Wel-Don Tanks

I did at one point have a online fish store I called it. Goal was to purchase fish from hobbyists and then transition them to others at a low cost. Be the middle man for those who did not have a local store or club. Ultimately I ended up moving states to eventually move back to my home state. I also found that it became difficult to house all the fish and then I ended up offending a few people when I literally did not have the cash flow to purchase fish at times. Add on the cost of shipping and supplies and not everyone wants 1000 guppies. I enjoyed it while I did it but needed some major tuning to get it right. I would argue that it would be “easier” to establish a new website that is Aquabid 2.0, but with my extremely limited knowledge I also see the cost of running that site and then the marketing to drive that site would be near impossible. I would say this forum is one of the best ways to trade fish. You see what others are working on and can strike up conversations with them and see if you can find a deal.

After watching the Aquarium Co-Op video on breeding his Albino Kribensis I took all of the advice and applied it to my Moliwe Kribensis pair and IT WORKS! This is a picture I was able to get of the female hiding in the coconut hut with the entrance blocked off with the substrate. You can see the male in the reflection and he now has his own territory under an Easy Planter that is in the tank. This is a huge success for me as this is the first I hope successful Kribensis breeding in my fish room!

3D printing is an awesome skill to have for this hobby. Nice to see it being used in the fresh water world!

About 3 years ago now I had a glass 220 gallon tank blow a seam out on me. My wife heard a loud popping noise and ran down stairs to find the tank leaking at a fast pace into the basement. I was at work at the time and when I got home 45 minutes later the tank was 3/4 drained and all that water was in the basement now. I rapidly had to remove the fish and finished draining the tank. When I got the tank moved and all the sand pulled out I found that a seal on the side literally separated apart. That was a bad bad day, $500 in damages to my basement.

A few of my tanks got infested

The tip of getting the non drip was genius. If plans work out that I am able to expand my fish room to triple the size I will be adding the turkey baster gallon jar combo for sure.

Ever since I saw HC Aqua post up the best way to feed baby brine shrimp I had to follow suit! This allows me to feed all the tanks and fry trays super quick. What is your favorite way to feed baby brine shrimp to your tanks?

I think that would be your best course of action.

If it is a wound I would recommend salt or maracyn. In my experience stress guard will not do much as you need to be cautious of a bacterial infection on the wound.

First I am sorry for your loss, never easy losing a fish. If I can give encouragement though it is to not let this shake you to much but learn from it and try again. On the basis of your fish being treated for internal parasites that would not come from stress after moving them, not sure if there were other signs of that. With your 5 gallon tank, try looking at it as a new starting point and a new thing to learn in the hobby. I would recommend doing a water change on it, gravel vac, glass clean down to just get it set up. If you do not have live plants in the tank this can be the new learning for live plants. Starting with something simple like an anubias or small crypt plant. Stocking wise, betta fish are great for that size tank but if you wanted to try something new white cloud minnows, neon green tetras, rosy loaches or even a pea puffer. Hope to see you continue in the hobby and update us all on your success here on the forum. You got this!

Looks like a rowdy bunch but I love it!

Looked down tonight and found that I have Orange Medaka Rice Fish fry. Other crazy thing is I have crystal red shrimp hanging out with them and doing just fine. What odd pairings do you have going on?

I think you could pull this off. I imagine each fish would make their own territory but each fish also occupies a different space of the tank. Give the apistos plenty of caves and give the angels some plants, so my vote is "That would be glorious"

We all have mishaps that we can learn from. I have a 90 gallon display in my studio that I had to recently just add a massive amount of salt to in attempts to fight off a bacterial infection. And the first thing I had to remind myself of is that this happens to everyone no matter how experienced they are. I would recommend a water change, 50% is a number that my mind can easily track and kind of eye ball as I am draining water. Make sure to dechlorinate the water as you refill, I typically just add a couple squirts (following instructions) as I am refiling the tank. Next, lets forget about the TDS for now, I have honestly never measured the TDS of any of my tanks besides for good fun and wanting to know what this little gadget could do. TDS is going to go up and down and I have seen some good experiments on how even dechlorinator will affect TDS. Now lets focus on the fish and getting them healthy. I prefer the trio of meds that the Co-Op has put together as they are easy to dose and follow the instructions on. I see that you have live plants and we do not want to kill those with salt and the med trio will not harm them. Probably focus on the maracyn and the ich-x as this does not seem to be an internal issue; both meds will help with bacterial. Let that stew for a week and then get back into regular maintenance and let the plants catch up on the nitrates.

Thank you for sharing the clip! This history was fascinating!