What are you doing to your tank today?

[Blacksheep1]

Transferred the Daisy fry to the shrimp tank as I’m going away for the weekend and there’s lots of live micro food for them to eat. Managed to transfer two female shrimps to the Daisy tank by accident so I just added a male instead of catching them .

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Cleaned and re-arranged the dragons lair last night. She slept in her digging box last night which was the hope / plan. A lot more open on the floor now and more areas to climb which she really likes. Today the fish, at least some lol will be getting water changes, some floaters pulled and glass scrubs for all. Feeder colonies were cleaned / fed last night as well. Baby brine shrimp, adult brine shrimp, dubia roaches, mealworms. I gave up on the daphnia culture awhile ago lol Feeding things other things so I can feed them to other things.

Oh, and I set up a black soldier fly colony yesterday, just waiting on eggs to show up for that, otherwise food scraps and a couple wild BSFL to get it started. Which reminds me, I should probably check the white worm culture I’m trying to start. Buried a cut potato by a couple different trees a couple weeks ago. Should have caught some by now.

“Negative, I am a meat popsicle”


Those roots are a bit long lol

 

[Nimbyfish]

Filter got clogged up so I had to clean that out yesterday. Also they kids have named the dwarf frog they insisted I get. He is Snoop Froggy Frog. He enjoys bloodworms and quick swims to the surface.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Finally got around to pulling some floaters out of the tanks. Have not scrubbed the glass yet, just pulled out floaters lol
Before

After: A bit more light lol



Setup a nursery tank for the French blue Endlers, peppered cories and mystery snails. Probably add another gallon or two to it. Had a 10 gal sponge that I felt was too small for a 5 gal betta tank, but figured why not go big with one of the tub pond filters lol

edit: removed the upper collar so it can, you know, aerate and such lol

 

[lewk]

The last couple of days have been a trial and a half.

I've been setting up a new tank for a while and thought it should be cycled by now (lol yeah right) but hadn't checked. Anyway, I stopped by my LFS and looked at their assorted Neocaridina Shrimp, only to see they had received some beautiful Black Rose shrimp with their most recent order. I picked them up for my new tank, only to come home and see that my tank clearly wasn't cycled. The shrimp were good sized, so I figured it'd be fine to throw them in with my immature Peacock Gudgeons until I made sure things were good in their future tank. Turns out my Gudgeons are major bullies and the shrimp were terrified. I stole a seeded sponge filter from another tank to get things up and running ASAP, but by then the shrimp were hiding from the mean Gudgeons, so I had to take all the hardscape out of the tank to find and relocate the shrimp.

Anyway, I've learned my lesson about impulse buys (at least until I have a quarantine tank setup).

 

[Justmecb75]

I installed bridge on a 20 and 30. Took moving furniture and building a 2 inch platform but looks good to me. The platies love it and have been going back and forth since.

 

[Fisch]

Took apart the QT for deep cleaning. It only houses a colony of Ramshorn snails and the Assassin beside a mass of floating plants. While they chill in the bucket, I am setting up a modified mattenfilter in this tank and just need to wait for the silicone to cure. My little bathroom is an absolute mess with tank and foam and buckets all over the place.

 

[TanksfortheMemories]

I installed a DIY sump I made out of an old 100 gallon acrylic that was destined originally for the dump.
I was going to cut it into a couple of pieces to make it easier to throw away and coincidentally was also in the market for a sump for my 125.
So I measured the space under my tank and sure enough I could get a sump and a bonus hospital tank out of the 100.
I did the initial "carving" of the tank into two main shells and after one attempt at perfectly cutting one end piece decided to just order the second end piece and the baffles cut to size.

Worked out well, not the prettiest but does the trick.

 

[StarGirl]

Water change day. Swapped around some babies. Put the "big" ones in one tank and the littles in the other.

 

[Flyfisha]

Spring is here downunder. I moved a group of selected juvenile rice fish outside today . In a few hours time they will see the sun for the first time in their short little lives.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Just a feed n watch type of day. Hoping for water changes over the next couple of days. We shall see. Mostly been busy packing to get ready to move soon.

 

[Maryellen]

nothing- absolutely nothing.

sitting here and enjoying them and not doing any work.

its so nice to sit back, not stress over them and just enjoy watching your little box of perfectly balanced water.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Setup a new brine shrimp tank, about twice the size of the old one. Kiddos betta is getting mad at me for not giving him live food lol Around 3 gal capacity, old was about 1.5 gal. Added a sponge filter to it this time.

Nursery tank is doing well, I think lol Nothing is dead, so there’s that.


Also trimmed about a half doz lily pads from the porch pond. Did you know there are fish in there?

 

[BigManAquatics]

Did a water change on the 29g after cleaning house most the morning. That water change was only 2-3 weeks overdue...

Will probably get the tetra tanks tomorrow. They been on schedule with the water changes, so not near as worried about them.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Morning stretches before having a poop in the most inaccessible area necessitating removal of pretty much all the branches lol So that’s todays / this morning tank task lol The plan for today was baking, not tank tasks.

 

[Linda1234]

Thinking about the 4 hours i'll need to spend tomorrow cleaning the tanks. One thing about young cichlid you can feed them 50 times a day and they act like you are starving them the next time you put food in the tank.

 

[StarGirl]

Thinking about the 4 hours i'll need to spend tomorrow cleaning the tanks. One thing about young cichlid you can feed them 50 times a day and they act like you are starving them the next time you put food in the tank.

I thought that was all fish....

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Watchin’ and feedin’

 

[Blacksheep1]

Today is my 1 year anniversary on fishlore !

Thankyou to everyone whose chatted , given advice and helped me grow into a better aquarist. I’m sure I’ll be a round a lot longer to irritate you all ! oh and I blame you all for my 5 fish tanks for spreading your mts to anyone that asks ( although I’m secretly very grateful !)

Managed to get two water changes done today and used it to feed my tomatoes/ herbs / plants thanks to a hosepipe ban. Mosquito larvae is defrosting for tea as I think today is a treat day now.

 

[Dunk2]

Today is my 1 year anniversary on fishlore !

Thankyou to everyone whose chatted , given advice and helped me grow into a better aquarist. I’m sure I’ll be a round a lot longer to irritate you all ! oh and I blame you all for my 5 firshtanks for spreading your mts to anyone that asks ( although I’m secretly very grateful !)

Managed to get two water changes done today and used it to feed my tomatoes/ herbs / plants thanks to a hosepipe ban. Mosquito larvae is defrosting for tea as I think today is a treat day now.

Happy Anniversary! Your gift is in the mail.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Did water changes on the tetra tanks. As suspected, found my mystery snail dead as King Tut. Also, seems one of the glow lights decided taking a ride through the vaccuum tube was a bucket list item. Luckily, i acted quick enough it didn't get past the vac tube.

Also, learned today my fish don't appreciate The Ramones blasting away on the stereo like i do.

 

[Blacksheep1]

Happy Anniversary! Your gift is in the mail.

I’ll watch for the postman in anticipation!

slightly worried you have my address but a gift is a gift !!

 

[BigManAquatics]

I’ll watch for the postman in anticipation!

slightly worried you have my address but a gift is a gift !!

Maybe i will find a Rick Astley vid for you!

 

[Blacksheep1]

Maybe i will find a Rick Astley vid for you!

Not gonna lie , would love a bit of Rick right now

Edit— Sorry about your snail

 

[BigManAquatics]

Not gonna lie , would love a bit of Rick right now

As i found out earlier this summer, he is a really nice guy in person

 

[Blacksheep1]

As i found out earlier this summer, he is a really nice guy in person

You met him !!! He looks like he smells good , I’m picturing joop maybe .. does he ?

 

[BigManAquatics]

You met him !!! He looks like he smells good , I’m picturing joop maybe .. does he ?

I wasn't sniffing lol

 

[Blacksheep1]

I wasn't sniffing lol

You missed a trick there !! I defo would of sniffed him. I may not of been allowed within a 100 feet him afterwards but I would have my answer

 

[Dunk2]

He looks like he smells good

I was confused for a minute. . .

Wasn’t sure if we were talking about the snail or Rick Astley. And now that I know we’re talking about Rick, I’m still confused.

Happy Anniversary anyway. . .

I wasn't sniffing lol

You’re a man of missed opportunities BigManAquatics.

 

[Rose of Sharon]

I know this has nothing to do with tanks, but I haven't laughed this hard in a long time, lol!!!

Oh, and so I do input something about a tank, I was soaking my aquarium plants in an attempt to keep them going until I can set a tank up again, and decided to just put them into a flower pot. They will either live freely, or die badly......

 

[BigManAquatics]

I know this has nothing to do with tanks, but I haven't laughed this hard in a long time, lol!!!

Oh, and so I do input something about a tank, I was soaking my aquarium plants in an attempt to keep them going until I can set a tank up again, and decided to just put them into a flower pot. They will either live freely, or die badly......

Live free or die hard....

Going to the store this weekend sometime, wanting 2 aquarium stands for 20g tanks in preparation for moving. Should have some extra space when we move and would like to free up my dresser tops again for other stuff. Also might hit up petsmart, been looking at some of their smaller tank kits one has especially caught my eye as a possible future betta tank.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Slowly working on getting the hatched mystery snails out of the Cory tank. Got tired of manually pulling them and tossing them in the pond as fish treats, so I enacted order 66 and the fish seem happier.



Algae scrubber works well to turn them into a high protein and calcium food source.

 

[Blacksheep1]

Algae scrubber works well to turn them into a high protein and calcium food

Is this tech talk for “squish “ ?

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Is this tech talk for “squish “ ?

Indeed.

Not my ideal, just far too many from a clutch hidden on the back side of the light. Nice looking ones are still being moved to the nursery tank to grow up, but ones with muddled shells are chow for the other inhabitants. The ones in the nursery tank will likely end up as chow as well lol Just letting those nicer ones get a bit bigger to see if they can be traded for treats for my dragon.

 

[Fisch]

Thought about taking down the QT for good, but then decided to keep it going for snails and plants.
I was tired of the sponge filter splattering all over the place, so the little tank now has a mattenfilter. Now it is snail-in cycling with the group of Ramshorns and the Assassin.

 

[Fisch]

Classified ads has four adult Ember Tetras listed....That would get my Ember group in the 20gl back to 16. Also means a fish in cycle in the QT....Make plans and watch how fast they get blown out of the water

 

[Flyfisha]

Today I potted up some alligator weed from a near drain for outdoor ponds.
Feed micro worms to dwarf cichlid fry from an established culture that I picked up from a local club member after failing to keep a simple culture going. Thank goodness I have a multiple cultures of grindle worms that I can repay him with as he has lost his cultures of the large worms.
Today I have to admit my basic principles of fish keeping had a reset. Having seen first hand his breeding set up with multiple small tanks only half full of water using a single tiny sponge filter I realise I need to reconsider many of my beliefs.
Sixteen adult killifish with a few fry in a half filled K mart tank .This is not possible.Multiple small tanks doing the impossible.

 

[Renn242]

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!

possibly cleaning decor and planting my aquarium with some Java fern if I can figure out how to sterilize it

 

[Fisch]

Water change and plant trimming in the 125gl. Glued some of the Anubias to pieces of driftwood. Now it is just watching and enjoying a bit before my next task....Cocker Spaniel haircut.

 

[StarGirl]

All tanks clean and trimmed and ferted for the week.

Been using only API leaf zone (Iron and Potassium) for the past month or so and not gonna lie my plants look pretty great right now. (Oh and some tabs for the sword.)

 

[Fisch]

Been using only API leaf zone (Iron and Potassium) for the past month or so and not gonna lie my plants look pretty great right now. (Oh and some tabs for the sword.)

What made you change to API leaf zone?

 

[StarGirl]

What made you change to API leaf zone?

Algae and nitrates.
I am experimenting really. I saw a post that someone said plants really only need iron and potassium most times so I thought I would try it. Thats all that is in leaf zone. But like I said its a experiment and only been a month. Farther down the road may bring problems.

 

[Renn242]

Also potentially cycling an aquarium and adidng a new filter and trying To get my nitrites down

 

[Bwood22]

My favorite way to spend a Sunday night is blending salts...(said no one ever)

 

[Ouse]

My canister filter has a leak. A new O-ring seal was added this morning, along with a new valve because the model I am using is most known for leaking in those locations. The filter is still leaking, so tomorrow I am going to buy some vaseline to use as lubricant for the seal. Later on if needed, I could upgrade to silicone lubricant. If I were a filter genius, I would have known to use a lubricant this whole time. The old seal lasted almost three years without any faults and no lubricant.

More about this leak: the primer pump for my filter is broken; it cannot be fully extended or fulfil its role, so I believe that is the culprit for the cause of the leak, as that can be a cause. On Thursday, or possibly before Thursday, a new primer for my filter is being delivered. It is daylight robbery to me how much fishkeeping products cost nowadays.

I have never took the time to really learn about filters. I always thought it was a simple topic, however, filters are complex contraptions really, especially the canisters.

I am also asking fishkeeping shops around me if they are willing to take around thirty small fish (I.e., the fish in my tank), and possibly shrimp too. My plan is to try and take my fish tank down. If I am being honest, I get more frustration out of fish tanks than relaxation, which defeats the purpose.

Before I take the tank down and find a new home for all my fish, I want to resolve the leak in the filter. Finding the fish a new home will take time, and there is no rush if the filter is in good condition.

I am going to be stressed and panic if replacing the primer does not work. Replacing the primer is the only solution I have not tried.

Edit: instead of using Vaseline, I am just going to use silicone lubricant. Upon further research, I found that Vaseline can cause O-rings to either expand or shrink due to being petroleum-based.

 

[KeepKeepingAquatics]

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!!

Today it's reinstalling the kuhli hiding spot after they've dug it up for the who knows how much time and going to the fish store to see if they have 3 more kuhlis and if they do, it's quarantine with daily water changes (cause the quarantine tank is too small, but it's for quarantine so not permanent)

 

[Linda1234]

My kuhli don't really dig per sey but they do this glass surfing thing up and down for hours and hours and slow the substrate below their surfing gets lower and lower. I ended up putting a flat piece of slate under neath their favorite surfing spot and they still surf there but the substrate doesn't keep getting lower. For hiding; i put a small stone under the sponge filters to slight lift it up and they love to hide under that or sometime under the drift wood or well sometime not at all. I have like 12 in a 29.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Scrubbed glass on all the tanks this morning. Mystery snail laid her last clutch of eggs the other day. Looked rough afterwards, found her dead this morning. Big old girl so not a surprise. Moved the clutch to a hatchery container in the Endler nursery which pretty much gets daily scoops of fry lol. Those young ladies are really producing.

 

[kallililly1973]

Did big 75% WC’s on our 55,8.8, and 5 gallon tonight. Jetty was helping with the 55

 

[Blacksheep1]

Admiring this little beauty. He’s really come out of his shell , so to speak ! I’m not sure what the tetra is so mad about though …
The newly added shrimp to the Oryzias tank is berried , not sure how that’s going to go as they feed like piranhas !!