What are you doing to your tank today?

[86 ssinit]

Water change day . Going to do all discus tanks and break down the 5g shrimp tank. Will add all shrimp to a 36 plant qt tank. Shrimp make the best cleaning crew and the bigger the tank the bigger the plants I can add .

 

[ChrissFishes01]

Finally got moved into a new place - and I have a fish room!!!! Whoo-hoo!

Granted, I'm renting and not owning, so I won't be able to make any permanent modifications to the room, but still, it'll be nice to have a room just for me and my hobby instead of it permeating the whole house, lol.

So far, I've moved a 10 gallon with a small school of White Clouds, a 10 gallon with my girlfriend's betta, and my 40B with my Flowerhorn. Going back to the old place today to pick up another tank or two and to finish getting the rest of my non-fishy furniture.

 

[RvFishTales]

Just added our rescued Tiger Oscar to his new temp 29 gallon from the 10 gallon QT he's so happy to be in something bigger than a ten to which he has spent mose of his life before we rescued him. As soon as our house is finalized he will be going is a 90 with our new new baby Tiger Oscars. But for now he's in a 29 with a custom cut glass slider lid, a marineland emperor 400 with sponge filters and fluval bio max Media, and a nicrew full spectrum light with sunrise and sunset settings. And he eats a diet of red minnows and crickets.

 

[carsonsgjs]

Just played catch up with water changes on the 33, 28 and 7.5.

Also moved some plants around - I've got 3 anubias gracilis in my shellie tank and they just haven't grown in a year. They haven't died, but they havent really done much else whereas the anubias barteri that went in with them at the same time have done quite well. I'm putting it down to the liquid rock water in that tank so I've moved a couple to the 33 and the other to the pea puffer tank, both of which have much softer water. Just attached them to a spare rock I had lying around for now.

Let's see how they get on!

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Kiddo named the new loach, Nessie, and finally got a decent pic of her.

 

[V1K]

Arranged meetings with people selling plants (ordered a mix of them), shrimp (getting blue neos) and snails (pink ramshorns), which means that tomorrow I'll get my new 9 gallon fully stocked and fully planted (minus a possible emersed plant I may add on top of the mopani wood I have there) - excited! Maybe I'll post end result tomorrow . Also ordered some cory food and shrimp food, as well as tweezers for planting (although they'll arrive too late for this round of planting).

 

[New2fishlovinit]

Whew been a couple of days soooo…

Friday night to go for all out reduction of nitrates. Prompted by my angelfish pair fighting, and needing to separate I water tested a few tanks to see my options. Almost every tank was moderate to deep in the red on API test kit. I retested my tap water as that’s been my general excuse for running a bit higher. It came out 5 ppm so… every day since Friday all tanks 50% water changes. Everything was in the the light red to orange this morning so will see tomorrow. Anything showing red gets done again, until it’s weekly yellow/orange.

started the moves cause angelfish forced it -

Angelfish female platinum moved to rainbow tank … now community 2 ? she seems to like it ok. Has picked her spots, is not showing to be intimidated or aggressive to Bosimani she hangs near the green corydoras…idk ..after the first night she moved her day Time spot to just in Some more open water with floating plants above her. At night she take over the “circle” or Stargate lol.

red phantom tetras are being moved to the prior empty 20 first step in that community reduction. 4 of 8 caught so far.

Next up rainbows from original community tank …moved or rehomed.

the new tiny ones are all doing great !

 

[V1K]

So much done today. Got plants, planted them all, I think the result looks cute, even with the plants being in a bit messy state. Got 10 blue neocaridinas, not a high grade, but still a splash of colour. Also got 4 amanos, but not sure if those will work out, because unlike neos that are totally chill, at least 1 of them is glass surfing and dead set on getting out - once I stopped it as it was climbing over the corner, and once it jumped out and I dropped it back before my cat could eat it. After that I made a tubing perimeter for floating plants, even though I didn't plan that at first, in hopes it will discourage the shrimp crawling out. Got 10 pink ramshorn snails. Some of them are figuring out moving across sand better than others . The cories and the rabbit snail were already there for a few days and seem to be feeling good. Also changed the bulb on the desk lamp - previous one was 3000 K, which is not great for plants as I understand it, got a 6500 K, that is closer to what an actual aquarium lamp would be like.

 

[veggieshark]

Feed and go, as usual. I noticed my male Xenotoca Doadroi is missing. No where to be found. I have a bad feeling that he is somewhere in the Python hose.

 

[Youthquaker]

Got some s. Repens, lobelia cardinalis and crypt willisii then got home and decided I better find out how to treat them for snails etc before planting

 

[Blacksheep1]

V1K you’ve made that tank look a lot bigger than 9G. Great job on it all. Hope the amanos stay put for you !

 

[bcfishtanks]

Added a new piece of spiderwood today. The fish were really excited about that. Fed some brine shrimp. And now just watching.

 

[New2fishlovinit]

Rest day ! Every tank tested in the yellow. Most have had 50% Water changes 5/7 days. Now I need to see how it builds Sunday would be normal water change day, but am going to test and see before.

moved all the red phantoms to the 20 gallon that’s 8 less fish in the community .. little ones but still. The rainbows are next … it’s sad but it’s going to be such a chill tank with just the shark, Gourami and catfish.

female Angel seems to like her new home ..she ignores the Bosimani and seems to follow the corys around. I assume she knows they find the food lol!

the male she beat up is healing and has a 55 gallon shared only with his 3 clown plecos so he seems pretty good. I’ve redone some of the panting moving the tops cardinal plants to back and sides, leaving the stems for now in the middle front So he can hide.


the 40 gallon breeders all seem super happy and are not put off by the water changes ..one of the advantages of consecutive days I guess. need some trimming as water change broke some stems but that canwait for now.

whew making progress the rehome removal of the rainbows is the hardest


Angel in her new spot

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40 galln breeders

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Clean/water change on the kiddos bettaless betta tank. Finished the glass lid with a handle. Seashell and stone just like the mangrove tank per him. Had to raise the light a little, so built some brackets. Swapped the coconut for a moon snail shell.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Found some tadpoles and a juvenile salamander on our exploration today, so into the pond for now! The frogs will return to the forest at their leisure. The salamander will be given an assist when ready. The pond has “dry” spots that are currently flooded so I’ll let the water level drop a bit.

 

[ForBettaorForWorse]

The little salamander looks like an axolotl, how cute!
I'm seriously contemplating getting on, we have one at the summer camp, and she's cute

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Yeah, I thought my wife would freak out as she does not like axolotls. But, she thinks it’s cute. Guess the dojo loaches softened her up to an axolotl. In the pond lol

 

[StarGirl]

Left the lid off the 9g and saw this this morning.

Uh oh....where is racer....found him still connected to the counter about 4 inches off the tank. Little bugger.

 

[Huckleberry77]

Ordered a custom fountain style spray bar to tame the flow on my flex for the rams. Also ordered intake guards in case I get fry! Ordered tiger lotus and other plants and ferts Can’t wait to spruce things up!

 

[Youthquaker]

Went to 3 shops, none had black sand so moved some of the existing in the far unseen corner to where I wanted new plants. Rearranged the existing artificial ones to leave lots of cover for the swordtail fry. Never planted before so buried in three broken up root tabs and added some tetra ferts after a 50% water change. Spotted one otocinclus for the first time in 2 months, should be another in there but no sign. When putting in the dechlorinator I thought am I putting in too much. Always put in the dosage for the full tank volume, not the amount of water being changed, hasnt done any harm so far.

 

[altermac]

Today i gave 107 Pelvicachromis pulcher to my LFS. So there are no more african cichlids in that tank. After that i did a big waterchange and moved half of the plants to another tank. Lots of room for 15 clownplecos, wich are ofcause all hiding:


Then the tank with the peppered Corys got some more plants:

There are more tanks waiting for Waterchange, but thats enough for today.

 

[tapwater]

i missed posting on this thread!! today, I just did a water change. unsure if Im going to put my new crypts in today, or if im going to let them quarantine and float for longer. I also fed my betta some bug flakes today and put in a tums for my snail.

thinking of cleaning the outside glass of my tank... it could be cleaner lol.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Did water changes. Had a couple small pieces of driftwood or something clog up the vac, so went incredibly slow until i found those. Might clean the outside glass later. Also wanting to go to an LFS later today as well.

 

[Rose of Sharon]

Unfortunately, I see a swollen area/bump on my betta's side, where the swim bladder is located. Tested water parameters, and all are optimal. So here we go again with the antibiotics....he has been struggling for about 6 months with breathing issues. It is a genetic weakness...he is a petsmart fish so....send me good thoughts, guys, as I try to save him, again!!!

 

[BigManAquatics]

Managed a trip to BOTH LFSs. Got more glo-lights at one, got the only red-eye tetra at the other and also bought them out of black phantom tetras.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Saw one of the tadpoles I added yesterday. Then watched Nessie live up to her name by swimming into out of focus areas when I take her picture lol

The loach at the top of the bottom picture is a big loach for an average box store / chain LFS. About 4-4.5 in. Nessie OTOH lol

 

[StarGirl]

Making some progress with the baby Gudgies eating. What a pain they are. I can't believe how many people like to breed fish....lol This is my one and done.

I have been feeding them crushed bug bite flakes and frozen bbs. Some eat the flakes some eat the bbs. They all have not eaten one thing yet.

The other day I tried some Daphina too. Some ate that up. I soaked some Daphnia in Garlic Guard this morning and it seemed more ate that. So def getting somewhere on a slow motion train...Picky little poopers.

 

[airfix2]

It’s morning for me right now and I just gave my fish some bloodworms. Tanks are a 20 gallon high and a fluval spec v.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Watching the pond as the sun is going down, so absolutely perfect lighting for Nessie lol and of course there’s Nessie, coiled around the neck of the bird bath front fins beyond her tail like a python lol

 

[BigManAquatics]

Looks like a feed n watch kind of day. Thinking of doing a smaller water change today or tomorrow on a couple tanks just because influx of fish. We shall see if Little Man continues his meltdown tantrum or not, first.

Edited to add: so, ended up doing quite the water change and vac on the platy tank. Also moved Boss HOGG Jr. out of there to a tank he should like a little better. Plus, my wife hates my plecos, so she was very happy to see him OUT of her platy tank. Also did 25% water changes on the tanks with population explosions, so we should be all good for at least a couple of days.

 

[New2fishlovinit]

Water changed all. Two separate incidents of spazzing out. A baby raonbow and a separate tank a danio, both freaked out at start of water change slamming themselves against the bottom etc. both ended up upside down along the edge of tank, one in some plants, the other against a rock. Eventually they seemed to snap out of it but wow ..have not seen that in a bit from a water change.

Another local fish store is closing so that’s 3 this year 1 remaining plus the chains … really want to buy and run this one …anyone need a business partner ?

my female zig zag rainbow that has had the sores did not seem to be getting worse and I thought all the water changes might help her heal, but she did get worse. Her behavior changed she was hiding and not eating aggressive at all. So she is moved to hospital and had a dose of meds, and did water change with some salted water. The white thick flaking spots are gone, now it’s pretty bright red. Second dose today and she seems ok if unsettled at being alone in the small tank.

depopulation underway - three more rainbows going to lfs tomorrow. I want them all out amd move the danios in - shark, gourami, and pearls all southeast China or Thailand if not exact same eco system.

closer to-
SE Asia tank 55 gallon gourami, rainbow shark, 6 pearl danios
S American tank 55 gallon 1 angelfish 55 gallon 3 clown plecos
S American tank 40 gallon 6 white skirt and 10 cardinal tetra and corydoras

55 gallon community of rainbows, Angel and corys
40 gallon just corydoras for now.
20 gallon has my red phantoms
30 gallon breeder angels
30 gallon baby rainbows

spreading stuff out !

 

[StarGirl]

Replaced the river stone in the fry tank with sand so the snails can get the food they wont eat...lol I hope it works.

Got the little tanks done because I did the 55g on Wednesday because it was so hot. Water was 84+ in all the tanks. Just going to do the filter this week sometime.

 

[Debbie1986]

Making some progress with the baby Gudgies eating. What a pain they are. I can't believe how many people like to breed fish....lol This is my one and done.

I have been feeding them crushed bug bite flakes and frozen bbs. Some eat the flakes some eat the bbs. They all have not eaten one thing yet.

The other day I tried some Daphina too. Some ate that up. I soaked some Daphnia in Garlic Guard this morning and it seemed more ate that. So def getting somewhere on a slow motion train...Picky little poopers.

Sorry you are having this feeding issue!

I just feed them the same food as their parents: Hikari Micro pellets or Guppy food

the fry just latch onto a pellet and eat off it even though it's adult size.

I do sometimes feed flakes food but not often. I just crush it. Usually fluval color max formula

2 males became adults and were maturing, I had to move them to my adult community tank. control my population a bit. 7 adult make guppies and 2 juveniles in 38 gallon now.

I could only get 1 pic of the juvenile males ( last pic by rock), other one was too much in the frogbit.

added pics of adult male guppies to picture area. I really enjoy them.

I also did water changes on outside tubs. Going to be very hot tomorrow so I wanted to make sure they had fresh water. Manually removed some algae because it was too much.

I did my inside water changes friday night/sat morning for house aquariums.

 

[StarGirl]

Sorry you are having this feeding issue!

I just feed them the same food as their parents: Hikari Micro pellets or Guppy food

the fry just latch onto a pellet and eat off it even though it's adult size.

I do sometimes feed flakes food but not often. I just crush it. Usually fluval color max formula

2 males became adults and were maturing, I had to move them to my adult community tank. control my population a bit. 7 adult make guppies and 2 juveniles in 38 gallon now.

I could only get 1 pic of the juvenile males ( last pic by rock), other one was too much in the frogbit.

added pics of adult male guppies to picture area. I really enjoy them.

I also did water changes on outside tubs. Going to be very hot tomorrow so I wanted to make sure they had fresh water. Manually removed some algae because it was too much.

I did my inside water changes friday night/sat morning for house aquariums.

Yeah they were jerks from day one. Wouldn't eat fry food or 1st bites. They will eat it and then spit it out.

 

[Rose of Sharon]

Doing daily water changes and dosing meds for my betta. He did finally eat something today, which is a small improvement. Hopefully, he will get better soon!

 

[WRWAquarium]

Just watching today. Did water change, plant trim and filter maintenance yesterday. first time cleaning new sunsun canister so stressed me a bit but know the drill now for next time

 

[tapwater]

Just watching today. Did water change, plant trim and filter maintenance yesterday. first time cleaning new sunsun canister so stressed me a bit but know the drill now for next time

WOWWWW that tank is beautiful!!!
Today, I made some new additions to my tank! I added some new plants, like monte carlo, crypt parva, red wendtii, and hydrocotyle sp japan. I also added my bettas old hammock back in... we'll see if he likes it lol.

 

[V1K]

Being driven mad by an evil suction cup . I have floaters fenced off with an air tube with suction cups on ends. The day before yesterday I detached one end as I was removing some stuff out of the tank, and it was falling off ever since. I put it back maybe 6 times yesterday and 3 times today already. Can a suction cut suddenly go bad or something?

 

[BigManAquatics]

Being driven mad by an evil suction cup . I have floaters fenced off with an air tube with suction cups on ends. The day before yesterday I detached one end as I was removing some stuff out of the tank, and it was falling off ever since. I put it back maybe 6 times yesterday and 3 times today already. Can a suction cut suddenly go bad or something?

Yep, they do wear out over time. Some wear out quicker than others...especially heater cups from Aqueon!

Just a feed n watch kind of day. Boss HOGG Jr. seems to appreciate his new tank with more hiding spots than he used to!

 

[ProudPapa]

I haven't been on the forum the last few days, so this was Sunday instead of today, but my 4-year old grandson helped me cull the shrimp in my outside tubs. He's very enthusiastic about it, and is pretty good at spotting and catching low grade shrimp.

He has a tank of his own at his house with guppies, shrimp, and a betta, and often asks me "Papa, can I have that shrimp (or fish, or snail)?" Sometimes the answer is yes, sometimes it's no, and sometimes it's "We have to ask your mom first." He asked for a nice male dumbo mosaic guppy a few days ago. His mom said he had to give me another fish so the tank didn't get over crowded. I got a male gold guppy back that I had given him a few weeks before.

 

[Demonskid]

It was more yesterday than today, but I decided to do a cleaning of my canister filter as it was over due... FAR over due. I need to come up with a schedule for that so it doesn't get so bad again.

I also gotten some filter pads, a plush thick one and a polishing pad to add to the canister filter for more filtration.


I've released the purple harlequin rasboras into the tank and instead of trying to eat them, Benimaru became like a gang boss and leads them around. Its real cute. I've dubbed the rasboras the "Razzi Gang."

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Went to work for a few hours today. Came home to feed the fish and the little salamander with gills from a few days ago, is now just a salamander. Gonna need to properly id it and figure out when it will need a hand getting out of the pond.


So it’s a long toed salamander. Apparently they spend most of their lives underground. I setup a small terrarium so next time (if, I guess) I see it I can scoop it out then take it back to “the creek” with the kiddo.

 

[Huckleberry77]

Took my new little big Bosemani out of quarantine and now enjoying watching him show off with the big boys!

 

[BigManAquatics]

Just a feed n watch type of day. Going to be doing water changes along with some rearrangement stuff in the next couple of days, though.

 

[Huckleberry77]

Woke up to my beloved 8 year old denison barb looking healthy! He injured his eye over the weekend… probably due to us having dinner guests over who frightened the fish (Tank is in dining room). I was sick over his white eye Sunday AM. But this morning his eye is all healed up! ❤️❤️❤️

 

[86 ssinit]

Took my new little big Bosemani out of quarantine and now enjoying watching him show off with the big boys!View attachment 851593

Great looking fish! I’ve been keeping and unintentionally breeding them for 8 yrs. Do you have females??

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Woke up to my beloved 8 year old denison barb looking healthy! He injured his eye over the weekend… probably due to us having dinner guests over who frightened the fish (Tank is in dining room). I was sick over his white eye Sunday AM. But this morning his eye is all healed up! ❤️❤️❤️

clean water cures all.

 

[Huckleberry77]

Great looking fish! I’ve been keeping and unintentionally breeding them for 8 yrs. Do you have females??

Thanks! I just purchased some juvenile females this spring when I ordered 8 Aves Creek Bosemani on Aquabid. I only have male aquarium strain in the L and XL sizes.

Are you breeding the Bosemani in your discus tanks? The adults don’t necessarily do their best in high temperatures but I hear the fry do great in the 80s!

 

[86 ssinit]

Yes in discus and my 90. They do great in high temps. Adults and young.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Did water changes on all the 20g's today. Also added and rearranged decor on all of them. Only one i took a pic of so far:

 

[Rose of Sharon]

Ok, so trying a new regimen of medications. Looks like poor betta Flash may have a bacterial infection that is moving into dropsy territory. I have never found a way to bring a betta back from dropsy once the fish starts to retain fluid, but I always try. I am now doing medicated baths for one hour a day with methylene blue, epsom salts and Ciprofloxacin, along with daily water changes and aquarium salt added to the tank.

I don't klnow if this is going to work, but according to some recent research, cipro is one of the best antibiotics for certain gram negative bacterial infections. We shall see.....