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What are you doing to your tank today?
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Got new plants a couple days ago, every day a few seem to get uprooted. I'm wondering why it's so hard for them to stay put! I'm gonna blame the pleco.
Included a foto of when i placed it the first day before chaos reigned.
Included a foto of when i placed it the first day before chaos reigned.
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Maybe I can whilst nobody is looking...
It’s a long story... on another thread I was comparing to my cats to loaves of bread because of the ”loaf” resting position they use when sleeping, typical of cats. My profile was then personalised around my cats but I since removed my profile picture (which depicted one of them). I’m just happy I found a name I can stick with!
My cats did the same loaf position LOL!!
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Need to do some water changes and feed all the killifish and frogs. Betta fry are growing a little faster now and getting chunky. cant wait to see how they turn out.
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Today I had to help out one of my rosy barbs because she had a piece of moss stuck in her gill. As I checking the tank out in the morning, I noticed there was something off with T'Ana's face - the gill seemed raised and wouldn't close completely when breathing. Looking closer I noticed a small branch of moss sticking out. At first I was worried that if I try to pull it out and it turns out to be stuck or there's a much bigger lump of moss in her throat, I might do more damage than good. But seeing her just sitting in one hiding spot away from others, instead of being her playful goofy self, I decided to do it. Catching was a bit challenging, because as I said she was hiding between driftwood. But eventually I got her, and the moss came out quite easily. After half an hour she was already bothering a mystery snail, and now seems fully active . The gill is a bit swollen, I hope it won't result in infection. She's kind of my favourite, extra derpy, fat and always gets in trouble, fins torn, etc., but she has a lot of personality and really vivid colour for a female.
. The gill is a bit swollen, I hope it won't result in infection. She's kind of my favourite, extra derpy, fat and always gets in trouble, fins torn, etc., but she has a lot of personality and really vivid colour for a female.
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One of my tetras jumped out last night, so I need to get an air stone for her QT bucket. Gotta make a lid for the 29g, apparently. And one of my gouramis is guarding the food in my actual QT tank. The Spanish teacher at my school just, unprompted, gave me another small tank that I can use to separate them. Forever grateful for my coworkers.
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Well, if nothing hapoens in the tanks, hopefully just feeding and watching. The 45 gets frizen bloodworms today, so that is always a thrill!
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Just doing ich check in the tanks, but everyone is good so far today. My little guy who has a mild case is eating well and behaving normally.
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Might do a partial water change on the 45 just to get rid of some of the pleco poop! Otherwise, should be just watching and feeding.
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The other wall is bare so was gonna add the black to that one to starters, I'll see how it looks and decide if i remove the Stones on the other wall but not for now atleast..
Also I kind of got carried away and built an i door garden out of old aquarium light lid and an unused metal rack xD
The other wall is bare so was gonna add the black to that one to starters, I'll see how it looks and decide if i remove the Stones on the other wall but not for now atleast..
Also I kind of got carried away and built an i door garden out of old aquarium light lid and an unused metal rack xD
Installing my background totally did not work out, would have been better off just taping it instead of using the adhesive side.. As it's really hard for me to reach the back corner and the thing is too heavy to move alot Maybe ill have a another go at it tomorrow
It looks absolutely horrible! Haha
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I managed to deal with spot algae in the 15 gallon effectively but now there is a thick biofilm at the top. I think this has occurred due to the light being upside down because there’s nothing else to suggest why the biofilm has become so thick.
I guess it doesn’t matter; it provides food to the fish including tiny algae. I shouldn’t disrupt the biofilm.
I’ve begun feeding the cories a single Hikari Massivore Delite pellet to share between them. Each pellet contains the same protein quantity as 1.8 goldfish.
I guess it doesn’t matter; it provides food to the fish including tiny algae. I shouldn’t disrupt the biofilm.
I’ve begun feeding the cories a single Hikari Massivore Delite pellet to share between them. Each pellet contains the same protein quantity as 1.8 goldfish.
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Tom had practically been begging me for betta bonding again every night, so we did it today. He was a good boy.
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Don't know why I'm not getting notifications regarding this thread anymore, but hello! It's been a long time since I've made a post on this thread, but that'll change today haha.
Made a lot of progress on my new tank today. Did a quarter water change, and while I was doing that I cleaned out a lot of snail poop, and got some algae off my plants with an electric toothbrush (which is now 100% dedicated to my tank). I also did some liquid tests on the water, and found there's an incredibly low amount of ammonia in there (it decreased from last time), though I didn't notice anything new in the nitrite test (I was expecting to see it be lower). I didn't check nitrates since I had other things to do and that test always takes a while, so I'm not sure where that's at right now. I'll check tomorrow, lol.
I think tomorrow I'll start feeding the tank with flake food. This tank has been set up for a few weeks with live plants in there, and there's already algae growing, so I think there's a good amount of nutrients in there for beneficial bacteria but I'm going to add some more in preparation for adding my betta. I want to make sure that this tank can handle the bioload of a nerite snail and a betta at the same time.
Made a lot of progress on my new tank today. Did a quarter water change, and while I was doing that I cleaned out a lot of snail poop, and got some algae off my plants with an electric toothbrush (which is now 100% dedicated to my tank). I also did some liquid tests on the water, and found there's an incredibly low amount of ammonia in there (it decreased from last time), though I didn't notice anything new in the nitrite test (I was expecting to see it be lower). I didn't check nitrates since I had other things to do and that test always takes a while, so I'm not sure where that's at right now. I'll check tomorrow, lol.
I think tomorrow I'll start feeding the tank with flake food. This tank has been set up for a few weeks with live plants in there, and there's already algae growing, so I think there's a good amount of nutrients in there for beneficial bacteria but I'm going to add some more in preparation for adding my betta. I want to make sure that this tank can handle the bioload of a nerite snail and a betta at the same time.
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Hopefully i won't have to do anything besides feeding and watching. Can't wait to see what kind of antics the Dumb Danio's are up to tonight!
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No signs of ich! Wahoo!
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Someone crashed into a pole, power is out. I'm prepared this time!
I also have some usb hand warmers I can use if the tank starts to cool too much.
I also have some usb hand warmers I can use if the tank starts to cool too much.
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Fed some bloodworms. My tetras are still swarming the drop point. It's been 10 minutes. Did an ich check. Everyone still looks good. Can't tell if my one little guy still has it. It's hard to check when he's in a bucket.
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Today was water change day. There’s only one neon tetra still hanging onto the ich. Everyone else is clear now.
I planted all my uprooted cardinal flower plants (i think that's their name?) in a separate little mason jar tank....because my rosy barbs are just having the time of their lives snacking on them. I really want to save them because soon the rosies are all going to a bigger tank, so I want to keep these plants in this smaller tank for a potentially new resident, who won't chomp on it...
I`m glad they left the new Elodeas alone.
I`m glad they left the new Elodeas alone.
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At work for the next few days but I did have some banana plants come in today. Gonna see how they look when I get back and possible switch out the dwarf lily in my main. I didn't have any K ferts for a couple weeks and it almost completely died somehow. Lilies need a lot of K
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Water changes all around today. Moved one honey gourami from the QT tank into the 29g because the other one was stressed in the QT bucket, which seemed counterproductive since he's getting over ich. Now the stressed one is in the QT tank and is much happier. The one in the main tank is thrilled about its field of frogbit to munch on.
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Too busy woth housecleaning to get water changes done, but found a platy fry in the 29 that can't be more than a day or two old...and the peacock gudgeons look to be working on a spawn in the 45!
I would give them a couple days to respond cos they might have to do some musical aquarium moves to make space for it. Not many LFS have spare aquarium space for intake/rescue fish. Sims operates a rescue service, they have the space to take emergencies but even they need to sort the logistics out to receive the fish either by owner drop off or collection. So I wouldn't worry too much unless you still have not heard anything by midweek.
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My LFS often accepts huge fish. Recently they took in a fully grown oscar, bichir and some catfish. Hopefully they find space for a close to seven inch long cichlid. Due to the pandemic and brexit they’re also struggling to get fish in if anything.
I’ve heard much about Sims before, but I’m pretty sure they’re located near Brighton. How far will they travel to rescue fish? Using them would be a last resort.
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Just watching today. My little honey gourami seems to not only be ich-free, but his little personality is starting to come out again! He was the more outgoing one when I bought him and the other one last week, and then he got really shy when he started getting sick. So this is a great sign. The one in the main tank settled in nicely, too, and he didn't guard food this morning from the tetras. That will bode well for when I put the other one in. But, if needed, I can always feed them in different parts of the tank. Sounds like a next week issue, though.
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Think i am going to start setting up one of the 10 gals in the garage for a grow-out tank. Don't know how soon i will actually use it, but between the peacock gudgeons acting like they are gonna spawn and eventually the bn plecos as well...figure i will need it sooner than later...or maybe i will use the 20 tall instead. Decisions, decisions....
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