What are you doing to your tank today?

[Fishfur]

I managed to find replacements for the poor little Chili boraras my predatory felines snacked on and a few more Asian Stone catfish to keep the lone survivor company, so the tiny long tank once again has tiny fish in it.

I have placed barriers to keep the sneaky furballs from going fishing again.

Ugh, I keep wanting to get a rainbow shark.



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

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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.

If it was an actual house those roof thingies would be the gable ends.

 

[Blacksheep1]

Well I thought I’d share the only evidence that I actually own a pleco in this tank. Also it’s the most I’ve seen him since he was ‘rescued’ a few weeks ago..

Yeah. Disappointing isn’t it I don’t mind really, he’s pretty big and chunky for a bristlenose and well, very very bristly. Kinda freaks me out a little bit I won’t lie ( reminds me of some sort of soul sucking creature ) . Never had one THAT bristly before , the super red doesn’t come close . It’s a good job I appreciate all pleco’s ain’t nature fascinating !

 

[Fishfur]

Well I thought I’d share the only evidence that I actually own a pleco in this tank. Also it’s the most I’ve seen him since he was ‘rescued’ a few weeks ago.. View attachment 890449

Yeah. Disappointing isn’t it I don’t mind really, he’s pretty big and chunky for a bristlenose and well, very very bristly. Kinda freaks me out a little bit I won’t lie ( reminds me of some sort of soul sucking creature ) . Never had one THAT bristly before , the super red doesn’t come close . It’s a good job I appreciate all pleco’s ain’t nature fascinating !

It’s the creature from the black lagoon writ in miniature !

 

[Blacksheep1]

It’s the creature from the black lagoon writ in miniature !

I’m thinking more of the mythical giant sea worm that has rows on rows on teeth and sucks water in to create whirlpools but yeah I could go with that !! He might be mythical this pleco , he’s seen as often as the Loch ness monster is

 

[Fishfur]

I planted the two new betta tanks, more or less, by robbing plants from the rimless and tiny long tanks mostly. This tank sits on one side of a vintage vanity dresser so it’s meant to be viewed from the narrower side.

I got a couple nice pics of one of the new bettas but the other was most uncooperative so no pic of him yet.

Meet Sambuca, my new white Crowntail and hopefully tomorrow you can meet the other one, a black orchid Crowntail I’m calling Chantieri, after Tacca chantieri, the black batflower orchid.

Forgive the clouded water - the sand under the gravel is silty and sends up clouds every time it’s disturbed. I washed it but apparently not well enough.

 

[tetraguy]

It's been a nice calm feed and observe kind of week. Everything going alone just fine!! Recieved my package of plants from kallililly1973 today and the are in amazing condition. If looking for some great plants I would definitely recommend checking out their options!

After 5 months of waiting for the local big name stores to stock some celestial pearl danios I give up and decided to give flip aquatics a shot and placed a order! Now I've got 9 on the way, and a few new cherry barbs as well!! Very exited to get this order in! Got a few questions about these guys but will make a separate post for that.

Now that all fish in my community tank are full grown its looking a bit crowded so I've decided to start the hunt for a 30 gallon with the dimensions of 36x12x16! Possibly a 40g breeder if the 30 gets too tuff to locate. Very exited for this build!

Gonna leave a few pics of the fry tank to show off the anarcharis that come today!





Hope everyone out there has a great weekend!

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Fed everybody lots of live yummies and started a couple back ups in the garage / seeded the two tubs.

 

[GouramiGirl100]

Hoping to pick up some new ropefish tomorrow fingers crossed these guys make it. Also hoping to sell some of my swordtail babies but may wait until they get a bit bigger. Setting up a new 29 gallon qt tank just for the ropefish in case they come with disease again, but hopefully they don’t. My bf has his heart set on these ropefish and this is his (our) first tank together in our apartment so I’m really hoping we can get some healthy ones!!

 

[Blacksheep1]

Scraped all the glass in the shrimp tank and it accumulated in one corner before I did a water change , so Obviously the shrimp all started to snack on it .
it’s ok , I’ll wait whilst I watch the F1 sprint shootout

 

[Blacksheep1]

Did a shrimp tank haul over. Before

after …

not the best looking tank but it’s a shrimp tank and that’s enough

 

[tinylostwine]

Did a water change and said hello to mother fish. Then examine the Nannostomus mortenthaleri and the sterbai - a whole lot easier to see the sterbai as their aquarium is clear and the n. morthenthaleri are in a tea broth hanging below the hatchet fishes.

 

[Fishfur]

I mostly finished up Sambuca’s new tank - just have to wait for stuff to grow plus dig out some light fixtures from storage and another heater. It’s been pretty warm the past few days so a heater wasn’t essential but it will be from now on and so I must find or buy one for Chantieri’s tank, especially since his is closest to the window.

I managed to get a picture of him and his belly looks full so I sincerely hope that means he ate the food I put in.

Sambuca ate one pellet while I was watching but doesn’t appear to have a full belly so I’m not too sure about his food intake.

I added a couple more granite cobbles to even out the mound in Sambuca‘s tank because viewing it from the front, it looked awkward, so now I think it looks ok and I’ve glued some willow moss to a few of them, and some camaroon moss and a small golden anubias Nana to one wood piece.

Chantieri’s tank has to make do with tiny cuttings so it looks a bit sad but it’ll get better.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

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If I don't post for a few days, the wife killed me lol Was nice knowing you all lol

8 free tanks plus a lot of stuff. I'm dead lol Hopefully I get them tomorrow.

The plan is actually kind of downsizing things. I don't need Endlers in a 30 for starters lol

Edit: Double dead, the wife has my van tomorrow. I need to pull this off in a Leaf.

Good thing I know Tetrisfu.

 

[John58ford]

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If I don't post for a few days, the wife killed me lol Was nice knowing you all lol

8 free tanks plus a lot of stuff. I'm dead lol Hopefully I get them tomorrow.

The plan is actually kind of downsizing things. I don't need Endlers in a 30 for starters lol

Edit: Double dead, the wife has my van tomorrow. I need to pull this off in a Leaf.

Good thing I know Tetrisfu.

I have a gig in the afternoon on the peninsula or I'd come help you lol. Why aren't you on wa fishbox with us? I bet one of the guys could grab them for you tonight.

 

[kansas]

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If I don't post for a few days, the wife killed me lol Was nice knowing you all lol

8 free tanks plus a lot of stuff. I'm dead lol Hopefully I get them tomorrow.

The plan is actually kind of downsizing things. I don't need Endlers in a 30 for starters lol

Edit: Double dead, the wife has my van tomorrow. I need to pull this off in a Leaf.

Good thing I know Tetrisfu.

at least you'll die doing something you love.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

I have a gig in the afternoon on the peninsula or I'd come help you lol. Why aren't you on wa fishbox with us? I bet one of the guys could grab them for you tonight.

Never heard of it lol
I figured If I even just come home with half (or two trips) it's a haul

Also from the wife: Isn't the electrical bill high enough already?

Counter: Ah, but with that many tanks there might be stuff to centralize things like an air pump and lower our bills


It was met with an eye roll lol

Edit: Ah, it's Faceyspace now. I'm the only human without.

 

[GouramiGirl100]

Ordered more Odessa barbs and ropefish from the fish store so hoping they come in soon have a 29 gallon qt setup and waiting for them

 

[kansas]

I spent the last three days being slapped around by the airline industry, it was nice to spend some time with the fish. Changed the water in both the 9 and the 55.

 

[John58ford]

Ah, but with that many tanks there might be stuff to centralize things like an air pump and lower our bills

I always claim they're like radiator heaters in the winter and heat half the house with them, definitely cheaper lol.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Looks like 3 5's 3 10's a 30 breeder maybe and a 20 cube ish?

Edit: images removed for copyright issues

 

[tetraguy]

Was a very busy day yesterday as I got all 3 tanks wcs and filter maintenance done to free up today, which is going to be another very busy day. Not much has changed tank wise, BUT I did find 3 more yellow tiger fry during the WC which was very exiting!

My crew at work has been producing some nice numbers lately so I will be smoking a couple Boston butts today in order to feed everyone BBQ tomorrow for lunch. But before I start that I'm taking the family out to get their Halloween costumes this morning.

We will also be making a stop by the fish store ofcourse to grab a few things! Since I've got the CPDs coming this week I'm going to go ahead and get that funky blue gravel out and replace with something much more natural! I'll be grabbing a adjustable heater as well because it has a preset in it now that holds the tank at 80, and I don't want to cook the cpds.

I'll be doing this rebuild today along side keeping an eye on the smoker so needless to say it's going to be a long busy day around here!

Oh and one last thing. Last night while grabbing supplies for the cook out today you know I had to wonder by the fish section of Walmart to see if they had a hollow log hide out, which they did not, and noticed they are now stocking a whole new line of water treatment chemicals / supplements supposedly made by the same company as API. I've never heard of them but thought someone may be interested here so sharing the news. Note I'm in no way promoting these products, just putting it out there lol. Leaving a pic of the new line. Hope everyone has a great day now it's time to get busy!

 

[tetraguy]

Just got back from grabbing the things I needed from the pet store, and WOW, how come no one told me those dwarf neon rainbowfish are so beautiful!! Needless to say I've got myself in a pickle haha.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

They lied. It was ten tanks lol

Daughter cleaning out Dad's house, was an angelfish breeder. Crammed it all in the leaf
The tens have a 5 and the 5's have 2.5's in them lol

I'll get it all cleaned up, go through all the accessories see what all I have and want to keep, then give setups to my kiddos friends if they want.

The glass on the 20 (?tbd) is thikkkkkk

 

[John58ford]

I go through some food of all brands and quantity, I have literally never seen a BUCKET of tetramin. Nice score on a new green killing machine in that pile too. Very nice.

 

[Fishfur]

They lied. It was ten tanks lol

Daughter cleaning out Dad's house, was an angelfish breeder. Crammed it all in the leaf
The tens have a 5 and the 5's have 2.5's in them lol

I'll get it all cleaned up, go through all the accessories see what all I have and want to keep, then give setups to my kiddos friends if they want.

The glass on the 20 (?tbd) is thikkkkkk

Nice score! Though I truly have to wonder what an Angelfish breeder would be doing with 2.5 gallon tanks.

 

[Blacksheep1]

Then examine the Nannostomus mortenthaleri and the sterbai - a whole lot easier to see the sterbai as their aquarium is clear and the n. morthenthaleri are in a tea broth hanging below the hatchet fishes.

I am in love with mine ! My tank isn’t black water but hovers on the border, have you noticed any colour changes that stand out more in b.w?

They lied. It was ten tanks lol

that really is a huge haul and a nice score for sure. I love that you share it around the community

 

[GouramiGirl100]

Added some more plants and tons of snails from my other tanks into our current main tank. Ropefish could come next week or the week after

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Nice score! Though I truly have to wonder what an Angelfish breeder would be doing with 2.5 gallon tanks.

Not sure, Second hand info from the daughter. Angelfish and other stuff lol

 

[Fishfur]

The new heater arrived and I think Chantieri is much happier because this morning his tank had dropped from the 75F of yesterday to about 70-72F and he was not a happy fishie this am.

Temperature is up to 74 and he’s already swimming around like a betta ought to.

The water has cleared in both tanks too so they’re looking better than I had hoped and both fish are definitely eating which is a relief. They’re on opposite sides of a vintage vanity I can’t bear to part with but it badly needs refinishing so some water drips are not a big deal.

You can see some of my cuttings collection behind Chantieri’s tank too - no loose cannon ball felines allowed in my bedroom so they should be safe.

There are cuttings of Philodendron Peru, Epipremnum pinnatum Baltic Blue, E. aureus N’joy, Global Green, Lemon Meringue, and a Marcgravia ‘serrated edge’ with a few other obscure terrarium plants. There will be more, so I’ll have to find room for them somewhere.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

I am in love with mine ! My tank isn’t black water but hovers on the border, have you noticed any colour changes that stand out more in b.w?


that really is a huge haul and a nice score for sure. I love that you share it around the community

Well, I will eventually lol going out to inventory everything now lol

 

[StarGirl]

Tanks almost done. Was watching the MXoN in France. The US didnt do very well. I have the 2 new snail blobs in a Tupperware floating. I want to get a bigger dip and pour anyway so I probably will use it. They are so small anything else they would slip right through.

 

[tinylostwine]

I am in love with mine ! My tank isn’t black water but hovers on the border, have you noticed any colour changes that stand out more in b.w?

Not really - over the next 6 months i'll thin the tannis a bit so i can actually see - right now it is so thick it impacts the colouring of the fishes - sort of like looking at a fish through a brown piece of glass.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

9 heaters, one large filter a dozen sponge filter, two canister filters, 3 air pumps, gang valves etc... Knew that one tank had thick glass lol

I assume the clear green cups are a filter? Might be a fun retro build.

 

[Fishfur]

Put a background on Chantieri’s new home and finally managed to snag a few shots of him.

The new Nicrew heater which has an external controller is so far working just as I’d expect and I might have to get another one for Sambuca’s tank if the room gets much cooler come actual winter. His is a preset Tetra which works well but can only heat so many degrees above the ambient. Time will tell.

Here’s Chantieri. And some of Sambuca being grumpy.

 

[tetraguy]

Was a very busy day yesterday but I did manage to get the cpd's tank transformation done!! Wish I could have found a bit darker gravel but everyone was low on stock and I was in a pinch. Regardless it isn't bright blue no longer!

Tank is heavily planted, but will be some time before it all grows in. It's got hygrophila corymbosa "compacta", amazon sword "compacta", water wisteria, java fern, jungle val, and anacharis floating. Tossed the fake decor and added a nice piece of driftwood as well.

Water has a slight haze to it at the moment but this happens every time I add more than a couple new gel tab root tabs at a time.

Now for the best news of all the fish shipped today and will be here tomorrow! Going to be a fun afternoon and I think my boys are more exited than me lol.

Adding pics, and any suggestions are welcome!

 

[fishywoo]

Put a background on Chantieri’s new home and finally managed to snag a few shots of him.

The new Nicrew heater which has an external controller is so far working just as I’d expect and I might have to get another one for Sambuca’s tank if the room gets much cooler come actual winter. His is a preset Tetra which works well but can only heat so many degrees above the ambient. Time will tell.

Here’s Chantieri. And some of Sambuca being grumpy.

They are gorgeous! <3

 

[GouramiGirl100]

Good morning from my pleco and hungry rabbit snails always eating my Vals. Going to call LFS today and see if they got in the ropefish

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Testing all the stuff I picked up on Sunday. All 5 lights, three air pumps and 9/10 heaters turned on (still need to test temp control. The one that didn't is an old heater. Not sure if the bulb burnt out or what. I also have an older filter setup too. Not sure if I'm going to do a retro build, or sell those to somebody a lot more interested lol

 

[fishywoo]

Testing all the stuff I picked up on Sunday. All 5 lights, three air pumps and 9/10 heaters turned on (still need to test temp control. The one that didn't is an old heater. Not sure if the bulb burnt out or what. I also have an older filter setup too. Not sure if I'm going to do a retro build, or sell those to somebody a lot more interested lol

So much equipment! This is what I need to do first I think, scour some local adds and see if I can find someone trying to get rid of a 5 gallon cube tank. I will happily take that off their hands! I don't need much! Lol

WC my main tank last night. Discovered an artillery of diatoms under the lid since it has been moved back slightly to be able to open it without the handle. Not fun.

Water changing my Ranchu in quarantine today and spend a good amount of time watching my berried Shrimp juggle her eggs. It's just so fascinating! <3

I would have never known I'd love keeping shrimp this much.
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[Fishfur]

So much equipment! This is what I need to do first I think, scour some local adds and see if I can find someone trying to get rid of a 5 gallon cube tank. I will happily take that off their hands! I don't need much! Lol

WC my main tank last night. Discovered an artillery of diatoms under the lid since it has been moved back slightly to be able to open it without the handle. Not fun.

Water changing my Ranchu in quarantine today and spend a good amount of time watching my berried Shrimp juggle her eggs. It's just so fascinating! <3

I would have never known I'd love keeping shrimp this much.
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For such small and relatively simple critters they can be very entertaining, can’t they?

 

[fishywoo]

For such small and relatively simple critters they can be very entertaining, can’t they?

I'm totally in love with them. Lol

 

[tetraguy]

Fished arrived today and are safely in their new home! Acclimated just fine just as I thought they would as sellers water is right near identical to mine. I was expecting the fish to be lethargic and want to hide all day but boy are they proving me wrong!

I've read nothing but how skiddish cpds are, and very shy, and easily out competed for food but let me tell you these guys n gals are everything but any of that! There are 10 of them amongst 3 juvenile cherry barb, and 3 juvenile endlers and the cpds seem to be the life of the party lol. I'm assuming the others are acting as dither fish helping the cpds to feel safe.

Not sure if Flip aquatics is known by many here but would like to give them a mention. First off the packing was 2nd to none! Fish all seem to be in outstanding health, no signs of illness, and have witness 6 or 7 poops which all look completely normal. Fish are coloring up beautifully, and seem to be happy. I definitely will be using them for future purchases. They even tossed In a couple nice stickers, and an extra fish by the way!! I had a couple questions and both emails were answered within an hour. Would definitely recommend checking them out if looking for fish you can't find locally!

Other than that the new hygger heater with external in line controls is working out great! Next up now I've got even more fry in the endler/fry tank ... these guys are baby making machines! Haha.

One last thing the dwarf rainbowfish are doing great as well, and if everything works out as planned I found a lfs that ships tanks and just so happens to have the 30g I'm wanting so will be ordering that end of week! Lots of exiting things happening around here!

Thanks for reading, hope everyone enjoying their fish as much as me!!

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Got all my equipment organized into boxes and bins. Sooooo many filters lol

Started planning out in my head what to go where. Going to get rid of the 30 and put the 20 there. The 20 long will replace a 10 by the front door and the crab tank stand will be moved back in front of Alex's enclosure, but a male only tank for all Endler strains (fish for the LFS from all tanks)

The 20 long will be for breeding my long fin peppered cories. I'll keep the regular ones in the regular 20. Not sure what I want to put in there with it though. Kinda want to try angel fish as a thank you / reminder of the person that had them before.

Note on the tank said:

" 11-30 Lg black angel from the black and platinum pair*

So, something like that

 

[jbsmith]

Fished arrived today and are safely in their new home! Acclimated just fine just as I thought they would as sellers water is right near identical to mine. I was expecting the fish to be lethargic and want to hide all day but boy are they proving me wrong!

I've read nothing but how skiddish cpds are, and very shy, and easily out competed for food but let me tell you these guys n gals are everything but any of that! There are 10 of them amongst 3 juvenile cherry barb, and 3 juvenile endlers and the cpds seem to be the life of the party lol. I'm assuming the others are acting as dither fish helping the cpds to feel safe.

Not sure if Flip aquatics is known by many here but would like to give them a mention. First off the packing was 2nd to none! Fish all seem to be in outstanding health, no signs of illness, and have witness 6 or 7 poops which all look completely normal. Fish are coloring up beautifully, and seem to be happy. I definitely will be using them for future purchases. They even tossed In a couple nice stickers, and an extra fish by the way!! I had a couple questions and both emails were answered within an hour. Would definitely recommend checking them out if looking for fish you can't find locally!

Other than that the new hygger heater with external in line controls is working out great! Next up now I've got even more fry in the endler/fry tank ... these guys are baby making machines! Haha.

One last thing the dwarf rainbowfish are doing great as well, and if everything works out as planned I found a lfs that ships tanks and just so happens to have the 30g I'm wanting so will be ordering that end of week! Lots of exiting things happening around here!

Thanks for reading, hope everyone enjoying their fish as much as me!!

It's great to hear that your new fish are adjusting so well and that they're thriving as the life of the party! It's refreshing to see the CPDs breaking the mould by being more social. Thanks for sharing your positive experience with Flip Aquatics; it's helpful to hear about reliable suppliers.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

So, any guesses as to what these are?

They were in 4 of the tanks I picked up. They were sitting vertical in the tanks and were stuck to the bottom glass by algae etc... so I assume they were used in tank. But for what?

 

[Fishfur]

So, any guesses as to what these are?

They were in 4 of the tanks I picked up. They were sitting vertical in the tanks and were stuck to the bottom glass by algae etc... so I assume they were used in tank. But for what?View attachment 890752

Maybe they were supports for dividers? I can’t say I’ve ever seen anything quite like them before, but that’s what comes to mind.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Moved a couple tanks to make room for one of the new tanks. Need to get sand, but a basic idea. Going to attach a tree to the driftwood and let it grow.

 

[John58ford]

So, any guesses as to what these are?

They were in 4 of the tanks I picked up. They were sitting vertical in the tanks and were stuck to the bottom glass by algae etc... so I assume they were used in tank. But for what?View attachment 890752

Other breeders of certain fish would know the ins and outs of this better than me(I've never done this). But those look like they could be used to hang breeding mops. They definitely look very purpose built.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Other breeders of certain fish would know the ins and outs of this better than me(I've never done this). But those look like they could be used to hang breeding mops. They definitely look very purpose built.

Good point. He was breeding egg layers.

 

[John58ford]

Good point. He was breeding egg layers.

I also named that incorrectly. It would be breeding slate, not a mop. Mops are common for some fish, slates or cones would be used for angels. This way you can pull the fertilized eggs if the parents are known to cannibalize.