knee Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 5:05 AM, jasper5150 said: Sorry for the off topic question but are these tube holders for sale somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper5150 Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 @knee I found the design online and used my 3D printer to make it. It has spots behind the chart to hold the bottles of testing stuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper5150 Posted June 16, 2023 Author Share Posted June 16, 2023 Has been quite a while since an update for this tank. It’s been just doing it’s thing while I was getting the new tank all set up and going. Did the occasional filter squeeze and top off of water. Trimmed back some of the Amazon sword that’s taking up a third of the tank. The Java moss tree is just growing out of control. No idea of the population of cherry shrimp hiding out in there. I have been thinking of changing it up a bit. Would like to remove the pile of rocks and plants on the left side. Open it up a bit more. Give more space for the fish to roam. added a Sera treat to the glass. The Endlers enjoyed it but the Amano shrimp was wanting to take it for itself! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 On 6/16/2023 at 8:53 AM, jasper5150 said: The amano vs. Neo is hillarious. @Chick-In-Of-TheSea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper5150 Posted June 16, 2023 Author Share Posted June 16, 2023 On 6/16/2023 at 1:35 PM, nabokovfan87 said: The amano vs. Neo is hillarious. @Chick-In-Of-TheSea Right!! It’s unbelievable how much bigger the Amano is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 I need to put one of my biggest in my neo tank and see behavior. It shall need a name if that happens. 😂 Gojira? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper5150 Posted June 22, 2023 Author Share Posted June 22, 2023 Did a sponge squeeze and cleaned off the Ziss air stones in each sponge. Algae builds up on them and reduces the flow. Also did some trimming of plants and rearranged the hard scape. Gives the tank a new look and seems to open it up quite a bit. Not sure if I want to go for stems or Val in front of the filter. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper5150 Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 The gang is almost all together at feeding time. Gave them a mix of frozen blood worms and daphnia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper5150 Posted October 4, 2023 Author Share Posted October 4, 2023 The nice part about this tank is it takes care of itself. I do squeeze the fine sponge regularly and scrape the front glass. Add some Easy Green weekly along with clipping dying leaves and scooping of duckweed. Still have 3 male Endlers, 2 Cory cats, a bajillion red cherry shrimp and down to two Nerite snails. One died after being a devoted algae cleaner for 2+ years. It’s not the prettiest tank but it’s an active ecosystem and the inhabitants are doing well. No need to do any major things. One thing I do love, the crypts are doing amazing! So large and vibrant. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper5150 Posted November 3, 2023 Author Share Posted November 3, 2023 Scooped out as much duckweed as I could. That took forever! Squeezed the fine sponge filter and did a quick water change. Added a Wonder Shell to help with the shrimps shells. One of the Endlers went missing overnight. Presume he died and the shrimp did what shrimp do. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Those shrimp on the moss look so cool. Really loving that tank shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 You're shrimp! They're so red! They really pop against that green moss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper5150 Posted November 9, 2023 Author Share Posted November 9, 2023 On 11/3/2023 at 8:32 PM, nabokovfan87 said: Those shrimp on the moss look so cool. Really loving that tank shot. Thank you!! I want to trim the moss back a bit but the shrimp seem to love hanging out in it. Same for the course sponge filter. Last time I pulled it out to give it a squeeze so many shrimplets came out that I just put it back in without squeezing it. I’m sure it’s not full of debris anyway. The shrimp sit on it and are grazing all day. On 11/3/2023 at 10:26 PM, Schuyler said: You're shrimp! They're so red! They really pop against that green moss Thank you!! It’s hard to tell for me how red they are. I’m red/green colorblind. When the two colors are together they don’t look the same. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 On 11/9/2023 at 5:19 AM, jasper5150 said: Thank you!! I want to trim the moss back a bit but the shrimp seem to love hanging out in it. Same for the course sponge filter. Last time I pulled it out to give it a squeeze so many shrimplets came out that I just put it back in without squeezing it. I’m sure it’s not full of debris anyway. The shrimp sit on it and are grazing all day. Go for it! On that left side of the tank, you take some zip ties, suction cups, and some grid material (acrylic white or black) and you could have an awesome little moss wall. 🙂 I started one in mine, hoping to cover the back panel and the right sidewall. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper5150 Posted November 9, 2023 Author Share Posted November 9, 2023 That looks pretty cool! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper5150 Posted November 10, 2023 Author Share Posted November 10, 2023 Thought I would add a couple photos of the 6 gallon cube I have had going for a couple years. There’s a lone guppy, 3 Pygmy cories and a whole lotta shrimp and ramshorn snails. Did a top off of the water and cut the Anubias barteri in half. It was growing out of the water. Put the cut half in one of the garage tanks to keep growing. Pulled some tufts of black beard algae from some leaves. Scooped out a whole bunch of duckweed and moved most of the water lettuce to a couple of the garage tanks as well. This stuff grows like crazy in here. Will probably split the rhizomes on a couple of the other Anubias in here. They are growing really well 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper5150 Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 The 6 gallon just keeps growing plants like crazy. The barteri has a couple new leaves already and have removed loads of water lettuce a couple times since. This tank takes care of itself. So nice! The 20 gallon just keeps doing its thing, too. Churning out cherry shrimp like crazy. Loads of Java moss and duckweed coming out of here. The Cory’s are still doing good. Lost one Endler male. Still have three in here. The lone cherry barb is doing good. Really need to get this girl some mates! I really like the glow coming through the layer of duckweed in this tank. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper5150 Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 Did a squeeze of the smaller sponge filter yesterday. That thing was filthy!! Pulled out some dead leaves and stray moss strands as well. Able to get some shots of the shrimp cleaning the sponge filter. Here’s the cherry barb, one of the Amano shrimp and Julii Cory Two if my hobbies. Fish-keeping and watching Formula 1 racing. Poster of all the champions up to 2020. Moved the light to the front of the tank in this shot 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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