What are you doing to your tank today?

[BigManAquatics]

The spoiled little dears got their usual smorgasborg of flakes and pellets. Not sure of they were grateful or just gluttonous pigs.

 

[GouramiGirl100]

Working with my newer betta, Peter, to allow me to photograph him. He’s still a bit shy and gets scared of my phone camera. I started experimenting with lighting as well to try to get better photos

 

[Wendybrass]

Working with my newer betta, Peter, to allow me to photograph him. He’s still a bit shy and gets scared of my phone camera. I started experimenting with lighting as well to try to get better photos

He's gorgeous!

 

[BigManAquatics]

Working with my newer betta, Peter, to allow me to photograph him. He’s still a bit shy and gets scared of my phone camera. I started experimenting with lighting as well to try to get better photos

Makes me think "Where's Waldo?"

 

[StarGirl]

Working with my newer betta, Peter, to allow me to photograph him. He’s still a bit shy and gets scared of my phone camera. I started experimenting with lighting as well to try to get better photos
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Do you have a bright color case on your phone?

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Working with my newer betta, Peter, to allow me to photograph him. He’s still a bit shy and gets scared of my phone camera. I started experimenting with lighting as well to try to get better photos

Handsome.

Looks a bit like our Milic.

 

[GouramiGirl100]

Do you have a bright color case on your phone?

My phone color is actually red itself so that might be scaring him- I didn’t consider that

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Ok, uhhhhh I need help doing math without assuming the impossible.

I had 4 horned nerite snails, all 4 the same size.

I have 5 now with one being much smaller than the others.

Did one of the many thousand eggs laid actually hatch, make it through larval stage and become a snail? I attached a pic of the small one with two of the large ones. The other two were, uhm, busy together and I didn’t want to yank them off the rock lol

I hate to say it, but I’ve been kind of neglecting the saltwater / brackish tank because I’m not sure I want to keep 1 saltwater tank. But the crabs are fun, the pile worms are creepy and apparently it attract new horned nerites to it.

I don’t wanna claim to have bred nerites, but I something happened lol


Edit: A couple months ago I switched from a hob to a small sponge filter and lowered the water level to roughly half. I’m perplexed by this one.

 

[Littlebudda]

Thursday so chemotherapy and tank cleaning today I’ve made 7 days without pruning any plants in the tank (very proud need to cut a few things in the garden so hopefully that will scratch the itch). But will be hiding the tank scissors, I know the plants in the 55 are almost at the top but I will give them one more week. Other than that it’s a quiet one, one kid at school camp, one daughter has headed north for a surf comp till Sunday and my eldest is staying at a friends for a couple of days.

 

[DrogJustDrog]

I've been trying to make sure my new Pennywort stays in the substrate. I have no clue if it's just because I don't have it deep enough or if one of my mollies are doing something to it.

Also, I got a new ammonia test, since I was running low. I am so happy because the old bottles always read ".25 ppm" and I wondered if they were faulty. They were!

Recent test read "0.00 ppm"

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Moved all the fish out and rearranged the brackish tank a bit. Now it’s just the crabs, snails, pile worms and one male with 3 fry. The other fish are going back to freshwater, just started acclimation.

 

[GouramiGirl100]

I've been trying to make sure my new Pennywort stays in the substrate. I have no clue if it's just because I don't have it deep enough or if one of my mollies are doing something to it.

Also, I got a new ammonia test, since I was running low. I am so happy because the old bottles always read ".25 ppm" and I wondered if they were faulty. They were!

Recent test read "0.00 ppm"

My pennywort never stays in the substrate, I give up and let it float at this point

 

[DrogJustDrog]

My pennywort never stays in the substrate, I give up and let it float at this point

It seems a bit rebellious that way.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Bit of a lighter feeding than usual, but everyone should still get to eat. Of not, well, plenty of fatties will still bound around the tanks!

 

[GouramiGirl100]

Some babies in my snail breeding tank which also includes swordtail fry

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Nessie sighting. I’d guess my two females are around 9in now. I want to net or trap them out and measure. That’s a 4in diameter pipe IIRC.

Pumpkin sleepin’

 

[Motherlovebetta]

Water changes!!!! Also thinning out some water lettuce!

 

[StarGirl]

Got some Etsy stuff for the tanks today. Food hole covers for the Flexes and a API test tube holder.




May go to the lfs later.

 

[Littlebudda]

Not much didn’t finish water changes till 3:45am this morning (guess that counts as WC today) pond pump decided it only needed wanted to put out 6 inches of head to get over the top of tank probably 8ft so that took forever, but for today take it easy my little pup goes in to get desexed today so that’s going to be stressful and trying to keep her calm for a week with the other dogs.

Got some Etsy stuff for the tanks today. Food hole covers for the Flexes and a API test tube holder.
May go to the lfs later.

Was the holder from Etsy? That looks great was looking at stuff like that and a new 30 pack of API glass test tubes so I can do all the tanks at once turn water tests to 15mins instead of 1hr plus

 

[BlockHead1981]

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!!

Trimmed D.Sag in my 20L Betta tank

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Garter snake baby in the biome for now I’ll send it home in a week or so when the wife gets annoyed.

Kiddo named it Spitta, from Lego Ninjago lol

 

[BigManAquatics]

As much fun as watching the usual feeding time is with the barbs, they always out-do themselves when it comes to frozen foods! So of course it was a frozen food feeding time today.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Feeding critters.

 

[Wendybrass]

Think I harvested some baby brine shrimp a bit early but I'm impatient. I'm not sure if Bella is happy by herself in the 10g. She's active, checking things out still so I'm thinking okay? I'm disappointed that she's kinda hard to see in there - I'd hoped she'd stand out more. Why I thought a blue and black fish would stand out against a black background I don't know but here we are.

 

[Fisch]

Bit the bullet, the yearly major filter cleaning was in order. The Fluval 306 had a diminished output, it was time to attend to mattenfilter, canister and hoses. So for some reason I am not able to complete this task in a tidy fashion.....water everywhere, tools and buckets everywhere, towels everywhere. My husband went into hiding
I am procrastinating the second ....

 

[BPSabelhaus]

My 5 greenwater cultures are all infested


I now have 5 backup daphnia cultures lol


Note to self: Order a Turkey baster just for greenwater.



Halfway to freshwater. Probably let them rest until Monday then swap some more water.

 

[GouramiGirl100]

I have reached a critical impasse in one of my shrimp tanks: the babies like to hide in the roots of the floaters so now I can’t sell the floaters without accidentally getting shrimp in with the plants. The floaters have begun taking over my tank Haha

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Went to the beach and brought home more crabby crabs and an anemone. The large picture of the crab with a red line on white carapace is handicapped. Missing all four right legs.



Well, if it wasn’t interesting before. This one is berried.
Well.

Enjoy, we are.

 

[KingOscar]

I have reached a critical impasse in one of my shrimp tanks: the babies like to hide in the roots of the floaters so now I can’t sell the floaters without accidentally getting shrimp in with the plants. The floaters have begun taking over my tank Haha
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It's a marketing opportunity. Free shrimp with every bundle of floating plants!

 

[BPSabelhaus]

It's a marketing opportunity. Free shrimp with every bundle of floating plants!

Might explain the $10 bundles of duckweed I see on Craigslist lol

 

[StarGirl]

Water change day. I slacked yesterday and they got a free fast day.....lol

 

[Seren]

Water change day! I'm also going to be rinsing off some shrimp tubes in the old tank water so I can put them in the tank for my kuhli loaches. I miiight also try to take apart my filter to look for gunk (I have that mysterious permanent .25 ppm ammonia in a low pH tank, though I may just be testing before the bacteria has time to fully convert the waste).

 

[Wendybrass]

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Garter snake baby in the biome for now I’ll send it home in a week or so when the wife gets annoyed.

Kiddo named it Spitta, from Lego Ninjago lol

Used to catch these and bring them in to "show" mom, never went over very well.
Fed actually hatched brine shrimp. Loved the excitement in the 32g. However Bella the princess Betta took a bit to realize she wasn't getting shrimp wafers, which she lives for. And which is why she's morphing into a puffer fish. Discovered 2 small snails in her tank - I've been trying so hard to keep them out. I did transfer some plants but tried to rinse them really well before putting them in. And in my attempts to pluck them out I dropped them. So here we are. I'm going to ride the wave of successful brine shrimp hatching and ignore the snail fail

 

[BigManAquatics]

Trying to talk myself into starting water changes. Currently using the excuse that i have training at work later...but i really need to get up and start something, enough being lazy time!

 

[Fishfur]

Trying to talk myself into starting water changes. Currently using the excuse that i have training at work later...but i really need to get up and start something, enough being lazy time!

Sounds about right. Just had a nice noisy thunderstorm taper off so it’s very humid - definitely not conducive to one’s desire to get off one’s backside and do something useful like change water.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Used to catch these and bring them in to "show" mom, never went over very well.
Fed actually hatched brine shrimp. Loved the excitement in the 32g. However Bella the princess Betta took a bit to realize she wasn't getting shrimp wafers, which she lives for. And which is why she's morphing into a puffer fish. Discovered 2 small snails in her tank - I've been trying so hard to keep them out. I did transfer some plants but tried to rinse them really well before putting them in. And in my attempts to pluck them out I dropped them. So here we are. I'm going to ride the wave of successful brine shrimp hatching and ignore the snail fail

I brought one in a glass jar to my first grade class. Inevitably the jar was broken and there were many frightened nuns lol

 

[BigManAquatics]

Managed to get moving, both betta tanks have water changes done, plus various other maintenance tasks and some rearranging, keep them exploring!

 

[GouramiGirl100]

Did some water changes, monitoring my betta’s fin rot progress. He’s still very active and eating a lot and I think his fins may look ever so slightly better after the antibiotic treatment. He’s still in a small hospital tank (1.5 gallons) getting daily water changes. I’m really hoping he gets better soon.
In happier news:
Photos of my oldest betta (3 years I think), he was my sister’s and I brought him to my home a few months ago when she moved across the country

 

[StarGirl]

Water changes done and food fed for today. I hope that small piece of cholla in the 9g quits fungusing soon.

 

[Cara]

Worst thing in my fishing experience, except when I found my fish on the floor. And she was alive and still is ... so, yes, this would be the worst.

I was refilling my 5g after doing a maintenance change and out of the blue the light bulb in a lamp above exploded. And of course the majority of it ended up in the tank. I retrieved all the residents and atm they are in a holding bin.

Trying to figure out my next step. I have a quarantine tank which I'm in the process of moving the current residents out of. My concern with putting them there is for some reason the ph has been about 6.4 for probably a year. I just can't seem to get it up. They've been used to a 7.2-7.4ph. The fish are a Guppy, molly, and bumblebee catfish. A nerite and gs.

My other option would be a thorough clean and refill with water from my 36g which I'm planning to change today too. Maybe a 50-50 with fresh (treated) water.

Anyone have thoughts?

 

[Littlebudda]

Worst thing in my fishing experience, except when I found my fish on the floor. And she was alive and still is ... so, yes, this would be the worst.

I was refilling my 5g after doing a maintenance change and out of the blue the light bulb in a lamp above exploded. And of course the majority of it ended up in the tank. I retrieved all the residents and atm they are in a holding bin.

Trying to figure out my next step. I have a quarantine tank which I'm in the process of moving the current residents out of. My concern with putting them there is for some reason the ph has been about 6.4 for probably a year. I just can't seem to get it up. They've been used to a 7.2-7.4ph. The fish are a Guppy, molly, and bumblebee catfish. A nerite and gs.

My other option would be a thorough clean and refill with water from my 36g which I'm planning to change today too. Maybe a 50-50 with fresh (treated) water.

Anyone have thoughts?

You might need a full redo if the powders etc from the fluro light get in the substrate etc it could kill the fish those chemicals are pretty nasty.

Water change day! I'm also going to be rinsing off some shrimp tubes in the old tank water so I can put them in the tank for my kuhli loaches. I miiight also try to take apart my filter to look for gunk (I have that mysterious permanent .25 ppm ammonia in a low pH tank, though I may just be testing before the bacteria has time to fully convert the waste).

I get .25 readings on all my tanks I really think it is an accuracy thing with the test kits as I know my big tank is well planted, under stocked and over filtered and I’ve never had a zero reading.

 

[Cara]

might need a full redo

Full redo? Do you mean my plants and driftwood too? I REALLY love what I have here

 

[Littlebudda]

Full redo? Do you mean my plants and driftwood too? I REALLY love what I have here

Plants and driftwood might be ok with a good wash but substrate might need to get redone as I’m not sure if you would get all the fine dust and glass out of it. I was lucky when I blue up 4 x 4 foot lights mine was as I was lifting off the hood so still had lids on and could just vacuum the grass and dust off the lids and carpet.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

New substrate absolutely. Filtration media as well. May I suggest an LED bulb as well? Those CFL have snapped on me so many times.

 

[Cara]

New substrate absolutely. Filtration media as well. May I suggest an LED bulb as well? Those CFL have snapped on me so many times.

I've relocated the fish and tomorrow I'll be dumping the tank. It's the only tank I didn't do a redo recently so I guess it's time. The light that broke isn't part of my tank. It's just a clip on I use so I can have extra light when changing my tanks. Guess I gotta go shopping for that too.

Thanks

 

[Sewerrat]

Had an ornament from petco (colering comes off just by touching) release coloring into the water so started water changes early.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Water changes done on the 36 bowfronts

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Water changes done on the 36 bowfronts

36 bowfronts? Maniac lol

 

[BigManAquatics]

36 bowfronts? Maniac lol

36 aquariums, i wouldnt be able to walk in my house. Not that much of a hermit or recluse...yet.

 

[Littlebudda]

Unfortunately I’m away this week doing some visiting and taking a break having a change in treatment so just coming to terms with my upcoming stem cell harvest and possible transplant. Doesn’t sound like fun at all. Apparently I get 5 days of injections to stimulate the stem cell growth unfortunately they only grow in the hip and thigh bone and with no where to go it feels like someone is blowing a balloon up inside the bone. I then get yo spend 2 days in hospital on a machine 7hrs a day while they harvest the cells. I won’t even go into the transplant stage but it will be 4 weeks in hospital for that part.