H.K.Luterman Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 (edited) Because Pooka has to stay in the 40 for the foreseeable future (Beware of Attack Fish, indeed!), I decided to rescape it to give her more room. I made a bigger cave positioned further back, right in front of the filter, to give more swimming space. I was inspired to do an "African Biotope" sort of look, with the rock work, wood, anubias and bolbitis, just using things I had already available to me; I took cuttings of the bolbitis and anubias from various tanks, and the rocks and wood were just down in the basement. Obviously it's not a true biotope with the platies and molly, but it seems more fitting for Pooka. Also I've been experimenting on keeping the back of the tank shadowed, which makes it look more mysterious when she swims out into the light. I moved the amazon swords out since I wanted to clear out room. For a moment, the tank looked pretty close to a natural river. 😉 Here's the rescape It's still pretty mulmy in there. Lots of stuff still kicked up into the water column even after two water changes. I can't wait to see how it looks with the bolbitis and anubias grown out. Pooka's pretty mad at me. But now that everything's done I can leave her be. Here's the 75 with the big sword and little sword. When I moved Pooka I had to dismantle the cave. I remade it a bit smaller so Igor will stop guarding it. She has her vase, darn it. Edited April 24, 2021 by H.K.Luterman 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Beautiful rescape!! How’s Dragon doing? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 13 minutes ago, Hobbit said: Beautiful rescape!! How’s Dragon doing? He's doing great! All the little bites and scrapes are gone, and there's regrowth happening on his tail. He's back to his normal, derpy self. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 (edited) Actually turned off all the lights and got a better pic of Pooka's new scape. I moved the heater to the back to hide it. Hoping the bolbitis will grow to hide the filter better. Pooka wasn't as mad at me today until I stuck my hand in there to move the heater, and so now she's hiding in her cave and won't come out for pictures (well, any more than to just give me the stink eye). And I blabbed about this little guy in another thread, but I have a wee lil bebe electric blue acara. Gotta grow him out to be bigger than snack sized. He's in quarantine and the foggy plastic is kind of a pain to take pics through. I was going to put him in the 40 if Pooka ACTUALLY behaved herself in the 75, but alas. I just need to embrace the fact that my 75 is more like a bottle cap collection and doesn't have any sort of theme. "These are some fish I really like and the plants I can grow, behold!" Edit: Well... all of my tanks are that way come to think of it. Edited April 25, 2021 by H.K.Luterman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalmedByFish Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 @H.K.Luterman I love Pooka's stink eye, and the young acara's pout. Looks like you just took away his phone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 Good morning, Beavis. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 New art! 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Your new scape is really nice. I love the triangle style design. The Bolbitis makes a cool mystery corner on the left. The light colored Anubias give some pops of brightness What variety are they? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 48 minutes ago, Patrick_G said: Your new scape is really nice. I love the triangle style design. The Bolbitis makes a cool mystery corner on the left. The light colored Anubias give some pops of brightness What variety are they? The really bright one is anubias golden, the textured one is coffeefolia, the big one is barteri and I believe the rest are nana. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hobbit Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Pay attention to MEEEEEEEEEE!! 🤣 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 Well. I think Pooka is comfy with the new tank layout. Why? Because she's adopted a new nose leaf. Unfortunately she had a little accident, though. As you can see in this older photo, when I first rescaped the tank I had kept the heater on the left side. She started wanting to squish herself into that corner to lay in that little bunch of anubias. So I moved the heater to the back to give her more squish space (and to hide it since it was more noticeable now). I then noticed a diagonal mark on her, which I thought nothing of, since she sometimes gets scuffs and scrapes from rubbing on rocks and whatnot. A few days later it crusted over with a white scab, and it dawned on me that it was a burn from her smushing herself in that corner against the heater. It's not getting fungus and looks pretty clean, so I'm just letting it heal on it's own; I've been doing little water changes twice a week to keep the conditions pristine. These two pics are a few days apart, and I see some healing progress. This is April 28 And this is on May 1 Never a dull moment. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 5 hours ago, H.K.Luterman said: Because she's adopted a new nose leaf. Awwwwwwwwww!! Sorry to hear about her burn, but I’m sure it will heal just fine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted May 3, 2021 Author Share Posted May 3, 2021 This little guy is so much like a puppy dog already. He rushes over to the glass when he notices me, and doesn't seem afraid of anything. My hubby named him (or her) Tesla, because he's an electric blue acara. I love when my hubby participates in the hobby so the name is sticking! 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 Awesome name! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted May 4, 2021 Author Share Posted May 4, 2021 Some pics of the Pooks. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted May 4, 2021 Author Share Posted May 4, 2021 The partiest of parrots. 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted May 6, 2021 Author Share Posted May 6, 2021 Watching the Pooks. She kept getting marks on her from the heater, even after I moved it, so I unplugged it for the season. Once fall hits I'll make a guard for it out of craft mesh or something. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted May 7, 2021 Author Share Posted May 7, 2021 Did I upload Mosey the Mystery Snail friend here? I can't remember. Well here he is. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 During the whole Pooka drama, Dinky went through a growth spurt and it turns out, I jumped the gun on telling his sex. His big ol' boy fin grew in! I swear one day after Pooka went back into the 40, he emerged from under the bolbitis log and TAH DAH, boy fin. He's doing great and is as cute as ever. 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Maybe while Pookah was around he felt safer being a sneaker male. 😁 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 I took a series of pics to document Pooka healing from the heater burn she got. I figured having stuff like this might be useful to someone some day. Today she is completely healed, I don't see any marks left, April 28 when I first figured out it was a burn. Before it turned white, it looked like a typical scrape. May 1 May 4 May 8 (algae on the glass) And a pic of her cute little snoot. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 Igor had a piece of duckweed stuck to her nose. And then Dragon had to come see what I was doing. 4 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 This little guy really is so cool. I would have thought a gigantic dog butt in front of the tank would be frightening, but apparently he just finds it fascinating. He's the bravest little fish I've ever had. 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 I love all your photos, @H.K.Luterman! 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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