What are you doing to your tank today?

[BPSabelhaus]

Cat yeeter version X lol

 

[tinylostwine]

Cat yeeter version X lol

I wouldn't; cats are very very smart. We had one cat that used to love to fish and if something was in his way - he would find a way to remove it - usually making a massive mess in the process. He was one very clever cat that also had a bit of an attitude. His only problem was that while he learned how to open the sliding door he just wasn't quite strong enough to open it by himself when he wanted to go outside.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

I wouldn't; cats are very very smart. We had one cat that used to love to fish and if something was in his way - he would find a way to remove it - usually making a massive mess in the process. He was one very clever cat that also had a bit of an attitude. His only problem was that while he learned how to open the sliding door he just wasn't quite strong enough to open it by himself when he wanted to go outside.

In this case, he's a big boy and likes laying with his back in the filter outflow getting wet lol He jumps up there with force. Cardboard is to see if it deters him. I'll be moving the goldfish babies outside in a couple months and taking that ten down to put a terrarium with a raised greenhouse section on top. Height wise I think it should work as a deterrent without additional blocking. But cats are cats lol I'm also looking at wall mounted cat hammocks etc... to put over the existing tank and just give him the space he wants. But he's a big cat lol So many cheap things on the market I'll probably just DIY.

 

[newjungletank]

Last night, I was looking at one of my 20 gallon aquariums and something seemed off. It appeared to have no flow. I had installed a new power strip a couple of weeks ago that has individually controllable outlets. You can schedule them to turn on and off based on the time with a phone app. I only programmed the outlet with the light plugged in. I turned on the other outlets with the heater and the filter. I didn't set a schedule on those. Anyway, when I checked it, the filter and heater were off. Not sure when it turned off. I check my thermometer daily and nothing seemed off. I think maybe a power blip over the weekend did it. So, I programmed the outlets to turn on at 12:00am with no off time. Hopefully that fixed it.

 

[Fishfur]

In this case, he's a big boy and likes laying with his back in the filter outflow getting wet lol He jumps up there with force. Cardboard is to see if it deters him. I'll be moving the goldfish babies outside in a couple months and taking that ten down to put a terrarium with a raised greenhouse section on top. Height wise I think it should work as a deterrent without additional blocking. But cats are cats lol I'm also looking at wall mounted cat hammocks etc... to put over the existing tank and just give him the space he wants. But he's a big cat lol So many cheap things on the market I'll probably just DIY.

One of my feline trio weighs 16 pounds and when he lands on something the impact is impressive.

The other two are not tiny - 12 & 13 pounds respectively and they’re a bit more agile than the big guy so they’re more likely to try a leap that’s iffy than he is.

Barriers have to be quite substantial to stop any of them from attempting something at least once .

 

[tinylostwine]

Kind of ugly but here is what it looks like - remember all the current plants came from the 29 which is approx 1/4 the area of the new aquarium:

Still cloudy. I added some purigen and will add some charcoal saturday - will leave it like that for 2 weeks then remove them and add a punch of leaves and peat. Hopefully by then the water will clear.

In march i'll pick up two or three echinodorus - one big bear for the back left corner. maybe a hadi red pearl or echinodorus reni and couple of parviflorus.

Well the aquarium has mostly cleared:


Not sure i love where everything landed - also those two little plants have gotten a lot larger in a few days:

 

[tinylostwine]

Did the usual water changes - this is that little plant from just a couple of days ago:


At this point we all should know that it is an aponogeton ulvaceus and will soon fill up the aquarium with green. As i noted it is not a new plant but one that has been in there for at least 4 years - i have a love hate with this plant - i like how it looks but it frequently goes dormant for long period of time only to magically re-appear. Anyway i moved it further back given how large it can get. Still not 100% sure what the plant is to the left (seen in earlier pictures).

 

[Fishfur]

Did the usual water changes - this is that little plant from just a couple of days ago:
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At this point we all should know that it is an aponogeton ulvaceus and will soon fill up the aquarium with green. As i noted it is not a new plant but one that has been in there for at least 4 years - i have a love hate with this plant - i like how it looks but it frequently goes dormant for long period of time only to magically re-appear. Anyway i moved it further back given how large it can get. Still not 100% sure what the plant is to the left (seen in earlier pictures).

The aponogetons are frustrating in that way aren’t they? I try to acquire new ones as often as possible in hope that at least some will be actively growing at any given time.

 

[tinylostwine]

The aponogetons are frustrating in that way aren’t they? I try to acquire new ones as often as possible in hope that at least some will be actively growing at any given time.

Actually the plant next to it looks like it might be a. cripus; the only thing is that a. cripus is not suppose to hibernate. Hum... a bulb that never sprouted after all these years?

 

[BlueRaccoon]

I updated my betta tank yesterday. Added some val, cabomba, and wisteria. I'm waiting for the second stick to sink. I also cut up some catappa leaves into small pieces. I figured that would give it all a more proportional look in a small tank. I also added a grow light I had for plants (non-aquarium). I reached out to a betta rescue about adopting a fish. And after months of not seeing any bladder snails, surprise! Haha. Not really surprised, lol. But I do find their resilience incredible. And on a side note, my husband (not a fish person), agrees that my 55g needs upgraded to a 125g. Haha. Success.

 

[BlockHead1981]

Leak testing my new TopFin 37 gallon. Gonna move my Angels out of their 20 long, they will soon outgrow it. Really like the 15" of depth, fits perfectly on my TopFin cabinet. Plastic lid it comes with is ok, nice feeding port, but I prefer glass. I am going to have to customize a glass lid since they don't make them for this specific tank. Aqueon lids are a hair too big. Otherwise it's a great tank, looks solid and it's pretty heavy. It's listed as a 37 gallon but it's actually a 40 gallon aquarium 30x15x22. It's going to be challenging to scape since it's so tall but all good. It's been a while since I've gone with a tall tank, I usually prefer the longer tanks, I was inspired from my last visit to Jack Watleys Discus, they had some amazing 90s and 150s with massive Angels in them. I didn't realize just how massive they get. I was eyeing the 55 which was actually cheaper, but my space is limited and I already had the stand so I made it work. Really like the tank, highly recommend.

 

[Fishfur]

I hope to get 2 tanks permanently moved but it will entail moving a third one to do what I want.

I need to install a thick plywood shelf across the middle empty bit between the two sides of my old vanity. That means removing the tanks that currently occupy the two sides - a 5G & one that’s closer to 7 or 8 G - it’s the same depth & height as a 10G but a couple of inches shorter in length.

Once the shelf is in place, the larger tank goes back where it was & the 5G from the other side will move to a smaller dresser that’s next to the vanity. It already supports my aquarium jar & tiny long tank - just might be room for a couple more jars with cultures, have to see if there’s room.

Then the 36” low and long tank will move from my tallboy dresser top to take up the rest of the shelf on the vanity.

The tallboy will then serve to support my new 33 Long - not quite what I originally had in mind but I think it’ll work out better in the long run. Then I’ll be able to get the 33 long into its place & start working on its scape.

Lots of lugging - hope I can get it all done.

 

[kansas]

I set up a 3 gallon cube in May, plants and volunteer snails only.

Today I cleaned up the algae a bit, replaced the water with water from the 55, and then moved a few small neocaridina shrimp from the big tank to the little one.

 

[StarGirl]

Cleaned the 407 and WCs on all. Going on vacay next weekend!!!!!

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Cat yeeter version X lol
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He's now taken to getting on top of the 20 long to eat my sweet potato vines in revenge
Topped off the tanks in the classroom, having it by the heater was smart and stupid. No heaters needed except the male Bettas, but baseboard heaters create a lot of evaporation. Otherwise scraping the sorority and baby goldfish tanks since they have a lot of green lol

 

[Fishfur]

He's now taken to getting on top of the 20 long to eat my sweet potato vines in revenge
Topped off the tanks in the classroom, having it by the heater was smart and stupid. No heaters needed except the male Bettas, but baseboard heaters create a lot of evaporation. Otherwise scraping the sorority and baby goldfish tanks since they have a lot of green lol

A feline will always find a way. Good thing the vines aren’t poisonous .

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Yeah, but I want to eat them too! lol

 

[Fishfur]

Yeah, but I want to eat them too! lol

it’s interesting that the leaves are edible - I hadn’t realized they were. I guess it’s only the seeds of some ipomeas that are hallucinogenic but I had the idea it made the entire plant inedible except for the tuber.

I’ll have to try to remember to grow some when bedding plants come around this spring - to eat that is, not merely as ornamentals.

 

[tinylostwine]

So today was a bit of a long day as i did the follow aquarium related stuff:
a) water change on the 120 krobia/angelfishes
b) water change on the 29 a. wolli
c) water change on the 29 a. nijjensi
d) water change on the 20 long a. sp Blutkehl
e) water change on the 20 long green neon tetra/c. hastatus
f) water change on the 65 a. sp Ipiranga
g) water change on the 65 i. b.
h) water change on the 29 a. d39
i) water change on the 40b a. l.
j) water change on the 10 with blue rams and some m. e.
k) water change on the 29 with more a. l.
l) tore down the 10 with pangio sheffordi and m.e. (since most of the pangio buried themselves in the 1/8 inch substrate i found it easier to just poor the entire thing into their new home after wasting an hour trying to get them all out of the substrate.
m) took many of the m.e. to the petstore
n) put the new D39 in their new home .

 

[TClare]

So today was a bit of a long day as i did the follow aquarium related stuff:
a) water change on the 120 krobia/angelfishes
b) water change on the 29 a. wolli
c) water change on the 29 a. nijjensi
d) water change on the 20 long a. sp Blutkehl
e) water change on the 20 long green neon tetra/c. hastatus
f) water change on the 65 a. sp Ipiranga
g) water change on the 65 i. b.
h) water change on the 29 a. d39
i) water change on the 40b a. l.
j) water change on the 10 with blue rams and some m. e.
k) water change on the 29 with more a. l.
l) tore down the 10 with pangio sheffordi and m.e. (since most of the pangio buried themselves in the 1/8 inch substrate i found it easier to just poor the entire thing into their new home after wasting an hour trying to get them all out of the substrate.
m) took many of the m.e. to the petstore
n) put the new D39 in their new home .
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That was a lot of work! Yesterday I did water changes and general maintenance on all my tanks (220, 150, 85, 47 and 10 gallons) as well as my son's axolotls (he is away) . That was enough for me in one day! Along with household stuff, the dogs etc. as well...

 

[tinylostwine]

That was a lot of work! Yesterday I did water changes and general maintenance on all my tanks (220, 150, 85, 47 and 10 gallons) as well as my son's axolotls (he is away) . That was enough for me in one day! Along with household stuff, the dogs etc. as well...

It wasn't so bad 'cept for catching critters in the 10. But i had to remove it so i can upgrade the 20 long next to it on friday. No one wanted to leave the 10

 

[Fishfur]

It wasn't so bad 'cept for catching critters in the 10. But i had to remove it so i can upgrade the 20 long next to it on friday. No one wanted to leave the 10

Fish are like that - uncooperative.

 

[Gamer]

Setting up a used 37 gallon as a planted home for 2 angels only. And 2 nerite snails.

Water Changing my flowerhorns 75 40%

Enjoying the 55 polar blue activity today

 

[tinylostwine]

I think i need another aquarium but i have no clue where i would put it. You know something like a 400 to grow out frys.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Collected more fresh live food for the cultures today. A lot of boatman larvae that I don't want but are easy to identify. Gotta feed those before they grow up lol

 

[TClare]

I think i need another aquarium but i have no clue where i would put it. You know something like a 400 to grow out frys.

I know what you mean - the more tanks you have the more you need for all the fry they produce!

 

[Wendybrass]

So today was a bit of a long day as i did the follow aquarium related stuff:
a) water change on the 120 krobia/angelfishes
b) water change on the 29 a. wolli
c) water change on the 29 a. nijjensi
d) water change on the 20 long a. sp Blutkehl
e) water change on the 20 long green neon tetra/c. hastatus
f) water change on the 65 a. sp Ipiranga
g) water change on the 65 i. b.
h) water change on the 29 a. d39
i) water change on the 40b a. l.
j) water change on the 10 with blue rams and some m. e.
k) water change on the 29 with more a. l.
l) tore down the 10 with pangio sheffordi and m.e. (since most of the pangio buried themselves in the 1/8 inch substrate i found it easier to just poor the entire thing into their new home after wasting an hour trying to get them all out of the substrate.
m) took many of the m.e. to the petstore
n) put the new D39 in their new home .
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I shall never complain about water change days again. Yowsers.

 

[tinylostwine]

So spent a couple of hours preparing to tear the 20 long down tomorrow morning which involves putting everything in a pail then removing it and putting a new aquarium in its place and setting the new aquarium up. Basically the old aquarium was over run with plants and they need more room


(front and back) - hopefully i'll remember to take new pictures after they have been moved.

 

[BlueRaccoon]

So spent a couple of hours preparing to tear the 20 long down tomorrow morning which involves putting everything in a pail then removing it and putting a new aquarium in its place and setting the new aquarium up. Basically the old aquarium was over run with plants and they need more room
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(front and back) - hopefully i'll remember to take new pictures after they have been moved.

That's a lot of growth! Is that val mostly?

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Took the kiddo to the vernal pond and he did a little netting for once Even spotted the frog, but was afraid to net after that because he didn't want to hurt the frog Took a couple pics and sent it on its way.




Brought home more live food too The weather is nice, but I know it will change. Really want to get the baby goldfish and sticklebacks outside. Hadn't even thought of utilizing the rain barrels for them lol Going to toss some elodea into those and the 60 gal tub.

 

[tinylostwine]

That's a lot of growth! Is that val mostly?

No - here is an earlier post - it actually took the vals a while to go wild.

 

[BlueRaccoon]

No - here is an earlier post - it actually took the vals a while to go wild.

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Oh, I see. But your val did grow a lot! I was curious because it looks like the bottom wasn't getting a lot of light. I'm guessing it's good as long as the top does? I'm just starting to grow val, so I'm trying to learn. I mean it wasn't getting a lot once it was all densely grown.

 

[kansas]

My vals grew like wild till I got an RO filter and lowered the TDS from around 400 ppm to around 180 ppm. They are still there, but have died back maybe 75%,

 

[Wendybrass]

I'm so worried. I'm picking up some honey gouramis today. BUT I saw a CT Betta there that stole my heart. Very young, small and adorable. I believe if I don't get him I will cease to exist. As I only have one running tank for qt I fear I will need to set up another tank, however, I am incapable of setting up temporary tanks. They all must be scaped and stocked no matter how hard I try. Part of me is even considering no qt for the honey's I'm so desperate for that little boy. .

 

[Fishfur]

I'm so worried. I'm picking up some honey gouramis today. BUT I saw a CT Betta there that stole my heart. Very young, small and adorable. I believe if I don't get him I will cease to exist. As I only have one running tank for qt I fear I will need to set up another tank, however, I am incapable of setting up temporary tanks. They all must be scaped and stocked no matter how hard I try. Part of me is even considering no qt for the honey's I'm so desperate for that little boy. .

That’s a mighty severe case of fishaddiction you have there. You may be in need of an intervention .

 

[tinylostwine]

So i did the tear down mentioned above and this is the results:
start:

some plants i pulled note the large root structure:
big bear:

a really nice buce that was growing along the substrate:

new tank with plants

(I still have a pail full of nana vals i need to do something with; these things grow extremely well - maybe too well in blackwater as this tank had an ec of 18 and ph in low 5)

end:


took around 5 hours - will post another picture later when the tank clears.

 

[Fishfur]

So i did the tear down mentioned above and this is the results:
start:
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some plants i pulled note the large root structure:
big bear:
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a really nice buce that was growing along the substrate:
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new tank with plants
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(I still have a pail full of nana vals i need to do something with; these things grow extremely well - maybe too well in blackwater as this tank had an ec of 18 and ph in low 5)

end:
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took around 5 hours - will post another picture later when the tank clears.

A lot of work! Looks good so far.

 

[Wendybrass]

That’s a mighty severe case of fishaddiction you have there. You may be in need of an intervention .

I fear you may be correct

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Using the February weather to work on the pond a bit.

 

[newjungletank]

I set up a "quarantine" tank a couple of weeks ago in my 5 gallon Fluval Spec-V. Ut's on the end of my office desk, so it's kind of cool to have it right there to watch while in the office. It's not a conventional quarantine tank as I scraped it a little with plants I had no other place for. Yesterday, I put some cycled media into the filter chamber and went to the LFS looking for some CPDs as I want to build up my 20 gallon athat only has 4 in it. I also wanted some white cloud mountain minnows as this is basically a non-heated tank. They only had one CPD, but they had 10 WCMM. Hopefullynin a couple of weeks, they'll go in the 20 gallon.

 

[BigDogs]

I’m doing water changes on 2 of my aquariums today

 

[Wendybrass]

The wee Betta boy I couldn't stop thinking about was taken before I could get there. 1 part very sad but 2 parts relieved as I was prepared to set up a new tank. On another note one of the new honey's has a lump under his chin. I've posted with pictures in the gouramis forum. Really hoping It's just a thing with that particular guy. It doesn't appear to be red or white - same as the surrounding tissue. It's very weird. Trimmed some plants in my other tanks and that's the day .

 

[Fishfur]

I did water changes on 3 of the bedroom tanks & am almost finished moving them all around.

My plan last Sunday ( was it last Sunday?) proved to be excessively optimistic but I’ve nearly got it done.

I couldn’t get a decent image of him but my little D.hysignon Black Tiger has coloured up beautifully & grown - full length now. Scuds clearly agree with him & I think he may have eaten just about all the copepods. Oh well - hopefully there will be more to find where they came from.

 

[Mosspearl]

So spent a couple of hours preparing to tear the 20 long down tomorrow morning which involves putting everything in a pail then removing it and putting a new aquarium in its place and setting the new aquarium up. Basically the old aquarium was over run with plants and they need more room
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(front and back) - hopefully i'll remember to take new pictures after they have been moved.

Love your vals. What a forest!

 

[newjungletank]

I've been focused on my two newer 20 gallon tanks and have kind of neglected my 29 gallon. I lost a lot of fish from that tank about 2 or 3 months ago in spite of my best efforts. I ended up treating with copper. After I was done with that, I put some media in there that absorbs copper. For some reason at that point, the tank turned into a blackwater aquarium. I also got a huge algae bloom. Plants stopped doing so well. I could also be running out of nutrients as I built the tank in October 2023. I have fluval stratum under the sand and perhaps it has been depleted.

Anyway, I decided to tackle it today. This before picture is embarrassing.



I pulled plants that were just too coated in algae to save. I was able to save pretty much all the anubius. All of the leaves were brown with diatom? Algae I think. I had to scrub each leaf with a toothbrush. I didn't get them all spotless, but they are much better. While scrubbing the largest piece of driftwood, it broke away from a rock I had it glued to to hold it down. It floated right up to the top, very buoyant. This is after being underwater since October 2023. I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it.



I took that as a hint to remove it. I didn't feel like pulling the rocks out and re-gluing. So, the tank got a bit of a very haphazard overhaul. When it clears up, I'm gonna need a load of new stem plants for the background. I removed my pre-filter from the intake, turned up the flow to max, and I added a little internal pump with filter floss. I tried to stir up everything to get it filtered. After that, I did a 10 gallon water change, cleaned out the filter, and added activated carbon to hopefully remove a lot of the color from the water. Here it is after getting the filter restarted. Hopefully, it will look better tomorrow. That was a lot of work.

 

[newjungletank]

I've been focused on my two newer 20 gallon tanks and have kind of neglected my 29 gallon. I lost a lot of fish from that tank about 2 or 3 months ago in spite of my best efforts. I ended up treating with copper. After I was done with that, I put some media in there that absorbs copper. For some reason at that point, the tank turned into a blackwater aquarium. I also got a huge algae bloom. Plants stopped doing so well. I could also be running out of nutrients as I built the tank in October 2023. I have fluval stratum under the sand and perhaps it has been depleted.

Anyway, I decided to tackle it today. This before picture is embarrassing.

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I pulled plants that were just too coated in algae to save. I was able to save pretty much all the anubius. All of the leaves were brown with diatom? Algae I think. I had to scrub each leaf with a toothbrush. I didn't get them all spotless, but they are much better. While scrubbing the largest piece of driftwood, it broke away from a rock I had it glued to to hold it down. It floated right up to the top, very buoyant. This is after being underwater since October 2023. I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it.

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I took that as a hint to remove it. I didn't feel like pulling the rocks out and re-gluing. So, the tank got a bit of a very haphazard overhaul. When it clears up, I'm gonna need a load of new stem plants for the background. I removed my pre-filter from the intake, turned up the flow to max, and I added a little internal pump with filter floss. I tried to stir up everything to get it filtered. After that, I did a 10 gallon water change, cleaned out the filter, and added activated carbon to hopefully remove a lot of the color from the water. Here it is after getting the filter restarted. Hopefully, it will look better tomorrow. That was a lot of work.

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A lot better this morning. I can see some muck I missed, but it's getting there. Sorry for the glare.

 

[BigDogs]

I have to do a water change on my 40 gallon planted aquarium today

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Pond goldfish are a little active and the Endler tanks need duckweed removal. The plan is to feed the goldfish duckweed At least get it into the pond so they can pick at it as they want as the weather warms bit by bit.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Tossed some pleco sticks in for the cories / distract them from Betta feeding. Feed the sorority and all is mostly well until a cory grabs the last chunk of frozen daphnia. Apparently that didn't sit well with one of the Bettas. She swims over and grabs the biggest chunk of pleco stick and swims off lol

 

[tinylostwine]

Did usual water changes but also took an updated picture of the 65 which i posted above
www.fishlore.com/aquariumfishforum/threads/what-are-you-doing-to-your-tank-today.434148/post-5333564

as it has mostly cleared. Only major thing i want to fix is put the sponge right all the way on the left - problem is i didn't leave a flat area large enough for it