Sciurus
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Discussion: do you like to use dirt in your tanks?
Sciurus replied to clownbaby's topic in General Discussion
For my first planted tank I did a 10 Gallon with 1inch of dirt and about 1.5inches of gravel on top of that. I did wet it down before filling, so I never really experienced any bubbles popping up. For the dirt I just used miracle-gro all purpose organic soil and have had no issues for the past 2 years, and the pearl weed and crypts are still going nuts. I never had to put any root tabs just some liquid ferts every once and a while when i remember, now the tank doesn't have a filter and all the plants do the filtering work for me. Mess wise, it doesn't seem to be much different from my fluval stratum tank, both cloud up the water significantly when disturbed. It does give off a lot of tannins which may not always look good depending on the person and style of the tank. If I dirt a tank or not just depends what I have on hand at the time I set up a new tank and what plants I plan to use. -
Well, Its been a while. Kinda forgot I even made a journal. Anyway, since I last posted, I have lost my Ram and one gourami, everyone else is doing great though! Shrimp tanks growing in well, pearl weeds starting to carpet! I've already got shrimplets in here to! Here's the endlers energetic and hungry as always My sparkling gourami and pleco are getting more outgoing as well I also made this terrarium using pearl weed and hydrocotle as a carpet which turned out to work quite well. Lastly, I've been experimenting with a new 29 gall paludarium layout for hillstream loaches, don't know if this is my final design yet though.
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Another update, sadly the ram just never seemed to accept the food and passed away yesterday probably just from starvation. 😞
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So i tried to feed frozen blood worms and now he actually went for them!! He didnt fully eat it. He took one bite then spit it out and moved on with life😐
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@Colu when should i start the second week of paracleanse. Should i start it a week after i started or on day 5 after the 25% waterchange or the next day?
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After the first week of treatment, the ram seems to be more interested in food, but still doesn't actively go after it during feeding time. I can see that its pooping, however its mostly white/stringy, but occasionally I can see bits of brown in there, so im assuming its eating something.
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These are better pictures hopefully
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I might be paranoid, but to me it looks like my sparkling gourami has some sort of head disease. Its a really skittish fish so sorry that the pics arnt great. Water parameters: Nitrate: <5 Nitrite: 0 Gh: 75 Kh: 120 Ph: 7.0 Ammonia: 0 Temp: 77F Im also currently treating my Bolivian ram in this tank with paracleanse.
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What is your favorite or "go-to" plant, and why?
Sciurus replied to clownbaby's topic in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers
I love ferns, java fern, bolbitus and even terrestrial ferns like the rabbits foot fern, and my favorite probably being the staghorn fern. I love how natural they look wedged into crevices and the wide range of uses for texturing or filling up voids when scaping a tank. Java fern was my first live aquatic plant, never having a problem growing it, and its always exciting to see them put forth new fronds! -
This is my journal to document my aquariums as they grow over time, and to note things that I learn along the way! I'm a highschooler with 3 aquariums, a 10 Gallon shrimp tank, 10 gallon Endler tank, and a 29 gallon community tank. This was my first real aquarium I set up 2 years ago, my 10 Gallon Endler jungle. Two years later it looks like this...a very overgrown mess, but a fully self sustaining ecosystem without the need of a filter or that regular of water changes. Last summer I set up this tank as a community tank, 6 months later it looks like this, and is currently stocked with a Bolivian ram named Maki, a plethora of neocaridina shrimp and snails, a yellow BN pleco named pudding, and 3 sparkling gouramis named Sa, Shi, and Mi. Maki however is refusing to eat, probably due to internal parasites so this tank is currently being treated with paracleanse. Lastly, my shrimp tank that I set up 2 weeks ago.
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Thank you for the advice! I will do that.
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He still likes hanging near the bottom, breathing seams normal but I guess it does look a bit fast compared to the others, no flashing or lethargy, when he does take bites he spits them out but he doesnt really go after anything anyway and I havnt seen any poop.
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Yes, I have tried high protein sinking pellets. He will look at them as they float down but show absolutely no interest in them whatsoever.
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Ive never seen him go after the shrimp, and even if he did, his belly doesnt look full either
