Chris Posted July 14 Author Share Posted July 14 Water change day! Not a whole lot to report. The blue platies have sexed out, but no fry yet. The rainbow Shiners are still doing well, but not breeding behavior. Plenty of baby guppies. No more new ricefish, but I've not taken the time to pull the mops. I've continued to lose some cherry shrimp, and I'm confused as to why. My blue shrimp are thriving. The white clouds I pulled in from the pond have done well. I'm hoping to be able to sell them in the next few weeks. The largest are just slightly smaller than I'd want to take to the store. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 Been really enjoying the 55 lately. Plants have started to grow in and fish are looking great. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoofyGarra Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 @Chris Are those some kind of swordtail in the tank? They contrast very well with the Gouarmi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 On 7/16/2024 at 5:56 AM, GoofyGarra said: @Chris Are those some kind of swordtail in the tank? They contrast very well with the Gouarmi Yep! They're Koi swordtails. I got them from a member on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 I’m so far behind on journals it’s not funny. Just caught up here. All kinds of fun stuff 🤩 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 18 Author Share Posted July 18 On 7/16/2024 at 10:33 AM, Guppysnail said: I’m so far behind on journals it’s not funny. Just caught up here. All kinds of fun stuff 🤩 Me and you both! I keep planning on sitting down and reading through a bunch but it's hard to find the time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 21 Author Share Posted July 21 Okay, so I sold my first batch of white clouds today. I sold 20 at $.75 each, so I got $15. I put a few extra in the bag since some of them are a bit smallish. Everything seemed to go well! I picked up a couple Crypts and a bag of algae wafers while I was there. I also finally got off my butt and hung that shop light. I wish it was more centered, but I just eyeballed it. I'm not so concerned that I want to redo it, lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 23 Author Share Posted July 23 I added an airstone to the clownfish tank yesterday. They were acting a bit funky - clownfish do that sometimes, but out of an abundance of caution, I put the airstone in. They seem to be acting normally today. Weird little fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 23 Author Share Posted July 23 Mounted a TV in the fish room. I've been planning on doing it for months, and today was the day! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 28 Author Share Posted July 28 Turns out I experienced a first today... low buffer and low PH! My tap water has consistently been hard with moderate-high buffer and a PH of 7.5 for 15 years. I tested the guppy tank this morning and notice the PH was reading like 6.4, and the buffer was between 0 and 40. Everybody looks fine, but I was surprised. I tested my tap water, and nothing has changed there. So I did a 5 gallon water change and added a tbsp of marine salt. It brought the buffer up to 80 and PH to around 7. I'll retest this evening and repeat if needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 Fed out some repashy. Guppy tank is still real low on PH and KH. Gonna keep working on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 30 Author Share Posted July 30 Living room tank enjoying the Repashy. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 2 Author Share Posted August 2 The cories and pleco seem to like the repashy more than anyone else in this tank. The swords just pick at it a little, the barbs and gourami ignore it, and the shark just likes to chase other fish off but never eats. Especially interesting with the swordtails - the guppies and platies love it. Kinda weird that these guys don't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 4 Author Share Posted August 4 Put some new power strips in and mounted them to the wall. Not pretty, but much easier to access and much safer than what I had. Still having low KH/PH issues in a few tanks. Doing some large water changes to try and help. Kinda weird that I've never had this issue before... not sure what's changed. No health issues I can attribute to the low PH though. I did lose a female guppy overnight, but I got her as an adult and I've had her for about 6 months. There's also a brand new batch of fry in the tank. Thinking she had a birthing issue. Still, gotta get that PH up. Here's kinda what I'm thinking for this other rack. 20s in the middle, 10s on top. 40 and 37 on the bottom. Plenty of room for breeding projects and fry. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 18 Author Share Posted August 18 Picked up a couple clarkii clownfish for my 20 long yesterday. These guys are one of my favorites - these are the natural variation, and they still have a designer look to them. The female will get about 5-6", and the male will get about 3-5". My last pair of these got massive - and very aggressive. These are going into their own setup, with the idea being to breed them eventually. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now