What are you doing to your tank today?

[StarGirl]

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 was soooo wrong they are laying them right now as I type this.

 

[LeahsTank]

I did a really crappy job, but I made a cheap canopy to block the glare coming off of the top glass.

I guess I’ll put in more time and money later to make a respectable version...

 

[StarGirl]

At least I got some video this time!

 

[ghostdawg]

I was soooo wrong they are laying them right now as I type this.

Well, they heard you are going out of town so she decided to give birth now, so you can nurse them before leaving! ummy1:ummy1:

 

[StarGirl]

Well, they heard you are going out of town so she decided to give birth now, so you can nurse them before leaving! ummy1:ummy1:

Yeah but whos going to feed those bay bays while I'm gone? She knows when I'm leaving town.....brat. They have eaten them every time so far so I guess I'll see if there's any babies when I get home?

 

[coralbandit]

I was soooo wrong they are laying them right now as I type this.

Just let em go and watch what they do ..
They managed a long time without any of our help ..
Won't you be surprised if this is the batch that lives ?

 

[jake37]

I do water changes wednesday and saturday; sundays - which is today - I hope the blacks will leave the platinums alone but I know it won't be. Bad blacks. Hope is a good thing but somehow it doesn't seem good enough.

 

[StarGirl]

Just let em go and watch what they do ..
They managed a long time without any of our help ..
Won't you be surprised if this is the batch that lives ?

Yeah definitely. I am going to get a Eheim auto feeder tomorrow after work. I guess I won't need my BBS yet it seems.

 

[jake37]

When my baby rams laid eggs; the next morning I found a kuhlI in their nest; do you have kuhlI ? If so it might crawl into their nest before you wake up the next morning.

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.

 

[StarGirl]

When my baby rams laid eggs; the next morning I found a kuhlI in their nest; do you have kuhlI ? If so it might crawl into their nest before you wake up the next morning.

No they are pretty good at chasing away the other fish. My BN hangs out by their rock though and takes a beating when they have eggs because it won't stay away from them.....big dummy.

 

[Tez]

Well I think members know before I add my bit 25% of water removed besides vacuuming and testing water.

 

[nicholasrjohnson]

I got an awesome Mystery Snail yesterday...did I mention he is awesome!?

 

[nicholasrjohnson]

Will KuhlI Loaches eat snails? It seems like my Mystery Snail is too big for their little mouths

 

[jake37]

Don't believe so - I have 4 with a mystery and they seem afraid of it. Now clown loaches might be a different matter...

Will KuhlI Loaches eat snails? It seems like my Mystery Snail is too big for their little mouths

 

[MacZ]

Will KuhlI Loaches eat snails? It seems like my Mystery Snail is too big for their little mouths

As far as I know Kuhlis are no snail eaters.

 

[StarGirl]

I will probably have wiggelers when I get home. We'll see by tomorrow. It sucks I've been waiting and now they do it when I'm leaving for vacation......

 

[WhiskeyGinger]

Today was python day for the 75 and the 55. Tomorrow is redo the shrimp 20 gallon day.

 

[StarGirl]

I will probably have wiggelers when I get home. We'll see by tomorrow. It sucks I've been waiting and now they do it when I'm leaving for vacation......

Nope the eggs are gone from the rock when I got home. They are guarding the corner pretty well though.

 

[coralbandit]

Change water on discus grow out like every day ..
Changed a few others just for giggles .. [still got that asshat emojI so had to do it !] ..

 

[jinjerJOSH22]

Rescape tomorrow, if:
a. It doesn't Snow
b. If I can be bothered, the thought of draining the tank right down, removing substrate, fish and everything else.
Only 28 gallons get over it

 

[CaptAndrews]

clean, tested (for pH), and added a nifty looking rock in my tank. It helps hide the heater and pump. Time to update my aquarium photo.

 

[John58ford]

Rescape tomorrow, if:
a. It doesn't Snow
b. If I can be bothered, the thought of draining the tank right down, removing substrate, fish and everything else.
Only 28 gallons get over it

You should try my remove the substrate with a hose trick, I just take the bell and pump off my siphon, sucks the rocks or sand right out with the water. Post pictures, I love rescape day


Today I'm doing some much over due glass cleaning and scraping, my spoiled snails haven't been doing enough choring.

 

[jinjerJOSH22]

You should try my remove the substrate with a hose trick, I just take the bell and pump off my siphon, sucks the rocks or sand right out with the water. Post pictures, I love rescape day


Today I'm doing some much over due glass cleaning and scraping, my spoiled snails haven't been doing enough choring.

I'll post a before and after, unless I completely mess it up, then I'll never speak of it again

Sounds like a neat trick but it's Fluval Stratum, not quite sure of the texture however I only plan on removing some and capping it with sand. At least that's the plan

 

[Basil]

Just finished up my first WC with fish in the tank. My Rasboras were curious about the siphon in their tank.

My rasboras are the only ones that hate the siphon. All the rest of my fish see the stuff going up the tube and are like “Hey! Is that FOOOOD???”

 

[Tez]

Well i've changed another 25% tested the ammonia 0ppm.

I checked my receipt today brought the tank on the 22nd feb and it was fully up and running on the 23rd feb, so come tomorrow i've had it 5 weeks with a minI cycle of 3wks, as the first 2wks readings was great having transported the rest from my other tank.

 

[Tez]

jinjerJOSH22 the reading today

 

[jinjerJOSH22]

jinjerJOSH22 the reading today

A week or two of those readings and you're golden

Tank is Rescaped, I didn't use enough sand so I might add more, I just need to tidy up a bit. I've also added 4 Dwarf Gourami from another tank and bought a 5th today

 

[BabsandLoon]

Just finished a 50% water change on the 15 gallon as well as sucking out yet more stupid hair algae. Ugh why is this stuff back??? I've added more plants, reduced the lighting, used hydrogen peroxide, cleaned as much as I could without completely destroying the cycle. It only in this tank. The 5 gallon is sparkling and algae clear.

 

[Dart]

Just ordered more plants and inverts, so going to be putting together the rest of my tanks (20H, 20L, 29, 10 x 2), probably do a vacuum on the 65 gal planted community and 29 gal (guppies with fry). Want to get everything ready for some yellow shrimp I ordered, as well as mystery snails, and I have 8 yellow lab (electric yellow) cichlid fry that I'm trying to get grown big enough to send to my mbuna tank that I donated to the nursing home (90 gal).

 

[Tez]

Tank is Rescaped, I didn't use enough sand so I might add more, I just need to tidy up a bit. I've also added 4 Dwarf Gourami from another tank and bought a 5th today

Oh so you've been working hard also..what colour is your 5th as I find them gorgeous, my young 2 sparkling gouramis are getting bigger and i'm shocked really.

 

[jinjerJOSH22]

Oh so you've been working hard also..what colour is your 5th as I find them gorgeous, my young 2 sparkling gouramis are getting bigger and i'm shocked really.

I think it's called a Neon or Rainbow Dwarf It's basically Blue with Red stripes towards the back. Oh and it's a male

I was surprised how big Sparklers look, to think mine were in a 6 gallon, I couldn't imagine that now. I'm glad yours are getting on

 

[Addictedtobettas]

Just finished a 50% water change on the 15 gallon as well as sucking out yet more stupid hair algae. Ugh why is this stuff back??? I've added more plants, reduced the lighting, used hydrogen peroxide, cleaned as much as I could without completely destroying the cycle. It only in this tank. The 5 gallon is sparkling and algae clear.

What kind of lighting?

 

[Tez]

I think it's called a Neon or Rainbow Dwarf It's basically Blue with Red stripes towards the back. Oh and it's a male

I've just looked it up very nice in dead, I bet that will stand out lovely, nice contrast..got to have males

 

[jinjerJOSH22]

I've just looked it up very nice in dead, I bet that will stand out lovely, nice contrast..got to have males

"In dead" I got worried for a sec

 

[BabsandLoon]

It's a Fluval Flex 15 gallon and I just run the LED lights that came with the tank. I try to limit it to 5 - 7 hours a day and I stopped having the blue lights on at night.

 

[Tez]

"In dead" I got worried for a sec

OMG I get worse..sorry

 

[Addictedtobettas]

It's a Fluval Flex 15 gallon and I just run the LED lights that came with the tank. I try to limit it to 5 - 7 hours a day and I stopped having the blue lights on at night.

Have you tried running without blue lights at all? I have my lights on about 10-12 hours overall.
Then again I have the same tank, 9 and 15, and have noticed small blooms in the 9 that are frustrating but have gone down considerably without the red/blue lighting.
Maybe it needs more shrimp because my 3 are in back having a POW wow leaving the front untended.

 

[BabsandLoon]

Yep. I stopped the blue lights after the last algae battle thinking having lights on during the day and then having the "moonlight" on at night contributed to the algae. It got better for a couple weeks and then all of a sudden BAM!

 

[Addictedtobettas]

Yep. I stopped the blue lights after the last algae battle thinking having lights on during the day and then having the "moonlight" on at night contributed to the algae. It got better for a couple weeks and then all of a sudden BAM!

Brown algae can grow because of too little light as well.
Co2 supposedly helps but I’m wary of it after troubles in the 45.

Apparently today is wc day, moved up from Friday. Fun stuff!

 

[jake37]

Just took out 30 gallons from the 120; replanted the crypt and w. fern; now 4 hours of heating the new water to put back in the tank. Also scolded my black angels who refuse to leave the platinums alone. Big bully tempted to toss them on the floor.

Addictedtobettas don't be sad that guy has been terrorizing my platinum ever since I moved him to the 120. When I feed em I have to get a metal pole out and chase it away so the platinums can eat.

 

[StarGirl]

I got my Tanks ready for vacation today. 50% WC in the 55, 0% in the 5....Only a single pea sized nerite in there for vacation. Looks like no Ram eggs again. I got my shrimp in the 55, auto feeder loaded and ready.

 

[Addictedtobettas]

I got my Tanks ready for vacation today. 50% WC in the 55, 0% in the 5....Only a single pea sized nerite in there for vacation. Looks like no Ram eggs again. I got my shrimp in the 55, auto feeder loaded and ready.

Have a great vacation!!

 

[TWiG87]

Trimmed some of my elodea that is growing like crazy. If it keeps up I’m going to have to remove some

 

[ELGRIEGO]

I got an air stone and added some celestial pearl danios

 

[kallililly1973]

I did a couple things to my 10 and 5.5

 

[jake37]

What do you do when that sword plant out grows the tank ? Pull it and start over ?

I did a couple things to my 10 and 5.5

 

[kallililly1973]

What do you do when that sword plant out grows the tank ? Pull it and start over ?

That sword has been struggling a little bit but yes I'll either drop it in another tank or try to sell it.

 

[AcuarioAmazonico]

I added a few more plants to my rainbow tank. It used to be the pretty aquascaped one but now I like the “wild” look. Lots of plants and nooks and crannies for corys and and such - with top room for the bows. It looks messy and therefore matches the rest of my house.
I also took down two 20 gallon tanks and redistributed the plants and stock. Not planning on putting them back.

 

[jake37]

I did water changes an all my tanks. I fed my angels frozen bloodworms which I sometime do once a week. The clowns finally all came out to grab some before the gold zebra ate them all; but after they all vanished again. I was cleaning up some of the jungle val and found 4 clowns hiding in the leaves - yea - the stuff is so dense you can't see 20 inches of fishes hiding in it. I guess I should feel lucky they didn't spike me.

 

[TWiG87]

I just got some HikarI freeze dried bloodworms today and fed them to my Rasboras for the first time. I Literally timed the feeding to just one minute and didn’t see a single scrap. I’d say they were well received