[Raising Angelfish Fry]

I found Easy Fry Food by ACO worked well.  I’ve only managed to raise two clutches, once by pulling eggs, once with parents. Both times there was a fair buildup of gunk on the bottom of their tank.  Bare bottom may help with that, but be extra careful of the fry when cleaning.  The fry may hide in the fluffy stuff at the bottom….

[Blood underneath his gills]

No real experience with this kinda thing, but never a good time to panic.  
 

Is he alone in the tank, or at least big enough the others won’t pick on him?  Moving him to a hospital tank a touch of salt my help the recuperation process if he shares the tank.

 

 

[Tryin’ my hand at some extreme closeups]

Well, my eggs did not come out so good tonight.  But I got a few pictures from my big tank

I really need to clean my glass 

[Tryin’ my hand at some extreme closeups]

Two more tonight. Eggs day 2, and some sailfins

Gonna try for daily pictures until they hatch, or disappear 

 

[I luv Filter Fry!]

Ricky and Baby Girl. Yup. Anybody need some angels? 

[I luv Filter Fry!]

My angels runeth over

[Tryin’ my hand at some extreme closeups]

[I luv Filter Fry!]

Not filter feeders, but fry in the filter

I’ve noticed the angels in my 37gal have not been feeding a vigorously for the last few days.  I think this little guy braved the impeller to get away from them.  No signs for any siblings, but the angels look happy

😃 

[Some cory breeding questions]

Candlelight and smooth jazz do work.  Who knew.

[Some cory breeding questions]

IMO weather is a “minor” trigger, so I don’t usually mess with it.  If I haven’t had a spawn in a while, a WC may fire ‘em up but feeding bloodworms or brine shrimp likely will triggers them regardless of weather.  But interested to see if you can figure something out.

 

I’ve only had (limited) success pulling eggs with angels, so no help there. 

[New fish help asap!]

Here is another video from Irene at ACO.  

 

[HelplessNewbie's Teenager 10g Aquarium]

That a real cute planter. 

[Respectful discussion of filter media efficiency.]

On 8/9/2023 at 3:46 AM, madmark285 said:

The other problem , where do you squeeze a sponge? When I do a water change, I just siphon the water out the window. With python system, you are dumping the water into a sink. With the Tidal filter I am using temporarily, I have to siphon water into a bucket, clean the filter sponge in the bucket then dump the bucket water out the window. Much more work, pain in the a**.

Long ago I had a 50 gallon tank that was difficult to maintain, it crashed and I ended up getting rid of it. I vowed never to do that again. If your tanks are easy to clean, higher probability that you will maintain them, at least for me.

 

 

I run my python through the doggy door to a garden hose. Get the siphon going and shut the hose off.  The tank water ends up on the lawn.  I’m with you on keeping it simple though.  A 50% wc on a 10 gal tank is like 5 min and one 5 gal bucket of fresh water.  But my 75 gal is a whole different deal.  

[Let’s get ready for summer tubbing!]

I’ve not had that happen, that I know of.  @Fish Folk have you read anything about frogs predating on fry?

[Cory recommendations for a discus tank]

Google is going to tell you that panda cories won’t do well in the warmer temps of a discus tank, but mine seem to be doing ok.  I think the concern is keeping weight on the pandas. 

[Opinions on how to start cycling a tank]

@Dork Fish nothing wrong with going slow and enjoying the process, but you are on the right track if you aren’t seeing any ammonia after 5 days.  
 

What type of bottom dweller were your thinking about?  Adding one BNP might be a nice addition and wouldn’t be too big of a shock to your bio load 

[Opinions on how to start cycling a tank]

Yes

[Opinions on how to start cycling a tank]

Ha  beat you too it

On 7/17/2023 at 9:37 PM, Guppysnail said:

 

[Opinions on how to start cycling a tank]

I wouldn’t do either, but would do the reverse respiration @Guppysnailis always talking about.  Much more plant friendly

Here is the post 

 

 

 

[Already put in my plants: I guess I failed at "patience. patience. patience"]

1.  I think you are on the way to a great looking tank!

2. Nothing wrong with adding more plants, but if you give the plants you have some time you’ll be surprised at how full it looks in a few months. 

The first picture is from when I set up my75gal June 22.  The second the same tank from January 23. 
 

having never done the dark method or used ammonia I cannot comment on the rest

[Opinions on how to start cycling a tank]

I’m curious, what are you disinfecting from the plants?  Plants are covered with the beneficial bacteria you are looking for. I normally just plop then in the tank, but I suppose I could leave them overnight in a seltzer bath if I worried about algae or snails. 

[Help with design/layout]

Plant wise, time is you best friend. You hornwort and pennywort should fill in pretty quickly.  But I think you are missing some hardscaping.  if you add a taller piece of driftwood in front of the sponge filter and in the other corner, and some rock in the middle, it will break things up a little and help fill things out.  
 

here are before and after pictures of my 75.  Hope it helps.  

 

 

[Best fish bags?]

@tolstoy21 and @Fish Folk are two of the bigger fish shippers so I tend to listen to them first, though there are a few others that ship regularly.

 

here is a thread from my first attempt if it helps.  

 

[Let’s get ready for summer tubbing!]

Toss in a couple labs. They’d make short work of it.  

[Let’s get ready for summer tubbing!]

So finally fixed the leak!  
I applied pond safe epoxy, allowing me to change the color to sand.  But when I filled it again, it still leaked.  Fortunately, the color change allowed me to see the check.  A little silicone later, it holds water. 

 

I filled it a little over a week ago, holding water steady.  So today I added these -

they are a trio of red albino ribbon guppies!  I was nervous ordering them as the daily temps are steady in the 90s, but all three arrive safe and healthy.  Within a minute or two they started scarfing down the mosquito larva. They are gonna be so fat!