What are you doing to your tank today?

[Blacksheep1]

Instead of doing good in my tank today, I did good in my community. Yesterday my buy nothing group had somebody needing a tent, blankets etc… So I met up with them where they were and brought a tent, sleeping bags and some food for the week. I wish I was giving them the tent for camping.

Heart breaking I’m sure they appreciate your kindness.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Heart breaking I’m sure they appreciate your kindness.

Kiddo was grumpy that we were going to do something. But as soon as he saw what I was doing he was like “Dad! You’re just like MrBeast! Can we keep doing this?”

Feelz lol

 

[Blacksheep1]

Kiddo was grumpy that we were going to do something. But as soon as he saw what I was doing he was like “Dad! You’re just like MrBeast! Can we keep doing this?”

Feelz lol

*Googles MrBeast*

awww yeah , I love everything about this story. Feelz for sure ! You’ve secured brownie / human and Dad points all in one fell swoop. Well done you

 

[BPSabelhaus]

*Googles MrBeast*

awww yeah , I love everything about this story. Feelz for sure ! You’ve secured brownie / human and Dad points all in one fell swoop. Well done you

Right?

For the first month or so of my kiddo knowing about him it’s all I heard. I’m thinking “uh huh, more internet nonsense”

But no. This guy is just a good guy lol

 

[BigManAquatics]

Went to a couple fish stores today. Somehow managed to not buy anything at either one! Just went to look at fish and tanks, work on ideas, see if any sales amok.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

First Dr appt, still perfect :

 

[Bwood22]

I keep a small fry tank under my big tank.

At some point during the day the hose from the filter pump came loose and started shooting water up out of the back of the tank.

I didn't know there was a problem until i realized that it wasn't dog pee that i stepped in on the rug in front of the big tank...

Long story short...i fixed the problem.

Then I had to dry the floor underneath the 75 gal. So i had to dismantle everything.




Which included finding a temporary spot for these guys.


It's now 11pm and all is back to normal.


That's what I did in my tank today.

 

[Wendybrass]

Meanwhile I’m basically equidistant to both lol

That's too bad eh!
BUSTED! She's figured out how to get the best of both worlds. Wiggles at the top until I feed her specifically, like my fingers to her mouth only, then she darts down and STEALS the cories shrimp wafers.

 

[86 ssinit]

Showing them to my granddaughter Shea.notice the fish were interested too!

 

[StarGirl]

I'm sure they thought she was going to feed them.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

I'm sure they thought she was going to feed them.

Looks like they’re trying to nibble toes in the first pic lol

 

[emeraldking]

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Nothing much today... Only catching fish that were ordered for tomorrow's Terrarium event. One of the exhibitors requested for a couple of strains of Campoma endlers. 10 Of each. This evening I brought them to my best buddy who will attend that event. All has been paid for in advance.

 

[KeepKeepingAquatics]

Went to the nearest LFS and picked up a baby red honey gourami and the a new baby Betta! So excited!

(Just note they are for separate tanks)

 

[jmaldo]

Cleaned the Eheim canister and hoses today along with a 80% water change on the 55g, not too bad. Took down the 29g , down to just the 55g now.
Yeeaaahhh! It's been 6 years since I had only one tank...

 

[Marlene327]

I just stared at my 40 gallon alot today and studied the fish. It went a little cloudy the day before and I added carbon to the filter last night. Today I don't think it made a difference but it doesn't seem to be bothering the fish, just me. I've never had this happen before. I did a 20 gallon WC Monday and really don't feel like doing it again. Maybe 6 or 8. This old girl is getting too old to be carrying all that water back and forth through the house! So what I did today was stare and grumble and wonder why. lol

 

[BigManAquatics]

Did a water change on the betta tank. Gonna have to increase frequency on that though, as Mr. Rico looks like he may have a mild case of fin rot...or a slight bit of fin nipping.

 

[Zer0Fame]

I'm shouting at my tank today because I found Cladophora in it.

Of course in the expensive planted tank.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Tetra tanks got their frozen food today. Typical tetra feeding frenzy ensued.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Gave the kiddos betta tank a glass scrub. Still need to top off a little, but Luke is a bit water sensitive compared to the Endlers so I’ll do that tomorrow when I can monitor him.

While doing that I noticed my Magenta Endler passed on his genes. The 5 females in there were snacks for Luke. When they grew into females I figured why not toss in something different from my black bars, cobras and French blues. Let him have some fun and establish a little then move them all (minus Luke) into the community tank or the wifes office once her seemingly immortal guppies die.

 

[RSBettas]

I remodeled this 2.5 gallon for Gerda (a female Betta). She's super happy just swimming around!

 

[John58ford]

Just a trim and change day. Had let a tank get a bit out of hand and cut most of the lily pads out. Had probably 4 times the surface area of the tank worth of pads.
Too much:



Closer to right:

 

[Youthquaker]

Rearranged the plants a bit...Still not willing to call it an aquascape though

 

[Cara]

Went to the store yesterday to pick up a larger net so I could move my pleco to his new home. Someone was giving away fish

Meet Cat....a 2yo upside-down catfish.

 

[Linda1234]

Just a trim and change day. Had let a tank get a bit out of hand and cut most of the lily pads out. Had probably 4 times the surface area of the tank worth of pads.
Too much:
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Looks like my 120; top covered with lillies; undecided if i like them but like em or not you just can't get rid of them all - add one and end up with a gazillion - almost as bad as duckweed but in a different way.

 

[bgarthe]

Today the last fish went into the 60g tank. My orange Koi Angel joined the HGs, Corys, and fancy Guppies. All is well Hopefully this will work out as he’s a youngster and he’ll grow up thinking of the others as tank mates and not food.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Just a feed n watch type of day. Probably do a water change on the betta tank tomorrow and the others over the next couple of days so i don't have to contend with the snow again for dumping buckets.

 

[Blacksheep1]

I broke my planting tweezers last week so went to get some more with my son ( teacher strike day ). He decided he was going to fall in love with a rabbit snail and a betta and some shrimp and some …
I made an adult decision to put my foot down and say no !!!

sooo meet my new ( slightly damaged ) snail and shrimp …

 

[briangcc1997]

Evicting gold rams from a 75. Thought I was fighting disease but more I dug into these little buggers and observation turns out I have a set of school yard bullies who have taken out a somewhat grown angelfish, 4 gbrs, 3 bubble blue rams, and 5 other golds.

Deal breaker was when I left for work this a.m. the last remaining bubble blue was doing fine, wife found him dead at lunch only a couple hours later.

Wife got 2 of the 3 in a quarantine tank. Last hold out is getting evicted when I get home. Clearly not the fish to have. IF they survive in quarantine, they're going back to the lfs...I kinda have my doubts given the killing spree they've been on.

I've had all sorts of aggressive/semi-aggressive fish before but these are the top of my "Never Again" fish.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Pulled floaters from the betta tank and got a decent shot of the magenta Endler fry with a guard betta lol I hope he stays more pink. I grabbed dad because he was the only magenta in the tank, but he has a lot of purple in him.
Good to see he got to reproduce. He wasn’t the most colorful or active when I got him.

 

[GouramiGirl100]

Did filter maintenance on one of my betta tanks. I guess I must have spilled a lot of water somehow on the back side of the tank but there was so much I thought it had to be a leak. Rushed to the store to buy a new (slightly more expensive 5.5 gal rimless) as I’m checking out my mom calls to let me know that she checked the tank and there is absolutely no leak and the tank is fine, I just spilled a lot of water without realizing. Came home to confirm- stand now completely dry, but now the proud owner of my 8th aquarium- a 5.5 rimless . Going to use it for shrimp

 

[briangcc1997]

Evicting gold rams from a 75. Thought I was fighting disease but more I dug into these little buggers and observation turns out I have a set of school yard bullies who have taken out a somewhat grown angelfish, 4 gbrs, 3 bubble blue rams, and 5 other golds.

Deal breaker was when I left for work this a.m. the last remaining bubble blue was doing fine, wife found him dead at lunch only a couple hours later.

Wife got 2 of the 3 in a quarantine tank. Last hold out is getting evicted when I get home. Clearly not the fish to have. IF they survive in quarantine, they're going back to the lfs...I kinda have my doubts given the killing spree they've been on.

I've had all sorts of aggressive/semi-aggressive fish before but these are the top of my "Never Again" fish.

What a difference 24 hours makes...

75 gallon tank the rams were evicted from was a totally different tank this morning. Angels were front and center, cories were out, the yellow bn was out and about. It was if there was a general sigh of relief and a big old Thank You for the eviction.

10 gallon quarantine - down a gold ram. This really confirms my suspicion that we have a bully issue. I fully expect to be down to 1 by end of week if not sooner. No other tank to put them into where they won't raise holy heck so it is what it is. IF I still have 2 when I get home I do have a breeder box I could toss one into in the 10 gallon.

 

[Cara]

Went to the store yesterday to pick up a larger net so I could move my pleco to his new home. Someone was giving away fish

Meet Cat....a 2yo upside-down catfish

Researching further on my newest addition.....

maybe this wasn't such a great idea. Now everything I'm reading says I should have 4-5 of these fish together. I didn't see that when I did a quickie look up in the store b4 I took the fish.

My plan is/ was to put it in my 36g with mollies and black neon tetras. Not so sure I can add that many to this tank as the mollies keep dropping fry.

My other option would be to add it and possibly others to a 75g with a common pleco, mollies and ember tetras.

The other concern is this one is at least 2yo. If I got others they would definitely be younger. Could that be a problem?

I should probably be posting this in a different place...but it's what I'm doing today

 

[SamMe]

Researching further on my newest addition.....

maybe this wasn't such a great idea. Now everything I'm reading says I should have 4-5 of these fish together. I didn't see that when I did a quickie look up in the store b4 I took the fish.

My plan is/ was to put it in my 36g with mollies and black neon tetras. Not so sure I can add that many to this tank as the mollies keep dropping fry.

My other option would be to add it and possibly others to a 75g with a common pleco, mollies and ember tetras.

The other concern is this one is at least 2yo. If I got others they would definitely be younger. Could that be a problem?

I should probably be posting this in a different place...but it's what I'm doing today

If it was by itself previously and doing fine, I wouldn't be concerned.

 

[briangcc1997]

Researching further on my newest addition.....

maybe this wasn't such a great idea. Now everything I'm reading says I should have 4-5 of these fish together. I didn't see that when I did a quickie look up in the store b4 I took the fish.

My plan is/ was to put it in my 36g with mollies and black neon tetras. Not so sure I can add that many to this tank as the mollies keep dropping fry.

My other option would be to add it and possibly others to a 75g with a common pleco, mollies and ember tetras.

The other concern is this one is at least 2yo. If I got others they would definitely be younger. Could that be a problem?

I should probably be posting this in a different place...but it's what I'm doing today

I have a lone upside down catfish - non-issue. He's in a 75 gallon community tank.

 

[TClare]

Did water changes and maintenance on 3 tanks. One more big one to do, I had better get on with it...

 

[Linda1234]

Researching further on my newest addition.....

maybe this wasn't such a great idea. Now everything I'm reading says I should have 4-5 of these fish together. I didn't see that when I did a quickie look up in the store b4 I took the fish.

My plan is/ was to put it in my 36g with mollies and black neon tetras. Not so sure I can add that many to this tank as the mollies keep dropping fry.

My other option would be to add it and possibly others to a 75g with a common pleco, mollies and ember tetras.

The other concern is this one is at least 2yo. If I got others they would definitely be younger. Could that be a problem?

I should probably be posting this in a different place...but it's what I'm doing today

Do you know the exact species; there are several fishes refer to as upside down catfish and they have different behavior and requirements. Some are wonderful community members and others will eventually eat everyone and everything in sight.

 

[Blacksheep1]

Still marvelling at the growth on the mystery plant , it’s getting long !
The rotala is starting to get nice and pink and not as leggy now, these are off cuts but you can see the stunted leggy growth behind. I just need all stems to grow like this and I’ll finally be happy .. ish.

 

[BigManAquatics]

I did a naughty thing. Ordered a 55g for the Petco sale and pick it up in a couple of hours.

 

[briangcc1997]

Came home last night and only saw 1 ram in the quarantine tank. Took a bit but found the other one….cowering under the filter. Moved bully into breeding net. Other ram was out in about 5 min.

This morning both are still separated and alive.

Going to work on collecting hardware for the 125 stand over next few days.

 

[Grimmalkinn]

I shall be setting up a new tank - assuming my plants arrive today [as I was told they would].

 

[GouramiGirl100]

Today I’m beginning my prep for my drive up to my sister this weekend to get her tanks and fish since she’s moving across country. I’m picking up her 10 gallon betta tank and her 37 gallon community tank. Going to restock her 37 gallon though and move her current fish around to my current tanks. It’s going to be a lot of work to get these tanks emptied, fish caught, and plants packed up. Wish me luck!

 

[Motherlovebetta]

I did a naughty thing. Ordered a 55g for the Petco sale and pick it up in a couple of hours.

As my grandma would have said “for shame!” However I say congrats and post pics. What are you putting in there?

For me it’s just water change day. My surviving sparkling gourami fry has doubled in size in a week and acting very sparkling gourami-ish (dart and hide).

May have to head to LFS and see if they have any rogue Pygmy Cories that I HAVE to buy! I swear they just jump into bags and end up in my car, my husband does not understand this phenomenon. Oh well, everyone is happier when they are in my tank……also what is the Pygmy cory limit for a 20g long asking for a friend?

 

[bgarthe]

WC today. Glad to say that my Nitrates before the two tanks (60&75g) were water changed happened to be at 10-20 w my API liquid tests . In a few days, I’ll do up the WC on my 20,10, and 5g tanks. I don’t test Nitrates every WC, but I periodically check just out of curiosity.

 

[Cadillac15]

Just ordered a filter and heater for the empty 75g to put the Oscar in. Now working out stocking for a 125g community tank.

 

[BigManAquatics]

As my grandma would have said “for shame!” However I say congrats and post pics. What are you putting in there?

For me it’s just water change day. My surviving sparkling gourami fry has doubled in size in a week and acting very sparkling gourami-ish (dart and hide).

May have to head to LFS and see if they have any rogue Pygmy Cories that I HAVE to buy! I swear they just jump into bags and end up in my car, my husband does not understand this phenomenon. Oh well, everyone is happier when they are in my tank……also what is the Pygmy cory limit for a 20g long asking for a friend?

I really have no idea yet. Kicking around a big school of tiger barbs. But also thinking like a black knife ghost fish or maybe a pair of rams instead with other fish in there.

 

[Blacksheep1]

Kicking around a big school of tiger barbs.

no kicking the fish ! Even if they are in bags

 

[SamMe]

the green tiger barbs are interesting.......

AquaHuna has them for $4 each. Just sayin'

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Cleaned up all the fish food after the dog tore open two containers while I was at an appt.

The main suspect.

 

[BigManAquatics]

no kicking the fish ! Even if they are in bags

Hey, i don't come down to where you work and tell you how to do your job

On a more fishy note, found what was labelled as a Snowball Pleco, which i then learned is an L201, AKA orinoco angel. I was kinda mesmerized. I will get pics hopefully later today, but there are plenty of sample pics online if y'all need a reference!

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Up here in Seattle we just throw salmon at people.