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Going to Petco in the morning i think. Gonna be some tank re-arranging and water changes tomorrow i think. Maybe more snails, too!
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My female A Agassizii has gotten a lot harder to take a picture of.
When I added the new male to the tank there was a little posturing between them, but nothing serious so I turned the light off.
Then the next couple mornings I noticed them together at first lights on.
Then she disappeared, but I found she had set up shop in the corner behind a piece of driftwood and amongst the palm fronds. For several days she has hung out there, chasing anything that gets close. Not the male, he never gets close, but the all the tetras. I never see her come out to eat with the rest, so I try to put some sinking food close by.
That's her spot, behind the wood (Malaysian?) that is behind the Manzanita. She knows every nook and cranny and can appear from anywhere.
Peekaboo...
It would be nice to see her out and about again.
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When I added the new male to the tank there was a little posturing between them, but nothing serious so I turned the light off.
Then the next couple mornings I noticed them together at first lights on.
Then she disappeared, but I found she had set up shop in the corner behind a piece of driftwood and amongst the palm fronds. For several days she has hung out there, chasing anything that gets close. Not the male, he never gets close, but the all the tetras. I never see her come out to eat with the rest, so I try to put some sinking food close by.
That's her spot, behind the wood (Malaysian?) that is behind the Manzanita. She knows every nook and cranny and can appear from anywhere.
Peekaboo...
It would be nice to see her out and about again.
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Holy Cow!!!
This explains a lot!
New video upcoming
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Big water change and cleaned the inside of the surface of the tank. Now I can actually see the betta. Changed out some badly decaying IAL. Wishing the anubias would grow some more!
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Always so much more fun when the fish is more visible again!Big water change and cleaned the inside of the surface of the tank. Now I can actually see the betta. Changed out some badly decaying IAL. Wishing the anubias would grow some more!
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Water changes done on betta tanks. Also, all betta tanks have been re-arranged, sometimes drastic, sometimea barely!
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I just transferred a small sponge filter from one tank to the new fry tank. The tank seems to be taking too long to clear up. Maybe I should start a Why is my tank cloudy thread
The bacteria on the sponge sure can't do any harm in a quickly put together tank.
The bacteria on the sponge sure can't do any harm in a quickly put together tank.
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Got by Opaline Gourami Winter a Boyfriend However, she is kinda aggressive, and he is kinda shy so far, so hopefully they can work something out between them...
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I'm going to get that canister filter going today.
It's a little bigger than I expected and looks like overkill for a 23g tank, but I guess when you compare it to an AIO tank with a sump built into it, it's not so bad. And I'll have the option to easily add various medias easily.
It's a little bigger than I expected and looks like overkill for a 23g tank, but I guess when you compare it to an AIO tank with a sump built into it, it's not so bad. And I'll have the option to easily add various medias easily.
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Well so much for that.
The canister was below the water level, but there isn't enough slack in the hoses to bend them over the rim of the tank and attach the clamps. If they were soft silicon yes, but they are corrugated plastic. I'm going to see if I can find the right diameter in soft silicon to work, but I doubt it. Not with the connections.
So it's back to the HOB, but I'm going to leave that nano canister off. That was a pain to service without a way to shut off the hoses. Basically it was a pain all the way around for as small as it was.
I already had all the BB media transferred over to the new canister, so I'm just going to put it in the bucket downstairs with the plants. Hopefully the sponge in the HOB and spent charcoal will be holding enough BB.
The canister was below the water level, but there isn't enough slack in the hoses to bend them over the rim of the tank and attach the clamps. If they were soft silicon yes, but they are corrugated plastic. I'm going to see if I can find the right diameter in soft silicon to work, but I doubt it. Not with the connections.
So it's back to the HOB, but I'm going to leave that nano canister off. That was a pain to service without a way to shut off the hoses. Basically it was a pain all the way around for as small as it was.
I already had all the BB media transferred over to the new canister, so I'm just going to put it in the bucket downstairs with the plants. Hopefully the sponge in the HOB and spent charcoal will be holding enough BB.
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Today, they seem to either have worked something out, or they just stay away from each other. the male is still pretty shy, but I expected as much, Winter was shy when I got her too.Got by Opaline Gourami Winter a Boyfriend
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Have been out of town for work every week this year with at least two more left, so only able to do WCs and watch fish for a few minutes until I hit the road again. Also time to drop aND break a heater that I planned to put in my hex tank. I guess it will have to stay at 74.5 degrees until I come back home next weekend.
Have gone to Indianapolis probably a dozen times since July...don't know why it's taken me this long to realize that AquaticArts is there. I will definitely be making a stop there this week! Maybe I'll find something cool to bring back home!
Have gone to Indianapolis probably a dozen times since July...don't know why it's taken me this long to realize that AquaticArts is there. I will definitely be making a stop there this week! Maybe I'll find something cool to bring back home!
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The only thing in this tank that can… unless it’s a nerite?
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Fingers crossed some can survive! All I can do is waitNope not nerite 100%
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Ehh, what's a little water falls noise?
You have a thousand videos on youtube of rainstorms and thunderstorms to help people sleep better at night
Oh the irony
But yes. This canister is pretty quiet. So far.
Although I didn't really have anything against my Tidal. It just did not hold enough media.
On the other hand, this Fluval 107 has FIVE sponges in it
That seems a bit extreme.
You have a thousand videos on youtube of rainstorms and thunderstorms to help people sleep better at night
Oh the irony
But yes. This canister is pretty quiet. So far.
Although I didn't really have anything against my Tidal. It just did not hold enough media.
On the other hand, this Fluval 107 has FIVE sponges in it
That seems a bit extreme.
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Got a FluVal Flex 15 gallons because I'm insane, lol. It was $20.00 off, in my defense.
I was going to get a Gourami for it but ended up with a Betta! I'm such a sucker for bettas. But this little dude looked so depressed at store. His coloring is coming in. I seeded the tank with decor directly from other tanks and even reused some older gravel + used Tetra Water Conditioner tablets - conditions, start enzyme, & ph. I do likely them and use them usually in my smaller tanks like the 6 gallon Aqueon Ascents. It's so easy to just break the tablet & knwo it 's the right size does for 2.5 gallon water change.
Tank is still cloudy as it was just set up yesterday. The flow was too strong, so I immediately ordered 2 Fluval Edge filter sponges from amazon after set up last night and that fixed the filter flow being too strong. Betta boy was riding them like a roller coaster before the fix, lol. To avoid extra stress, I had left filter off for 16 hours until they were delivered - which made tank more cloudy imo.
Today, I did 9 water changes took around 2.5 hours. The only extra deep clean was the 38 long where I removed all decor & plants to clean/vacuum.
Tomorrow, I do water change for the 55 gallon.
I was going to get a Gourami for it but ended up with a Betta! I'm such a sucker for bettas. But this little dude looked so depressed at store. His coloring is coming in. I seeded the tank with decor directly from other tanks and even reused some older gravel + used Tetra Water Conditioner tablets - conditions, start enzyme, & ph. I do likely them and use them usually in my smaller tanks like the 6 gallon Aqueon Ascents. It's so easy to just break the tablet & knwo it 's the right size does for 2.5 gallon water change.
Tank is still cloudy as it was just set up yesterday. The flow was too strong, so I immediately ordered 2 Fluval Edge filter sponges from amazon after set up last night and that fixed the filter flow being too strong. Betta boy was riding them like a roller coaster before the fix, lol. To avoid extra stress, I had left filter off for 16 hours until they were delivered - which made tank more cloudy imo.
Today, I did 9 water changes took around 2.5 hours. The only extra deep clean was the 38 long where I removed all decor & plants to clean/vacuum.
Tomorrow, I do water change for the 55 gallon.
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Ordered a heater two aqua clear filters and polyfill on amazon. can’t wait for the new tank next week. My first one is barley finished hope I dont bite off more than I can chew.
can’t wait for the new tank next week. My first one is barley finished hope I dont bite off more than I can chew.
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I have a good healthy amount of BBS swimming around above the strainer scoop. Too many for the Agassizii fry tank. So I'll put them in one of the other tanks and wait an hour or so for the scoop to get half that amount in it. Then it's into the fry tank.
I also want to transfer more seasoned leaf litter in their tank and freshen up a couple other Amazonian tanks with the stuff I boiled yesterday. Somewhere in there I need to make up some more RO/DI and get ready for water changes.
And snow blow the storm that rolled through yesterday and maybe head over to the LFS
I also want to transfer more seasoned leaf litter in their tank and freshen up a couple other Amazonian tanks with the stuff I boiled yesterday. Somewhere in there I need to make up some more RO/DI and get ready for water changes.
And snow blow the storm that rolled through yesterday and maybe head over to the LFS
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I had moved 3 1/4 inch pleco to my 5; so they would not be hounded by the nannacara. I realized a few days later the 5 being rather small did not have any wood; so i hunted through my other tanks looking for a small block of wood that would fit in the 5; and found a 4 year old 1 inch block (good mature wood for the kids); it didn't take them long to discover the wonder of wood once i added it to the 5.... Those little guys are almost adorable. Of course we know that eventually they will grow up to be monsters in hiding but today at least we can enjoy them while they are still naive.
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They were calling for 4-8 and it looks like they were right. About 6" of very light powder. Gotta keep up with it though.
Mama Agassizii still has about 12 fry around her. I put the large quantity of BBS into her tank, but I doubt she or any of her brood will get any. Not with two dozen tetras in the tank.
And I got my RO system working away. I still have around 12 gallons in buckets, so I'll do a WC to the house blackwater tank in an hour or so. Six days after the last WC. That will give me some empty buckets to refill after the main container is filled. That should happen at 12:10 my time.
Maybe I'll blow off the LFS until tomorrow.
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Another wc on the shrimp tanks as I couldn’t see a thing. Trimmed everything but the moss back, removed a tonne of duck weed that I never asked for but appeared anyway, rescued a baby from the filter sponge and found a dead one in the bucket I think it was already gone judging the size and was simply sucked up.
Anyways now I can see in the tank again ,I’ve counted two more berried females and well over 20+ shrimplets. parameters are all stable and nitrate is sitting between 0 and 5, they’ve got a broccoli treat for tolerating me messing.
the qt had a wc and feed , the larger tank had a feed , my pleco’s taken to hand feeding the last few months which I take huge joy in whilst everyone else thinks I’m loopy. I mean , they are probably right but still …
here’s a photo’s of the shrimp tank to enjoy or ignore at your discretion
I think it was already gone judging the size and was simply sucked up.Anyways now I can see in the tank again ,I’ve counted two more berried females and well over 20+ shrimplets. parameters are all stable and nitrate is sitting between 0 and 5, they’ve got a broccoli treat for tolerating me messing.
the qt had a wc and feed , the larger tank had a feed , my pleco’s taken to hand feeding the last few months which I take huge joy in whilst everyone else thinks I’m loopy. I mean , they are probably right but still …
here’s a photo’s of the shrimp tank to enjoy or ignore at your discretion
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Well, the family have gone away for a few days leaving me all home alone. That means only one thing - Tom Cruise Risky Business style tank maintenance.
The 53 just had a full glass and canister clean, as well as a routine water change. Dog looking at me disapprovingly - he knows he’s not getting attention this week!
The 53 just had a full glass and canister clean, as well as a routine water change. Dog looking at me disapprovingly - he knows he’s not getting attention this week!
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I gave the Marine Betta his first feeding in the 55 today. I held off feeding for 5 days since these guys tend to be so cryptic in new tanks, and he didn't take any food up until today anyway, despite being offered meaty goodness for quite a while. I could probably move the clowns in whenever, but I really want to get the lid situation sorted before I do. I'd hate to lose another (very expensive) clownfish to my carpet.
Not much else has changed - I ended up basically completely losing the S. Repens in every tank I put it in. It seemed to be doing alright but melted and is now just a bit of new growth that's slowly going downhill.
Also... I'm debating scraping the glass in my pest pico. I've been growing out my hair algae (for the lols), but it's getting a bit insane. On the other hand, I really like how it waves in the tank... I'll definitely clean off the front glass, if nothing else. I'd post a pic to show off my algae, but the front panel is so covered you can't see much! Lol. At least the fish is happy
EDIT: Ah, why not. Gaze with awe upon my algae farm, and envy me - for my algae is more luscious than yours, I guarantee it.
Not much else has changed - I ended up basically completely losing the S. Repens in every tank I put it in. It seemed to be doing alright but melted and is now just a bit of new growth that's slowly going downhill.
Also... I'm debating scraping the glass in my pest pico. I've been growing out my hair algae (for the lols), but it's getting a bit insane. On the other hand, I really like how it waves in the tank... I'll definitely clean off the front glass, if nothing else. I'd post a pic to show off my algae, but the front panel is so covered you can't see much! Lol. At least the fish is happy
EDIT: Ah, why not. Gaze with awe upon my algae farm, and envy me - for my algae is more luscious than yours, I guarantee it.
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And that's putting it lightly!
Though I have seen MUCH worse. I worked at a summer camp, and for YEARS they had a big saltwater tank that was full of algae. And like three fish, they were the lone survivors. They just redid it though, it will be interesting to see what it looks like when I go back.
Though I have seen MUCH worse. I worked at a summer camp, and for YEARS they had a big saltwater tank that was full of algae. And like three fish, they were the lone survivors. They just redid it though, it will be interesting to see what it looks like when I go back.
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Funny thing about that. I used to have a very loud tank in my bedroom with goldfish, but I had to move it out because they were too loud picking the gravel at night.Ehh, what's a little water falls noise?
You have a thousand videos on youtube of rainstorms and thunderstorms to help people sleep better at night
Oh the irony
Fast forward years later, and I keep a white noise machine with rain sound on in my bedroom 24/7 (if I turn it off when I leave, I usually forget to turn it back on at night and then I can't sleep). I can't sleep without it!
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Last of my 12 hr shifts for the week, so mostly a feed n watch type of day. Though i did move a nerite from one tank into another.
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It will look better when my plants arrive but for now..lol..
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