What are you doing to your tank today?

Busy day today...Normally my WC take about half an hour on my 55, however, today was a change and clean. Also, I finally put on a background on the tank (why did I wait so long??), set up a new 2nd Penguin 350, and did some aquascaping and maintenance. All totalled, it was probably about 2 hours of work, but it was a TON of fun!! I am aquarium drunk now today! Attached are before and afters... After.jpg03072020.jpg
 

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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.
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Ok thanks! I just finished doing some of the w/c’s so I'm hoping they will be ok!
 

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I bought a big glass fish today. It's going Under my 5 at home. Now I'm in operation get my fish home..... Florida to Michigan should be fun
 
Why did your fishes go to florida ?

I bought a big glass fish today. It's going Under my 5 at home. Now I'm in operation get my fish home..... Florida to Michigan should be fun
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Are you sure they were born last night? They look awful big.I know with my guppies I have like 4 generations of babies before I start noticing them in the plants.

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.

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When I get it home. It's in paper wrapped in towels in the back...lol
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Shouldn't it be in water? is it a glass fish or a fish made from glass???
 
Just finished cleaning my 55g. Couple weeks ago I put in different gravel and swapped out my 60 gallonthat ended up NOT having a crack...
Last week I finished swapping out the replaceable cartridges in the Penguin 350s to pinky floss.

Today I just installed the undergravel filter and two 320+ gph powerheads for it.
Here's the photos of the whole tank now...by the way, for those of you who have "big" fx4s and what not, the entire tank volume is getting turned over every 2.4 minutes in my tank.....
I'm not leaving it like that, I plan to get rid of one or both Penguins after the UG has cycled.
 
Are you sure they were born last night? They look awful big.I know with my guppies I have like 4 generations of babies before I start noticing them in the plants.
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I think so, yes. I've been watching the nursery tank closely because I was expecting them to be born a week or two ago. The mom was big when I went to bed last night and slI'm this morning. It's her first batch and I only see seven fry. They are bigger than I expected.
 

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Yesterday did a water change and vacuumed besides adding new white media to the cages in the submerged tank.
Then speaking to an idiot of a son in law half the night and today about Ich is fish have got, the idiots only gone and emptied the tank nearly out on a water change and vacuum before starting treatment I told him to do a water change not empty it out.
 
Yesterday did a water change and vacuumed besides adding new white media to the cages in the submerged tank.
Then speaking to an idiot of a son in law half the night and today about Ich is fish have got, the idiots only gone and emptied the tank nearly out on a water change and vacuum before starting treatment I told him to do a water change not empty it out.
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I saw a video once from Taiwan or someplace they were breeding discus. They literally drained the tank till the fish were having to sit on the bottom, then started flushing the old water our with new and refilling the tank!

I understand that discus need pure water, but that is crazy! How does that not scare the fish to death?
 
I saw a video once from Taiwan or someplace they were breeding discus. They literally drained the tank till the fish were having to sit on the bottom, then started flushing the old water our with new and refilling the tank!

I understand that discus need pure water, but that is crazy! How does that not scare the fish to death?
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Your right because if that don't put fish into stress zone I don't know what will
I told him to do a normal 40% water change and vacuum it well besides cleaning the glass, not one word did he listen to and then I found out he's fetched everything out ornaments etc and scrubbed them, I told him to add is new submerged pump and get an air brick to add more oxygen, I can't i've sold it I'm leaving well alone now because he's done my head in, it's like talking to a 4yr old.
 
Your right because if that don't put fish into stress zone I don't know what will
I told him to do a normal 40% water change and vacuum it well besides cleaning the glass, not one word did he listen to and then I found out he's fetched everything out ornaments etc and scrubbed them, I told him to add is new submerged pump and get an air brick to add more oxygen, I can't i've sold it I'm leaving well alone now because he's done my head in, it's like talking to a 4yr old.
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LOL I think it's that wall your head butting....
 
LOL I think it's that wall your head butting....
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I told him to then put the heater in I gave him and set it up so the temp raises to 86f and go to the aquarium shop by him and get some API aquarium salt to add, i've not got a clue if he's done it, he's not cleaned the tank in nearly 2wks OMG
 
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 ???
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I ended up changing it and moving all the rotala to another tank. Going to move all the anubias to the far right to cover the heater and filter intake.
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Just did my usual daily routine....get up, get the beasties up, feed the beasties, clean up Phoenix Axolotl's poo........

Got Phoenix's sand looking pristine, turned around to put everything away and I swear he grinned at me as he dropped another pile of poo.......cheeky little.......
 
I am keeping a close watch on the Platy aquarium. After they spent 30+ hours all in one large bag of water whilst in transit, they are a little pinky around the gills - its only noticeable on the whites and silver/blues. The aquarium was given a 75% water change 4 days ago, they arrived 1.5 days ago so just did a smaller water refresh and added a dose of Seachem AmGuard just to be on the safe side. The UV airstone is also on too incase they arrived with any pathogens/bugs. The bag did stink to high heaven so not surprised we have a little unwanted pinkiness.

It is the one major bugbear of having to order fish online, they often arrive with a little bit of ammonia in the transit bag........that said they are extremely active, eating heartily and apart from the pinking they are absolutely perfect.

I shall do water refreshes for the next few days and water change later in the week, I don't anticipate any issues with them since they are eating like horses and scooting around like hyper playful lunatics so I am not worried about them, just taking normal precautions after travel.
 
. After they spent 30+ hours all in one large bag of water whilst in transit, they are a little pinky around the gills
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Good luck pagoda and I hope your fish are ok..fingerscrossed

Nothing for me today...YES YES YES WHIPPY
 

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weekly waterchange - check
weeding out dead leaves of aquatic plants - check
adding more cattappa - check
feeding mosquito larvae - tonight!
 
IDK what I'll be doing tonight, maybe extra water change for the fun of it, the guppies in QT definitely need it.
 
I'm stress-testing a resealed aquarium! 2 days in and still going good, but we'll see if it lasts.
 
How are you stress testing it?
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Fill with water. Hope it works but be prepared for water to leak, or possibly just go everywhere. (I.e. don't put near fragile paper and what not) The resources I found said to stress test for three days, and if it passes it's good, but I might throw in a fourth for good luck.
 
Tested my water. Only 5ppm nitrates and it’s been a week since my water change! So glad my plants seem to be using them all up. Still planning for a WC tomorrow though
 
Did a 40% water change. First time seeing one of the bigger of 3 Black Skirts hide after WC. I'm not sure if it may have hurt itself during the WC and sticking my hand to adjust decor. Sometimes they may bump into the glass running to the other side of the tank.
Looks fine now.
 
I saw a video once from Taiwan or someplace they were breeding discus. They literally drained the tank till the fish were having to sit on the bottom, then started flushing the old water our with new and refilling the tank!

I understand that discus need pure water, but that is crazy! How does that not scare the fish to death?
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I saw that video. That was crazy. My response was they must not be that sensitive then...lol
 
Well yesterday was fun. Fun fun fun. Angelfish war. After cleaning the tank the platinum decided to lay eggs; but the black female decided to eat them as she laid them. The platinum did not find this agreeable behavior and she was not gentle - however the black male stepped in and defended the black female (who started this mess by eating the eggs). After watching them for about 2 minutes (should have filmed it); I put the platinum in the 29. The platinum is a little smaller than the blacks and it was easier to move a single fish than 2. She has a few ripped fins and the black female has a nice gash in her scales but otherwise everyone should heal up.
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Not sure I fully understand the dynamics - clearly the black male/female have bounded and have been bounded for several months but still...
 

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He's down one neon already it died today
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I just liked your comment, not that his fish died.....

I had a shipment of fish where I did the salt treatment and lost the fish I was trying to save AND his buddy that was not sick to begin with. I think it was because I didn't do a water change for a couple weeks and the nitrates got to about 150ish (I think). It was a dumb mistake out of ignorance and that may not have killed him even, I don't know.

I eventually got the rest back to health, but I only have 1 of the 3 fish from that shipment.... and the knowledge of what NOT to do when salt-treating a tank LOL
 
I just liked your comment, not that his fish died.....

I had a shipment of fish where I did the salt treatment and lost the fish I was trying to save AND his buddy that was not sick to begin with. I think it was because I didn't do a water change for a couple weeks and the nitrates got to about 150ish (I think). It was a dumb mistake out of ignorance and that may not have killed him even, I don't know.

I eventually got the rest back to health, but I only have 1 of the 3 fish from that shipment.... and the knowledge of what NOT to do when salt-treating a tank LOL
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Well to be honest i'm savage over it, he's dense he never listened to me and got an air brick and pump, he's not got a tester kit I told him to get ages ago and the cheeky s-d aged me tonight if we would travel 127 miles to them to take a pump and air brick down

I am sorry you lost a large majority of your fish but if your treating with salt or any other chemical, you still have to do 25% water changes daily.
It's always a learning process with fish for we all as we come across issues one way or another but at least you acted, he's ignored my advice about the salt and took the advice from the shop.
 
Well to be honest i'm savage over it, he's dense he never listened to me and got an air brick and pump, he's not got a tester kit I told him to get ages ago and the cheeky s-d aged me tonight if we would travel 127 miles to them to take a pump and air brick down

I am sorry you lost a large majority of your fish but if your treating with salt or any other chemical, you still have to do 25% water changes daily.
It's always a learning process with fish for we all as we come across issues one way or another but at least you acted, he's ignored my advice about the salt and took the advice from the shop.
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I had had pothos in the tank that was taking care of the nitrates (and was testing the water to make sure every week), but the pothos died from the salt. So I was not thinking about the nitrates (and I had college classes to worry over).

Why doesn't he just order one on Amazon? They only cost like $20 and that's for a good one!
 
I bought a big glass fish today. It's going Under my 5 at home. Now I'm in operation get my fish home..... Florida to Michigan should be fun
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Did you drive from Michigan to the Keys? Wow!!
 
My Platies have settled in well to their new home, and all have recovered fully from their journey last Friday too, no pinkies and all are running around like lunatics and eating almost too well having stolen the spirulina & algae wafers from right from under the nose a very unimpressed Albino BN last night....cheeky little blighters. They shall learn soon enough not to steal Georgina's food as I am sure she will sort that nonsense out quick smart

Today is a feet up and watch day apart from Phoenix Axolotl who has poo to hoover once he stops eating his wormies, for a small animal he makes a big mess but with his huge fluffies and silly smile I can't be cross with him - even if he does wait til I have hoovered to drop another pile.....

Water changes & maintenance is Wednesday unless anything untoward crops up.......the aquatic zoo is happily munching breakfast (including me.....fried egg sandwich )

Everyone is all tickety-boo today....so far
 
I bought a big glass fish today. It's going Under my 5 at home. Now I'm in operation get my fish home..... Florida to Michigan should be fun
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It made it home!!!
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Did a 40% water change and cut back some of my elodea canadensis that grows like mad. No wonder they call it water weed
 
All nice and clean. The Vals were not as bad as I thought they would be. I hate the bubbles in the clean tank. 20200309_115650.jpg20200309_115706.jpg20200309_142950.jpg20200309_143122.jpg20200309_140254.jpg20200309_151534.jpg
 
I guess wednesday i'm gonna take 4 or 5 feet off my vals. They are blocking all the lights. I'm so tempted to rip them out of the tank but I'm sure if I did the clowns would give me 1000 curses. I still don't understnad how 20 inches of fishes (4 5 inch clowns) can hide 100% in a few plants.
 

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I had had pothos in the tank that was taking care of the nitrates (and was testing the water to make sure every week), but the pothos died from the salt. So I was not thinking about the nitrates (and I had college classes to worry over).

Why doesn't he just order one on Amazon? They only cost like $20 and that's for a good one!
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Oh I am sorry your plants died from the salt such a shame.
He's not bothered to get one, he went to the shop today to speak with them again they told him to take the heater out and he's done that took his water to be tested got ammonia in it and they've told him to put the other half of (Fish love) for Ich and parasites in on saturday...pure madness as we both know.

I've changed 6 buckets of water today and cleaned my glass and brought a new vacuum off Amazon that came tonight.
 
I guess wednesday i'm gonna take 4 or 5 feet off my vals. They are blocking all the lights. I'm so tempted to rip them out of the tank but I'm sure if I did the clowns would give me 1000 curses. I still don't understnad how 20 inches of fishes (4 5 inch clowns) can hide 100% in a few plants.
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Do you guys just trim the vals halfway down the leaves?
 
Due to life I got rid of another tank and my fish. So now I can look at a 75 3/4 filled with water and decor. Its sad looking.
 
Due to life I got rid of another tank and my fish
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David I am sorry to hear this but you never know what the future holds.
 
David I am sorry to hear this but you never know what the future holds.
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They are talking about cutting a huge chunk out were I keep getting infections so who knows how long I will be out of the game.
 
the same thing I do everyday. . . Water change! (Ok it more like the same thing I do MOST days)
 
I take some clippers I got and give them a hair cut - the primary reason i'm doing this is to free up the surface since they are collecting food and blocking light - i'm not sure if this is the proper way to 'trim' vals or if it has long term negative impact per plant but i'm not too concern since i've been throwing them away weekly anyways (they are constantly sending out runners). The tank is 24 inches tall and 4 feet across and when the leaves start reaching the opposite side of the tank it gets annoying esp given that each leaf is nearly an inch wide and there might be 10 of them reaching that length at the same time.

Do you guys just trim the vals halfway down the leaves?
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Due to life I got rid of another tank and my fish. So now I can look at a 75 3/4 filled with water and decor. Its sad looking.
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Oh no. If I were a little bit closer, I would totally come and fix up your 75 and maintain it so you could enjoy it.
 
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