FTS - let's see em!

[Griznatch]

ok, got some lights on the other tanks....
 

10 gallon with cpds and my "green" neo experiment

 

55 with young congos, laser cories, and a boatload of guppy fry and females

 

10 gallon with male guppies and some fry as well as my blue/blue rili  neos

 

20 gallon with my chilis and yellow neos

 

 

The funky camera angles are an attempt to reduce window glare/reflection...

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[Solstice_Lacer]

My 25 gallon half cylinder. Been going about 2 months now. A "cull" tank for less colorful cherry shrimp, but there's shrimplets in there now so Idk whether I'll add fish or make it a rainbow shrimp tank with other colors of neo or what.

[Solstice_Lacer]

Also somewhat updated my main 29 gallon shrimp tank. 

[Beardedbillygoat1975]

@Solstice_Lacerthat half cylinder is really lovely. That sword (or 2!) will love that height. Root tabs root tabs root tabs if you want to achieve that height! 

@Griznatchthe yellow neo /chili tank really speaks to me. There’s a sense of depth with the plants and scape I really like the others are great but that ones my favorite.

[Griznatch]

@Beardedbillygoat1975 Thanks, that chili tank is probably my favorite small one. I took 4 yellows from the Skittles (75) tank when I started the 20 long in the spring. I had only a few culls in the beginning, and now there's probably 50+ shrimp in there, all yellow. The chilis were hiding all the time in the 55. I only had kubotais in there with them, but they like being in their own space.

[Ken]

On 10/15/2021 at 10:22 PM, Griznatch said:

Kubotai rasboras

Tell me about these little guys. I'm about to order some for my recently set up 10 gallon. They'll be living with some Pygmy Corys.

[Ken Burke]

Here are a couple of mine. First one is 20 tall, second is a 38g

[Odd Duck]

On 10/17/2021 at 8:23 PM, Ken said:

Tell me about these little guys. I'm about to order some for my recently set up 10 gallon. They'll be living with some Pygmy Corys.

Terrific little fish!  They don’t bother anybody in the tank, they’re a bright, metallic flash of neon green visible across the room (once they settle) even in a very green tank.  They eat anything I’ve offered, but don’t shoal for anything!  They’re as often off doing something by themselves as they are in a group.  They’re as likely to hang out with my embers as to hang with each other.

That said, I’ve only got 12 in there now (in my 100 G nano fish tank), but 7 more will be joining them as soon as they’re out of QT in a couple more weeks.  I don’t expect they’ll shoal any better, but it’s worth trying.  That doesn’t really matter to me since they’re beautiful and I love them.

[Griznatch]

@Ken They are awesome, polite little fish. Mine seem to shoal better now that I've doubled the school size. I should have 16 or 17 in there now, a couple of the last batch are pretty small and tend to stay in the ouskirts. I think the white clouds intimidate them due to their size.

[carefulest]

10 gallon with Sewellia hillstream loach, CPDs, and white clouds (Youtube)

 

Fluval Spec V with betta and chili rasboras (Youtube)

 

[Patrick_G]

@carefulest, I like your style! Great plant and fish selection. I’d trim the yellowing leaves of the Cyperus Helferi to stimulate new growth. What a cool plant for Nano tanks! 

[Vanish]

29 gallon - Sunset Dwarf Rainbows - Got some lovely wood bacteria going on 😄 Really hoping the foreground crypts establish soon, as its looking a little bit like a wall atm.

[DebSills]

My future Betta tank (10g) - making sure I can balance it and get the plants growing before I get my Betta (not sure if I'll add Amanos and/or Nerites yet)

My rescue tank - one guppy and one endler have the run of the place (10g)

My 29g - battling some algae, but home to ember tetras, CPDs, amanos, nerites and a honey gourami

[Jeff]

@Vanish- I LOVE that piece of wood / stump you have. Where'd you get it? I've never seen a piece of wood like that in a tank.

@carefulest I second what @Patrick_G said. Your tanks and scapes are phenomenal! 

 

Edited October 19, 2021 by Jeff

[Vanish]

On 10/19/2021 at 7:22 AM, Jeff said:

@Vanish- I LOVE that piece of wood / stump you have. Where'd you get it? I've never seen a piece of wood like that in a tank.

I collect my wood down at the local river. I look for either piles of wood stacked from flooding or exposed root balls from knocked over trees. I boil them in a huge pot, or pour boiling water on them in a bin.

There is a slight optical illusion there in that its 3 pieces of wood.

[Nanci B]

@Patrick_G what are the names of the plants growing out of your 11 cube tank on the right side? 
 

I love your tanks! 

[Patrick_G]

On 10/19/2021 at 8:06 AM, Nanci B said:

@Patrick_G what are the names of the plants growing out of your 11 cube tank on the right side? 
 

I love your tanks! 

The one on the right in the foreground is Water Sprite. Behind that are some Java Ferns and some Java Moss and barely  visible in the back is Water Wisteria. 

[Nanci B]

Thanks!

[Solstice_Lacer]

Figured I would drop this here. I set up a super low tech planted bowl a couple weeks ago. Anubius, java fern, moss and hornwort. Seems to be going ok. No livestock right now. Might add some ramshorn snails to breed in there and keep it tidy.

[Beardedbillygoat1975]

@Solstice_Lacerthat bowl is beautiful! Well done!

[Gumbo99]

On 10/18/2021 at 1:14 AM, carefulest said:

10 gallon with Sewellia hillstream loach, CPDs, and white clouds (Youtube)

 

Fluval Spec V with betta and chili rasboras (Youtube)

 

I love your ten gallon, the composition is very zen.  Sort of plausibly natural but also aesthetically pleasing.

[Jawjagrrl]

My little 2.5gal kitchen tank with neocaradina shrimp (see my journal for updates on pregnant shrimp!), 4 assorted male endlers, bladder snails and scuds. Cornes, dwarf lily, dwarf hairgrass, terrestrial moss, java moss, random floating plants, assorted wood, magnolia leaves and Charlie Brown's Christmas tree for the holidays.