What are you doing to your tank today?

[Fishfur]

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Moved the photos a bit lol. I'm liking these hang on planters.

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I would like to make something like that to hang inside a tank to keep terrestrial vines a little more in order but the only ones I’ve seen for sale are too pricey. Really nice though.

 

[Wendybrass]

I would like to make something like that to hang inside a tank to keep terrestrial vines a little more in order but the only ones I’ve seen for sale are too pricey. Really nice though.

I used plastic twist ties and put together a few of the little plastic pots plants come in. They're perfect. I'm using plastic twist ties as a hanger as well but I also have little suction cups that also work.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

I would like to make something like that to hang inside a tank to keep terrestrial vines a little more in order but the only ones I’ve seen for sale are too pricey. Really nice though.

These were around $10 for the pair on Amazon. Previously I was using 3in net cups secured with coat hanger brackets.

 

[Fishfur]

These were around $10 for the pair on Amazon. Previously I was using 3in net cups secured with coat hanger brackets.

It is painful at times to see not only all the stuff on Amazon dot com that just isn’t available an Amazon dot ca but the price differences for the same items which are even more painful to see, even allowing for the difference in valuation between USD and CAD.

 

[fishywoo]

I'm using air line suction cups for my pothos too, stems fit right in, and the top part just lays sloppily on the lid. Doesn't get enough light in the room it's in though and not enough Nitrates I think. It's been growing pretty slow.

Speaking of lids though...

My 40 gallon versa top with hinges lost the handle. Thankfully I noticed it slipping out of place before it could crash down. Thank goodness. I can't even imagine if it had.

So now I've got my Betta tank with the uneven handle that I didn't bother to fix yet, and no handle on the goldfish tank. I'm using a butter knife to prop it open to feed them right now.

So much going on I have yet to figure out what to do just yet for that. I forget where things were recommended to me before about moving the handle on the Betta tank though, so if anyone has any suggestions (for both lids) I'd greatly appreciate it!

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[Fishfur]

I used plastic twist ties and put together a few of the little plastic pots plants come in. They're perfect. I'm using plastic twist ties as a hanger as well but I also have little suction cups that also work.

Thanks, that’s a good thought.

Though I think I’d want to use nylon zip ties because I’d expect the only twist ties I have handy are bound to rust pretty quickly .

 

[Wendybrass]

Thanks, that’s a good thought.

Though I think I’d want to use nylon zip ties because I’d expect the only twist ties I have handy are bound to rust pretty quickly .

Exactly. Anytime I buy electronics they come with those plastic or nylon (or whatever they are) ties around the cords. I keep those for my tanks. Super handy.

 

[fishywoo]

Oh, wow! Look at that! What a surprise! Someone just left these guys in a box outside my door.....
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[BPSabelhaus]

Oh, wow! Look at that! What a surprise! Someone just left these guys in a box outside my door.....
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The shrimp fairy?



Rearranged the big tank today. Alex has been trying to climb the walls lately.



Still fits!

 

[Fishfur]

Exactly. Anytime I buy electronics they come with those plastic or nylon (or whatever they are) ties around the cords. I keep those for my tanks. Super handy.

A lot of the ties on electric cords are actually wire that is well coated in plastic insulation. Usually it’s steel wire because copper is too expensive for such use but I’ve run across one or two that did have copper wire inside, goodness knows why.

Might want to check to be sure. Though a wee bit of rust won’t cause a problem unless the wire rusts right through.

 

[Wendybrass]

A lot of the ties on electric cords are actually wire that is well coated in plastic insulation. Usually it’s steel wire because copper is too expensive for such use but I’ve run across one or two that did have copper wire inside, goodness knows why.

Might want to check to be sure. Though a wee bit of rust won’t cause a problem unless the wire rusts right through.

Excellent point. I've yet to see any hint of metal in the ones I use but I know what you mean - the clear ones you can see the thin wire, black ones you can't tell. When in doubt cut a piece off!

 

[Fishfur]

Excellent point. I've yet to see any hint of metal in the ones I use but I know what you mean - the clear ones you can see the thin wire, black ones you can't tell. When in doubt cut a piece off!

Exactly!
I was feeding my fish and just happened to notice a mystery snail riding another as it cruised on the glass and I snapped a few pics, one of which turned out to be X rated, which was nice to see because I thought they were mating and I am hoping for a clutch or three so I can participate in the colour genetics of mystery snails study I volunteered for.

So here’s hoping this mating results in spawning activity. I’ve left them a good 4.5 inches of bare glass just in case.
In case you have ever wondered, it’s always the male on top of the female, so if you catch them at it you’ll be sure of which is which.
It’s not often one has an opportunity to get a shot like this one of snails in flagrante delicto though he’s actually finishing up here.

Only moments later they were done so I was just in time.

 

[TheCoryWhisperers]

After all the excitement of plastic diamonds falling into the goldfish aquarium, we discovered Creamsickle, our largest fantail had an object lodged in its throat. My first thought was the plastic diamonds. We grabbed a net, raincoat and gloves and extracted our pal by net and I used a pair of forceps and extracted a large dead ramshorn snail shell. The diamonds continue to decorate

 

[mulletmcnasty]

Did bi weekly water changes and trimming, I never tire of doing the maintenance.
I also set up a grow out tank for cuttings I'm giving away, no filters just a light. The stems cuttings are growing in rockwool. Seems to be working fine.

 

[fishywoo]

After all the excitement of plastic diamonds falling into the goldfish aquarium, we discovered Creamsickle, our largest fantail had an object lodged in its throat. My first thought was the plastic diamonds. We grabbed a net, raincoat and gloves and extracted our pal by net and I used a pair of forceps and extracted a large dead ramshorn snail shell. The diamonds continue to decorate View attachment 889937

So glad you were able to get it out! Big guy is obviously well taken care.
^_^

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Checked on a feeder box I've been ignoring for a month or so and I have baby superworms or waxworms, probably both since I have adults of both in there

Happy day.

 

[mulletmcnasty]

Pre Frozen Zucchini. It's a treat for the plecos time

 

[Leeman75]

Got all my WCs done by 10:00 AM today! Love these kinds of days. Now I don't have that hanging over my head and will be able to maybe spending time cleaning up and maintaining my fish area in the basement. Daydreaming of when the day will come where my wall of 4 tanks will be replaced by a 125 Tanganyikan Tank!

 

[GouramiGirl100]

Got all my WCs done by 10:00 AM today! Love these kinds of days. Now I don't have that hanging over my head and will be able to maybe spending time cleaning up and maintaining my fish area in the basement. Daydreaming of when the day will come where my wall of 4 tanks will be replaced by a 125 Tanganyikan Tank!

That’s also one of my dream tanks! Crossing my fingers it will be sooner than we think for the both of us
Dosed the sick tank with kanaplex a few days ago and I think it’s cleared up the bacteria. We currently have a pleco in there doing well. I have a separate tank to qt the new fish which we will hopefully get in the next two weeks or so- thinking a giant school of Kuhli loaches and some tetras. Here’s a video of my favorite tank this morning during breakfast

 

[BPSabelhaus]

They're making doing water changes very difficult lol

 

[fishywoo]

All the test tubes I have to rinse out now.
=(

 

[Fishfur]

Look at this emersed moss taking off on the rock in my tiny long tank!

Considering it is a moss it is growing at warp speed and so far so good with the new tiny pump I got to keep it wet.

I also discovered that my fish killing felines missed one fish in this tank. Turns out one of the Asian Stone catfish is still alive. He must’ve been too tough to catch!

The little green leaves belong to H.tenellum Green which I glued onto the rock just above the usual water level. I did it just to see if it would grow there even though it is neither epiphytic nor a lithophyte and so far it seems to be hanging in.

 

[StarGirl]

My Spixys are out and about more. They just don't stick out their antennae's too far. WC day tomorrow.

 

[mulletmcnasty]

My next project is in the making, from 10 grow out tank to shrimp tank
I've never used Stratum before, so I'm keen to see how goes.

 

[tetraguy]

Got the wcs on the 5 and 10 done yesterday as usual. Had to do a ton of trimming in the 10. Got to say things are so much smoother now that everything is balanced. Very rewarding feeling!!

Getting ready to start mixing up water for the 20 WC today! Won't be able to test nitrAtes today as I run out of test solution last week. Aggravated with myself a bit as I did order new kit Monday, and it come yesterday, but I was in a bit of a hurry and ordered nitrIte test instead.

On a good note i took the family to the tri-county NEA district fair last night, and was pleased to see there were NO games giving goldfish as prizes!!!

Now that I've got balance in the tanks I do have running, I find myself thinking of a new challenge in the hobby, and believe I've settled on setting up a breading tank for cherry barbs, leaning toward long fin cherrys!! I seen my first one at the store last week and fell for them instantly, but didn't buy any due to having fry in my QT tank. I may regret this as these are the first I've seen since getting back in the hobby months ago, and no idea when I'll be able to find them again.

That's about it for now, good luck to everyone having trouble, and happy fishkeeping to everyone!!

 

[Wendybrass]

Don't want to jinx anything anymore than I already have BUT my lighting experiment seems to not only be working but making everything better! I have balance, and the BBA that has been on the hardscape for a while is disappearing. It was starting too before I changed the lighting but just seems more so now. But of course I can't just leave things....oh no, i'm a self sabotoger and I all of a sudden decided I didn't want all the jungle Val. It needed thinning out anyway but I went a bit far and removed alot. Like most. I'm hoping that pruning the hygrophila and planting the cuts will make up for the Vals I removed. I really need some foreground plants and some interesting stems, maybe bring some red in, but I almost always make bad decisions when I buy plants. I might start a thread looking for help.

 

[StarGirl]

WCs all done and I found a clutch of Spixi eggs in the plecos cave of all places. Im surprised she didnt eat them. I put them in the dip and pour with some stones from the bottom. We will see if they hatch.

 

[Fishfur]

WCs all done and I found a clutch of Spixi eggs in the plecos cave of all places. Im surprised she didnt eat them. I put them in the dip and pour with some stones from the bottom. We will see if they hatch.
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They should hatch - I believe I can see the embryos inside the eggs .

They should hatch - I believe I can see the embryos inside the eggs .

If only fish eggs were like that!

 

[StarGirl]

You can see the babies in this pic better!

 

[Fishfur]

You can see the babies in this pic better!
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Yep! Somewhere I have (I think) a brief video of Giant Columbian ramshorn snail embryos walking around inside their eggs. Their eggs are a little bigger than the Spixi eggs are and it’s very cool to see them walking in endless circles inside the eggs.

 

[StarGirl]

Yep! Somewhere I have (I think) a brief video of Giant Columbian ramshorn snail embryos walking around inside their eggs. Their eggs are a little bigger than the Spixi eggs are and it’s very cool to see them walking in endless circles inside the eggs.

Im hoping to get video of them hatching! They are a little bigger than yesterday.

 

[Fishfur]

Im hoping to get video of them hatching! They are a little bigger than yesterday.

That would be very cool to see - I wish you success with it!

 

[StarGirl]

That would be very cool to see - I wish you success with it!

Oh Im sure they will all pop out while Im at work.....

 

[Fishfur]

Oh Im sure they will all pop out while Im at work.....

Isn’t that always the way?

 

[airfix2]

on saturday i got 4 more ember tetras and nerite snail for my 10 gallon(to make the school of 6 into 10)

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Dang, missed one endler and the cold weather finally got her. She would have been nice to have in a tank just for how tough and wiley she was.

I was "fishing" for a week straight and had several "I'm sure that was the last one". Oh well, can't catch em' all.

 

[John58ford]

If only fish eggs were like that!

Sometimes they are. Here's some tatia intermedia (driftwood catfish) eggs in a windelov:




Luckily, or unfortunately, bristlenose pleco and ramshorn do find the eggs delicious. At the time, and currently, I don't have the space to raise up a group, maybe this winter.

My fish project last weekend was mostly room related, I'm about 2/3 done with that rooms makeover now and it's becoming pretty functional. Hopefully I don't call it at good enough and finish. I did have time for some pleco sorting, and offloaded a few to some close friends. I'm weighing out distribution, or maybe just culling down a few and trying to set up a stag tank. That's something I've not seen with LFBNPs

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Fish kittens! Are yours playing with wires and climbing into the dishwasher or refrigerator yet? lol

 

[GouramiGirl100]

One of my bamboo shrimp out and about today along with feeding time for the catfish

 

[Fishfur]

One of my bamboo shrimp out and about today along with feeding time for the catfish

Handsome little lady! I have a male I need to find a few lady friends for - doubt I could manage to raise any zoeys if I got some but berried females look amazing all the same - I’ve only had one that berried and only once at that. Their eggs are dark red and there are many hundreds of them!

 

[GouramiGirl100]

Handsome little lady! I have a male I need to find a few lady friends for - doubt I could manage to raise any zoeys if I got some but berried females look amazing all the same - I’ve only had one that berried and only once at that. Their eggs are dark red and there are many hundreds of them!


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I love my bamboos I would love to be able to breed them but my LFS hardly gets any in and I’ve heard they do not ship well at all

 

[Fishfur]

I love my bamboos I would love to be able to breed them but my LFS hardly gets any in and I’ve heard they do not ship well at all

I don’t think they’re all that much worse than other shrimp but like other shrimp the older they are when shipped the less well they tolerate it.

Young ones fare better with shipping and they are wild caught so far as I know, which doesn’t help anything.

 

[StarGirl]

They are getting closer.

 

[GouramiGirl100]

New fish in quarantine- (so apologies for the bad photos but no light)
Albino red tail shark and some Australian rainbowfish

 

[fishywoo]

New fish in quarantine- (so apologies for the bad photos but no light)
Albino red tail shark and some Australian rainbowfish
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Awesome!

kuhlkid it's a baby Gaara!

 

[StarGirl]

My husband comes home and asks if I fed his fishie yet? She wants bloodworms! I tell him she cant have bloodworms every day. She doesnt care...she wants bloodworms! We do this every day.....lol

I guess I have to figure out what I am going to put baby snails in. They will be fine in the dip and pour for now, when they start hatching. The other tanks are out because bettas.....and big fish.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Ugh, I keep wanting to get a rainbow shark.



But I worked on Alex's summer home a bit more



First coat on the doors, second on the roof thingies. I was a bit concerned with the first coat, but a second evened out nice. It's a nice sparkly gold The brush strokes will show, so I'll treat it like a Delorean and be mindful of direction so it looks like it's glowing outward from the center.

 

[kuhlkid]

New fish in quarantine- (so apologies for the bad photos but no light)
Albino red tail shark and some Australian rainbowfish
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Awesome!

kuhlkid it's a baby Gaara!

It sure is!! Looks so much like when I first got our little guy home, barely the size of a pinky. GouramiGirl100, I hope you enjoy the heck out of your new little punk, lol!

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Fed all the tanks just a few minutes ago. Rough day today So I set the painted bits in place. It sure is shiny

 

[StarGirl]

There were 2 more Spixi blobs in the Pleco cave tonight.