What are you doing to your tank today?

[GouramiGirl100]

Decided to rescape the 29!

Before:

After:
Have some Buce, crypts, and dwarf sagg, coming from Marcus Fish Tanks, gonna fill out some of the sand a bit!

Love the hobbit house

 

[zERostArk07]

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Love the hobbit house

Me too!

 

[BigManAquatics]

Probably just a feed n watch type of day, frozen foods for the tetra tanks if i remember. Been working on 2 years worth of tax returns, so if my hair looks patchy, mind your business!!

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Been busy moving 15 yards of soil around the yard. But, all that soil has revealed a lot of goodies for use in the tanks and ponds.

A chunk of sewer pipe will be a nice cave / basking spot for Alex.

I keep finding nice chunks of serpentine that I’ll use in and around the pond.

A lot of agates lol Those will get tumbled.

A lot of other just nice looking stones that will be used for aquascaping. Still have a few yards to move, but my body is worn out lol

 

[ChrissFishes01]

Got rid of my freshwater stock and have begun cycling. The water is like really cloudy because I didn't rinse out the sand. I am running the pumps to suck out the ultra fine stuff out of it though and it has helped.

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You should make a thread and tag me in it, if you haven't already!

Added a blue ricordea and a teeny cleaner shrimp to my Pico tank today. Also did a 1/2 gallon (or 33%) WC. Pics once things acclimate and clear up.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Went to the LFS the other day, he had some discus in, usually doesn't. Was a sad story though. Said he had a customer bring them in because his 90 gal tank was leaking all over. Apparently he decided that was the straw that broke the camel's back and he was getting out of the hobby. So now there are 5 good-looking discus sitting in the LFS.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Wife grabbed me a mini greenhouse from IKEA.

It’s almost a perfect fit to a 10g tank. Just need to add a couple supports. Maybe I’ll grab another for the mangrove tank. I bet they’d be a lot happier with some humidity.

 

[ruud]

They are actually so small my camera won’t focus on them ! You just see tiny blue eyes swimming around. This is from last time I switched the breeding mops though and the best I could get then and they were a lot bigger at the time . View attachment 875294
I’ll try tomorrow to see if I can get them as they are all to bed now

Looks lovely!

What species of rice fish are common? What't the difference between them? Any idea?

For someone fairly long in the hobby, I've only have experience with a handful of different fish species. I have a very shallow riparium, 60x30 cm / 24x12 inch, 18cm / 7 inch height.

Would rice fish be suitable?

 

[ChrissFishes01]

Pics of the Pico tank now that things have settled out a bit:

 

[GouramiGirl100]

Pics of the Pico tank now that things have settled out a bit:

Sorry if I missed it but what size is the tank? Looks awesome btw

 

[ChrissFishes01]

Sorry if I missed it but what size is the tank? Looks awesome btw

Thanks! It's a 1.5 gallon Deep Blue tank.

 

[GouramiGirl100]

Thanks! It's a 1.5 gallon Deep Blue tank.

Nice! Looks great

 

[Blacksheep1]

Looks lovely!

What species of rice fish are common? What't the difference between them? Any idea?

For someone fairly long in the hobby, I've only have experience with a handful of different fish species. I have a very shallow riparium, 60x30 cm / 24x12 inch, 18cm / 7 inch height.

Would rice fish be suitable?

These are daisys ricefish , Oryzias woworae , they are the only ( I believe ) tropical species. Oryzias latipes is the more common type that prefer cooler water. Shallow aquariums suit them quite well in my humble opinion , what is that nearly 15G tank size ? I know some keep them in bowls but that’s a different debate feel free to pm

 

[SamMe]

These are daisys ricefish , Oryzias woworae , they are the only ( I believe ) tropical species. Oryzias latipes is the more common type that prefer cooler water. Shallow aquariums suit them quite well in my humble opinion , what is that nearly 15G tank size ? I know some keep them in bowls but that’s a different debate feel free to pm

I think your daisy ricefish are beautiful as well. Those eyes just seem to GLOW even on the tiny fry. Are they jumpers, or can you keep them in open tanks?

 

[Blacksheep1]

Thanks, they are cuties. The boys are blue and the girls are orange so really easy to tell what’s what, their eyes do glow !

I have lids on all my tanks so couldn’t really say but in Japan they are kept in smallish tubs or bowls,

Mine are in a 125L though.

 

[GouramiGirl100]

I got a farlowella catfish today, his name is Harrison he’s currently acclimating in QT w lights off so he’s hard to see

 

[BigManAquatics]

Not a lot today, hanging some hooks to hang fishnets and feeding, thats about it.

 

[Perfect]

You should make a thread and tag me in it, if you haven't already!

Added a blue ricordea and a teeny cleaner shrimp to my Pico tank today. Also did a 1/2 gallon (or 33%) WC. Pics once things acclimate and clear up.

Awesome! Looks nice! I actually made a thread in reef2reef so I will have to copy and paste everything over!

 

[GouramiGirl100]

Had a morning with my new catfish: I woke up and could not find him. I dig around in the substrate, I removed decor- nothing. I thought somehow my cat had gotten to him but that’s nearly impossible. Finally realized I’m an idiot and because I had shortened the intake tube in my HOB I left a hole open I forgot to plug. Carefully got him out, he’s doing well just mad that I took away his tunnel. Going to get some pleco hides for him today at fish store

 

[SamMe]

Moving my last 2 WCMM from my 13g over to my other unheated tank. Adding a heater to the 13g, doing a water change and getting it ready for my rabbit snails that are coming!

 

[Silverleaf209]

Today I noticed my mystery snail was at the top of the tank, she has been up in this particular area off and on throughout the week, I think she might have a clutch soon, I am super excited, but worried, my other mystery snails had two at the end of their lives.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Water changes done on platy tank and betta tank. All caught up for a few days i think.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Spent much of the last week uhm, “aquascaping” around the pond. Bananas and strawberries are semi marginal plants lol

 

[Wendybrass]

Well holy cow. I've had BBA in my tank before and had it cleared up, then in the last week I noticed it showing up in a few spots, so I've been looking into how best to treat it. I have a low tech tank and I've been trying to get a balance for a while. Thought I was there and then BBA rears its ugly head again. Yesterday I lowered intensity and duration of the lights by 10% and thought I'd fast the tank as well. I'm pretty sure I have a potassium deficiency so I was searching out supplements, looking for SAE locally and wondering if I have room for one - all those things. Just took a peak in my tank and almost every bit of BBA is gone. . I've seen a couple of the guppies munching on it before but..... holy cow! They're a hungry lot!

 

[Cadillac15]

Water Changes to prepare for a new fish this evening!

 

[TClare]

Trying to find out what happened to my male Apistogramma "Ladislao" and keeping an eye on my little albino Acarichthys heckelii.

The Apistogramma because yesterday morning he did not appear as usual at feeding time, I never saw him all day and was getting worried. The day before he had been active and feeding greedily as usual. All morning I was looking for him, the tank has a lot of wood, plants, hiding places and I did not get to the stage of taking everything apart find him. About mid day today he suddenly appeared, emerged from a hollow piece of wood, ate some food and disappeared again. Very out of character but he looked fine.

And the heckelii - I was given him a few months ago in exchange for a pair of Cichlasomas. I initially put him in my big cichlid tank, but he was so tiny he looked like an easy mouthful for the blue acara who started to look like he was going to chase him. So I quickly caught him and put him in the smaller tank with Apistos, tetras and Copellas. He has now grown to a size that I felt sure he would be OK in the big tank, still small, but no longer a mouthful for anyone, so I moved him yesterday. All afternoon he stayed in one spot, a top corner at the back. Did not move from there. This morning when I took off the insulation boards from the front of the tank and let a little sunlight in, he was near the bottom in the middle and started swimming around. But just a little later he was back in his top corner again and there he has stayed all day. Some of the festivums have looked at him a curious way, but no fish has shown any sign of aggression towards him. I hope he will soon be OK and swimming around but can appreciate that he feels intimidated by the other big fish. Actually in the other tank he always did spend a lot of time at the top, and slept at the bottom. But he did always come and beg for his food.
Not very good photos, but these are the fish in question:

 

[StarGirl]

My 55g is a serious Hornwort Jungle right now. Gotta tame that this weekend along with cleaning my filter. Had to rescue a nerite out of the sponge filter pipe. Hes ripping around again.

Came home from vacation to a clear 5g and did a water change, now its a little cloudy again. Boo. Dumb tank.

Going to the fish store tomorrow to see about some live food and maybe some more CPDs.

 

[Fawkes21]

Good old water change and deep clean on my 90

 

[GouramiGirl100]

I underestimated the size of my pleco when I bought her this hide (don’t worry she’s not stuck haha)

 

[Silverleaf209]

Got those Shrimp today!

 

[BigManAquatics]

Not even a feed n watch type of day. Done working first job of the day, but decided everyone needs a fasting day, obviously a popular decision

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Worked on a new aquaponic setup for the pond. I think the over all capacity will be less, but I have double the plant slots, plus two new small ones for Aerogarden pods of lettuce I can swap and grow out quick. It has multiple chambers now. Media, then a slotted wall into a new chamber with a carbon filter. This will lead to the outlet which will have a drain in it with a hose outlet to be able to clean and service the filter without making a mess in the pond. Last this has a trellis for things that like climbing. Maybe I’ll grow a watermelon lol 7 years running now IIRC. I’ve learned a few things lol

 

[GouramiGirl100]

Hopefully this girl (pretty sure it’s a female) is going into her home tank soon! Also going to look at all the local pet stores/fish stores to hopefully find some unique fish as Wednesday is usually shipment day in my city so Thursday is a solid day to look

 

[86 ssinit]

Well some morning feeding picsmy hillstream loach guarding his rockand mt way overgrown shrimp tankmy other shrimp tank and plant grow out tank. First time using aquasoil under graveland last my plant problem tank! Will be changing water today. Notice the black algae growing on the plants. The hornwort I remove every 2 weeks and put it back in the shrimp tank. What ever the algae is the shrimp love it. Last hornwort is what’s floating in the overgrown shrimp tank. When put in it was as black as these are now.

 

[Cadillac15]

Water change day. Gotta do 3 75g tanks. Did the 125g yesterday before adding the new plecos!

 

[Silverleaf209]

Water change day. Gotta do 3 75g tanks. Did the 125g yesterday before adding the new plecos!

How long does it take to do those tanks? It must take a lot of effort . . .

 

[Cadillac15]

How long does it take to do those tanks? It must take a lot of effort . . .

It takes me roughly 45minutes to an hour per 75g. The 125g takes about an hour and a half. But I start it and let it drain when I'm doing other things. I use a python so it goes directly to the sink, I'm not doing it by buckets or anything like that.

 

[TClare]

I did water changes on three tanks, (220, 47 and 63 gallons) it took me most of the morning. I have one more (152 gallons approx) that I will do tomorrow.

 

[Wendybrass]

Playing find the missing platy again and trying not to sound the alarm bells.

I can't figure it out. I watched Bella (Betta) go at a platy, another one, not the missing one, because it's missing . They were near the corner of the tank and I broke it up. But this same platy keeps following her around! I stopped what I was doing and just watched for a good half hour and I don't know what to think. If Bella was a danger to said fish, wouldn't said fish kinda stay away? Is that asking too much?

 

[GouramiGirl100]

Set up my empty 10 gallon for rabbit snails and a school of mini stone catfish, also added botanicals to the bigger tank. One more water change left for the evening in the goldfish tank

 

[Silverleaf209]

It takes me roughly 45minutes to an hour per 75g. The 125g takes about an hour and a half. But I start it and let it drain when I'm doing other things. I use a python so it goes directly to the sink, I'm not doing it by buckets or anything like that.

Wow! That is still a lot of dedication! Lol, I can only imaging using a bucket when doing a task like this.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Wow! That is still a lot of dedication! Lol, I can only imaging using a bucket when doing a task like this.

See, i have to do the bucket style because i can get very easily distracted(oooooh, shiny!!!)

Just a feed n watch type of day, get to be the hero after fasting the poor, neglected tank urchins yesterday

 

[Silverleaf209]

See, i have to do the bucket style because i can get very easily distracted(oooooh, shiny!!!)

Just a feed n watch type of day, get to be the hero after fasting the poor, neglected tank urchins yesterday

Lol, welp, can't say I am not guilty of that too .

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Was going to go to the LFS after the kiddos therapy, but the van decided to turn into a Christmas tree and cede forward momentum. Kiddo missed his therapy, didn’t get to the LFS obviously. So I finished the afternoon pulling an alternator out of my tank lol

Since today was completely against me (did I mention the door handle broke off in the kiddos hand? lol) Tomorrow I’m doing “nothing” which means just spending time on the tanks. Got a nice chunk of pumice from the pile to add a plant of two on. Don’t know what tank to put it in, so for now I’m just going to store it. Heck, maybe even use it in the pond for part of the water outflow.

 

[Silverleaf209]

A bit worried, I can only find 2 of the 3 shrimp.

 

[GouramiGirl100]

My juvenile pleco (2 inch) is being aggressive to my new forlowella catfish I have to separate them I’m sad

 

[Wendybrass]

Where's Waldo aka find the missing platy day. Hopefully during the water change I'll find him. If not I have some decisions to make. Wish me luck on this the luckiest of days . Happy St Patrick's Day! May the hole in your net be smaller than your fish.

 

[hevvyc]

Watching my tank to make sure my powder blue DG is happy with her new platy friends. So far so good, here's a pic of them chilling out together.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Today at the LFS, my son saw an adult male bn pleco, said it was too scary. Then i told him it was smaller than my adult males. Had to bribe him with taco bell to come home!!

 

[Wendybrass]

Today at the LFS, my son saw an adult male bn pleco, said it was too scary. Then i told him it was smaller than my adult males. Had to bribe him with taco bell to come home!!

Bribing works!