What are you doing to your tank today?


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Wondering what everyone is doing to their tanks weather its changing decor adding removing, changing substrate, new lights filters air stones or sponge filters etc..... Also pics are very much encouraged
PS if there is a better section for this thread please move it Thanks!!
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Me? Nothing. LOL.
 

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finally added some fish! Harlequins
 
It got cold and humidity dropped. Lots of tanks are low after a day. Time to haul the water.
 

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Boiling new grape wood. Boiling rocks. Soon to wash play sand and pea gravel.

Today on "will a pleco eat it?" grape wood. I'm also wondering what vineyards got bull dozed or replanted to put so much big grape wood on the market.
 
I am just sitting here patiently waiting for one of you lovely people to please come clean my 15 gallon for me.
It REALLY needs it and I am just not feeling it today.
 
I am just sitting here patiently waiting for one of you lovely people to please come clean my 15 gallon for me.
It REALLY needs it and I am just not feeling it today.
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If you lived by me it wouldn't be no trouble as i've helped neighbours no end of times.
 

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I wish I lived closer to you! In exchange for cleaning my tank I'd let you play with this super cute puppy of mine!
 
Lovely Harlequins I think yours are the same as mine Copper?...I only have 3 but they're so calm and keep together and not greedy fish, once my tanks finished it's cycle I shall double up on some fish

 
Mine definitely have a nice copper color to them. I bought the last 9 my LFS had and they seem to be coloring up Pretty good
 
Mine definitely have a nice copper color to them. I bought the last 9 my LFS had and they seem to be coloring up Pretty good
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They do colour great and mine are mainly middle swimmers, I don't know about yours
 
very overdue 50% waterchange. The meds I used this week have build up a film, now I have to get some oxygen in the water.
 
I redecorated my 20 long:

And I finally got to decorate my two new 10 gals:
(The dirt is still a tad stirred up in the second one, it’ll settle out)
On a more sour note though, I will be watching one tank particularly close because one of my female bettas that had been getting better has taken a turn for the worse
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What kind of plants are those on the very bottom picture ?

....the one with the bridge
 
Lovely Harlequins I think yours are the same as mine Copper?...I only have 3 but they're so calm and keep together and not greedy fish, once my tanks finished it's cycle I shall double up on some fish
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Think they might be glowlight rasbora you have, I am also from UK and the seem to label the glowlight as copper. Well in Maidenhead aquatics they do
 
What size is this tank? I would like to get one.
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Hex is 60 litres and Phoenix Axolotl lives in an 80 litre

I also have two other 80 litre aquariums with a variety of fish in each
 
What kind of plants are those on the very bottom picture ?

....the one with the bridge
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The black and white plants are plastic. The green and white plants are white ribbons - though they are only semI aquatic and will die eventually. Surprisingly, now, two months after I took that picture, they’re still going strong. It’s an interesting experiment.
The little plants in the mounds, I don’t recall the name, but they’re just from PetSmart. I may stop by there later today, and if they have some I can check the name for you.
I also don’t recall if there’s dwarf water lettuce in that picture, but there is some in that tank now
 
The black and white plants are plastic. The green and white plants are white ribbons - though they are only semI aquatic and will die eventually. Surprisingly, now, two months after I took that picture, they’re still going strong. It’s an interesting experiment.
The little plants in the mounds, I don’t recall the name, but they’re just from PetSmart. I may stop by there later today, and if they have some I can check the name for you.
I also don’t recall if there’s dwarf water lettuce in that picture, but there is some in that tank now
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White ribbons , ok cool,thanks
 

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Well i've done another 25% water change again as I tested my water this morning and ammonia was on solid yellow for 2mins, then went to 0.25 so it seems like the cycle is coming to it's end slowly.
Think they might be glowlight rasbora you have
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Craig cheers for that as I had them from Dolittles and they was labelled Copper but just looked up glowlight on the net and they're identical
 
Water changes today!! Discus tank need 50% water change and the fx6 cleaned. Both shrimp tanks need to be cleaned and maybe things moved around. Ok starting now let’s see how long this takes .
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Good luck with yours, as I was working on mine for nearly 2hrs yesterday
 
Well i've done another 25% water change again as I tested my water this morning and ammonia was on solid yellow for 2mins, then went to 0.25 so it seems like the cycle is coming to it's end slowly.

Craig cheers for that as I had them from Dolittles and they was labelled Copper but just looked up glowlight on the net and they're identical
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No worries, they are great looking fish btw something different I’d say. Would love a tank full of them but I have went the tetra route.

Away to do a 50% water change and plant trim then slight reposition. Might quickly nip out and grab a few fish and return my cichlids too as the have cost me a few fish now, I swear it’s the devil with fins......
 
No worries, they are great looking fish btw something different I’d say. Would love a tank full of them but I have went the tetra route.
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Well if you have enough room go for some as they're great with tetra.
 
Finishing water changes most likely. Got 5/7 yesterday but stupidly fell and injured myself, shortly after stepping on the super glue tube that was open and getting glue places I shouldn’t.
Some days aren’t made for total tank care.
 
15 @5 g done this am ..75-90% for each tank .All buckets out and in .
Each tank either has fry , breeding pairs , or eggs ..
These tanks take longer despite being small .
Maybe took 1 & 1/2 hours total including lightly wiping each tank ..
Many more to go but they get faster and easier as they get bigger !
 

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Ok done all cleaned. Fx6 went 2 months without cleaning and I think it could have went another. So next cleaning for it will be mid may .
My shrimp tanks have great water quality but the water that gets vacuumed out is the dirityest of any tanks I’ve ever had. Shrimp keepers say they never vacuume there tanks. I don’t get it. After 2 weeks the water starts turning yellow. I must have some extra dirty type of shrimp .
 
So far so good
I’ve switched my Pearls with my 6 Three Spots and added my adult male Three Spot to my 60 while the 2 male Pearls and female are now in the 33. Here’s hoping it stays this peaceful.
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I'm getting my 40 gallon tank next weekend and I think I'll get some gouramies from my LFS and some live plants as I really want to make this tank heavily planted (I will post some photos).

As for what I'm doing to my tanks, I have to to a water change for my 15 gallon and add Prime for my ammonia spike and I'll be adding there a breeder box for my baby guppies, and I'll also wash my live plants and vacuum the gravel in my minnow tank.

Then, I think I'm gonna go sleep, I've had a very productive day..
 
Oh well tested my ammonia this morning and it was about 0.15 definitely swaying to yellow now and did another 25% water change...the liquids i'm getting through is SICK but as long as it keeps my fish good that's all I care about till this cycle as finished.
 
Just finished up my first WC with fish in the tank. My Rasboras were curious about the siphon in their tank.
 
Oh well tested my ammonia this morning and it was about 0.15 definitely swaying to yellow now and did another 25% water change...the liquids i'm getting through is SICK but as long as it keeps my fish good that's all I care about till this cycle as finished.
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Good luck Tez, I'll have to cycle a 40 gallon tank. Good luck meead:

My Rasboras were curious about the siphon in their tank.
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It's kind of cute:cat:
 
I hope your not hurt to bad

Nice one Sprinkle
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Thank you. I took a lot of pain relief, arnica and cbd lotion to get through last night. But it worked... let me get on with tanks yesterday.

That'll learn me to spend the day on tanks with a migraine.
 

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The same thing we do every Sunday, Pinky...a WC
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Blew through the 9@10g , hit the 2@65g and got 50% out of the 30 gallon before 11am..
Now just discus and fry tanks ...Tomorrow the world !
 
Going on vacation on Thursday. Trying to figure out how I'm going to do this. Going to be gone like 10 days. I think I will move my Amanos from the 5 back to the 55. Will the poops that are in there currently keep my cycle? There is still a pea size nerite in there. I don't want to leave them in the 5 because A) Getting a auto feeder to feed every other day. B) When they molt it gets really slimy and spiderwebby in the 5 where it does not in the 55. Does this sound like I will make it through?
 
The 5 should be fine for 10 days easy .
Pull shrimp and leave it dirty .
Change water on it when you get back before re installing shrimp .
 
The 5 should be fine for 10 days easy .
Pull shrimp and leave it dirty .
Change water on it when you get back before re installing shrimp .
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Yeah that's what I was thinking. They poop wayyy to much to leave them in the 5 for that long. lol Why do the molts get slimy strings on the sand but not the gravel?
 
I'm fairly certain my Rams are going to lay eggs on Wednesday because we are leaving Thursday....And I won't be able to do anything with them.
 
I'll tell you what i've been doing...going around my tank with a torch and that's spec's included

I'm sure my blue fan tailed guppy as passed away, he's not with my others and can I see him NO WAY mind you he was nearly 2yrs old
 
Thank you. I took a lot of pain relief, arnica and cbd lotion to get through last night. But it worked... let me get on with tanks yesterday.

That'll learn me to spend the day on tanks with a migraine.
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Well thank god it wasn't serious and the pain relievers have helped...just be careful in future I don't know
 
Well thank god it wasn't serious and the pain relievers have helped...just be careful in future I don't know
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I’m grateful it wasn’t worse as well! Both the super glue incident and the fall. My tank shenanigans today were probably more serious, went to pet store for cat food and fish supplies and come away with a new fish. Of course. Can’t leave so many tanks without fish right?!

Hope you find your guppy.
 
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