What are you doing to your tank today?

[AJ34]

I swapped 10 gallon for 20g in dining room....lots of work but needed to store the 10 gallon no room to store the 20. Trying to downplay that I bought ANOTHER tank while my husband was in Vegas Set that up then got some slate for my mud turtle. Why is stacking rocks so hard!? It seems so simple in theory.... They never fit or stack nicely... I will never be an aquascaper!

 

[Kribensis27]

I swapped 10 gallon for 20g in dining room....lots of work but needed to store the 10 gallon no room to store the 20. Trying to downplay that I bought ANOTHER tank while my husband was in Vegas Set that up then got some slate for my mud turtle. Why is stacking rocks so hard!? It seems so simple in theory.... They never fit or stack nicely... I will never be an aquascaper!

The secret is superglue or silicone

 

[BlackOsprey]

I'm not really sure honestly. All 3 tanks don't really need anything done. I guess maybe I'll introduce a nerite snail or two since one of them has a little algae buildup.

 

[Cara]

Trying to downplay that I bought ANOTHER tank while my husband was in Vegas

Love the hiding of tanks. My daughter came home from work and said "when did you get another tank? "

 

[Frank the Fish guy]

Finishing disinfecting the tank from disease brought in from Petsmart goldfish.

 

[jake37]

Usual water changes. Took 3 swordtail and one of my 'baby' gold angels to the petshop. Kind of feel bad about the angel but the swordtail i was glad to remove - too many frys.... on the bright side after 2 years one of my baby swordtail is gonna be a male !!!

 

[BigManAquatics]

Sure as heck better do some water changes on the betta tanks. Somehow i keep over-booking my time the last few days.

 

[FishGirl115]

Did my annual leaf collecting trip to the park.

May I ask why you were collecting leaves?

 

[Chris1212]

Ugh...starting another ich treatment

 

[veggieshark]

May I ask why you were collecting leaves?

I put dry leaves from hardwood trees in tanks, much like driftwood. They provide tannins and soften the water (maybe to a small extent but doesn't hurt). They also create microorganisms for fish to eat and provide shelter. Inverts even eat them (probably like eating the cone with the icecream type of thing). Inspired by the bottom of Amazon and many lakes that are full of leaf litter (but not an unknown practice to many), so it can't be all that bad.

 

[FishGirl115]

I put dry leaves from hardwood trees in tanks, much like driftwood. They provide tannins and soften the water (maybe to a small extent but doesn't hurt). They also create microorganisms for fish to eat and provide shelter. Inverts even eat them (probably like eating the cone with the icecream type of thing). Inspired by the bottom of Amazon and many lakes that are full of leaf litter (but not an unknown practice to many), so it can't be all that bad.

Oh cool. I'd like to try that... Can you just use any leaves? Do you have to clean them? If so, how?

 

[Coradee]

Oh cool. I'd like to try that... Can you just use any leaves? Do you have to clean them? If so, how?

This thread has a couple of useful links Leaves in the Aquarium | Freshwater Fish and Invertebrates Forum | 435541

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Setting up the hardscape for hillstream tank

 

[PrincessLobster]

I'm relatively new to the hobby but am constantly googling stuff, it's so addictive! I'm currently self-isolating (just as precaution) so have been able to start my second project of a little shrimp tank and then lots of googling of shrimp genetics!

 

[Pfrozen]

Decided that spending 200 dollars on a stand was dumb so I bought a steel rack that will safely hold all 6 of my tanks. for 160+ taxes

 

[Unknown9182]

Experimenting the compatibility of a blanched cucumber with a baby albino bristlenose pleco.

 

[John58ford]

Water changes, didn't mess with any planting this time around, did some work on my re-mineralization and testing, I think I might just about have my baseline set. All tanks have been getting potassium bi-carbonate to stabilize kH at 3 degrees, and a blend of magnesium sulfate and calcium chloride to keep the gh up around 5. The one 29 with all the plants has been getting enough to keep it at 6:6 (but it uses about a degree of kH per day) and I have just finally discovered what spot algae is so that tank got a scrape on the glass today. None of them are getting nitrogen or phosphate (or anything else in the fertilizer world) from any source but the fish or food yet.




The young rummynose just had their 3rd ever water change, they seem to find it traumatizing, but will get used to it in time.


Oh, and babies! Lol. It's been a while since I've shared any shots of fry. These are from my chili hybrid endler experiment so it should be cool to see how they turned out in a month or three.

 

[StarGirl]

Water change and the finishing touches on my 5g which is different every time I change water....lol

 

[Cara]

Walked by my tank and this caught my eye. I guess they didn't all get eaten last week. Spent an hour staring and counted 3

Experimenting the compatibility of a blanched cucumber with a baby albino bristlenose pleco.

I love experimenting

 

[veggieshark]

Walked by my tank and this caught my eye. I guess they didn't all get eaten last week. Spent an hour staring and counted 3

Awesome. What are they?

I barely fed my tanks, took a couple pictures and called it a day.

 

[Cara]

What are they?

My best guess is they're platy. She was SUPER prego and then she wasn't. But she's looking prego again. could she be that soon?

 

[ShastaDaisy]

Walked by my tank and this caught my eye. I guess they didn't all get eaten last week. Spent an hour staring and counted 3

The smartest and the luckiest <3

 

[Cara]

The smartest and the luckiest <3

And the FASTEST!

 

[jake37]

Well getting ready for saturday's water changes. This is the one tank that will not get its water changed today; kind of a mess so i'll have to do a bit of cleaning tuesday.

 

[veggieshark]

Well getting ready for saturday's water changes. This is the one tank that will not get its water changed today; kind of a mess so i'll have to do a bit of cleaning tuesday.View attachment 743534

Nice looking tank. Not show-offy, natural looking and relaxing
I just remembered the treasure in my backyard - the cornelian cherry tree. I'll go check if dry branches or leaves are present. That's what
I am doing for my tanks.

 

[Cara]

Well getting ready for saturday's water changes. This is the one tank that will not get its water changed today; kind of a mess so i'll have to do a bit of cleaning tuesday.View attachment 743534

That's a beautiful tank

 

[Leeman75]

Well getting ready for saturday's water changes. This is the one tank that will not get its water changed today; kind of a mess so i'll have to do a bit of cleaning tuesday.View attachment 743534

I like looking pictures of tanks like this because I don't see it as a mess...I see it as very natural! I also like to try to see what fish I can identify in the pictures! The yellow fish at the bottom, just off-center. Is that an Apisto? Ram?

Nice tank, nice pic!

 

[jake37]

Female cockatoo.

The yellow fish at the bottom, just off-center. Is that an Apisto? Ram?

 

[Fisch]

Big water change as I will leave town for four days. This is the first time ever to leave this tank alone. Light is on a timer, no feeding, and I hope I won't come back to disaster.
Found a Ramshorn snail in the tank and do not have any clue how it got in there. Last plants I got went through a Peroxyde bath. Can eggs survive that?

 

[jake37]

Either that or they crawled many miles just to find your aquarium....

Big water change as I will leave town for four days. This is the first time ever to leave this tank alone. Light is on a timer, no feeding, and I hope I won't come back to disaster.
Found a Ramshorn snail in the tank and do not have any clue how it got in there. Last plants I got went through a Peroxyde bath. Can eggs survive that?

 

[Megabeth]

Im not doing this to my aquarium but im trying to decide if I want to start a saltwater tank

 

[sav023]

I moved a snail around, did a water change, and now I'm just staring at them. Also, I might put together a new stand later which will be able to hold a 20g long and 14g cube which is exciting

 

[StarGirl]

Big water change as I will leave town for four days. This is the first time ever to leave this tank alone. Light is on a timer, no feeding, and I hope I won't come back to disaster.
Found a Ramshorn snail in the tank and do not have any clue how it got in there. Last plants I got went through a Peroxyde bath. Can eggs survive that?

Oh it will be just fine! Try going for 11 days.....That's scary.

 

[Fisch]

Either that or they crawled many miles just to find your aquarium....

Ha-ha...I can see that . But then I live in a dry climate and we have around 30°F. It was half the size of a Dime. I put it in front of my Assassin Snail, but he just ignored it.

Oh it will be just fine! Try going for 11 days.....That's scary.

Thanks for the encouragement

 

[mosin360]

Did a water change and wiped off some of the brown diatoms. Was finally able to get the Cascade 300 from vibrating so dang much and is really quiet now.

 

[Leeman75]

Did water changes on 5 of the 8 today, including the big boy 55. Added a new Anubias Barteri to the 55 and am enjoying a little more green. Slowly but surely the live plants journey that started a year ago is finally taking shape a little bit. The key for me has been using Root Tabs, an LED light and the right kinds of plants (Anubias, Swords, Java Ferns, and Krypts are definitely better in my tank than many others)

 

[faydout]

Got my new CO2 bell in for the 40B (already put todays CO2 in it, so I'll swap it out tomorrow). When I swap it out, I'll move the smaller one over to the 54G (bigger tank, fewer plants). Did my wc in the 54 and the 10G fry tank. I floated some hygro wisteria the other day with the water lettuce and lily's on the 54, wisteria is starting to put out some emersed leaves already. OMG the babies are getting so big, no clue when I need to start actually feeding them though. So far they haven't been interested in frozen bbs, cyclops, or the northfin version of first bites. They've been feeding on insuforia out of the moss exclusively. I have a feeling that the bbs hatchery is gonna be on it's way sooner than later.

 

[86 ssinit]

Busy day and busy last few weeks. Took this stand and tank from this to thisnow will move my 75 to where the 125 is now and set up the 125. Though I still need to coat the top with polyurethane. But hopefully when my son gets home later I can move these pieces into place.
The 75 that needs to be moved

 

[AcornTheBetta]

Busy day and busy last few weeks. Took this stand and tank from this View attachment 743631to thisView attachment 743633View attachment 743635now will move my 75 to where the 125 is now and set up the 125. Though I still need to coat the top with polyurethane. But hopefully when my son gets home later I can move these pieces into place.
The 75 that needs to be movedView attachment 743639

It looks like from the second pic that the tank that will be there will be visible from both sides. If this is so, I suggest you make a convex aquascape so that it is appealing to look at from both sides (front and back) rather than a concave scape which is appealing from one side, but can look bad from the other. Just my 2 cents.

 

[86 ssinit]

Would love to do that. Put a tank in the center of a room to be looked at from all angles. But this tank has a black background so just viewing from front and sides.
Well my son came home and the tanks are moved .and it looks like everybody is happy .

 

[jake37]

I was feeding my fishes this morning and noticing a bit of aggressive behavior; so a bit of snooping and i found this mess:

 

[Pfrozen]

Would love to do that. Put a tank in the center of a room to be looked at from all angles. But this tank has a black background so just viewing from front and sides.
Well my son came home and the tanks are moved .View attachment 743694View attachment 743695View attachment 743696and it looks like everybody is happy .View attachment 743698View attachment 743699

I need to move a tank today actually, how do you safely move it? I was thinking I could drain 80% of the water and pick it up but my tank is glass bottom. would that be okay?

 

[aquachris]

Unfortunately I have been terribly sick these last few days, and have had no energy, have barely done much with my tanks . I don't even have energy for water changes... I did the minimum I had to yesterday on my quarantine tank. I had planned on getting my 40gallon going to get ready for moving over the guppies from my 20g to it, as that will be the future home for my pea puffers in the qt tank.

I need to move a tank today actually, how do you safely move it? I was thinking I could drain 80% of the water and pick it up but my tank is glass bottom. would that be okay?

I go with an idea of 10lbs per gallon. So if you do 80% on a 10g, your at 20lbs... easy to move. Get to a 40g, your at 80lbs - that will need help due to size/etc.

 

[Pfrozen]

I go with an idea of 10lbs per gallon. So if you do 80% on a 10g, your at 20lbs... easy to move. Get to a 40g, your at 80lbs - that will need help due to size/etc.

Its a 20 and I have help so that will be fine. Im more worried about the bottom breaking

 

[Bluebellie]

I’m going to take one of my ten gallons apart. I really don’t like how it’s decorated, so since I finally moved all the fish, I will be removing all my live plants and restarting over.
Tomorrow I’ll buy some more driftwood, and the day after , maybe redecorate

 

[aquachris]

Its a 20 and I have help so that will be fine. Im more worried about the bottom breaking

Just go slow and be careful. I've done it with 10s quite a bit.. I'd probably do it with a 20. Hold by the trim on the bottom.

 

[jake37]

Some do but i wouldn't. I always remove everything from the tank including all substrate.

I need to move a tank today actually, how do you safely move it? I was thinking I could drain 80% of the water and pick it up but my tank is glass bottom. would that be okay?

 

[Pfrozen]

Some do but i wouldn't. I always remove everything from the tank including all substrate.

This tank has like 6 inches of soil in it and it has BBA so I really don't want to touch it. I'm worried that A) itll be too messy and B) a lot of my fish are biofilm grazers so replacing things and messing around with it might not be a great idea. But if I have to do that I obviously will lol. itll just be a big PITA

 

[86 ssinit]

I need to move a tank today actually, how do you safely move it? I was thinking I could drain 80% of the water and pick it up but my tank is glass bottom. would that be okay?

That’s what I did. I had the discus laying sideways and maybe at most 2” of water. I saved 10g of water got my son to help lift and put the 10g back in and than filled with new water. I picked up from bottom and walked it to new area. Your tank being glass is stronger and solider than the acrylic so you should be fine. How big of a tank?

 

[Pfrozen]

That’s what I did. I had the discus laying sideways and maybe at most 2” of water. I saved 10g of water got my son to help lift and put the 10g back in and than filled with new water. I picked up from bottom and walked it to new area. Your tank being glass is stronger and solider than the acrylic so you should be fine. How big of a tank?

Awesome. Its just a 20 high. It does have quite a bit of substrate but its mostly light peat