Max G Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 So after following many other people's threads and journals I've decided that I would make my own. Currently I have 2 fish tanks: 40 gallon bowfront So I've had this tank for almost 2 years now and it was also my first aquarium. It was a present on my 13th birthday. The current stock is 11 harlequin rasboras, 12 cherry barbs, 6 golden white clouds, a male bristle nose pleco and one male guppy. I'm hoping that the val and crypts will fill in more as time goes on as I quite like the look of jungle tanks. 5 gallon fluval spec My spec has been set up for around half a year. Currently it only houses one female guppy however I hope on adding cherry shrimp soon. Both of the guppies are left over from when I had a guppy colony which I split by gender to avoid having any more. Pond/tub Over the summer I kept 6 golden white clouds in a approximately 15-20 gallon tub. Now I have moved them back inside along with most of the plants as temps were dropping and it wasn't very sunny anymore. I plan on adding the whiteclouds to the 40 gal after quarantine. The water lettuce and pond weed (not sure of its proper name) are now in both tanks and I'm really enjoying the look of them. I'm going to try fiddling around to get some better fish pictures which I'll post alongside with any updates. 😊 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac M Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Nice aquariums @Max G! Harlequin rasboras are some of my favorite fish, I also love the school of peppered corys you have in the 40 gallon. The pond weed I believe is called Anacharis or Elodea Densa. Thank you for sharing your aquariums! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChemBob Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Looks great! Its still 90F here, so plenty of time left for tubbing, or maybe time for winter tubbing? Anywho, best of luck with the shrimp! I've recently become enamored with them. I hope you have good much breeding them! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max G Posted September 5, 2021 Author Share Posted September 5, 2021 @Isaac M I really enjoy the harlequins aswell. I havent seen many people talk about this but they get a blue/purple shine to them once they've coloured up! Hopefully I can get the peppered corys to breed one day because baby corys are so cute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max G Posted September 5, 2021 Author Share Posted September 5, 2021 @ChemBob sadly British weather hasn't been this great this year. Although I could have deffinately kept them out for longer temp wise, it wasn't very sunny anymore so my solar powered air pump wasn't working great anymore. Also once I had removed all the plants I noticed that there didn't seem to be anymore larvae/bugs in there and the white clouds were looking quite thin! Hopefully it'll work with the shrimp as my water is quite hard which apparently is what they need. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac M Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 @Max G yes exactly, they get a nice blue iridescence to them! For peppered corydoras, I would recommend feeding them lots of blood worms and tubifex worms to get them to spawn, but I agree, baby corys are awesome. I recently got some pygmy corys and they are like permanent baby corys haha some of my baby sterbai corys are bigger than the pygmy corys haha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Nice tanks. The roots on your water lettuce are gorgeous. Your pond weed anacharis happens to be my favorite plant. I keep it in all my tanks. Looking forward to reading your updates. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max G Posted September 5, 2021 Author Share Posted September 5, 2021 @Guppysnail I think all of the plants benefited from being outside in the sunlight. Hopefully they continue to thrive in the tanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max G Posted September 5, 2021 Author Share Posted September 5, 2021 Corries enjoying some repashy community plus. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max G Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 Well I've put this of for a bit now so it's time for an update I never thought I would never have to do. On the 9th (which is also my bday) I woke up about an hour earlier than usual, then went to check on the fish. As I walked in there were loads of fish floating at the top and lying on the substrate of the 40 gal. Somehow the heater malfunctioned on temps were over 100 F. I moved the whiteclouds from the quarantine tub into the spec, and then all the fish from the 40g into the quarantine tub. Not sure what I would've done if I didn't have other tanks. 28/40 fish didn't make it. 5/12 cherry barbs made it 6/9 corys made it The bn pleco also survived (thank god) All harlequins, whiteclouds and the guppy didn't make it. 😢 Since I've only had the heater for half a year I went to the lfs and got a new one as the heater had a warranty. I have no idea what I'll do now but I'll prob add all the fish back in soon once the I've dialed in the new heater. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max G Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 A few days ago I moved all of the fish from the quarantine tub back into the 40 gal along with the whiteclouds and guppy from the spec. All seem to be doing well and it's good to have fish back in it. Planning on going to the lfs soon and picking up some fish to put in quarantine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max G Posted September 23, 2021 Author Share Posted September 23, 2021 5 days ago I went toy lfs to pick up some fish and shrimp. I got 3 normal bn plecos and 12 black neon tetras. Also got 9 yellow cherry shrimp which I am very excited about. They are all doing well and are eating good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Your yellows are beautiful! I hope you enjoy your bristlenose I love mine. Definite water puppies. 😁 You may want to look into somet Like an inkbird heat control that shuts power off to the heater if it starts to overheat. Years ago I had the same thing happen. Now I use them on all my tanks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max G Posted September 23, 2021 Author Share Posted September 23, 2021 @Guppysnail I sure do love my bn plecos, they're so derpy and cute! I've never heard of the heat controller, I'll look into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max G Posted October 28, 2021 Author Share Posted October 28, 2021 (edited) Well it's been around a month so it's time for an update. Life has been busy and I hadn't gotten round to it. The anacharis in the 40 are doing very well and they grew all the way up to the surface so I have trimmed them for the first time. I lost one black neon and a cory, also the female guppy passed however she outlived all the others. Apart from that all other fish are doing good. I moved all the black neons and the bn plecos into the 40 gal about 2 weeks ago and all are doing well. The neons have really bright blue stripes and I'm very happy with them. It's good to see the tank a bit fuller again. Now that there are 4 bn plecos in the rank the original one (dubbed Mr. Spikey by my mum) has become a lot more active. He also dug out the sand around one of the coconut cave which I guess they might breed in one day. The 3 little plecos are all cucumber and algae wafers. One very strange thing is that the smallest of them has a weird hole in her belly. I'm pretty sure that its not open however I'm not sure how much it effects her. She acts like all the others and eats as well. Anybody know what this is? The fluval spec has become quite overgrown with plants and not much light reaches the bottom anymore. Although the plants are thriving the shrimp numbers have slowly dwindled. I think there are only 3 left and to be honest I have no idea why the others died. Edited October 28, 2021 by Max G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guppysnail Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Tanks are looking great. I’m glad you are enjoying your neons. I have never seen a hole like that. Perhaps someone like @Colu has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 (edited) On 10/28/2021 at 11:25 PM, Guppysnail said: Tanks are looking great. I’m glad you are enjoying your neons. I have never seen a hole like that. Perhaps someone like @Colu has. if it's not got any tissue damage on its stomach it could be it's not been getting the amount of food it needs or it got wasting disease if he's getting enough food and still losing weight then I would treat for internal parasites with Fritz expel p active ingredient is levamisole it's not looking good when they get that thin Edited October 29, 2021 by Colu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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