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Trying to get my butt up and moving again and rinse some sand so i can get a grow-out tank set up. Why does motivation have to be so hard on a Sunday?
What are you doing to your tank today?
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got all my water changes done today! (I was supposed to do them on Saturday but they are done now lol)
and I managed to upgrade all my bettas! they all have 5 gallons now except my poor little girl star... she broke her spine a while ago and has been not eating or moving a lot since so I decided to have her to a 2 gallon for now until she starts feeling better.
and I managed to upgrade all my bettas! they all have 5 gallons now except my poor little girl star... she broke her spine a while ago and has been not eating or moving a lot since so I decided to have her to a 2 gallon for now until she starts feeling better.
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Trying to be more active on the forum again, so here we go. If any of you followed my tank builds, you'll know that I have a problem....This tank has been through a lot of changes, and I just tweaked it again. I felt like the upper portion was lacking, so I raised the horn wood, adjusted rock placement, and condensed the plants.
I definitely have to stop messing with it and let the plants grow. I've said this so many times, but I believe that I can finally do that.
Question though. I wouldn't necessarily label this as a true triangle scape, so do you think I should add some pothos to the left, or leave it be?
I definitely have to stop messing with it and let the plants grow. I've said this so many times, but I believe that I can finally do that.
Question though. I wouldn't necessarily label this as a true triangle scape, so do you think I should add some pothos to the left, or leave it be?
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Looks great! Adding the Pothos on the left is completely up to you. Your tank will probably look more like a triangle aquascape once the plants in the back left corner grow up a little more.
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Did a water change on the corydoras fry tank. They're really getting big and there's more than I initially thought. Siphoned food from the bottom and removed snails, they're more trouble than they're worth in there.
Yesterday I did a water change and HOB filter cleaning on the 55g corydoras/skirt tetras tank. I did the canister and sponge filters the previous weeks. Tomorrow I'll do a water change on the remaining tanks.
Yesterday I did a water change and HOB filter cleaning on the 55g corydoras/skirt tetras tank. I did the canister and sponge filters the previous weeks. Tomorrow I'll do a water change on the remaining tanks.
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Currently dealing with a bacterial infection in the 15 gallon. I did a 70% water change and euthanised a fish with dropsy. Another fish has popeye as a result of the infection but is eating and schooling as normal. I will be doing daily 50% water changes over the next few days to battle the infection.
The heater would appear to be broken so I need to get a new one. It’s staying at 28°C and won’t budge.
The heater would appear to be broken so I need to get a new one. It’s staying at 28°C and won’t budge.
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Thanks! Yup...not touching it anymore besides water changes.
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Ammonia is finally zero in the 10 gallon which now paved the way for the Nitrites. I will do a 50 percent water change tomorrow in the 10 gallon like I have been doing every other day for the past two weeks. Once the tank cycles I will add the 6 most vibrant Cherry Shrimp (4f/2m) from my 29 gallon in here to populate the tank alongside colorful Ramshorn Snails. I am so ready to add some movement to this tank, but patience is key in things like this.
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Put on a background and put sand in a 10g for a grow-out tank. Will go digging into my supplies tomorrow for the rest. Glad i got a bunch of seeded sponge filters. Because it is official. I have peacock gudgeon eggs!
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I wouldn't so much ADD the pothos to the left, as move the ones that are already in there. I don't know, maybe they'll look better when they grow roots, but right now they look out of place being on the right. To be honest I'm not a big fan of how pothos roots look like in the tank (I do like how the plant itself extends above the tank though), so I'd just tuck them way behind that wood.
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Just watching and enjoying my 36g. The cories in there are the cutest little things.
Decided to go from a 3.5G to a 10g for the new shrimp tank I’ve been cycling. Ordered a lid, sponge filter, and some seiryu rock for it.
Decided to go from a 3.5G to a 10g for the new shrimp tank I’ve been cycling. Ordered a lid, sponge filter, and some seiryu rock for it.
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rehoming the platys 
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Fight with the Fluval 406. It’s been spitting out air waaaay too often despite all the hose connections being tight.
So today I started with replacing the rubber gasket on the motor head piece. Didn’t fix it. So for giggles I replaced the impeller. Nope.And now I can’t even get it to run. Guess I might have to replace the aqua stop valve. Noticed the strainer piece was cracked. But that shouldn’t suck air as it’s totally under water.
Still can’t get it to run. Fiddled with it for a while longer and •finally• got it running and it’s no longer spitting air! Yay!
Oh and did WC on the 29 and 5 and added some recently purchased frog bit to the 5, 29, and tan 40 breeder.
So today I started with replacing the rubber gasket on the motor head piece. Didn’t fix it. So for giggles I replaced the impeller. Nope.And now I can’t even get it to run. Guess I might have to replace the aqua stop valve. Noticed the strainer piece was cracked. But that shouldn’t suck air as it’s totally under water.
Still can’t get it to run. Fiddled with it for a while longer and •finally• got it running and it’s no longer spitting air! Yay!
Oh and did WC on the 29 and 5 and added some recently purchased frog bit to the 5, 29, and tan 40 breeder.
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I am currently contemplating today if I should do a whole rescape in a few weeks time in my 29 gallon or not... Plant growth has just been way too insane for me to handle lately and keep up with. Everything seems really happy in there but it just seems like a little too much in there to me. I don't know, what do you all think about this?
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Thank you! I don't like to call myself an expert, I am still learning new tricks to aquascaping myself every day and there are other members here that are much more knowledgeable than me. I think the untamed look is growing on me and I also have a much more structured ten gallon aquascape. Maybe I will let nature take this one over as an experiment and have one "wild tank" in my arsenal.I like it, but you're the expert! (also it's your tank
Yeah, I guess I would be the best person to decide this as I am the one looking at it and caring for it each day. I think I will let nature take this tank over as all my inhabitants love the tank. They all have awesome colors, the Shrimp breed readily and all the fish hang out in the open middle section anyways. As long as they got some swimming room, I will let the tank grow in naturally.
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Is that water wisteria? I’m so jealous lol!
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Yes, that whole mass of green on the left and right side is all Water Wisteria. This all came from just one tiny 4 inch tube of it for 5 bucks at my local PetSmart. There was only 3 small viable stems in the tube and fast forward a half of year later. Easily the best single plant purchase I ever made. There are also a few stems in my other tank as well now from the same source. There is also some Hornwort mixed in as well, which I also have in excess...
Friday fun day...water changes and general maintenance x 5
Oh the joys of keeping fish.....they swear at you, they make more poo than a herd of horses and you end up getting wetter than if you went swimming in the aquariums yourself (especially when forgetting to put hood back before turning the filters back on and getting pee'd on by the spray bars)
Still....they always show their appreciation of the hard work....by uprooting everything and lobbing sand all over the place
Oh the joys of keeping fish.....they swear at you, they make more poo than a herd of horses and you end up getting wetter than if you went swimming in the aquariums yourself (especially when forgetting to put hood back before turning the filters back on and getting pee'd on by the spray bars)
Still....they always show their appreciation of the hard work....by uprooting everything and lobbing sand all over the place
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Took me 3 hours to get mine all done and dusted and without getting a spraybar shower too, for once
Next week its filter service and hose rogering day....nothing better than a good old hose roger with that piddly brush (must remember to hold onto the end as it can be a tad difficult to get back if you let go of it )
The fish have all gone to bed now, it was lights out for them a short while ago....I can hear the Cories getting up to no good again as usual.....backflips in the filter flow.....Cories are definitely worse than human teenagers in the being naughty after bedtime department
Next week its filter service and hose rogering day....nothing better than a good old hose roger with that piddly brush (must remember to hold onto the end as it can be a tad difficult to get back if you let go of it
)The fish have all gone to bed now, it was lights out for them a short while ago....I can hear the Cories getting up to no good again as usual.....backflips in the filter flow.....Cories are definitely worse than human teenagers in the being naughty after bedtime department
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I gotta lower the pH in my sister’s tank. Usually it’s at 7.5 but it’s stayed firmly at 8.0 since Monday. Even daily 50% water changes since then haven’t lowered it. The pH has probably risen because limescale which builds up at the surface dissolved in the water when I scrubbed the glass previously.
I just euthanised another fish with a bacterial infection and the remaining fish are asymptomatic. So far two fish have been euthanised, both with dropsy and heavy breathing as symptoms. I feel that the pH spike and the previous high temperature are the causes for the infection.
I just euthanised another fish with a bacterial infection and the remaining fish are asymptomatic. So far two fish have been euthanised, both with dropsy and heavy breathing as symptoms. I feel that the pH spike and the previous high temperature are the causes for the infection.
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Well, after the LED lighting turned on at 9:00 am. I fed my Africans, fry, Clown Loaches, and Blueberry Botias with LOTS of Cichlid Flakes, Blood Worms, and Brine Shrimp for the babies. Other than that, I sat back and enjoyed watching all of them gobble it up. It's the only time I see the babies come out to participate in the feast.
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Have decided i am pulling the cave full of gudgeon eggs today and putting it in the fry tank, assuming daddy hasn't eaten the eggs yet. Beyond that, maybe get a water change done. Have a feeling work is going to involve a brawl or 2 tomorrow night which means i will probably be plenty sore and stiff come Sunday.
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ABSOLUTELY!Thank you! I don't like to call myself an expert, I am still learning new tricks to aquascaping myself every day and there are other members here that are much more knowledgeable than me. I think the untamed look is growing on me and I also have a much more structured ten gallon aquascape. Maybe I will let nature take this one over as an experiment and have one "wild tank" in my arsenal.
Yeah, I guess I would be the best person to decide this as I am the one looking at it and caring for it each day. I think I will let nature take this tank over as all my inhabitants love the tank. They all have awesome colors, the Shrimp breed readily and all the fish hang out in the open middle section anyways. As long as they got some swimming room, I will let the tank grow in naturally.
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Water change on my 36 today. I thought I may be doing some redecorating this weekend, but apparently my new piece of drift wood is lost somewhere between California and Maryland....USPS changed its tracking to “somewhere in the US” and it has stayed like that for 5 days.
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I contacted Sims. They responded very quickly! We’re finding a weekend when the family will be at home and they’re not booked so they can pick the fish up.
Later I’m going to do a KH test on the 15 gallon to see where the dKH is at. As the pH isn’t dropping it must be high.
I will also get some weekly water changes done today.
Later I’m going to do a KH test on the 15 gallon to see where the dKH is at. As the pH isn’t dropping it must be high.
I will also get some weekly water changes done today.
I am really pleased Sims have been able to get you sorted, I thought that they probably would be able to collect your fish since they have the facilities/ability to do so
Today for my aquariums its a sit back and watch day...more fun today cos I had some Amazon Frogbit delivered yesterday from Pro-Shrimp, the fish have gone completely nuts over it. Really good sized, healthy clumps of it....Firecracker, the Red Throat Viejita, is having a wild time munching it in his aquarium, whereas everyone else is playing chase and hide & seek with theirs in their respective aquariums
Fasting day tomorrow, which since they have plants to munch I might actually be allowed to have my food infront of them without the indignant tail swishing and evil eye
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Waterchanges as per schedule on both tanks.
Love the name and I usually am not a friend of naming fish.
But it shouldn't be eating the frogbit. Is he going for the leaves or just picking at the roots? Mine only goes for the detritus that sometimes gets stuck in the little filaments oin the roots.
Love the name and I usually am not a friend of naming fish.
But it shouldn't be eating the frogbit.
Is he going for the leaves or just picking at the roots? Mine only goes for the detritus that sometimes gets stuck in the little filaments oin the roots.Waterchanges as per schedule on both tanks.
Love the name and I usually am not a friend of naming fish.
But it shouldn't be eating the frogbit.
I thought he suited Firecracker with his colouring and temperment
Headbutting the leaves to make the roots drop what he believes are munchies...most of the time he just pushes the clumps around with his nose and nips at it and flares at it in frustration when it won't move. He is quite the character....persistent & stubborn with a little bit of mischieviousness thrown in for good measure
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Spent over an hour this morning on my 200 litre angel tank. 2 x Filter maintenance, water change n vac. Also finished my hob sponge filter creation and put in my 110 litre barb tank. In needs some outflow tweaks and isn't the most elegant filter but it has tons of power and hope it will serve as a backup if I should ever need one in the case of a failure elsewhere. 
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Cleaned out frogbit by the handful from the 29g. I'm not even pulling off dead leaves anymore. There's a dead leaf? Whole thing goes in the trash. I've still got a really solid layer up top, but there's more spaces for my honeys to come up for air if they so choose.
I also started an Instagram for my tanks yesterday since I was posting about them all the time anyway.
Water changes all around later. Will probably move my second honey out of QT to the 29g. Hopefully the one already in the main tank doesn't start guarding food tomorrow morning like he did in the QT tank.
I also started an Instagram for my tanks yesterday since I was posting about them all the time anyway.
Water changes all around later. Will probably move my second honey out of QT to the 29g. Hopefully the one already in the main tank doesn't start guarding food tomorrow morning like he did in the QT tank.
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Other than watching and feeding the fish today, nothing much with the tanks.
However, I just made a thread on an aquascape design service idea a little bit ago! I would love to hear everyone's thoughts on it!
Need Help with Aquascape Designs? How about this; | Aquarium Aquascaping Forum | 499063
However, I just made a thread on an aquascape design service idea a little bit ago! I would love to hear everyone's thoughts on it!
Need Help with Aquascape Designs? How about this; | Aquarium Aquascaping Forum | 499063
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