What are you doing to your tank today?

[pagoda]

Water changes done on all 4 aquariums, glass scraped off.....Cory caviar in abundance yet again

Phoenix Axolotl's poo hoovered with giant turkey baster.....still not 100% perfect with my aI'm but getting there For a baby he doesn't half make a mess......I wonder if there is such a thing as an Axolotl daiper

Will give the resident hooligans a chance to settle back down before feeding time at the zoo starts

Later in the coming week we have "The Attack of the Nerites" to organise in my 3 tropical aquariums.....and the Hex will have new fishy residents, livebearers who will provide fresh food for Phoenix Axolotl to chase and eat

 

[MacZ]

Waterchange day!

Got out some frogbit a few days ago, because it started to get in the way of the filter outlet which in turn pushed it underwater and made it start to rot. So I gave some to a cousin and some more to a friend.
Now the stuff can resettle the surface area and suck up more of the nitrates.

Today I'll weed out some brown parts of the vallisneria and the frogbit, followed by cleaning off some of the gunk from the driftwood and the anubias and changing filterfloss.

That's it for today and in the evening I'll feed some rehydrated tubifex.

 

[TWiG87]

It’s Sunday, so a water change on my one and only tank lol

 

[MacZ]

It’s Sunday, so a water change on my one and only tank lol

Just done with mine.

 

[pagoda]

My aquariums are all covered up ready for fishy beddy-byes

 

[FinalFins]

Today I have a water change and rescape for the 5g.

 

[TWiG87]

Today I have a water change and rescape for the 5 gallon.

That should be nice and quick with the 5 gallon

 

[kallililly1973]

Turning the lights on should count as doing something to your tank right?

 

[coralbandit]

My aquariums are all covered up ready for fishy beddy-byes

This interest me ..
Do you cover your tanks every night ?
I believe bird keepers do this also but never thought about it for fish ..

 

[MacZ]

This interest me ..
Do you cover your tanks every night ?
I believe bird keepers do this also but never thought about it for fish ..

I know it from rat keepers.

On the other hand... I put the glass cover on my tank only for the night, so no one jumps while I'm asleep and the frogbit doesn't get too much water from the top.

 

[jake37]

Rescuing my silly kuhlI loaches. Every 5 or 6 months somehow a kuhlI will work it way behind the mittenberg corner filter. There is only about 2 inches behind there so I can't use a net. Thankfully kuhlI love to jump into siphon tubes; so the trick is to take some 1/2 inch tubing - siphon a gallon out and pray the kuhlI decides to follow the current (which so far it has 100% of the time). Annoying but something to spend 15 or 20 minutes on a sunday afternoon pictures:

(hum the kuhlI are kind of weird - I have kuhlI in 3 of my four tanks - the ones in this tank have always been extremely shy and intolerant of people - the ones in the other 29 are very out going and frequently come up to explore me when I look into the tank - the 'big' collection in the big tank are a mix bag and depends on the days of the weeks - for months they would hang out in the open and then months they hide completely - I have 10 in that tank but they are rarely seen together.
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One thing I did discover with this kuhlI is that it can jump. I mean really jump. Not just a little jump but a big giant jump; which might explain how it gets behind the filter. Then again it can also swim upstream quite efficiently. When I was putting it back in the tank - as I raised the pail to pour the water out - it jumped - lucky for me it jumped into the tank but I was a little surprise just how far these critters can jump. I'm really happy the ones in the other 29 are quite tame. There are two big differences that I see - first the substrate in this tank is white and black in the other tank the other difference is that the skittish ones were very very small when purchased - less than an inch long and less than 1/8 inch thick. 5 or 6 months later they are quite a bit larger but not friendly.

Here are three pictures - the first is the tank; the second is the area behind the filter and the third is the rescued kuhli:

 

[jake37]

I keep covers on my tank but that didn't stop one of my gold zebra from jumping. Still **** at it even though it happened a while ago. Unfortunately when it jumped it changed the dynamics of the gold zebra for about 2 months and they all pouted. They are just now recovering.

I know it from rat keepers.

On the other hand... I put the glass cover on my tank only for the night, so no one jumps while I'm asleep and the frogbit doesn't get too much water from the top.

 

[pagoda]

This interest me ..
Do you cover your tanks every night ?
I believe bird keepers do this also but never thought about it for fish ..

Yes

Basically cos all 4 aquariums are in my bedroom and my TV stays on all night, so not wishing to disturb them I cover them up with some silk cloths that keep them dark but without overheating them

 

[Tez]

Well today my hubby treated me to 3 more corys and 3 shrimps besides doing a water change for me..thank god

 

[jkkgron2]

Well today my hubby treated me to 3 more corys and 3 shrimps besides doing a water change for me..thank god

What Type of Corys?

 

[Tez]

What Type of Corys?

Well i've made it where there is two of each.
2 Emerald Corydoras splendens Catfish
2 Bronze Corydoras Catfish
2 Pepper paleatu Catfish

 

[Tez]

Turning the lights on should count as doing something to your tank right?

I should say so...your pressing a button

 

[Bighead]

I pick snails out of my tank when things get slow

 

[Tez]

Well being as hubby helped with the water change I got half a bowl of water out the tank and added new top filters, this is how my system is set up and photo's took before I changed them.

Bio rings first, then a mesh bag mixed with carbon and ammonia media and the same on the second section with small 18mm bio balls running either side, then coated over with filter wool, then plastic container on the top, then with carbon sponge on both sections.

 

[mimo91088]

Just got home from work and tonight's project is to add the houseplants to the top of the goldfish tank for nitrate removal. Pics to follow if I don't donk it up.

 

[Tez]

Pics to follow if I don't donk it up.

Good luck and think positive

 

[kallililly1973]

Just got home from work and tonight's project is to add the houseplants to the top of the goldfish tank for nitrate removal. Pics to follow if I don't donk it up.

Nothing to it especially if you have an already established plant. Just rinse off the roots and pop em in . I haven't done the top of the filter way yet I usually just take clippings and drape em over the rims of the tanks and let them root on their own and if I see any stems getting soft I trim it shorter and they will eventually take.

 

[kallililly1973]

I should say so...your pressing a button

I'm always pressing buttons but it's not always light related

 

[Tez]

light related

It's light related I could do with (head)

 

[mimo91088]

Nothing to it especially if you have an already established plant. Just rinse off the roots and pop em in . I haven't done the top of the filter way yet I usually just take clippings and drape em over the rims of the tanks and let them root on their own and if I see any stems getting soft I trim it shorter and they will eventually take.

Mission success! Forgive the floating pieces of root, I didn't cut the holes -quite- big enough and I had to hulk smash the chinese evergreen through. Also forgive the silk plants, they're temporary until I find more java fern. Believe it or not that clump in there is pretty big. Crazy how tiny it looks in there!

 

[Tez]

Well i've done nothing ...except put 6 new fan tailed guppies in hubby brought for me while he was out, i've told him to slow down that now makes it 41 fish in the tank.

 

[pagoda]

Water changes done....Phoenix Axolotl's poo sucked up by giant turkey baster....glass cleaned....filter media swished in old water....outside of aquariums cleaned...Hex prepped for new arrivals tomorrow morning

Now feet up, coffee and watching TV cos all fishies are now in bed and under covers

 

[CHJ]

Fluval 40x gave up the ghost again so I should poke at it.
I swear FXs are their only good product line.

 

[pagoda]

Fluval 40x gave up the ghost again so I should poke at it.
I swear FXs are their only good product line.

I am seriously irritating.....I have a whole shelf full of various spare heaters and filter bodies incase one curls its bits up without permission. I have been caught out way too many times with defective and lazy striking equipment, so now its "you WILL work or in the bin you WILL go!" and that usually does the trick, along with a few well chosen expletives where necessary

I will not put up with technofarting or defectivenesses in my aquariums......even the fish almost line up and salute me when I walk past (at meal times)

 

[coralbandit]

I will not put up with technofarting or defectivenesses in my aquariums......even the fish almost line up and salute me when I walk past (at meal times)

Technofarting ! What a great word to explain what so many do when they could just be relaxing and enjoying or changing water on their tank [never seen that break down !] ..
My fish don't salute me but they do request music and applaud when I am in the fish room !
It's a mild golf clap type of applause due to short fins and water but I appreciate it none the less !

 

[Tez]

My fish don't salute me but they do request music and applaud when I am in the fish room !
It's a mild golf clap type of applause due to short fins and water but I appreciate it none the less !

Mine are pure time keepers come feeding time it's a rush of madness across the top till their fed.

 

[jake37]

My clowns run away every time they see me. - why do I even bother feeding them. They are petrified of their own shadows.

 

[Jaquatic]

Cleaning some pagoda stone for a rescape of the 75 gallon

 

[Jaquatic]

Moved these around in my 75 gallon the crypt in the first picture had a root ball near the size of baseball!

 

[pagoda]

.....I had to deal with a sulking Bristlenose this morning....

Did the usual maintenance on her aquarium yesterday.....she went to bed in a bad mood last night, sulked over breakfast......sulked through me eating my lunch.....

Then I realised what I did to upset her......I forgot to put her wood back after giving the algae a little trim cos it was growing out of control......

Put the wood back into her aquarium and now she is as happy as a piggy in a muddy field

(Little does she know that from tomorrow - vehicle breakdowns allowing - she will have a Nerite snailie who will be competition for the algae)

 

[Tez]

Well today I worked hard pressing the lights on Did a full count in and one Dwarf Otto missing, so I went on the hunt, found him dead on his back (Weird) MacZ said this can happen as it was healthy.

So I checked all my water and ammonia 0, nitrite 0 and nitrate 10ppm as I checked it after feeding them, so a change of water and vacuum will happen tomorrow, as I want the guppies to settle in first.

 

[coralbandit]

I have read that due to otos diet they have a bacteria in their gut that when starved is what does the damage to them .
So the need for their particular food and to get them eating is always important .
Glad you found him .

I am finally removing an old O'Dell 40b to be replaced with new Aqueon 40b that has been out in the shop waiting for some time ..
The old 40b may have been 40 years old as I acquired it USED back in the 1990s from a buddy of mine who had a big fish room ..
Still running one other of those tanks today ,with its replacement also out in the shop ..

 

[Tez]

I have read that due to otos diet they have a bacteria in their gut that when starved is what does the damage to them .

They put good stomach weight on they eat algea, bug bite food and now the cory food, the only thing I can think of is the high nitrite at 2ppm through the cycle as caused the issue.

If a fish goes missing I won't rest till I know it's alive or dead because of my other fish and it couldn't have long died because the colouring was fresh.

I am finally removing an old O'Dell 40b to be replaced with new Aqueon 40b that has been out in the shop waiting for some time ..

The older stuff is better than these new and as long as it keeps going it's doing no harm

 

[prasunchoudhari]

watching the fish swim around

 

[Jaquatic]

Completed my rescape late last night. Not 100% satisfied with the right side of the tank. Going to be swapping out all the rotala for more crypts out of my other 75 gallon.

 

[jkkgron2]

Due to some personal things I haven’t been able to do water changes for about 2 weeks and I’m a bit worried about my fish. I’ll do water changes today and tomorrow, probably a bit bigger than usual but does anyone have any idea whether my fish will be ok with the late water change?

 

[MacZ]

Since I lost a fish last week through jumping and there is no option of leaving it closed with a glas cover I build a jump guard out of plastic rods and fly screen.

 

[Jaquatic]

Very cool idea!

 

[jake37]

yea i'm now constantly worried that another of my fish will jump. One of my of my larger gold zebra took the plunge a few weeks ago; and last year a cardinal did similar. Oh well maybe some screening would help - the slit in the back isn't too large - maybe 1/4 of any inch but them fishes know how to take advantage of it.

 

[pagoda]

Nice easy day for me today......new residents arrived so they are now quietly settling into their aquariums so now the night time covers are all on, all are at peace - except for the occasional splish splosh of a neurotic Cory or two.......will leave all lights off in the aquariums til Monday to allow the newbies time to settle and feel at home after their adventures in the back of a courier van

 

[Shika]

WC and a new set up; here's hoping I'm happy with it come tomorrow! (Also that the floating moss ball decides to b e h a v e and join the rest of the family)

 

[Seasoldier]

Added some horned nerite & black military helmet snails to help with a slight algae issue & added some new plants Hygrophila polysperma 'Rosa nervis' & Rotala Rotundifolia indica to give a bit of colour.

 

[Seasoldier]

Due to some personal things I haven’t been able to do water changes for about 2 weeks and I’m a bit worried about my fish. I’ll do water changes today and tomorrow, probably a bit bigger than usual but does anyone have any idea whether my fish will be ok with the late water change?

Hi, if your filtration is good & your water parameters are OK I wouldn't stress too much about not doing a WC for a couple of weeks.

 

[Seasoldier]

Completed my rescape late last night. Not 100% satisfied with the right side of the tank. Going to be swapping out all the rotala for more crypts out of my other 75 gallon.

Hi, your tank looks really good but I see what you mean about the right side it kind of looks like a straight dividing line between the crypts & the rotala but to my mind it would look better if you blended them in together so that the green & pink fused into each other rather than remove the rotala all together ???

 

[JenC]

I'm watching endler fry born last night. I'm more excited than I should be but I've never had breeding livebearers until recently. All my fry until now were from egg-layers. It's amazing she could fit them all. They're so big and the mom's so tiny.