Vanish Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 Seems like there is a rash of fish loss around the forum this week. I appear to be no exception as I came home from the doctor to find my L270 (maybe?) Pleco seemingly randomly dead 😢 We had just been watching him last night so I have no idea what happened. Tank params are fine. All I can guess is maybe not enough food, as I havent traditionally heavily intentionally fed him. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Oh Vanish, I am so sorry... The random, unexplained ones are so hard with no answers... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeJ Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 On 2/16/2022 at 5:03 PM, Vanish said: Seems like there is a rash of fish loss around the forum this week. I appear to be no exception as I came home from the doctor to find my L270 (maybe?) Pleco seemingly randomly dead 😢 We had just been watching him last night so I have no idea what happened. Tank params are fine. All I can guess is maybe not enough food, as I havent traditionally heavily intentionally fed him. @Vanish - just breezed thru your thread - will go back and spend more time. Thanks for documenting your condition 🙂 So much nice work to look at and ideas and knowledge to gather. And here I thought I was getting silly with a 40B, 20H, 20L and a 10... Thanks for sharing, George 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanish Posted February 17, 2022 Author Share Posted February 17, 2022 BAP submission #2 is ready to send as I have passed the 30 day raising period! Approximately 116 of the larger SRBNP and uncountable numbers of the latest spawn. I couldn't even catch all the little ones. There were many more in the tank yet. I moved all the endlers to a different holding tank as there were 54 of them. There was over 250 fish in this 20H! Also, this was exhausting and took me around 90 minutes. 😄 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 @Vanishmy condolences on the L270, many happy returns on the Super reds! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 It does seem to be a bad week for some of us. Your L270 was such a nice looking fish. I know that money isn’t always the most important thing after a loss but I bet he wasn’t inexpensive either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 I don’t envy you this task. I remember how FAST💨 those little bugs are 🤣 very adorable congratulations on continuing success. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanish Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 Some photos from the shrimp paludarium. I cant tell the numbers of shrimp since the back area is so dark, but it looks to be down since I've not been able to count more than 3. I'm not sure there were any females in the shrimp I put in. Debating whether to add more from the other shrimp tank. I'd really like to separate the endlers in the shrimp 10g as I have seen the attack the shrimp, but I dont have anywhere else to put them. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanish Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 New generation of mutts in the 75g. Most of them are looking like this: She gun blow! Dont touch mah behbes. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanish Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 I put together a guide on my fry boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanish Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 Craigslist freebies! This will become my wife's betta tank. I've been watching for a tank for that for awhile. Now, how the heck does this filter work? Came with a rubberlip pleco (in the 29g) and a longfin danio (in the 20g srbnp). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Google a users manual🧐 I can honestly say that I have never seen a filter like that, if the filter is in the bucket🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanish Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 On 2/20/2022 at 11:34 AM, Torrey said: Google a users manual🧐 I can honestly say that I have never seen a filter like that, if the filter is in the bucket🤔 That worked! Its a Fluval Chi. I'm not sure I'm into it and might DIY something, but I'll give it a try first. --- Sadly, this little Bolivian Ram did not make it. I treated for a week with no improvement. Seemed like it had gill flukes, as when I introduced to a heavily salted tank, little white "trees" came out of the gill area. You can kinda see one above and behind the eye. The fish never would get in a position to take a good photo. The other three rams are doing well and I am considering moving them into the 90g to see if they'll pair off there. The 20s seem too small to distribute aggression. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanish Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 BAP note to self: Today I moved male guppy back to 75g from the 10g with the two ladies. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanish Posted February 27, 2022 Author Share Posted February 27, 2022 I added the 3 bolivian rams to the 90g yesterday. Also. removed some lava rock and added a few river rocks to see if I can trigger them to show spawning behavior at some point. I think they are too young still, but maybe I can start to see pairing. Also, wanted an excuse to add some rive rocks. 😄 I like the contrast they are adding and might add some more. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanish Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) Been busy with the babe, but I stole a few minutes to start insulating the rack. It is just press fit if I even need to deconstruct. Not sure what my plan is for the top level yet, if any. Edited March 1, 2022 by Vanish 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyGenusCaps Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 I like the rack! Really nice wood look there. I have a dumpy garage rack so yours is aspirational! On my rack, I have a bunch of 20H's. I'll say that the bottom dwellers are kind of nice there, because I get to be eye-to-eye with them. But overall, I'm glad my longer term plans are to have them be for fry tanks. Other than the bottom dwellers when I am on the step stool, I can't really enjoy the fish there in the same way. Fry tanks are practical, but rarely really enjoyable to watch. Anyhow, that's why I'm planning on going that route. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanish Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 On 2/28/2022 at 8:18 PM, OnlyGenusCaps said: I'm glad my longer term plans are to have them be for fry tanks. Yeah, that's exactly what my top level 10s are going to be. Really, only the middle row is any good for actually looking at fish. Luckily this whole rack is really for breeding / fry / growout as I have display tanks in other parts of the house. On 2/28/2022 at 8:18 PM, OnlyGenusCaps said: Really nice wood look there. I have a dumpy garage rack so yours is aspirational! Hah, thanks. The wood and black look just kind of came together on accident, having extra black materials hanging around. I do like having it look halfway decent, though. That pink insulation look isn't going to stay! Not sure if I will paint it, or cover it in coroplast on the exterior. Coroplast wouldn't be the cheapest, but I already have some, it would give me a better hand hold on it, do great around water and match the light shields. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanish Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 I set up my wife's betta tank today! Pre-rinsed organic soil, safe-t-sorb and play sand, a local root and local river rock. Won't be able to get a good photo until tonight, if not tomorrow night. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Looks real nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanish Posted March 6, 2022 Author Share Posted March 6, 2022 I had moved one 1m/3f Bosemani rainbowfish down to the breeding tank a couple days ago. We then made the decision to travel in a few weeks, so I decided to bring them back up to reduce the number of things for my caretaker to have to worry about. Already found 92 eggs in the mop 😄 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanish Posted March 8, 2022 Author Share Posted March 8, 2022 Well, that was a much bigger project than I imagined! I mounted the main rack power strip to the wall. This meant unplugging and detangling all the heater cables. I then labeled each one as well as mounted their adjusters with sticky back velcro. Its all much better now. Guess I should have taken a bigger frame photo. Both sides are now insulated, too. Next up figuring out insulating the back! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanish Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) I havent started a dedicated breeding thread, so I'll record here that I hatched 18 Boesemani rainbows today, with many more close. Edit: 4 more at days end Edited March 11, 2022 by Vanish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 On 3/10/2022 at 10:11 AM, Vanish said: I havent started a dedicated breeding thread, so I'll record here that I hatched 18 Boesemani rainbows today, with many more close. ORD ❤️❤️❤️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanish Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 (edited) On 3/10/2022 at 10:11 AM, Vanish said: I havent started a dedicated breeding thread, so I'll record here that I hatched 18 Boesemani rainbows today, with many more close. Edit: 4 more at days end Not sure what happened, but I lost all the Boesemani fry. 😞 Having a die off across my whole fry system. Not sure if it was the golden pearls or something I did during the water change. Edited March 13, 2022 by Vanish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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