water & my snail was leaking ammonia! I immidiately removed snail & did giant water change. Betta immidiately revived, eating, swimming good, & happy (tho maybe a bit mad at me!) He is no worse for the wear.
I got 2 snails the next day. Everyone is happy
I got 2 snails the next day. Everyone is happy
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WC day in my little neck of the Amazon
First the blackwater
Filler up
Then the clearwater
Funny the tank looks so clear when the water is still lightly tinted. Big difference from the other tank though.
Now I am making more RO for the container and the bucket.
I also got my fish used to the net
One of these guys gots to go. Because my two females (I was told, not what I wanted though) turned out to be one male turned out to be a male and a sleeper male that couldn't keep his true colors hid anymore.
No wonder he was always getting chased around. He's got himself a fat lip now.
One of these guys will be going to my new LFS. Hopefully.
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Got him
As I was watching the fish, and seeing how much "Fat Lip" was getting harassed, I took it as an opportune time to try to net him. He was hanging out in front and the Alpha male was patrolling the back looking for him.
So there he was. In my net. What to do? What to do?
I had already spoken with the LFS earlier today on the Eques pencilfish and he mentioned he would take one of my Cacatuoides. He said he had more coming in tomorrow anyway and he could put him with them.
But I said what the heck and did a plop and drop into the tank I just set up.
Big tank, small fish, parameters like what he is used to. Although a much darker tank. I just hate to label him a throwaway fish just because he turned out to be the second male.
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OK. I'll go again
I just did a 5g RO WC to my "to later be determined" blackwater house tank. It's a little easier to see inside now. That large corner piece of driftwood I got from Zoo Med is leaching red tannins like no tomorrow. Now I should be able to see my Apisto moseying around from the couch. I might clean the viewing glass, too. But why overdo it
I'll do a full panel parameter test later on.
First the blackwater
Filler up
Then the clearwater
Funny the tank looks so clear when the water is still lightly tinted. Big difference from the other tank though.
Now I am making more RO for the container and the bucket.
I also got my fish used to the net
One of these guys gots to go. Because my two females (I was told, not what I wanted though) turned out to be one male turned out to be a male and a sleeper male that couldn't keep his true colors hid anymore.
No wonder he was always getting chased around. He's got himself a fat lip now.
One of these guys will be going to my new LFS. Hopefully.
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Got him
As I was watching the fish, and seeing how much "Fat Lip" was getting harassed, I took it as an opportune time to try to net him. He was hanging out in front and the Alpha male was patrolling the back looking for him.
So there he was. In my net. What to do? What to do?
I had already spoken with the LFS earlier today on the Eques pencilfish and he mentioned he would take one of my Cacatuoides. He said he had more coming in tomorrow anyway and he could put him with them.
But I said what the heck and did a plop and drop into the tank I just set up.
Big tank, small fish, parameters like what he is used to. Although a much darker tank. I just hate to label him a throwaway fish just because he turned out to be the second male.
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OK. I'll go again
I just did a 5g RO WC to my "to later be determined" blackwater house tank. It's a little easier to see inside now. That large corner piece of driftwood I got from Zoo Med is leaching red tannins like no tomorrow. Now I should be able to see my Apisto moseying around from the couch. I might clean the viewing glass, too. But why overdo it
I'll do a full panel parameter test later on.
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So, it appears my ghetto dehumidifer trick worked. Humidity dropped from a high of 71% yesterday to a low 45%, and settled out in the 50's. It's not working as efficiently as it did with a sensor, but I'll take what I can get for now and just never buy another Hisense product. I'm peeved!
As far as fish stuff, not much today. I'm watching weather updates pretty closely - we're supposed to get up to 8" of snow tomorrow. Laughable in some parts of the world, but for here, that's problematic, lol. I'll be driving home from work about three hours after it's scheduled to start coming down - might be a long day tomorrow.
As far as fish stuff, not much today. I'm watching weather updates pretty closely - we're supposed to get up to 8" of snow tomorrow. Laughable in some parts of the world, but for here, that's problematic, lol. I'll be driving home from work about three hours after it's scheduled to start coming down - might be a long day tomorrow.
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1 inch is almost problematic for y'all....So, it appears my ghetto dehumidifer trick worked. Humidity dropped from a high of 71% yesterday to a low 45%, and settled out in the 50's. It's not working as efficiently as it did with a sensor, but I'll take what I can get for now and just never buy another Hisense product. I'm peeved!
As far as fish stuff, not much today. I'm watching weather updates pretty closely - we're supposed to get up to 8" of snow tomorrow. Laughable in some parts of the world, but for here, that's problematic, lol. I'll be driving home from work about three hours after it's scheduled to start coming down - might be a long day tomorrow.
Probably just a feed n watch kind of night, though am toying with the idea of a water change or two.
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We have 7 inches already with 36 hours of storm warning to go yet. My 15 minutes took an hour today. It was so fun!So, it appears my ghetto dehumidifer trick worked. Humidity dropped from a high of 71% yesterday to a low 45%, and settled out in the 50's. It's not working as efficiently as it did with a sensor, but I'll take what I can get for now and just never buy another Hisense product. I'm peeved!
As far as fish stuff, not much today. I'm watching weather updates pretty closely - we're supposed to get up to 8" of snow tomorrow. Laughable in some parts of the world, but for here, that's problematic, lol. I'll be driving home from work about three hours after it's scheduled to start coming down - might be a long day tomorrow.
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Hey, we ain't used to no Nebraskan winters 'round here!
The town I work in is pretty good about plowing and salting roads and such - however, the town I live in? Not so much. They probably won't get touched until late tomorrow night or Friday morning, if we're lucky.
I like snow, but after that I think I'd be heading south for a while, lol. Too much for me!We have 7 inches already with 36 hours of storm warning to go yet. My 15 minutes took an hour today. It was so fun!
We got a bunch of ice last year that caused my then 45 minute commute to take me almost 4 hours. I had a Fitbit on, and you could see my heart rate was higher while I was driving! They just give up on the roads around here - and with all the hills and hollers, it doesn't take much to slide into a ditch.
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Hah. I've got a Dave Canterbury vid on YT right now talking about what you should have in snowstorm if you get stranded. Who plans to get stranded?
Really interested in how he keeps his water from freezing...
I'm thinking what is more important is an app so Alexa can feed your fish and top off the tanks
ChrissFishes01 , I'd just keep an eye on overheating the dehumidifier without the sensor. It's probably why it kicked off when you fired it up yesterday.
And nothing wrong with a little extra humidity in the winter
Really interested in how he keeps his water from freezing...
I'm thinking what is more important is an app so Alexa can feed your fish and top off the tanks
ChrissFishes01 , I'd just keep an eye on overheating the dehumidifier without the sensor. It's probably why it kicked off when you fired it up yesterday.
And nothing wrong with a little extra humidity in the winter
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Are y'all supposed to get some weather too? I thought the majority of it was staying kinda southeast and not heading north so much.Hah. I've got a Dave Canterbury vid on YT right now talking about what you should have in snowstorm if you get stranded. Who plans to get stranded?
Really interested in how he keeps his water from freezing...
I'm thinking what is more important is an app so Alexa can feed your fish and top off the tanks
ChrissFishes01 , I'd just keep an eye on overheating the dehumidifier without the sensor. It's probably why it kicked off when you fired it up yesterday.
And nothing wrong with a little extra humidity in the winter
I've got the dehumidifier running on the wall timer, so I think it'll be alright. I'll definitely watch it, though.
A little extra would be fine, but I was starting to see lots of water forming around the apartment, so I decided that was probably too much! lol
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Probably just a watch and feed night. I got some live brine shrimp and blackworms at the lfs the other day.
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Eesh , I hate snow , so so so much ! Hate driving in it. Hate looking at it. Hate the cold of it. Hate it allll. Had ice this morning and my car told me it had turned off the anti crash system .. thanks !
did a 60% on the larger tank today , tested nitrates before and nitrates and ammonia after . 40 ish nitrates , may of been a little higher but not quite the next marker. After .25 ammonia and 20 nitrates. Hmmmm. Starve day tomorrow until I figure that out .. kinda half moved a sword which uprooted a tab so could be it and I put leaf zone in, I don’t feel that’s it though , ammonia reading in this tank Is usually 0 . I have a feeling it’s an old mts …
did a 60% on the larger tank today , tested nitrates before and nitrates and ammonia after . 40 ish nitrates , may of been a little higher but not quite the next marker. After .25 ammonia and 20 nitrates. Hmmmm. Starve day tomorrow until I figure that out .. kinda half moved a sword which uprooted a tab so could be it and I put leaf zone in, I don’t feel that’s it though , ammonia reading in this tank Is usually 0 . I have a feeling it’s an old mts …
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Yeah, we're supposed to get some, too.
There goes our mild winter, lol.
Only 6-8" by Friday, so it sounds spread out. I'm just getting spoiled is all. I like winters without snow, or snow that melts in a couple days.
Especially now that my new favorite LFS is highway driving up in the snowbelt!
ETA: even though no one will get notified about the edit, I added a small cooler and some handwarmers to the Jeep. Not for getting stranded. For fish transport
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Yeah, cloudy water stinks.
I've got Corys stirring things up in one tank, but it's getting better. And a new tank going through growing pains that need waited out.
But someone recently told me that oily slick you can sometimes get is caused by a certain brand of food. Tetramin flakes.
I use a small sponge filter to disrupt the surface and it goes away, but I'm looking forward to trying a new food.
I've got Corys stirring things up in one tank, but it's getting better. And a new tank going through growing pains that need waited out.
But someone recently told me that oily slick you can sometimes get is caused by a certain brand of food. Tetramin flakes.
I use a small sponge filter to disrupt the surface and it goes away, but I'm looking forward to trying a new food.
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I got goldfish about a week ago for my 40 gallon breeder. The calico is nugget and the orange is nacho. I think they are both female but it’s hard to tell considering how young they are. I also got variatus platies which are basically cold water platies. I put them in with them today and I’ll see howthey do. Pics!
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Ended up feeding about two dozen snails to the puffers today. Most of them were teeny tiny bladder snails - I'm still not making many large ones. I have one huge ramshorn snail (he's over 1" across the shell), but that's the only big guy in there. Hm.
Other than that, everybody got feed live baby brine and some frozen plankton. Plecos, ottos, snails, and shrimp got some boiled green beans. I even got the Dottyback in my pico to eat a couple bites of flakes after he got full on BBS. I'm putting money on him being captive-bred.
Other than that, everybody got feed live baby brine and some frozen plankton. Plecos, ottos, snails, and shrimp got some boiled green beans. I even got the Dottyback in my pico to eat a couple bites of flakes after he got full on BBS. I'm putting money on him being captive-bred.
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I just realized my fish food has gone all powdery and greyish!! what's wrong with it??!! I use Hikari Tropical Fish Food. Just fed my fish(before realizing) and no negative effects. It is causing the oily slick!! I'm gonna dump it and get some new ones. just fed a ton of live, fresh mosquito larvae to the fish, I found them in a bucket.
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My Red Tiger Lotus in the 55g shot a leaf all the way up to the top in like 2 days. Never had one before. Normal?
Probably justa feed and watch day again.
Never had one before. Normal?Probably justa feed and watch day again.
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Something is wrong with my Amazon clearwater tank. And nothing has changed inside the tank except moving a fish out.
Maybe the earth shifted on its axis or something, but my floating plants are migrating around the tank and winding up at the sump's intake slots. And that means less intake water compared to output water. So the compartment where the pump is (and the heater was) runs too low.
So tonight I'm going to bend some kydex and create a little safe zone in front of the slots. Much like using airline tubing around HOB's.
The little guy seems to be doing fine in the new blackwater by himself. He was gobbling up flake tonight like no tomorrow, so maybe the critters in the tank have been evading him. But it's only been 24 hours. He seem quite comfortable though.
I've been looking into more livestock for that tank.
Did some major trimming in the Betta tank. I can't tell if my guy has a swollen eye or not... they've kind of always looked a bit large to me, but one might be a little cloudy. And I saw him caught up in the water sprite and thrashing around. So I'll give him more space and I threw a IAL into the sump for good measure.
Gotta do something with the Platy fry tanks soon. I see some chasing going on. A few have gotten quite a bit larger than the rest. The 2.5g definitely needs to lose some fish.
Maybe the earth shifted on its axis or something, but my floating plants are migrating around the tank and winding up at the sump's intake slots. And that means less intake water compared to output water. So the compartment where the pump is (and the heater was) runs too low.
So tonight I'm going to bend some kydex and create a little safe zone in front of the slots. Much like using airline tubing around HOB's.
The little guy seems to be doing fine in the new blackwater by himself. He was gobbling up flake tonight like no tomorrow, so maybe the critters in the tank have been evading him. But it's only been 24 hours. He seem quite comfortable though.
I've been looking into more livestock for that tank.
Did some major trimming in the Betta tank. I can't tell if my guy has a swollen eye or not... they've kind of always looked a bit large to me, but one might be a little cloudy. And I saw him caught up in the water sprite and thrashing around. So I'll give him more space and I threw a IAL into the sump for good measure.
Gotta do something with the Platy fry tanks soon. I see some chasing going on. A few have gotten quite a bit larger than the rest. The 2.5g definitely needs to lose some fish.
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