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I looked at my tank and thought "I need to take care if my algae". Of course nothing happened to the algae. Oh well. I'll leave it for my otos I'm getting on tuesday
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Celebrating the weekend with some "all Tanks day" cleaning. I had life happen the last few weeks so I haven't tumbled any sand for ~21 days. Needless to say the "white sand" was better described as "sand".
As usual for all tanks day, here are some ramshorns snail balls (gathered around the food I gave them last night to make vacuuming easier):
And I can't be the only one that gets immediate gratification when they look into the drain bucket and can't see the bottom right? (You can see the reflection of my light bars but this shot is looking straight down in a blue bucket lol)
Finally, my boys and I had enough time to make and attach labels on the cables I "organized" a couple weeks ago.
Now I just need to clean up my mess
As usual for all tanks day, here are some ramshorns snail balls (gathered around the food I gave them last night to make vacuuming easier):
And I can't be the only one that gets immediate gratification when they look into the drain bucket and can't see the bottom right? (You can see the reflection of my light bars but this shot is looking straight down in a blue bucket lol)
Finally, my boys and I had enough time to make and attach labels on the cables I "organized" a couple weeks ago.
Now I just need to clean up my mess
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I spent 2.5 hours (on Thursday) scrubbing algae off of my driftwood, my sunken jar and glass. I was sooooooooooooo tired!
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Today, I changed around the big tank. I have been trying to get a planted tank going and between last Saturday and yesterday, I've purchased some plants, driftwood, and spider wood to get the tank going towards a more natural and planted look. Still more things that I want to do, but this will do for now until these plants take off and the budget opens up a little bit more. Below are some before and after pictures. May not look like a big difference in pics, but it definitely is in person. For one thing the Romans (coliseum) have left the tank!
Before. Note the gigantic coliseum, some plants floating up top, and some just kind of sitting, but not planted.
After....
Before. Note the gigantic coliseum, some plants floating up top, and some just kind of sitting, but not planted.
After....
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I brought home some Corys that someone was giving away. I was worried they'd go to someone who wouldn't keep them in groups, so now I guess I have ten Corys. The 55 is bustling with activity!
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Did a WC on Willards 5.5 and a WC on the Cory fry 5.5 using my trusty airline tubing attached to a skewer and of course primed it wit my turkey baster
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Well I did a water change been doing them daily for over a week and YIPPY nitrite as gone, just slight ammonia to shift out now plus I vacuumed it.
My god you can't shift this tank one bit, so when I emptied 6 buckets, I had hubby down on his knees and me standing on his feet so he could pull it with out moving, what a performance just to change my background from black to blue, well that's done now and he said I should have put Bl**dy wheels on this
My god you can't shift this tank one bit, so when I emptied 6 buckets, I had hubby down on his knees and me standing on his feet so he could pull it with out moving, what a performance just to change my background from black to blue, well that's done now and he said I should have put Bl**dy wheels on this
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Week 2 of consolidated water changes. Did both 40 g breeder tanks yesterday and will do the 75 g and 10 g today. So I went from 3-4 days of WC to two. I just have to plan accordingly to have enough RO/DI water prepared.
Need to do some gardening in 2 of my tanks. Plants that had been growing like crazy in the 75 are dying or have died and I can’t figure out why. Switched up the fert routine and I am seeing better growth but I now need to fill in some holes.
My large golden diamond barbs are picking at some of the plants in their 40g. However, the two types of Vals are growing great so I may need to get some more of them.
Need to do some gardening in 2 of my tanks. Plants that had been growing like crazy in the 75 are dying or have died and I can’t figure out why. Switched up the fert routine and I am seeing better growth but I now need to fill in some holes.
My large golden diamond barbs are picking at some of the plants in their 40g. However, the two types of Vals are growing great so I may need to get some more of them.
Today I just admired the aquariums....swore a lot at the Cories for totally splatting caviar all over one of them...fed the little rascal baby Axolotl, Phoenix, who spends 23 hours a day in bed....
Tomorrow its water change day (and Cory caviar splat removal), well for three aquariums anyway....the hex will be delayed til Thursday when the water will be drained, residents moved to the other two tropical aquariums and the hex completely rescaped and overhauled ready for Guppies that will eventually feed Phoenix with their offspring
Tomorrow its water change day (and Cory caviar splat removal), well for three aquariums anyway....the hex will be delayed til Thursday when the water will be drained, residents moved to the other two tropical aquariums and the hex completely rescaped and overhauled ready for Guppies that will eventually feed Phoenix with their offspring
Waterchange: check
May have overdone it with the blackwater conditioner. But... well... it doesn't hurt.
Also dosed fluke-treatment, the cardinals are already breathing slower.
May have overdone it with the blackwater conditioner. But... well... it doesn't hurt.
Also dosed fluke-treatment, the cardinals are already breathing slower.
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two water changes plus a small rescape is possible
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LOL same here. Tank is great except for some annoying string algae on my java moss so I pulled it out today and did a hydrogen peroxide dip. First time ive tried H2O2 I'm anxious to see the outcome
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Well did my 25% water change this morning and will check readings tomorrow.
Then went for a drive to the aquarium centre another £31-49 brought another pump, with splitter, tubing and air stone..fetched off the main oxygen tube, so they have full pressure going around the tank and also the fluval throwing pressure across and two lots of oxygen going in and they just love it besides buying another false plant and false moss.
The tanks now finished inside, jus waiting on 0.25 ammonia to shift.
Then went for a drive to the aquarium centre another £31-49 brought another pump, with splitter, tubing and air stone..fetched off the main oxygen tube, so they have full pressure going around the tank and also the fluval throwing pressure across and two lots of oxygen going in and they just love it besides buying another false plant and false moss.
The tanks now finished inside, jus waiting on 0.25 ammonia to shift.
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50% WC on the work tank. Normally I do 30% every Wednesday since I have a bunch of plants and just the two fish and a snail, but I'm trying to figure out why the dang mystery snail has been shut in his house for two weeks now. He's not dead, just hiding. Meanwhile I'm scraping layers of algae and diatoms off the glass and plants every week while this little freeloader lays on the bottom like a rock. It's not a chemical problem because there's a ramshorn snail in there as well and he's totally fine.
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I always liked Old Town Aquarium, though admittedly I usually paid more attention to the fish than plants (though I know I bought plants there at least once). From what I remember, their prices were kind of high but usually had decent quality stock.
Aquarium Adventure in Bolingbrook also always had a wide selection of plants available.
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So I tried at mixing about half tank water in a bowl with half H2O2 and dipped the moss in for about 5 minutes. After putting it back in the tank I really didnt see any change. Not getting the immediate results I had read about I took it back out and put it in a 100% dip of the HP. Left it for about 5 mins and put it back in the tank By the way I also put the roots of a java plant in as well. By the next day the algae was turning white and seems to be dying off. Only bad observation was browing on small area of the java fern. All and all I have been pleased and would do it again.
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Today's "to do" list......and I might just run out of "today" if my sundries delivery comes late morning, so could become a "to do" list over two days instead
Aquarium 1 - coldwater Axolotl -
Replace media in UV airstone with anti-phosphate sponge
Replace/upgrade air pump to run UV airstone & sponge filter
Fix Exo-Terra silk Ficus/Ruscus branches to inside of aquarium's side & rear glass
Fit Ammonia Alert
Water change
Aquarium 2 - tropical mix fish -
Replace media in CF2 filter
Replace media in UV filter with anti-phosphate sponge
Retrofit airstone & air pump
Remove algae clumps
Clean front glass
Water change
Aquarium 3 - tropical mix fish (hex)
Drain water to 10cm deep
Remove all rocks, wood, hides etc
Catch fish.......Bolivian pair & Cories to Aquarium 2 and Tetras to Aquarium 4
Add 40cm tall bonsaI ornament
Add substrate
Add coconut shell huts
Put rocks & hides back in
Clean heater
Change media in CF2 filter
Replace media in UV airstone with anti-phosphate sponge
Refill aquarium with water & add Stability to boost
(This aquarium will house Guppies in a fortnight's time)
Aquarium 4 - tropical mix fish
Replace media in UV airstone with anti-phosphate sponge
Replace media in CF2 filter
Clean front glass
Water change
Looking at all of that I might still be "at it" at the weekend
Aquarium 1 - coldwater Axolotl -
Replace media in UV airstone with anti-phosphate sponge
Replace/upgrade air pump to run UV airstone & sponge filter
Fix Exo-Terra silk Ficus/Ruscus branches to inside of aquarium's side & rear glass
Fit Ammonia Alert
Water change
Aquarium 2 - tropical mix fish -
Replace media in CF2 filter
Replace media in UV filter with anti-phosphate sponge
Retrofit airstone & air pump
Remove algae clumps
Clean front glass
Water change
Aquarium 3 - tropical mix fish (hex)
Drain water to 10cm deep
Remove all rocks, wood, hides etc
Catch fish.......Bolivian pair & Cories to Aquarium 2 and Tetras to Aquarium 4
Add 40cm tall bonsaI ornament
Add substrate
Add coconut shell huts
Put rocks & hides back in
Clean heater
Change media in CF2 filter
Replace media in UV airstone with anti-phosphate sponge
Refill aquarium with water & add Stability to boost
(This aquarium will house Guppies in a fortnight's time)
Aquarium 4 - tropical mix fish
Replace media in UV airstone with anti-phosphate sponge
Replace media in CF2 filter
Clean front glass
Water change
Looking at all of that I might still be "at it" at the weekend
Just another 25% water change and I will test the water later
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