What are you doing to your tank today?

[Debbie1986]

ugh... sand got stuck in my tank cleaner

finally dawned on me last night (stuck sand) after I had already order a replacement! oh well.. I did a water change in shrimp tank at 9 pm last night! fun times! shrimp are much happier!

I found 6 babies! when i netted waste water! yikes

Red tailed shark =(RTS), he sometimes manages to pull out the smallest plants out of gravel, if they are not properly planted, while foraging the bottom for leftover food and algae

i want a shark sooo bad! but need a bigger tank than i can mange now

 

[veggieshark]

Not exactly today (but today included), I went to a swap meeting and treated myself to a lot of beauties.
Got some new red calico BN, corydoras erhardti, swordtails and platies, red rili shrimp, and several plants. That also meant a lot of water changes and moving things around in a short amount of time, but I managed to put all new fish in their own tank. I now have two tanks with swordtails and platies that I will need to consolidate at some point.

 

[BenjiBear]

Not exactly today (but today included), I went to a swap meeting and treated myself to a lot of beauties.
Got some new red calico BN, corydoras erhardti, swordtails and platies, red rili shrimp, and several plants. That also meant a lot of water changes and moving things around in a short amount of time, but I managed to put all new fish in their own tank. I now have two tanks with swordtails and platies that I will need to consolidate at some point.

owwww lucky i want a calico BN so bad but cant find one for sale near me yet...one day

I was at my LFS a few days ago and picked up some more kuhli loaches (can never have enough noodles) and serpae tetra who turns out have internal parasites and I lost one of ten over the weekend :/ hopefully alll shall be well though soon (theyre in qt so no worries )

 

[veggieshark]

owwww lucky i want a calico BN so bad but cant find one for sale near me yet...one day

I was at my LFS a few days ago and picked up some more kuhli loaches (can never have enough noodles) and serpae tetra who turns out have internal parasites and I lost one of ten over the weekend :/ hopefully alll shall be well though soon (theyre in qt so no worries )

We are lucky indeed; there are so many serious hobbyists in this area that it feels like aquarium hobbyist's heaven sometimes. The cories and the plecos are tiny, so I have to take good care to get them through the critical growth phase. My existing pleco population is very male-heavy, so I hope I can raise some females.

Sorry for the issues you have with the serpaes.

 

[BenjiBear]

We are lucky indeed; there are so many serious hobbyists in this area that it feels like aquarium hobbyist's heaven sometimes. The cories and the plecos are tiny, so I have to take good care to get them through the critical growth phase. My existing pleco population is very male-heavy, so I hope I can raise some females.

Sorry for the issues you have with the serpaes.

I have to travel a fair bit for fish unfortunately. Plecos are my favourite fish but unfortunately all my tanks but one arent big enough for even BNs. Baby ones, yes but then they need a place to go afterwards of course

 

[skar]

Trow out 6 handfuls of plants, large water change..
feed everything.
Need to change out the co2 tank soon.

 

[bcfishtanks]

Those of you with pretty, well-behaved bettas might think Tom looks terrible, but look at that regrowth! I think he looks great.

Putting black construction paper on the back of my main tank tonight instead of investing in a vinyl background. I'll post an update tomorrow.

 

[Cara]

Watching my redwag dalmatian platy drop fry. Watching the ghost shrimp eat still born But I did see one escape into one of the fry havens I made

And buried my very pretty male platy, Stella. He died nestled in the moss.

What an afternoon

 

[bcfishtanks]

Watching my redwag dalmatian platy drop fry. Watching the ghost shrimp eat still born But I did see one escape into one of the fry havens I made

And buried my very pretty male platy, Stella. He died nestled in the moss.

What an afternoon

Bittersweet day. Glad your babies made it to the haven!

 

[Cara]

Glad your babies made it to the haven!

REALLY glad I made them. That particular gs is on the hunt....just sitting in the birthing corner and waiting. seems to be the fav place for all my gals to drop fry.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Think today is just a watch/feed fish type of day. Usually brings in a couple of kitties that just have to supervise and make sure the fish don't get all the attention...

 

[Patman0519]

Wondering what everyone is doing to their tanks weather its changing decor adding removing, changing substrate, new lights filters air stones or sponge filters etc..... Also pics are very much encouraged
PS if there is a better section for this thread please move it Thanks!!

 

[BigManAquatics]

Ended up doing som re-arranging on the 45. Moved something yesterday that unexpectedly opened things up, allowing my to see the hiding fish a little better, so decided to do a bit more of that. Think i am hapoy with it. For the time being.

 

[Patman0519]

Ended up doing som re-arranging on the 45. Moved something yesterday that unexpectedly opened things up, allowing my to see the hiding fish a little better, so decided to do a bit more of that. Think i am hapoy with it. For the time being.

That's a vague tease all things considered...I make caves and shelves in my 55 gallon and ever time I rearrange I "open" it up a little more as well...possibly pics or a video?????

 

[bcfishtanks]

Water changes on both tanks. Scrubbed the algae and nerite eggs off the front of the tank. Moved some hornwort and frogbit between tanks. The black background is growing on me.

 

[BigManAquatics]

That's a vague tease all things considered...I make caves and shelves in my 55 gallon and ever time I rearrange I "open" it up a little more as well...possibly pics or a video?????

Maybe later. The dangers of posting at work!

 

[lhopkin9]

Another water change and another dose of ichx....this is getting old. Also I can’t count enough cories today. 2 are MIA. I’m hoping they are just hiding. Fingers crossed. Kinda frustrated with my tank a bit right now.

 

[bcfishtanks]

Another water change and another dose of ichx....this is getting old. Also I can’t count enough cories today. 2 are MIA. I’m hoping they are just hiding. Fingers crossed. Kinda frustrated with my tank a bit right now.

Hang in there. I hope you find your cories.

 

[BigManAquatics]

It is all hearts in my tank today!

 

[SterSter]

Today I harvested some 30 CPD eggs and fed my current CPD fry.

Tiny Eggs

Tiny babies so cute!!

 

[lhopkin9]

Well one of the 2 missing cories was located and fine. Hopefully the other one is okay too. I’ll feel better if I can’t count all 6 at the same time.

FINALLY caught Sid (clown pleco) and put him in quarantine. I’ve been trying to catch him for about 4 days. He’s a sneaky guy. Knew right where I couldn’t reach him without destroying my aquascape.

Now I can treat him more intensely with the ich x without affecting the main tank. I’m hoping the main tank will clear up now without Sid in it just with the temperature increase. There are only a couple small spots on a couple neon tetras left.

 

[Ouse]

Expecting to do some spot algae cleaning soon. The 15 gallon has lots of spot algae on the glass and ornaments so I flipped the light upside-down so it’s dimmer on the tank. Next time I perform a water change on the tank I’ll scrub that algae!

 

[toeknee]

Aside from water changes and plant trimming today I put some trim pieces around the stand for the 55 gallon and a frame around the 10 gallon below it. I'm no carpenter so it's definitely not perfect but it looks better than before.

I decided to remove all the Manzanita sticks out of the 55, they just kept getting tangled in the plants and would never stay where I wanted them to. I pulled up a sword plant that grew too large and realized it was now actually 4 plants so I separated them and moved some of the moss covered stones around to make room for the off shoot sword plants.

I took out all plants aside from the dwarf sag and lotus from the 10 gallon to keep it a simple scape. Hubert Cumberdale Jr. the Betta went from a brightly colored vibrant young lad and turned into a dull black colored grumpy old man. So I'll probably be putting a white frosted background on the 10 gallon soon so he stands out more.

Pepe the Pea Puffer's 7 gallon needs a good scrubbing on the stones, about to add another Pea Puffer in there when I have time to make the trip to an LFS.

 

[JLAquatics]

Did a 50 percent water change on the very new 10 gallon aquascape, which was just made yesterday. The plants still have much growing in to do before I add some shrimp and snails to the mix.

 

[Ouse]

Just scrubbed the spot algae off of the 15 gallon’s glass. The fish found the algae scrapings delicious!

The light is now upside down meaning lighting is very dim.

 

[pagoda]

Today has been a sit back and watch day....lulling the hooligans into a sense of false security really cos its blue surgical glove day tomorrow (aka water change and generall fluff up day)....one peek of the blue surgical gloves and the hooligans scatter in every direction, they do not come back out of hiding out til said blue surgical gloves come off again....apart from one or two of the braver individuals who try to nip at me or give me the full on evil eye til I go away

 

[BigManAquatics]

Won't be much tank time today, as it is a busy day. But, it is brine shrimp day, so that will be fun!

 

[Batmantheanglefish]

Adding peacock eels to one of the tanks....wish me luck on feeding them lol!

 

[lhopkin9]

Did a 50 percent water change on the very new 10 gallon aquascape, which was just made yesterday. The plants still have much growing in to do before I add some shrimp and snails to the mix. View attachment 786079

I REALLY love this scape!

 

[JLAquatics]

I REALLY love this scape!

Thank you! As I said above, the tank was very new and just started three days ago. I feel the plants have already taken a liking to my system, as many have shown growth already! Here is a top down view of the tank to give a better perspective of how I planted it for when the tank does grow in like it should. It will eventually be home to a colony of shrimp, some snails, and hopefully a passive Betta once the tank grows out! I'm so excited!

 

[lhopkin9]

Ordered a new piece of wood and some rocks. I have a problem.....

 

[BigManAquatics]

Ordered a new piece of wood and some rocks. I have a problem.....

Nah. I call it "inspiration".

 

[bcfishtanks]

Moved some more hornwort up to the 29g. I started "betta bonding" with Tom last weekend. He sat in my hand today for the first time and seemed so proud of himself. Wish I had been able to get a picture. I haven't done that with any bettas before, but since Tom is high anxiety, I wondered if he'd like the extra one-on-one time.

 

[pagoda]

It's Friday, 0635 in the morning....about to start the military operation to water change and fluff up 5 quariums.....secret to success is get everything ready before starting, then sneak up on the fish jug in hand and always have loads of paper towel at the ready to fight of the inevitable soaking from angry tail slapping and filter farts

Should be completed by around 0900....in theory

Onward, into the breach once more....turkey baster, jug, paper towels, 150 x 500ml bottles of water and blue surgical gloves at the ready

Edited by site at 0936...

Mission accomplished and without casualties unless you include the house plant that the hood from my 20g long fell onto and soaked it.....alot of swearing and tail slapping from the fish but no nipping today for a change....done and dusted for another week....time for a frothy coffee

(I was interupted in mid flow mind you, two of my GP practice darts team (aka practice nurses) called round to give me my second astra zeneca, six weeks after my first one...so escape is finally on the horizon )

 

[pagoda]

Update #2

Why did I start this water change malarkey?

Just had a 45 minute argument with a spraybar.....it blew is flippin' end cap off

Up to armpits in water (one of the disadvantages of a deeper than average aquarium), fished out offending end cap, put it back on.

Went and got a coffee.....returned to the lounge and end cap is on the sand again Fished it out a second time, swore at it, ordered it to stay put or else...

Sat down with coffee...glanced over at aquarium to see this extremely badly behaved end cap happily floating down the aquarium again

That does it....enough of this bad behaviour and technologically defectivenessed thing....fished it out, took the spraybar right off mumbling expletives into the kitchen and got the super glue out.....you WILL stay put!

Got one of my spare spraybars out (having 5 identical external filters means lots of spares) and super glued the end cap into the new spraybar.

Returned to the aquarium...."where is the elbow joint?"

Black elbow joint...black sand substrate...this might take a while......I could almost here the fish giggling at me by this point.....fished and ferked about for ages then found the elbow in a plant nowhere near the intake..."fish must have moved it just to be awkward"

Refitted elbow, refitted the now dry spraybar....turned the flow down a tad....now watching it from the corner of my eye whilst drinking a now cold mug of frothy coffee.....

Aquariums drive me nuts sometimes.....pesky things falling off

 

[JPH1970]

Won't be much tank time today, as it is a busy day. But, it is brine shrimp day, so that will be fun!

Do you raise your own brine shrimp?

I may be heading to the local fish store to pick up some albino cories. They sell them for 2 bucks each

 

[BigManAquatics]

Do you raise your own brine shrimp?

I may be heading to the local fish store to pick up some albino cories. They sell them for 2 bucks each

Nah, this is frozen that i have. Might start though depending what i decide if some of my fish start breeding. Since about half my fish are hard to find in my area.

 

[JPH1970]

Nah, this is frozen that i have. Might start though depending what i decide if some of my fish start breeding. Since about half my fish are hard to find in my area.

I have frozen brine shrimp as well and the fish go nuts over them. I just thaw out a bit before feeding.

I don't have the space to raise my own but it would be fun

 

[JLAquatics]

Water Change Day! I am about to do a 50 percent water change on both the 29 and 10 gallon aquariums on my only day off this week.

 

[Mhamilton0911]

I have been growing out a patch of dwarf hairgrass in a jar on my kitchen window, so last night I decided it's time.... dumped the jar and harvested all the grass. It's floating overnight and I'm waiting for lights on in my betta tank to get to planting it's not my favorite thing to plant, it's so dainty. I'll snap before and afters.

 

[Tayler]

I’m going to do a water change.

 

[JPH1970]

Water Change Day! I am about to do a 50 percent water change on both the 29 and 10 gallon aquariums on my only day off this week.

I did a 50% water change in my 29 gallon late last night. Having three buckets makes it way easier

 

[JLAquatics]

I did a 50% water change in my 29 gallon late last night. Having three buckets makes it way easier

Or one big bucket in my case!

 

[BigManAquatics]

I may have to do a water change today, because i have sporting events to work at tomorrow. Also, my super reds should be coming today!

 

[Halloween]

Did a water change and placed tank on new tank shelf...next week will be getting a new 120 liter tank, woot!

Also, I can't for the life of me make my jave moss stick to anything!!! Do I have to glue it down? With what glue? I've tied it to rocks, buried it in the substrate, but the fish manage to pull it all up. I'm letting it float around but it's getting big and I'm tired of it getting into the filter.

 

[Pfrozen]

Mostly just trying to figure out how to get more K in with my dosing. Finally figured out the math for Tropica and it doesn't have enough K either. Ended up blowing 80 dollars on a 2L jug of Flourish Potassium and hating myself for it but at least I don't have to worry about pinholes on my anubias anymore

Beyond that just topping up and waiting for fry to appear in my breeding tank if they ever do. WC day today too maybe, might do it tomorrow tho we will see

 

[BigManAquatics]

Just got a text from my wife. "I got your live fish in. You freaking weirdo". So that means my super reds were delivered! Now if only i could leave work now...

 

[lhopkin9]

RIP Sid. He passed away in quarantine today. No matter what I did for his ich it just got worse and worse. His body just didn’t seem to try and fight it. I’m not sure why. He was a cool little man who will be missed.




On the upside the ich seems to be ~90% gone in my display tank since removing Sid. Only a few neon tetras still have a spot or two.


Also I feel incredibly guilty about getting a platy from stupid petsmart and not quarantining it. Never again.

Sid survived 4 years and moving houses 3 times, then was taken out by the ich

 

[Fisch]

Watching my new Neons in the quarantine tank...is the ich gone? No... wait.. hold still.....just a second so I have the chance to determine if it is an ich cyst or just a piece of tank debris. They are fun to watch. Three more weeks and they should be ready to join the adult ones in the big tank...

 

[pagoda]

It's a quiet "sit back and watch" day today.

The misbehaving end cap on one of the spray bars has now learnt its lesson and has stayed put finally....a few strong words and the super glue appear to have taken effect

Tomorrow is fasting day for the little hooligans....(insert evil laugh here)....they are totally oblivious to that yet