What are you doing to your tank today?

[BPSabelhaus]

Did you try Google translate? Maybe it's a written form of whale...
Or maybe it says "Some fish"

 

[Fishfur]

Hum. I was looking at my me eggs and noticing they form the most wonderful pattern. I wonder if they were trying to spell some sort of message but couldn't remember the spelling?

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Still pretty creative. Normally they lay them on plants but there is like 1/2 inch between that log and the glass - fairly agile fish to fit squeeze them in there. Oh well maybe next time they will draw a pretty picture of Ms. Goldie Locks or the three bears....

That really does look like there should be readable words! Make a nice pattern for decoration on fabric.

 

[Fishfur]

Like a lot of people, resetting a bunch of timers lol STOP THE MADNESS!!!! lol

I don’t bother changing the timers - just let ‘em keep going as I don’t think the fish appreciate the change.

Usually don’t even change the clock on the stove unless someone comments that it’s wrong.

I just subtract the hour mentally. I detest DST so I try to ignore it as much as that’s possible.

If I’m asleep I don’t notice that the bedroom tank lights come on an hour earlier and if I’m awake I’m already annoyed at being up that early so what difference does it make?

Once I get the big terrariums back in service I’ll set their timers so they don’t come on too early. They are so freaking bright they’ll probably wake me up. But that won’t be for some time to come.

 

[newjungletank]

My bristlenose has been acting weird lately, sitting out on display in the front of the tank. Normally, he comes out only when I feed. One oto cat has joined him sitting out in the front. Now, I also have two black neons and one pencilfish that seem to have swim bladder disease. Swimming vertically (pencil fish is a hockeystick, but actually sitting full vertical).

So, I don't think it's a random eating problem. All of the fish look fine physically, except the oto cat looks like he has a couple of light specks on his back, but I see nothing on any fins. The bristlenose also looks lighter in color, it was dark brown, but lighter now. I'm trying to figure out what if anything I can do. I can't catch these fish out and there are probably 30 total fish in the tank. I do have lots of various medicines, but I want to pick what's best.

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I caught all my fish that were acting funny out today. The sick ones are much easier to catch. I set up a 10 gallon and pulled a sponge filter from the tank they were in. I filled it with 9 gallons of RODI water and added 4 tablespoons of aquarium salt. I'm heating it up right now and aclimating the fish.



I have other tanks moved up on this table as well because I am working on this.



Nice timing...

 

[TClare]

I don’t bother changing the timers - just let ‘em keep going as I don’t think the fish appreciate the change.

My poor fish are having to put up with many time changes lately, due to all the power cuts we have been having...despite the power being off for several hours at time twice a day, the fish all seem tore coping fine.

So today I decided that it was time to catch all the rest of the fish from the 240l tank, those that I hadn't already caught in traps. So I took out all the floating plants then all the pieces of wood (a lot) except the one that runs the length of the tank forming a higher bank behind. I then siphoned out nearly all of the water so only a small puddle was left. Even so I still didn't find all of the fish. When I started to fill the tank again, a ruby tetra, 2 pygmy Corydoras and a Coplella appeared from nowhere. And one of the Rineloricarias completely disappeared - they must be able to bury themselves in the sand I think. Well that's it I decided that any fish left in there would have to stay and take their chances with the pike cichlids. So I put all the wood back again, I didn't manage to get it all where it was before but never mind. This is how the tank looked when I still didn't manage to get all of the fish:


So then I decided to try to catch the pike cichlids from the big tank. I wasn't sure if the opening in the traps was quite big enough for them to go in, but decided to try. Put some cut up shrimp pieces in each of two traps, and within a matter of seconds I had caught the female. Unfortunately the male saw what happened to her, which then made him more wary of the trap, he was going all around it trying to get the shrimp from the other end of the bottle, the severum joined in with this too! The male is a bit bigger than the female and I think the trap needs a bigger entrance hole so he can go in more easily. I will see to this tomorrow as it was getting quite late by this time.

 

[newjungletank]

Now I've identified ich on several more fish in my main 29 gallon aquarium, so, I'm treating it now with API Ick treatment. I don't want to do salt in there since it's heavily planted. I raised the temp to 84 degrees the other day as a precaution, so I'm ahead of the game on that part. In my hospital tank that I'm treating with salt, the bristlenose has come around quite a bit. I put a tiny amount of Hikari micro pellets in there to see if one of the black neons was ready to eat as he's swimming more normally. He didn't, but the bristlenose came out and ate them off the bottom. Yesterday afternoon, he was laying upside down on the bottom of the 29 gallon. Huge bounce back for him so far.

Now, I need to figure out what's off with my tank. I know it's over stocked, but most of that was due to natural black neon reproduction. That stopped quite a while ago. Nitrates seem to be a little higher than they should be given all of my floating plants and stem plants, but they were still in the OK range when I checked last week with a test strip. Guess I need to break out the full test kit.

 

[Fishfur]

Now I've identified ich on several more fish in my main 29 gallon aquarium, so, I'm treating it now with API Ick treatment. I don't want to do salt in there since it's heavily planted. I raised the temp to 84 degrees the other day as a precaution, so I'm ahead of the game on that part. In my hospital tank that I'm treating with salt, the bristlenose has come around quite a bit. I put a tiny amount of Hikari micro pellets in there to see if one of the black neons was ready to eat as he's swimming more normally. He didn't, but the bristlenose came out and ate them off the bottom. Yesterday afternoon, he was laying upside down on the bottom of the 29 gallon. Huge bounce back for him so far.

Now, I need to figure out what's off with my tank. I know it's over stocked, but most of that was due to natural black neon reproduction. That stopped quite a while ago. Nitrates seem to be a little higher than they should be given all of my floating plants and stem plants, but they were still in the OK range when I checked last week with a test strip. Guess I need to break out the full test kit.

The additional heat isn’t necessary and won’t help resolve the problem faster, just fyi.

84F isn’t hot enough to kill Ich outright and their life cycle is already as fast as it can possibly be at about 76F so raising the temperature doesn’t accomplish much.

 

[newjungletank]

The additional heat isn’t necessary and won’t help resolve the problem faster, just fyi.

84F isn’t hot enough to kill Ich outright and their life cycle is already as fast as it can possibly be at about 76F so raising the temperature doesn’t accomplish much.

I lowered the temp on the 29 gallon to 82F as directed on the API bottle. I left the temp in the hospital tank with salt in it at 84. The pencilfish didn't make it, but the bristlenose and oto cats are looking better. One of the black neons seems to be swimming in a more normal manner.

 

[Fishfur]

I lowered the temp on the 29 gallon to 82F as directed on the API bottle. I left the temp in the hospital tank with salt in it at 84. The pencilfish didn't make it, but the bristlenose and oto cats are looking better. One of the black neons seems to be swimming in a more normal manner.

Sounds good. Hope they recover fully.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Stuffed peamouth fry recipe.

3 peamouth fry
15 gallons room temp water
Live food after a week of no live food
Combine ingredients and wait lol


The sticklebacks are reasonable. These three act like they've never eaten. Little goldfish lol

 

[Fishfur]

Spent a couple hours cleaning up & planting some new acquisitions but for the moment they’re all in big ziplock bags because I ran out of plastic boxes with clear lids. I’ll have to get a couple more. I’ve begun growing virtually every new plant I get emersed for at least a couple of months and much longer for the TC plants. Seems to be working out quite well so far.

My favourite online plant seller had a bit of a special - several very good deals plus a couple of freebies if one spent enough.

All arrived in good shape except for the Diplidis diandra - which is proving to be very difficult to find & harder still to keep alive if it’s TC. It transitions fine if the stems are mature but as TC it seems to be incredibly fragile and extremely susceptible to rot.

They’ll refund or credit it but I hope they can get me one in better condition.

My freebies consisted of a nice Ruffle sword E.martii & a bundle of Crypt lutea, and I’d ordered a ruffle sword because they were 5 bucks, so there are two. All the anubias were 5 bucks as well - short single stems but I can be patient and I’ve seen potted ones for 3-4 times the price that were not much larger than these.

I got a really nice cup of C.wendtii Pink Panther - several surprisingly big plants with very healthy roots plus countless small ones. If they all grow I’ll have way more of them than I have room for but selling a few could pay for this entire lot of plants down the road, which would be nice.

Also a cup of TC Proserpinaca palustris, Hygrophila odora and the unfortunate Diplidis. I salvaged a few stems from the slush in the cup but I have little hope for the poor things.

There was a nice pot of Hottonia palustris, Echinodorus Yellow Sun, & Cryptocoryne Pontederiifolia.

Lastly, a bunch of Rotala H’Ra, Juncus repens plus single stems of Anubias sp. Jade & Kirin Mini (very tiny leaves with ruffled edges) plus A.glabra Minima, which resembles A.lanceolata but with much narrower, shorter leaves.

I cut the anubias stems into as many pieces as possible so as to get as many new growing tips going as possible and did much the same with the Rotala stems. They were quite long and in great shape so hopefully they’ll all sprout new growth.

Now they’re all in 2” clay pots of clean vermiculite in big zip bags poofed up with air ‘til I get boxes to grow them in.

Images are Pink Panther, A.glabra Minima, A.Jade, H.odora, A.Kirin Mini, Hottonia under a Ruffle sword, E.martii (ruffle sword), E.Yellow Sun, C. Pontederiifolia, P.palustris.

 

[TClare]

Still trying to catch the male dwarf pike cichlid. I made a bigger trap with a bigger entrance, but he just wants to get the shrimp from the other end! The female went in the smaller trap immediately but he saw what happened, maybe that is why he won't go in. The tank is very large (200 x 65 x 65cm) and has lots of branches and hiding places, I think trying to catch him with a net would be a lost cause...I know there are other types of trap including those with a sliding door that you operate with fishing line, but you have to watch all the time, and I have a feeling I would get it wrong and it wouldn't work. I will give this one a try for the next few days at least.

 

[Fishfur]

Still trying to catch the male dwarf pike cichlid. I made a bigger trap with a bigger entrance, but he just wants to get the shrimp from the other end! The female went in the smaller trap immediately but he saw what happened, maybe that is why he won't go in. The tank is very large (200 x 65 x 65cm) and has lots of branches and hiding places, I think trying to catch him with a net would be a lost cause...I know there are other types of trap including those with a sliding door that you operate with fishing line, but you have to watch all the time, and I have a feeling I would get it wrong and it wouldn't work. I will give this one a try for the next few days at least.

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I have had some success catching very elusive fish (kuhli loaches for example) using a large sheet of plastic canvas or two in some cases.

They glide easily through water thanks to the open mesh, are reasonably stiff but bend easily and can be stuck into substrate to stop escape underneath.

I use them to ‘herd’ the fish. If I can herd it into a small area where the plastic canvas serves as a corral, it’s a lot easier to catch the fish.

A couple of times I was able to use the sheet of mesh to herd fish into a square glass vase I’d laid on its side in a corner and the mesh served to cap the vase long enough to lift it out fish and all.

Once I managed to slide the canvas under & through the substrate and scooped the fish onto it - more by luck than planning - and was able to slide it into the bag from the curled up sheet.

This method is by no means foolproof - fish being very fast, sneaky & slippery! but it might be worth a try if this guy continues to evade traps.

Plastic canvas can be had in a few fairly basic sizes - roughly 11x8”, 10x13” and 20x13”. The largest ones serve best in larger tanks.

Just a suggestion.

 

[TClare]

I have had some success catching very elusive fish (kuhli loaches for example) using a large sheet of plastic canvas or two in some cases.

They glide easily through water thanks to the open mesh, are reasonably stiff but bend easily and can be stuck into substrate to stop escape underneath.

I use them to ‘herd’ the fish. If I can herd it into a small area where the plastic canvas serves as a corral, it’s a lot easier to catch the fish.

A couple of times I was able to use the sheet of mesh to herd fish into a square glass vase I’d laid on its side in a corner and the mesh served to cap the vase long enough to lift it out fish and all.

Once I managed to slide the canvas under & through the substrate and scooped the fish onto it - more by luck than planning - and was able to slide it into the bag from the curled up sheet.

This method is by no means foolproof - fish being very fast, sneaky & slippery! but it might be worth a try if this guy continues to evade traps.

Plastic canvas can be had in a few fairly basic sizes - roughly 11x8”, 10x13” and 20x13”. The largest ones serve best in larger tanks.

Just a suggestion.

Interesting suggestion, not quite sure how I would manage it as the tank is quite deep.

 

[Fishfur]

Interesting suggestion, not quite sure how I would manage it as the tank is quite deep.

That is definitely a challenge. Maybe try making a trap out of the mesh? It’s quite easy to fasten together into a box or cylinder shape using wire or skinny zip ties and it won’t look anything like the one he’s become wise to - and the smell of the bait will be stronger.

Stuff cuts dead easy with even little kid’s scissors.

 

[TClare]

Maybe try making a trap out of the mesh?

Yes, I had thought of something along those lines, just need to see if I can find that mesh.

 

[BlockHead1981]

Nothing just admiring for once

 

[Fishfur]

Yes, I had thought of something along those lines, just need to see if I can find that mesh.

A shop selling needlework supplies should have it or maybe Amazon - they sure have it up here.

 

[newjungletank]

I lowered the temp on the 29 gallon to 82F as directed on the API bottle. I left the temp in the hospital tank with salt in it at 84. The pencilfish didn't make it, but the bristlenose and oto cats are looking better. One of the black neons seems to be swimming in a more normal manner.

I added another black neon to the hospital tank last night to bring the total to 3. However, I lost two overnight, leaving one. The oto cats and the bristlenose seem to be doing OK. I have a feeling that only they will survive.

2 or 3 black neons in the 29 gallon still have ich on them, but they look normal otherwise, swimming normal and eating. I'm supposed to do a 25% water change tomorrow based on the medication directions.

 

[FunnyFish]

Anubias sp. Jade & Kirin Mini (very tiny leaves with ruffled edges) plus A.glabra Minima, which resembles A.lanceolata but with much narrower, shorter leaves.

It sounds like you and I both ordered from Aquascape last week.

I also got the free A.glabra minima as my freebie when I ordered 2 Jade, 2 Kirin, A.Bartei broadleaf and Nana Golden. The plants had a little further to come to me, but they were in great condition. The Jade is really stunning. I'm excited for this one to grow out!!

I also got some additional jungle vals and removed the driftwood and replaced it with rocks. This has brought my ruby Tetra out of hiding and the large driftwood that seemed to be taking up space being removed has everyone out swimming and using the whole tank now.

A whole new scape and I'm loving my tank all over again, and my fish appear to be loving it even more than me. Happy home!

 

[Fishfur]

It sounds like you and I both ordered from Aquascape last week.

I also got the free A.glabra minima as my freebie when I ordered 2 Jade, 2 Kirin, A.Bartei broadleaf and Nana Golden. The plants had a little further to come to me, but they were in great condition. The Jade is really stunning. I'm excited for this one to grow out!!

I also got some additional jungle vals and removed the driftwood and replaced it with rocks. This has brought my ruby Tetra out of hiding and the large driftwood that seemed to be taking up space being removed has everyone out swimming and using the whole tank now.

A whole new scape and I'm loving my tank all over again, and my fish appear to be loving it even more than me. Happy home!

Yep, Aquascaperoom has good stuff.

 

[newjungletank]

Yep, Aquascaperoom has good stuff.

So, I see aquascaperoom is in Canada. Here in the US, I've mainly just been buying from eBay sellers in addition to buceplant.com. There's one ebay seller from New York that I've had good luck with. He also sells hardscape that's nice as well for decent prices. If you put plants together, you can get free shipping. Buceplant.com is good when they have sales and coupon codes. I'd like to find a smaller seller than buceplant.com who sells directly.

 

[FunnyFish]

So, I see aquascaperoom is in Canada. Here in the US, I've mainly just been buying from eBay sellers in addition to buceplant.com. There's one ebay seller from New York that I've had good luck with. He also sells hardscape that's nice as well for decent prices. If you put plants together, you can get free shipping. Buceplant.com is good when they have sales and coupon codes. I'd like to find a smaller seller than buceplant.com who sells directly.

Yeah, it's in Canada. We don't have many places that will ship to us, and stores are often limited or very expensive. I mean the online stores can be expensive too, but this time there were some really sweet deals on plants, especially Anubias so I just had to do it.

 

[Fishfur]

So, I see aquascaperoom is in Canada. Here in the US, I've mainly just been buying from eBay sellers in addition to buceplant.com. There's one ebay seller from New York that I've had good luck with. He also sells hardscape that's nice as well for decent prices. If you put plants together, you can get free shipping. Buceplant.com is good when they have sales and coupon codes. I'd like to find a smaller seller than buceplant.com who sells directly.

Yes, Aquascape room is on the far east side of the GTA (Greater Toronto Area). Nice family run business.

But you have ABC plants in the US only now - they had a branch here for awhile but closed it. Very nice TC plants they culture themselves - and the only place I’m aware of that one can get Oak leaf water sprite (Ceratopteris cornuta) - which is easily grown floating (or planted or emersed) but takes management because it will become gigantic given any leeway.

It absolutely adores growing out of the water and has extremely attractive emersed fronds, assuming the tank is big enough to let it grow above water. I miss ABC - I did a fair bit of buying from them while they were here.

 

[newjungletank]

Yes, Aquascape room is on the far east side of the GTA (Greater Toronto Area). Nice family run business.

But you have ABC plants in the US only now - they had a branch here for awhile but closed it. Very nice TC plants they culture themselves - and the only place I’m aware of that one can get Oak leaf water sprite (Ceratopteris cornuta) - which is easily grown floating (or planted or emersed) but takes management because it will become gigantic given any leeway.

It absolutely adores growing out of the water and has extremely attractive emersed fronds, assuming the tank is big enough to let it grow above water. I miss ABC - I did a fair bit of buying from them while they were here.

Thanks, I'll check them out next time I need plants.

 

[YATT]

Boring, but I put window blackout on the back of the tank on my Facebook marketplace $20 tank and put it in my office and perfectly leveled it. No filter yet as I’m still pondering substrate options.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Proving I learned something lol
Unplugged the pond pump and plugged in a bubbler

 

[Sewerrat]

Been breaking down to 5 tanks plan to start moving them next weekend hopefully.

 

[tinylostwine]

Reflecting on my grumpy Keri; i think he is angry at me....

 

[newjungletank]

I added another black neon to the hospital tank last night to bring the total to 3. However, I lost two overnight, leaving one. The oto cats and the bristlenose seem to be doing OK. I have a feeling that only they will survive.

2 or 3 black neons in the 29 gallon still have ich on them, but they look normal otherwise, swimming normal and eating. I'm supposed to do a 25% water change tomorrow based on the medication directions.

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After following the directions on the API Super Ick Cure bottle, which is two applications, 48 hours apart, followed by a water change after 48 more hours, I still have at least 3 fish with Ick that is either the same or worse when than when I started treating them. I went ahead and changed out 8 gallons today and started activated carbon anyway. I'll just keep an eye out and see what happens over the next couple of days before hammering it again. They appear to be acting normal and eating. Not sure why the Ick is still hanging around.

 

[Fishfur]

After following the directions on the API Super Ick Cure bottle, which is two applications, 48 hours apart, followed by a water change after 48 more hours, I still have at least 3 fish with Ick that is either the same or worse when than when I started treating them. I went ahead and changed out 8 gallons today and started activated carbon anyway. I'll just keep an eye out and see what happens over the next couple of days before hammering it again. They appear to be acting normal and eating. Not sure why the Ick is still hanging around.

Ich is still hanging around because most Ich strains today have resistance to everything that’s been used to treat them, so Ich just can’t be cured in a less than a week no matter what is used.

Treatment should continue uninterrupted until at least one week has passed by without a sign of any spots on any fish.

Stopping treatment sooner than that creates more resistance and will result in even more infestation as hundreds & hundreds of theronts (free swimming larvae) hatch and go looking for a fish host.

There are basically 3 life stages to Ich - Trophont, Tomont & Theront.

The trophont is the spot we see on the fish, which is under its skin and can’t be touched with medication.

When the trophont has fed enough and matured enough it drops off the fish to become a tomont, something like an egg though it’s not an egg.

Tomonts are sticky and adhere to whatever they touch as they fall and after a day or so, each one releases hundreds of theronts, free swimming larvae that must find a fish host within about 3 days or die.

Tomonts are encysted, protected by a very tough covering & are immune to any treatments that wouldn’t also kill the fish - such as heat over 104F.

Only the trophonts can be affected & killed by medication while they’re swimming around looking for their all-you-can-eat mobile buffet - a fish to feed on.

Once they find a fish they burrow under the epithelial layers and become new trophonts - which are invisible at first, until they grow big enough to see.

They love hiding in the gills where we can never see them and some fish may never get them anywhere but inside the gills.

That’s why you keep up treatment until a week has gone by without any sighting of a white spot.

 

[newjungletank]

Ich is still hanging around because most Ich strains today have resistance to everything that’s been used to treat it, so it just can’t be cured in a less than a week.

Treatment should continue uninterrupted until at least one week has passed by without a sign of any spots on any fish.

Stopping treaty sooner than that creates more resistance and will result in even more infestation as hundreds & hundreds of theronts (free swimming larvae) hatch and go looking for a fish to live on.

There are basically 3 life stages to Ich - the trophont is the spot we see on the fish, which is under its skin and can’t be touched with medication. When the trophont has fed enough and matured enough it drops off the fish to become a tomont, something like an egg though it’s not an egg.

Tomonts are sticky and adhere to whatever they touch as they fall and each one releases hundreds of free swimming larvae that must find a fish host within about 3 days or die.

Tomonts are protected by a very tough covering & are immune to treatments that wouldn’t also kill the fish.

So only the trophonts can be killed while they’re swimming around looking for their lunch - a fish to feed on. Once they find a fish they burrow under the epithelial layers and become trophonts - which are invisible at first, until they grow big enough to see.

They live hiding in the gills where we can never see them. That’s why you keep up treatment until a week has gone by without any sighting of a white spot.

Guess I'll restart tomorrow.

 

[Fishfur]

Guess I'll restart tomorrow.

It’s a bit of a pain but once cured, a fish will acquire some immunity to Ich - it may not be 100% protection but they will be much less vulnerable to it if exposed a second time.

 

[Sewerrat]

Just checking to make sure all the tanks inhabitants are good didn't realize how big wife's oldest snail has gotten it's usually behind the ornaments. I have an xl sized hand for scale.

 

[Wendybrass]

Jumping in on the timer conversation, I gave up for a bit. I'd adjusted them, then there was power outage, adjusted again, then 4 outages in one day. After the 2nd outage I gave up. Also, I learned something very interesting. I have cuttings from a spider plant in one of my tanks. The basket containing the cuttings fell off it's perch so the plant was submerged. As I haven't stocked that tank yet I thought I'd watch and see how it makes out. It was submerged for a month and no melt at all. The leaves are just starting to look slightly pale so I've put it back on in its perch. I found that fascinating. I'm easily amused

 

[Fishfur]

Jumping in on the timer conversation, I gave up for a bit. I'd adjusted them, then there was power outage, adjusted again, then 4 outages in one day. After the 2nd outage I gave up. Also, I learned something very interesting. I have cuttings from a spider plant in one of my tanks. The basket containing the cuttings fell off it's perch so the plant was submerged. As I haven't stocked that tank yet I thought I'd watch and see how it makes out. It was submerged for a month and no melt at all. The leaves are just starting to look slightly pale so I've put it back on in its perch. I found that fascinating. I'm easily amused

Spider plants are incredibly resilient - many think another species, C.bichetti, is aquatic because it will survive for some time submerged, like Liriope will.

But eventually they die - too bad because a variegated spider plant would look pretty cool submerged.

 

[KingOscar]

Came home from a 6 day out of town vacation to find all my unfed fish doing fine.

 

[StarGirl]

Added some Chemiclean to the 5 and 15. The cyano is driving me bonkers. The 9 and 55 are just fine. So strange. Ones a sponge filter and one the all in one flex filtration. Put extra air stones in per the directions. We will see how it goes.

Other than that regular Sunday WCs.

 

[newjungletank]

Added some Chemiclean to the 5 and 15. The cyano is driving me bonkers. The 9 and 55 are just fine. So strange. Ones a sponge filter and one the all in one flex filtration. Put extra air stones in per the directions. We will see how it goes.

Other than that regular Sunday WCs.

Good luck with it.

 

[tinylostwine]

Added some Chemiclean to the 5 and 15. The cyano is driving me bonkers. The 9 and 55 are just fine. So strange. Ones a sponge filter and one the all in one flex filtration. Put extra air stones in per the directions. We will see how it goes.

Other than that regular Sunday WCs.

IF you haven't used chemiclean before - it will appear to not work and then a week or so later the cyano will vanish.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Bit more fish related. Doing my first 4 color print. Black, red and white but I added a few blue spots to resemble my Shubunkin more. Those should come in on the final layer. I hope lol No biggie if not, just a little more waste.
Edit: No sooner than I hit post and it swaps to blue lol Guess it's deeper than I thought. Good to know For the next time I add letters.


Instantly so much cooler.
Front

Back


Printing plugs for the pond filter. Realized far too late but early enough that I don't have to buy any lol

 

[Fishfur]

Added some Chemiclean to the 5 and 15. The cyano is driving me bonkers. The 9 and 55 are just fine. So strange. Ones a sponge filter and one the all in one flex filtration. Put extra air stones in per the directions. We will see how it goes.

Other than that regular Sunday WCs.

There is another treatment for cyanobacteria that I can vouch for personally. Ultra Life Blue Green Slime Stain Remover.

The name makes it sound like it belongs in the kitchen or bathroom but it works extremely well and didn’t bother inverts or fish or plants or the biofilter.

The cyanobacteria never returned once wiped out and I could see the patches I didn’t manage to remove by hand before starting the Ultra Life just melting and shrinking away day by day.

All gone in just a few days with visible effects from the day after it was dosed.

And unlike Chemiclean, it is not an antibiotic. It’s a little vial of pinkish coloured granular material they say are salts if some kind, (proprietary naturally) that doesn’t contain erythromycin sulfate, which is what is in the Chemiclean.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Ugh, the 22mm plug is exactly 22mm. I thought the inner diameter was 22 but it's only 20 so the plug just passed through the hole. Thought the plug was 22 mm with a lip bringing it out to 24 or so. No biggie, the 6mm fit perfect and will be caulked in for final assembly. Was thinking about doing a screw in so I can extend the return a bit and not lose as much water to the wind anyway. I was just trying to be very easy lol Might just use a brass hose fitting so I can fit a funnel with a debris catch to the water height. More complicated than drilling an outlet at the height I want and having to clear it alot. But complicating things is what I do lol

This is for the new pond filter outflow from the filter to feed a small hydroponics bed. Old light assembly from a Boeing engineering room. Heavy duty is a light term lol They knew how to buy lights in the 70's

 

[StarGirl]

There is another treatment for cyanobacteria that I can vouch for personally. Ultra Life Blue Green Slime Stain Remover.

The name makes it sound like it belongs in the kitchen or bathroom but it works extremely well and didn’t bother inverts or fish or plants or the biofilter.

The cyanobacteria never returned once wiped out and I could see the patches I didn’t manage to remove by hand before starting the Ultra Life just melting and shrinking away day by day.

All gone in just a few days with visible effects from the day after it was dosed.

And unlike Chemiclean, it is not an antibiotic. It’s a little vial of pinkish coloured granular material they say are salts if some kind, (proprietary naturally) that doesn’t contain erythromycin sulfate, which is what is in the Chemiclean.

The chemiclean said it does not have erythromycin in it. Safe for inverts and bacteria.

 

[TClare]

The chemiclean said it does not have erythromycin in it. Safe for inverts and bacteria.

Its probably the same mysterious stuff as in the blue green stain remover...

 

[YATT]

Prime added, filter running, wood water logging starting.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Ugh, the 22mm plug is exactly 22mm. I thought the inner diameter was 22 but it's only 20 so the plug just passed through the hole. Thought the plug was 22 mm with a lip bringing it out to 24 or so. No biggie, the 6mm fit perfect and will be caulked in for final assembly. Was thinking about doing a screw in so I can extend the return a bit and not lose as much water to the wind anyway. I was just trying to be very easy lol Might just use a brass hose fitting so I can fit a funnel with a debris catch to the water height. More complicated than drilling an outlet at the height I want and having to clear it alot. But complicating things is what I do lol

This is for the new pond filter outflow from the filter to feed a small hydroponics bed. Old light assembly from a Boeing engineering room. Heavy duty is a light term lol They knew how to buy lights in the 70's

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From problem to solution
Already printed the down pipe, now the basket. Not sure if I'll use the pipe, have to modify it, make another adapter or what. I'll figure that after I have the skimmer in hand in about 5 hours.

 

[BlackOsprey]

Continuing work with the 29g. I'm hoping to create a planted axolotl tank. Yes, I know axies don't favor bright light, which is why I'm looking to shade the tank with floating plants and other dense plant growth.

 

[TClare]

Continuing work with the 29g. I'm hoping to create a planted axolotl tank. Yes, I know axies don't favor bright light, which is why I'm looking to shade the tank with floating plants and other dense plant growth.

I set up such a tank for my son's girlfriend. It has Vallisneria, a small Amazon sword, water lettuce and frog bit (all taken from my fish tanks). I wasn't sure how these plants would work in unheated water, or if the axolotls would dig them up, but they have been doing fine for over a year now and some floating plants have to be removed sometimes. I also made some rock shelters that the axolotls use sometimes but they are usually out and about. The tank we used was a spare one of mine and a bit bigger than yours, 175L, she has two axolotls in there, we think they are both females.

 

[newjungletank]

I started working on my new tanks and I need your input. I have two varieties of UNS Contrasand; Morocco and Pacifica. I have two identical tanks side by side. I was going to do one in each, but now I'm thinking of mixing them. First tank will be apistogrammas and some dither fish. It will be heavy wood and lots of plants, including some carpeting plants. Second tank will be unheated for CPD, white cloud minnows, and hopefully hillstream loaches. It will be a river theme with lots of rocks, some large, with some plants, and some dwarf grass.

Here's the sand under the aquarium light I'll be using. First pic is some of each, Morocco is red, Pacifica is black.


Second is about equal amounts of each mixed together.


So, if you would, can you give me your opinion on what to use in each tank? Originally, my thought was Morocco in the apisto tank and Pacifica in the river tank. Now, I don't know...