What are you doing to your tank today?

[altermac]

Very nice tank, do you have problems with the shrimp getting into your filter? It looks like the Hygger I have in my shrimp tank. I put a black pantyhose stocking over mine.

The eheim corner filter is shrimp safe. No problems even with shrimplets. All intakes are blocked by sponge.

 

[BettaBeThere]

Pest snail eviction day today.

I have very very very few live plants...like less than 5...across both aquariums cos I absolutely hate (with a vengeance) pest snails.

So every few weekends I go on an eviction of pest snails rummage. Today I evicted around 100+ tween both aquariums.

The pest snails will be met with a suitable death, they have been recycled.....in the garden, minus 7 temperatures and with eager birdies waiting for me to come back indoors so that they can have fresh caught, warm snails for breakfast

Waste not, want not....I don't want snails, birdies do so they are welcome to a warm squiggly breakfast

 

[aquanata]

Pest snail eviction day today.

I have very very very few live plants...like less than 5...across both aquariums cos I absolutely hate (with a vengeance) pest snails.

So every few weekends I go on an eviction of pest snails rummage. Today I evicted around 100+ tween both aquariums.

The pest snails will be met with a suitable death, they have been recycled.....in the garden, minus 7 temperatures and with eager birdies waiting for me to come back indoors so that they can have fresh caught, warm snails for breakfast

Waste not, want not....I don't want snails, birdies do so they are welcome to a warm squiggly breakfast

LOL! You gave me courage to speak of my pest snail routine .... cup of coffee & what we call 'The Morning Executions'.

One child improving fine motor skills uses the tongs to patiently transfer dozens of bladder snails to the pea puffer tank. At the next tank I use tongs to crush them to feed to a lazy betta in another tank. Then on to the cory tank where I dip out a pile or so & they go into the frozen composter, with a sprinkling under the bird feeders.

Then we inspect all the tanks for the biggest, most handsome snails to go into a shrimp & snail tank.

Woo. Thanks for letting me confess!

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Moved the big ones out of the betta tank and into the French blue tank to provide fry cover, though I think I’m going to move half or more into the pond (assuming the surface is liquid lol)


Alex has been hiding in her she cave (much better than brumation station) since I built it for her. She comes out here and there but not always out like before. She stays active digging around so I’m upgrading to a larger bin when I find the right one I can fill with tunneling clay.

So I bought her a little treat just for dragon princesses.


(I’ll figure the new picture system out eventually)

LOL! You gave me courage to speak of my pest snail routine .... cup of coffee & what we call 'The Morning Executions'.

One child improving fine motor skills uses the tongs to patiently transfer dozens of bladder snails to the pea puffer tank. At the next tank I use tongs to crush them to feed to a lazy betta in another tank. Then on to the cory tank where I dip out a pile or so & they go into the frozen composter, with a sprinkling under the bird feeders.

Then we inspect all the tanks for the biggest, most handsome snails to go into a shrimp & snail tank.

Woo. Thanks for letting me confess!

Noted,

My son is autistic and I’m always looking for fine motor exercises. The tough part is finding something to hold his interests (a rubber finger stretcher such fun!) and he hates writing / coloring. Plus he has a pampered Betta who has yet to try escargot.

Thanks!

 

[Wendybrass]

FINALLY was able to bring some fish home. 6 panda cories, who started corying right away, (my very first Cory experience) and 5 platies, all different. There's one who is all black with a white head and glowing eyes - looks like headlights on a car. The platies are quite small so the LFS discounted them. I'm assuming they're small because they're young...... right? I didn't think to ask. They'll hopefully all sail through their quarantine disease free!

 

[aquanata]

My son is autistic and I’m always looking for fine motor exercises. The tough part is finding something to hold his interests (a rubber finger stretcher such fun!) and he hates writing / coloring. Plus he has a pampered Betta who has yet to try escargot.

Special needs are my thing, parentally & professionally. This particular kid is super blood thirsty & having the pea puffer has improved both fine motor & attention. We're up to a whole 10 minutes on task sometimes. They're also responsible for tong work while counting out meal worms for bird feeders & has an assortment of tweezers & hemostats for pulling off & putting on the tires on hot wheels cars.

 

[Zer0Fame]

Playing with the lights and taking pictures.

 

[Blacksheep1]

Marvelling at the Nazca lines my snails produce in this tank. Maybe they do possess a higher intelligence and we just can’t understand them. Maybe they think “here comes the dumb human with our food again lads , it’s so well trained this one. “

 

[ProudPapa]

LOL! You gave me courage to speak of my pest snail routine .... cup of coffee & what we call 'The Morning Executions'.

One child improving fine motor skills uses the tongs to patiently transfer dozens of bladder snails to the pea puffer tank. At the next tank I use tongs to crush them to feed to a lazy betta in another tank. Then on to the cory tank where I dip out a pile or so & they go into the frozen composter, with a sprinkling under the bird feeders.

Then we inspect all the tanks for the biggest, most handsome snails to go into a shrimp & snail tank.

Woo. Thanks for letting me confess!

If you have shrimp they'll swarm all over a freshly crushed snail too.

 

[Wendybrass]

Fed shrimp to both tanks. The panda cories in the QT were quite excited for that. My Betta has become very extra - she'll only eat what I give directly to her. There's shrimp floating all around her and she's doing the wiggle dance at the glass, waiting for her al la carte service.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

I had put a couple MTS into a tank I removed devil spikes from. This was probably a month back. Just saw one of them poke up to say hi for the first time.

 

[airfix2]

on saturday i bought 2 more panda cories to make the shoal of 4 to 6 (complicated story on how i have only 4, basically i had a dwarf gourami who bullied 2 of them to death). however, i noticed in the bag that they had fin rot, so I'm currently quarantining them in a 2.5 gallon spare tank. hoping they heal up soon.

 

[Debbie1986]

Wow! The guppies in my 38 gallon have been attacking/eating all the plants! I had to remove them this morning. Now, I have to do a after change after work because the tank looks a mess! /sad face

Also, my work from home is reduced to 1 day a week starting next week, so all my water changes will have to be Friday /Saturday going forward! isn't 2023 fun???!!! lol

if medical excuse, they will extend it... how about mental health excuse? you're messing with my water changes!!! teehehee

 

[BigManAquatics]

Water change done on the betta tank. Maybe more today, but nor feeling it.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

I caught the pile worm on video And will likely have more.

Ok, This thing is very creepy crawly cool.


WARNING FOR THOSE NOT INTO MILLIPEDES ETC. DO NOT CLICK!

I’m mostly ok with things like this, but it is near my limit. I ain’t touching it! Plus they’re venomous IIRC.

Sorry about the archaeology lecture in the background. This thing is very elusive. Darn it all! I want to take this tank back to fresh but the hermit crabs are cute and I have a terrifying sea monster to boot!

 

[Cara]

My 14mo grandson said FISH today. Purposeful and meaningful while pointing to the fish.

Isn't that enough for one day?

 

[ProudPapa]

My 14mo grandson said FISH today. Purposeful and meaningful while pointing to the fish.

Isn't that enough for one day?

Absolutely.

My wife, my sister, and I took my mother out to eat when my son was about 8 months old. While riding in my sister's van my mother kept trying to get him to say Grandma. He knew a few words already (he talked early but walked late), but Grandma wasn't one of them. He'd just look at her and grin. Finally, she said "I guess you're going to have a special name for me."

He promptly looked right at her and said "COW." My sister laughed so hard I was afraid she was going to drive into the ditch.

 

[Cara]

My 14mo grandson said FISH today. Purposeful and meaningful while pointing to the fish.

Isn't that enough for one day?

Next step....working on signing fish

 

[SamMe]

I caught the pile worm on video And will likely have more.

Ok, This thing is very creepy crawly cool.


WARNING FOR THOSE NOT INTO MILLIPEDES ETC. DO NOT CLICK!

I’m mostly ok with things like this, but it is near my limit. I ain’t touching it! Plus they’re venomous IIRC.

Sorry about the archaeology lecture in the background. This thing is very elusive. Darn it all! I want to take this tank back to fresh but the hermit crabs are cute and I have a terrifying sea monster to boot!

How long is that creepy thing and what do you feed it, or does it just eat your fish?

 

[McWater20]

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!!

Messed up the tank cycle from the get go, tested the water to find 0.5 PPM of Ammonia, so I’ll be doing a water change! But here’s one of my fish!

 

[BlockHead1981]

Water change and ferts

 

[kallililly1973]

Couple WC’s on the 5 and 29. I have an over abundant amount of Anacharis and Vals if anyone is interested in a great plant pack PM me for details.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

How long is that creepy thing and what do you feed it, or does it just eat your fish?

It’s a 10 gallon tank and it stretched pretty much all the way across and was still in its hole…… lol so I’m guessing around ten inches?

I’m not sure what it’s eating. I’m guessing overfeed and the occasional fry/young fish. I’d love to see it feed. I assume it came into my tank with some seaweed from Puget Sound as an egg or larvae. I’ve only seen it a couple times since I first saw it.

Worst thing is that this is my only saltwater tank and I want to revert it to fresh. The hermit crabs are tough enough to give up, but a sea monster? I think I need to set up a tank with a false side filled with sand so I can watch it like an ant farm lol

 

[Wendybrass]

It’s a 10 gallon tank and it stretched pretty much all the way across and was still in its hole…… lol so I’m guessing around ten inches?

I’m not sure what it’s eating. I’m guessing overfeed and the occasional fry/young fish. I’d love to see it feed. I assume it came into my tank with some seaweed from Puget Sound as an egg or larvae. I’ve only seen it a couple times since I first saw it.

Worst thing is that this is my only saltwater tank and I want to revert it to fresh. The hermit crabs are tough enough to give up, but a sea monster? I think I need to set up a tank with a false side filled with sand so I can watch it like an ant farm lol

Have you identified it yet?

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Have you identified it yet?

Friends of Skagit Beaches - Pile Worm

Best I can tell. I think there’s just the one species up here. This is only the third, maybe fourth time I’ve even seen it and certainly the longest time.

 

[Wendybrass]

Friends of Skagit Beaches - Pile Worm

Best I can tell. I think there’s just the one species up here. This is only the third, maybe fourth time I’ve even seen it and certainly the longest time.

That's crazy. Creepy crawly is right!

 

[SamMe]

It’s a 10 gallon tank and it stretched pretty much all the way across and was still in its hole…… lol so I’m guessing around ten inches?

I’m not sure what it’s eating. I’m guessing overfeed and the occasional fry/young fish. I’d love to see it feed. I assume it came into my tank with some seaweed from Puget Sound as an egg or larvae. I’ve only seen it a couple times since I first saw it.

Worst thing is that this is my only saltwater tank and I want to revert it to fresh. The hermit crabs are tough enough to give up, but a sea monster? I think I need to set up a tank with a false side filled with sand so I can watch it like an ant farm lol

I have arachnaphobia and that thing is like a spider on steroids! For some reason, though, I can't stop watching that video.

 

[aquanata]

It’s a 10 gallon tank and it stretched pretty much all the way across and was still in its hole…… lol so I’m guessing around ten inches?

I’m not sure what it’s eating. I’m guessing overfeed and the occasional fry/young fish. I’d love to see it feed. I assume it came into my tank with some seaweed from Puget Sound as an egg or larvae. I’ve only seen it a couple times since I first saw it.

Worst thing is that this is my only saltwater tank and I want to revert it to fresh. The hermit crabs are tough enough to give up, but a sea monster? I think I need to set up a tank with a false side filled with sand so I can watch it like an ant farm lol

I'm wishing I were in BC rather than Ontario right now & had a smuggler's heart, because that is the coolest little guy I've seen in a tank in forever. Thank you. Those vids made my day.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

I'm wishing I were in BC rather than Ontario right now & had a smuggler's heart, because that is the coolest little guy I've seen in a tank in forever. Thank you. Those vids made my day.

If you make it out to a coast, bait shops might have them if you really wanted lol

I have arachnaphobia and that thing is like a spider on steroids! For some reason, though, I can't stop watching that video.

It is fascinating to watch. A tank within a tank so you’d have a sort of ant farm (maybe used as a refugium/ macroalgae grow out?) would be a cool way to view them.

It looks like she’s hugging a wooden version of herself !!

Posing with her likeness lol

 

[McWater20]

I'll be checking the ammonia levels again, considering I messed up the fishless cycle. I discovered the differences between NH3 and NH4, using the formula that was provided by some helpful people I should be able to ensure that the 0.5 PPM Ammonia levels that were the result of my testing yesterday are not toxic.

 

[Rgtx]

Think I'm realizing it's about time to re-home my redtail shark.... Have had him about just over year now and he's just terrorizing my 3 yoyo loaches. Can't find one of them, so guessing hes dead or possibly jumped out of the aquarium and landed in the back of the tank.
Edit: Oh wow actually 3rd one behind the filter, hadn't seen him in days...

Also for anyone reading this and wanting to get a redtail, it is true what they say about them once it reaches near 1 year old, they become hyper aggressive.

 

[86 ssinit]

Bought this driftwood off market place and cleaned it up and added it to the tank.

 

[BettaBeThere]

Busy day for the hooligans today.

53 gets a water change and rather than dump the water, its going into a large brewing bucket, sealed and left to the side.

Deliveries due today.....several Anubias, Bucephalandras and mosses plus a piece of Totoro wood. The wood will go into the bucket of water, some of that water will go into another tub for the plants to stay overnight tonight before everything goes into the 29 tomorrow morning.

There could be a change to that plan if the deliveries come early this morning and when put into the bucket, the wood sinks.......then I might do the work on the 29 today instead. The water change on the 29 is delayed til either later today or tomorrow depending on delivery times.

Will have to wait and see what time the delivery couriers arrive.......plants and sundries are coming with DHL and the wood with DPD.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Finally got in my supply tubs and found an air flow controller, so installed that on the betta tank, finally a much more slower flow of air to the sponge filter!

 

[Motherlovebetta]

My new pleco came in so I braved the cold and went and got it. Got home and found a random fry in the bag. Unsure what to do with said fry. Can’t tell what it is! Guessing feeder fry. May set up my 5 g and grow it out to see for a fun project.

 

[Wendybrass]

My new pleco came in so I braved the cold and went and got it. Got home and found a random fry in the bag. Unsure what to do with said fry. Can’t tell what it is! Guessing feeder fry. May set up my 5 g and grow it out to see for a fun project.

Yes!!! Grow it !!! What fun!

 

[86 ssinit]

My new pleco came in so I braved the cold and went and got it. Got home and found a random fry in the bag. Unsure what to do with said fry. Can’t tell what it is! Guessing feeder fry. May set up my 5 g and grow it out to see for a fun project.

Lol got my very first guppy last time I bought plants. Came as a fry but does seem to be growing fast.

 

[Motherlovebetta]

Has a long body acclimating it right now we will see if I ever see it again. With my luck I’ll fall in love with it probably a shark…..

 

[Blacksheep1]

Then you shall keep it and call it your squishy !!!

or Bruce if it’s a boy.

Has a long body acclimating it right now we will see if I ever see it again. With my luck I’ll fall in love with it probably a shark…..View attachment 871494

As long as it doesn’t have a red tail you’ll be fine

 

[Wendybrass]

WC on the quarantine and temporary danio tank. Watched my newbies for a bit - everyone seems healthy and happy. I'm going to have platy fry in there before they get moved out, judging by the behaviour of the male, so I may make a box, or set up the not quite 5g. Basically doing all the things that are NOT on my to do list. I also failed at fasting the main tank.

 

[Motherlovebetta]

Here it is hoping it’s guppy and not a cichlid (no offense to the cichlid people they scare me). I had a few things just laying around. He’s loving his new mansion and first bites. I hid his tank (in plain sight) from my husband in the baby’s room so by the time he notices it he should be about grown out….the fry not the baby.

 

[Blacksheep1]

Here it is hoping it’s guppy and not a cichlid (no offense to the cichlid people they scare me). I had a few things just laying around. He’s loving his new mansion and first bites.

I’m invested in this fry now !! Can’t wait to see what it turns out to be !

 

[Zer0Fame]

Popcorn's ready! I so hope he/she makes it.

 

[Wendybrass]

I’m invested in this fry now !! Can’t wait to see what it turns out to be !

Me too!

 

[Debbie1986]

The 16 gallon Biorb has been a nightmare for planar worms. None of my other tanks have it visible but that one. The guppies just don't eat them and with constant fry population, they were everywhere. I removed 10 of them full adults Thursday night and started canine de-wormer. **warning - worm pic attached from a few weeks back. These things are inch long when full spread out***

But last night, at 10 pm, I decided to break down the tank. I found several more still ALIVE despite the heavy dose of de-wormer I had added 24 hours earlier. So 2.5 hours to move guppies and fry between my 55 gallon and 38 gallon & break it all down. I

I put media/rocks in water change bucket with hydrogen peroxide+water to soak & foudn 1 worm corpse so far today.

I realized today I was down to 6 tanks !!! I think I was at 11 tank a year ago? so I decided to leave guppies where they are and try my marbled betta in it. 6 tanks is a much more manageable number for me.

I've had bettas in there before with guppies, but this time I'll just have this adult male solo with snails. I figure the cleaning, less food and opportunity to feed, maybe planar worms will not take over again. Here's hoping.

I plan on reassembling tank tomorrow to allow rocks etc 24 hours of soaking so no worms make it back in. I already cleaned the tank inside. It's sitting dry for tomorrow.

Oh and I'm 54, so about 2 hours in my back said 'what are you doing? ' twick! /pain ~ gotta love this hobby


'I would do anything for lov.... fish, but I won't do that!'

pic 2 empty tank with bucket on top

Oh, my marble koi was white with blue spots as baby and is now almost completely blue. he's a sweetie. Very friendly. here he is in his 5 gallon. I think he'll like the 16 gallon and his fin type should be okay with the flow rate of the biorb.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Water changes done on the tetra tanks. Also finished the current cycle of cleaning sponge filters.

Did an afternoon round of water changes, so now the platy tank has been changed as well as the betta tank. All tanks good and caught up for a few days.

 

[Blacksheep1]

The 16 gallon Biorb has been a nightmare for planar worms. None of my other tanks have it visible but that one. The guppies just don't eat them and with constant fry population, they were everywhere.

What did you use to dose to get rid of them ?

'I would do anything for lov.... fish, but I won't do that!'

Pahahaaa I laughed out loud at this

 

[BigManAquatics]

Fed the tetras frozen foods tonight. I wanted to see that frenzied feeding frenzy! Wasn't a disappointnent.

 

[Wendybrass]

The 16 gallon Biorb has been a nightmare for planar worms. None of my other tanks have it visible but that one. The guppies just don't eat them and with constant fry population, they were everywhere. I removed 10 of them full adults Thursday night and started canine de-wormer. **warning - worm pic attached from a few weeks back. These things are inch long when full spread out***

But last night, at 10 pm, I decided to break down the tank. I found several more still ALIVE despite the heavy dose of de-wormer I had added 24 hours earlier. So 2.5 hours to move guppies and fry between my 55 gallon and 38 gallon & break it all down. I

I put media/rocks in water change bucket with hydrogen peroxide+water to soak & foudn 1 worm corpse so far today.

I realized today I was down to 6 tanks !!! I think I was at 11 tank a year ago? so I decided to leave guppies where they are and try my marbled betta in it. 6 tanks is a much more manageable number for me.

I've had bettas in there before with guppies, but this time I'll just have this adult male solo with snails. I figure the cleaning, less food and opportunity to feed, maybe planar worms will not take over again. Here's hoping.

I plan on reassembling tank tomorrow to allow rocks etc 24 hours of soaking so no worms make it back in. I already cleaned the tank inside. It's sitting dry for tomorrow.

Oh and I'm 54, so about 2 hours in my back said 'what are you doing? ' twick! /pain ~ gotta love this hobby


'I would do anything for lov.... fish, but I won't do that!'

pic 2 empty tank with bucket on top

Oh, my marble koi was white with blue spots as baby and is now almost completely blue. he's a sweetie. Very friendly. here he is in his 5 gallon. I think he'll like the 16 gallon and his fin type should be okay with the flow rate of the biorb.

I'm today old when I first learned about these worms. Just when I thought I knew what I was doing. So today I'll be searching for worms because this freaks me out. Also, should I be deworming the new stock in quarantine? Ugh. Worms? Sheesh

 

[BigManAquatics]

Just a feed n watch type of day because going into work 4 hrs early today. Least i get to watch my fish feed first! More interesting than work will be today, unless i see a bunch of deer again.