[holiday themed tanks]

anyone else decorate their tanks for holidays/special occasions? i wanna see! we can keep this as a running thread for future holidays 🙂

i put a mermaid skeleton in for halloween this year

[it has been 0 days since i’ve last flooded the bathroom]

7 hours ago, Larrimore said:

You just gave the floor a good deep cleaning.

it needed a mopping so im calling this a purposeful accident lol

[it has been 0 days since i’ve last flooded the bathroom]

really thought i put these days behind me.

i forgot to take the drain plug out while doing a water change and went downstairs for a total of 5 minutes, if that. you’d be surprised how much water flows in 5 minutes 🤦‍♀️ 

time for the shop vac and to clean out the flooded cabinet.

 

 

[Aquarium Memes]

immune systems made of steel from ingesting who knows what in that water

[my terrariums, jarrariums, bowls, and tanks]

13 hours ago, akconklin said:

Ack.... these bowels are SO cute! You do a great job with them too. Thanks for sharing them. 😍

thank you! 😊 they’re fun to make so i’m glad others are enjoying them too

[my terrariums, jarrariums, bowls, and tanks]

12 hours ago, Rene said:

These are very cool. I actually did a few today, myself, using stones and moss from a recent vacation. I love yours thought. I have one that has little gnats...It is an enclosed one...do you have any ideas on how to remedy this? Thanks. 

 

what kind of substrate/soil are you using? the gnats lay eggs in soil and really thrive in damp conditions. my first step would be to let the soil dry out completely. you can then cap the soil with either a layer of sand or gravel which the gnats cannot get through to lay their eggs. the hatched flies cannot climb back out and will die in the soil. i prefer to make mine all natural and a mini ecosystem so i have a culture of springtails going in my substrate mix that should over time outcompete the gnats.

theyre the little white spots all over, super easy to culture and i keep them going in a storage bin with substrate that i pull from whenever i make a terrarium of any kind. 

[Aquarium Co-Op Products]

i know this opens a whole new can of worms but i’d love for the coop to carry terrestrial plants that can be planted in the filter/pots. i get mine from different nurseries/online stores but id buy them from the coop to support you in a heartbeat. things like pothos, peace lillies, bamboo, sedge, etc that like to be wet in the roots but need their leaves dry. i completely understand why they arent sold but it would be nice. 

[Cycling tank question]

@Cory how does the forum select the thumbnail when there isn’t an image in the post 😂

[my terrariums, jarrariums, bowls, and tanks]

might pick up another one of those half bowls if i can find it and make a mini paludarium.

[my terrariums, jarrariums, bowls, and tanks]

i have way too many little aquarium decorations and no tanks to put them in so mini terrariums are where they go. here is another little bowl i made with a small ruin decoration.

[So what are your new breeding projects?]

my galaxy rasboras are showing breeding signs. i added a spawning mop so we will see if i get any eggs

also want to breed my goldies again but just don’t have the space 

[my terrariums, jarrariums, bowls, and tanks]

13 minutes ago, RovingGinger said:

Try a half or 1/3 filled with water thing for the last one? Tiny tiny Walstad. 

not a bad idea making one into a very tiny paludarium. thank you!

[What do you use for your Repashy molds?]

1 hour ago, MickS77 said:

I made a mold out of a piece of eggcrate because I was bored one weekend. Wholly unnecessary but works good, you can just pop out each square into whatever container you want. 

I also like using small mason jars because you can just mix it in the jar, let it set up, then scoop out what you want to feed with using a spoon. 

 

love the mason jar idea, i might need to steal that. i mix mine up in little mixing bowls when i plan to feed, i rarely make it in advance. 

[my terrariums, jarrariums, bowls, and tanks]

i decided to make this thread a master thread of all the little things i put together. i couldn’t sleep last night so i put together a couple little spice jars i got from ikea and wanted to share.

the soil is a terrarium mix that i have a culture of springtails growing in so hopefully those help keep these going. i have an idea using some branches for the third one but id love to hear any for the final. they’re about 3” in size so tiny jars. 

[Stocking ideas for a "zen", peaceful tank?]

small rasboras like the chili rasbora would work well. my current “zen” tank has a big group of boraras rasboras and a group of red beckford’s pencil fish and is my calmest tank to watch. the rasboras are very calm and the pencil fish tend to chill towards the top. 

[Where do people buy bigger tanks?]

2 hours ago, Wisnasky-tank said:

Pet smart has 150?

yes, they usually dont carry them in store but they can order it in. petco can order in aqueon tanks up to 210. entirely dependent on the store though, the petco needs to have a good aquatics department 

[Where do people buy bigger tanks?]

1 hour ago, Rikostan said:

Thanks! I did see the petsmart ones before, but they don't seem to sell them without a stand and you can't get them shipped, so I'd have to rent a truck to go get 'em … although I'll probably end up renting a truck when I finally find one anyways.

 

I did not see the aqueon one before, but nobody has anything larger than a 75 around me, that still helps though. Maybe I can work something out with the closest Country Max store to bring one in.

Thanks again for the links!

you can ask your local petco if they can order one in, they have in the past for me since they carry aqueon tanks. 

[Where do people buy bigger tanks?]

here are some links for you, you’ll need to have your local stores order them in:

petsmart: 150g

petsmart: 125g

petsmart: 90g rimless

this is aqueon’s website, you can pick any standard size they manufacture and see if it sold locally in a store near you. just select the size and hit buy now to be taken to the page.

aqueon

 

[Overstocking]

17 hours ago, FrostiesFishes said:

How often do you wanna change water? That’s the real question. It’s kind of a science experiment. I have a 72 bow front that the internet would catch fire if they saw how many fish were in it. And yet I have no issues. 

i have the same experience with my goldfish tank, i dont show it on the internet 😂 although i did make a post here forever ago

[How Many Fish Foods Do You Have?]

@Bekah you’ll need to drop them in after the lights go out. no way to stop fish from eating them though unfortunately, my goldies swallow them up too so i throw a bunch of extras in to make sure my plecos and loaches get enough

[How Many Fish Foods Do You Have?]

25 minutes ago, Bekah said:

does anyone have a recommendation for 2 Butterfly Hillstream Loaches? We bought Hikari Algea Wafers for them and they are not interested. We tried hiding it from the other fish (mollies and glow tetras) and they didn't eat it. Im just afraid tank algae is not enough. One of them is hiding in the same place and rarely moves from that spot, I was thinking maybe he isn't feeling well from not eating? They are both tiny (1-1.5inches)

We feed out other fish: Extreme Krill Flakes, TetraMin Tropical Granules, New Life Spectrum Thera-A, Hikari Micro Pellets and BBS. 

try the bug bites pleco sticks, all of my fish go crazy for them including my loaches. 

[Aquarium Memes]

[How Many Fish Foods Do You Have?]

ive definitely fallen into the might be a hoarder territory. i try to give my fish something different each day so they have as balanced of a diet as possible. they get pellets 4x a week, repashy 1x (sometimes 2), and frozen 2-3x a week. 

 

back when they sold it i bought the pound of coop fry food, it didnt come with the little dispenser but i fell in love with the idea and now use them for all my pellet food. this way im not constantly opening bags and making the food go bad quicker, instead they’re opened every month or two when i need to refill the bottle

repashy  the igapo explorer is one of my favorites but i just ran out. i also usually have redrum and super green as well but i ran out a couple weeks ago. every 3-4 months i refill the little super gold container from the big one so the big one doesn’t get as much exposure. 

some freeze dried foods i picked up cause they were on sale. i hate feeding freeze dried by itself so i mix these into repashy.

flake food, i feed the gvg, krill, and bb spirulina almost daily alongside pellets. not a fan of the zoomed spirulina flakes  

frozen food add ins, i always add some spirulina powder, a little garlic, and some vitamins to the frozen food i feed.

bottom feeder foods: not a fan of the algae wafers on the far left (the fish hate them) or the sera spirulina tabs (these fall apart as soon as they hit the water). all of my fish go crazy for the bb pleco sticks, my goldfish swallow them whole which is a pita.

veggie pellets, the fluval ones are terrible  the omega one pellets actually have decent ingredients and i mix these with the other pellets i feed to get some more greens in their diet.

photo bomb, he wanted to try some of the food out

main daily pellets: mostly goldfish but i love vibrabites and the tetra color granules. i also have the fruit fly culture i feed my tanks with for some live foods.

 

for frozen i have: mysis shrimp, blood worms, brine shrimp, baby brine shrimp, clams, oceanic plankton, fish eggs, cyclops, daphnia, and an assortment of random foods i bought to try out like this veggie mix meant for reefs made by a local hobbyist. 

[i wanna see your massive pest snails]

17 hours ago, Lizzie Block said:

Haha! Yes! Me too, I had this beast once. I didn't measure him, but my guess is that the leaf above his head is about an inch wide. He was a great subject for photography 🙂 Love my ramshorns 💚

love this photo! that’s one nice looking snail you got there. it’s amazing just how much color these little guys have. 

[Enjoy Nature Daily]

just got home from a much needed and refreshing hike