What are you doing to your tank today?

Lol I don't think you really know what a Val take-over is.... :hilarious:
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Yeah, your right on that one, Stargirl. I think the Water Wisteria is acting as some form of barrier to their influence in the tank, but they are certainly much taller now than they ever were before. I actually appreciate the Water Wisteria where it is located, it causes the Vals to grow mainly in the one center spot only. However, I have noticed some new Val plants poking out of my Water Wisteria forest, so maybe they will choke the Water Wisteria out some day. I certainly hope not though. On top of that, I have a Green Tiger Lotus growing very prolifically now in the tank as well. I guess it will be the battle of the plants in this tank now.
 

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Yeah, your right on that one, Stargirl. I think the Water Wisteria is acting as some form of barrier to their influence in the tank, but they are certainly much taller now than they ever were before. I actually appreciate the Water Wisteria where it is located, it causes the Vals to grow mainly in the one center spot only. However, I have noticed some new Val plants poking out of my Water Wisteria forest, so maybe they will choke the Water Wisteria out some day. I certainly hope not though.
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They need to be detained or they will form a hostel take over. Just be warned.
 

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They need to be detained or they will form a hostel take over. Just be warned.
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To the interrogation bucket you go, you sneaky little Val! :hilarious:

PS: I'm sorry, the way you typed out detained made me think of this corny line.
 
Water changes done, started 0530 this morning, now 0715 and finished. Rinsed the strainers and UV sponges. Rescaped one aquarium yesterday, tidied another this morning.

All fish happy, healthy and water refreshed.

Done til this time next week.
 
After rinsing the GKM sponges yesterday and moving the outflow part of the units slightly above the waterline, I now fall to sleep to the sound of stereo miniature Niagara Falls.....literally Niagara Falls...after heavy rain...and the ice has melted....ah...the relaxing sound of 2 thundering waterfalls....bliss :)

(Did the same with the GKM's in the lounge and hallway too, so now its Niagara Falls x 5.....fish love it, darting in and out of the water flow.....my fish are completely spoilt :))
 

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Finally. Last day of the loooooong work days for a month or two. Should finally have time tomorrow and Sunday for water changes and just to enjoy my fish!
 
I appear to have a very frustrated (and desperate) male Cory :)

Poor fella is desperately trying to get the girls interested in "getting jiggy with it" and they are having absolutely none of it....the girls are leading the poor fella all over the aquarium and he's not getting anywhere with them :D

"Not today, thank you!"
 
I appear to have a very frustrated (and desperate) male Cory :)

Poor fella is desperately trying to get the girls interested in "getting jiggy with it" and they are having absolutely none of it....the girls are leading the poor fella all over the aquarium and he's not getting anywhere with them :D

"Not today, thank you!"
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"I said, GOOD DAY, SIR!"
 
Picking up an old tank I've had stored at a friends house tomorrow. Time for round 2 of my fish addiction!
 

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Water changes all around. Finally got a picture of my male honey showing off all his colors. Only took like 3 weeks...
 

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Floating plants are nice to look at.. until your picking them off your arm after messing around in the tank.

Water tests on the 40g, also added some water to the tank to replace evaporated water. The purple Cambomba escaped its home so I had to put it back, hence floaters stuck all over me.
 
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!!
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Today I made some changes in my 20g planted tank did 3 50% water changes to lower ammonia in my tank but spread them out seberal hours apart for each. because I didnt get to do one yesterday and every friday I do 2 50% water changes about 4 hours apart And i trimmed my cabomba and planted the trimmings. I even moved some to my 10g to start growing better looking once to put back in my 20long lol. And I looked for shrimp for an hour in my tank because I hadn't seen more than 2 for 3 days.( I found them all hiding in the back end of the ship) then i scrubbed some of the algea of the ship making sure to leave a bunch for the shrimp. But i didnt drain the water out to clear it i let my fish eat the algea i scrubbed off. Since they go nuts for algea wafers i figured they would really love fresh. And they did. I watched feeding frenzy that lasted several minutes lol. Even had a shrimp swimming through the green cloud to grab a bite.20210514_111941.jpgpicture may 14th16246386114592176665405575524049.jpgpicture today
Floating plants are nice to look at.. until your picking them off your arm after messing around in the tank.

Water tests on the 40g, also added some water to the tank to replace evaporated water. The purple Cambomba escaped its home so I had to put it back, hence floaters stuck all over me.
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Ha I have some floating plants my favorite part is them getting stuck to the suction part of the python and I have to pick them all off carefully before filling the tank
Trying to find out how in the world I'm going to remove the string algae from my moss lol
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Good luck with that. I am glad I havnt had to deal with that my fish and shrimp eat most of the algea that grows in my tank. Heck I think it's the only thing my young neon tetras eat
I appear to have a very frustrated (and desperate) male Cory :)

Poor fella is desperately trying to get the girls interested in "getting jiggy with it" and they are having absolutely none of it....the girls are leading the poor fella all over the aquarium and he's not getting anywhere with them :D

"Not today, thank you!"
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Hahaha 2 of my neon tetras have been with each other all day long and swimming together almost like they vibrate every time they touch lol. And my zebra danios are all chasing each other. The fat ones in front and the males cant catch them lol
 
Ha I have some floating plants my favorite part is them getting stuck to the suction part of the python and I have to pick them all off carefully before filling the tank
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o3o looks like I'll need to make a ring for my python to go into so nothing gets stuck to it then.
 
o3o looks like I'll need to make a ring for my python to go into so nothing gets stuck to it then.
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Yeah that would help for sure. I need one to keep plants from my filter.
 
I woke up at 10 this morning - not too late, right? Not unless you consider that I went to bed at 5 PM yesterday.

It was a long week.

As such, the tanks went largely untouched, so I've got some work to do today and tomorrow. Lots of water changes. Some scrubbing, lots of feeding, etc...

To start with, I fed some green beans to all of my tanks. The snails/shrimp appreciate it, and even the puffers took some. I usually feed the canned stuff, and then drain and freeze it after I'm done with the first feeding to keep them fresh. I think the freezing causes them to break down in the tank quicker, which is good for the smaller fish that can't take bites out of the full bean. Even the blenny, the royal gramma, and the clownfish took a little!

Next, I fed the puffers some fiddler crab... limbs. Unfortunately, while incapacitating the crab before a live feeding, limbs are often lost. I usually freeze these, and feed them later. Not much nutritional value, I don't think, but the shell helps grind teeth down.

I also have to add substrate and plant the GBR tank... I'm starting to get a little cyano, but I think it's just because there's no plants other some java moss in there. Oops.
 
Well, already ventured out to both of my local fish stores and petco already today. Think i am gonna go back to one of the LFSs, as they have a pretty decent deal on a used 29 gal tank/lid.
 
Well, already ventured out to both of my local fish stores and petco already today. Think i am gonna go back to one of the LFSs, as they have a pretty decent deal on a used 29 gal tank/lid.
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Dooooo it! Think of all the fish that need you haha!
 
Three of four water changes complete. Manually removed some trumpet snails from the 30 gallon (sort of against my will) during it’s water change.

I saw the platy fry again earlier.
 

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Dooooo it! Think of all the fish that need you haha!
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Oh, i did. Got a good deal on a 37 gal there too. If it is still there when i get paid again in a few days it will be mine! Nope, nope. No MTS here whatsoever.
 
Emptied the community tank in the livingroom last evening. I had a sudden leak on the left seam on the back of the tank. Well, a lot of water poured out. I just came back from the backyard and in the corner of my eye when I was in the hallwayI saw that the tank was half full. Needed some buckets to lower the damage. All the fish were put in quarantine tanks. Got all the substrate out. And sealed it from the outside. And today, I've sealed the whole tank from the inside. And I've removed the back wall. Fortunately, I still had a spare one in the fishroom. IMG_1381.JPG
Hopefully, tomorrow, I can use that tank again. I've got good faith...
 
Emptied the community tank in the livingroom last evening. I had a sudden leak on the left seam on the back of the tank. Well, a lot of water poured out. I just came back from the backyard and in the corner of my eye when I was in the hallwayI saw that the tank was half full. Needed some buckets to lower the damage. All the fish were put in quarantine tanks. Got all the substrate out. And sealed it from the outside. And today, I've sealed the whole tank from the inside. And I've removed the back wall. Fortunately, I still had a spare one in the fishroom. View attachment 798314
Hopefully, tomorrow, I can use that tank again. I've got good faith...
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Awww! I hope you'll be able to use your tank again soon! Fortunately you were there! Best of luck!
 
Ended up being a watch and feed kind of day mostly, despite aquiring a new tank. Will be doing water changes tomorrow and moving a bn pleco afterwards. He is making it clear it is time to start breaking up the band.
 
Fasting day today, the hooligans are most upset at me as usual....been banned to the kitchen for breakfast already thanks to their furious stares and indignant tail swishings :o

It's a hard life being a fish you know.....room service 6 days a week, never having to do any housework cos human servant is there to do it all.....yep...a very hard and stressful life being a fish :p
 
Looks like a day full of tank-related stuff. Currently boiling driftwood. Possibly a trip to the LFS for that 37 gal tank. Changing light and hood on the current 29. Water changes and moving a pleco today.
 
Looks like a day full of tank-related stuff. Currently boiling driftwood. Possibly a trip to the LFS for that 37 gal tank. Changing light and hood on the current 29. Water changes and moving a pleco today.
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You need the 37! I like mine. Super tall, which makes it a great challenge with scaping. I have some awesome Giant Val in mine before I went salt with it. Aponogetons make great choices, too.

So far today, I've changed out and mixed 50 gallons of saltwater from two tanks, watched some new molly fry, taken a bunch of pictures, and am currently caffeinating so I can go change out more saltwater and plant the GBR tank. I got lazy and have to do all the maintenance today. Oops!

Enjoy the chonk and dirty glass, if you will.

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You need the 37! I like mine. Super tall, which makes it a great challenge with scaping. I have some awesome Giant Val in mine before I went salt with it. Aponogetons make great choices, too.

So far today, I've changed out and mixed 50 gallons of saltwater from two tanks, watched some new molly fry, taken a bunch of pictures, and am currently caffeinating so I can go change out more saltwater and plant the GBR tank. I got lazy and have to do all the maintenance today. Oops!

Enjoy the chonk and dirty glass, if you will.

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Well, part of the height factor i have a plan for with that 37. Another LFS has an amazing piece of tall stump looking driftwood that should take up a decent amount of the top "skyline".
 
Trying to convince my husband we need this….72 gallons for only $50?!?! I mean-I can already see my goldfish swimming around!
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Larger bowfront tanks are awesome! A LFS had a corner 90 that I wanted for years until they finally sold it. They offered it to me for $400 (complete with reef equipment and a sump), but I passed. I still regret it!
 
Watch watching and feeding today, tommorow I will work on converting the 10 gallon from gravel to sand and might even get some work done on the 25 hexagonal tank.
 
I’ve been improving my 10g betta tank. First I changed substrate, and bought a new light. Then I added spider wood, and rocks. Just yesterday I added a few live plants. It’s looking better now (still working on it though!), I’ll post some pics.

Sorry the first picture isn’t that great, it’s the only picture I had!

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I am going to do a water change today on my tanks and do a gravel vacuum! My family is going away later this week so I will also show my neighbours what to do with my fish when we are away.
 
I've noticed that my 55 gallon gets some evening sun this time of year. I love the way the light shimmers around the room. I wish I could get it all the time.

 
I've noticed that my 55 gallon gets some evening sun this time of year. I love the way the light shimmers around the room. I wish I could get it all the time.

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Very nice. My 4 year old wants a starfish now. Love your puffer tank! Going to read about puffers now haha
 
Very nice. My 4 year old wants a starfish now. Love your puffer tank! Going to read about puffers now haha
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Thanks!

Puffers are by far my favorite fish - I wish I had room for more!
 
Have a feeling i am not getting around to water changes today lol! Least not for all the tanks. I really needed a lazy day though.
 
Awww! I hope you'll be able to use your tank again soon! Fortunately you were there! Best of luck!
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The tank has been fixed properly. Tested it first. No leaking anymore…
 

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The tank has been fixed properly. Tested it first. No leaking anymore…
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Awesome! best of luck going forward with that tank!

Wasn't totally lazy today. Did manage water changes on the betta and fry tanks.
 
Nice quiet day in the aquarium department today.

All of the Sir & Lady Scoffalot's have had their breakfast, the occasional burp from either/both ends whilst they park under the bushes to chit chat :)

The desperate & frisky male Cory is still trying his romancing act but to no avail....but he's determined and will eventually win over his small group of choosy females...though maybe not this century ;)

Bristles the delinquent BN is playing with his food as usual.....he is obviously a reincarnated footballer, keeps missing his penalties but has a great left fin shot...practice makes perfect ;)

Coffee and breakfast for me now methinks....without being given filthy looks by the resident hooligans....they get fed, watered and hoovered before I get my first coffee....there is something very wrong with that picture :o
 
Me laying in bed “I will not feed my fish I will not feed my fish” (fasting day)…..walks upstairs to new betta bubble nest, what a good little water puppy! You get fed and you get fed everybody gets fed!!! I knew I didn’t have it in me to fast them a day ‍♀️ We will just take it easy today.
 
Hopefully wash out leaky 55 so it can get resealed. then wash out new 220 so it is washed. Haul a couch out of the basement so the 75 rack can get moved thereby making space for the 220. the 220 is drilled but the holed are sealed. Maybe I will sump it once Nibbles is done with it?
Or I will sit on a different couch and watch netflx instead of doing what I should be doing.
 
Enjoy the chonk and dirty glass, if you will.
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Cutie chonk is very much enjoyed!! I wruv him so much!!

Side note, you really need to stop showing your salty tanks before I convert one of mine, lol.
 
Cutie chonk is very much enjoyed!! I wruv him so much!!

Side note, you really need to stop showing your salty tanks before I convert one of mine, lol.
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Come to the salty side. JOIN ME!
 
Come to the salty side. JOIN ME!
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That’s what my LFS keeps saying to me lol! Nah, I just keep setting up freshwater tanks however lol!

Did WC on the 5, 10, 75, and 10 plant grow out tank.
Glad I started early! As I was finishing, the power began blinking on and off about every 15 minutes or so. Hearing my filters start back up again and again is nerve wracking. I just hope they all survive!
I also planted some vals from StarGirl in the 75. They grow ok for me in my softer water but I get a bunch from her every so often. :D
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Come to the salty side. JOIN ME!
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Sorry, I ain't feeling the salt just yet! I still got much to learn with freshwater aquariums first!

I did some glass cleaning today as that needed to be done. I also took this top down view of my 10 gallon aquarium as it just looks cool to me, looks like a totally different tank from this perspective.
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