Patrick_G Posted September 12, 2021 Author Share Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/6/2021 at 5:11 PM, Patrick_G said: I’m sad to say I couldn’t find my Female Sparkling Gouramis when I rearranged the tank. I hadn’t seen them in a while but I thought they were hiding in the jungle. The Male has always been a front of the tank kind of fish and he’s doing great as is the little Peacock Gudgeon. Today I saw another Gourami! Now I have hope the third one is also hiding somewhere. I never did see any bodies or registered any ammonia spikes so there’s hope. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 It has been a long time since I tried a new species. These are on my radar. I might have kept them as a kid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted September 12, 2021 Author Share Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 3:47 PM, Streetwise said: It has been a long time since I tried a new species. These are on my radar. I might have kept them as a kid. I think they might be perfect for your style. They seem to like lots of plant cover and they actually look better in less light. Its not really a fish you can see from across the room but it’s fun to get up close to the tank and see their behaviors. I feed little drops of baby brine and watch them hunt. 😀 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawjagrrl Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 On 9/6/2021 at 8:23 PM, Patrick_G said: Haha, I’m setting up a shelf unit for my wife’s house plants. She knows I want to put some Wabi Kusa on it but in reality I’m envisioning this (minus the dishes but add more tanks!) I've eyed that unit since I discovered his channel this summer. Probably my favorite 'scaping channel. Finding the various explorations on CO2 really informative lately. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PedroPete Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 On 10/24/2021 at 4:24 AM, Jawjagrrl said: I've eyed that unit since I discovered his channel this summer. Probably my favorite 'scaping channel. Which channel is it? Thanks! I really enjoy patrick’s jungle scapes here! 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted October 24, 2021 Author Share Posted October 24, 2021 On 10/24/2021 at 6:55 AM, PedroPete said: Which channel is it? Thanks! It’s MJ Aquascaping. It’s easy to go down a rabbit hole of Eastern European aquascaping channels. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawjagrrl Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 On 10/24/2021 at 2:56 PM, Patrick_G said: It’s MJ Aquascaping. It’s easy to go down a rabbit hole of Eastern European aquascaping channels. Indeed. GreenAqua set up wildly unrealistic expectations for myself, but I do enjoy seeing what they can do. They have naturally hard water, would love to see how they would work with it vs always using RO. But they introduced me to the international competition tanks and the genesis in Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 Snails for the Win! I reset the tank when my Sparkling Gourami disappeared and then returned only to die soon after. My wife gave me a nice cutting of Anubias nana, but it was covered in a thick layer of green algae, really thick! I added a Nerite and four 1/4” ramshorn snails. It took them about a week to totally clean it up. It’s now covered with snail poop but that’s easy to remove. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 I bought two Otocinclus that are now quarantining in this tank. There’s plenty of algae but I’m not sure it’s their preferred type. I’ll be keeping a close eye until I see fat bellies. The Nerite has been removed so they don’t have as much competition for food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLineAquaticsSC Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Looks cool, are those air plants on top? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 On 3/1/2022 at 8:19 AM, BlueLineAquaticsSC said: Looks cool, are those air plants on top? Yeah, when I first set up the tank I stole some Tillandsia plants from my wife. They looked great but she wanted them back 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan12boy Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 On 3/1/2022 at 11:26 AM, Patrick_G said: Yeah, when I first set up the tank I stole some Tillandsia plants from my wife. They looked great but she wanted them back 😁 Hey, any updates on the tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 I’ve been using it to raise Japan blue/gold guppy fry and a nice crop of hair algae. Apparently I’m really good at growing hair algae with this particular little light. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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