Garage tank

[Schuyler]

This is a familiar setup lol. I have a few 10 gallons lined up like that in my garage that were purchased during the 50% sale.

I like the lids, that looks much better than the greenhouse paneling in using. Especially because you have the two pieces that can slide. The notes in fry erase marker is a good idea too... may have to copy that.

One thing I've found is that if the tanks are up against each other the heat transfers between them. You may be able to get away with only having heaters in the outside tanks.

Also be careful of the light from the window. I cooked a batch of fry but realizing that there was a gap that let in direct sun.

[jasper5150]

Thanks! Writing notes on the tank makes it so much easier than trying to remember when and what was done for each one. Luckily, the window faces north so no direct sunlight hitting it. 
I thought about using the greenhouse panel but wanted to allow more light into the tanks. 

[jasper5150]

I think they like the Repashy community gel

[jasper5150]

My Cories laid eggs!! I picked up 5 Cory cats a couple weeks and have had them in quarantine for that time. Just went out to check on them and found eggs on the glass. 

I made a quick setup to keep the eggs safe. Found a few missing. Pretty sure the Endlers were snacking. 

anyone have an idea what kind of Cory these are?

[CalmedByFish]

I think they're corydoras paleatus. I have a few.

[TheSwissAquarist]

Definitely Palaeatus! I’ve got a couple of juvies on the go in my fry tank: 

(Shrimp for size) 

They take about 4 days to hatch and another 2 days to become free swimming- I fed them with sera micron. 

[jasper5150]

On 11/2/2023 at 8:18 PM, CalmedByFish said:

I think they're corydoras paleatus. I have a few.

Thanks! Looked them up and that’s exactly what they look like. 

On 11/3/2023 at 12:01 AM, TheSwissAquarist said:

Definitely Palaeatus! I’ve got a couple of juvies on the go in my fry tank: 

(Shrimp for size) 

They take about 4 days to hatch and another 2 days to become free swimming- I fed them with sera micron. 

First time with an egg laying fish. If they do happen to hatch, I’m assuming it would be wise to keep the fry separate from other fish so they don’t become snacks?

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 11/3/2023 at 12:33 PM, jasper5150 said:

Thanks! Looked them up and that’s exactly what they look like. 

First time with an egg laying fish. If they do happen to hatch, I’m assuming it would be wise to keep the fry separate from other fish so they don’t become snacks?

Definitely. I kept mine in a breeding box for 2 weeks before moving them to a fry/shrimp tank where theyre growing along with ca. 150 danio fry.

1 month is about the ok age to add them to the adult tank - common sense is a useful tool tho

Edited November 3, 2023 by TheSwissAquarist

[jasper5150]

@TheSwissAquarist thank you so much for the advice! Im thinking of getting a small net breeder to put in the tank. Keep them away from the adults and still have some flow

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 11/3/2023 at 2:54 PM, jasper5150 said:

@TheSwissAquarist thank you so much for the advice! Im thinking of getting a small net breeder to put in the tank. Keep them away from the adults and still have some flow

I’ve done that and it works ok, but food tends to fall through the bottom, as they’re made more for livebearer fry than Cory fry. I’ve had a couple of dud batches that way. I use the Fluval breeder box and siphon the bottom with a pipette. It also saves you from having to do water changes with a brine shrimp strainer over the end of the hose. 😄

[jasper5150]

Just looked that one up. Looks like a great box. I think I saw that at a local fish shop. Will go there and check it out

[jasper5150]

The eggs I pulled from the tank ended up turning to fuzz balls.  Don’t think they were even fertilized, not sure though. Oh well, was a quick learning experience. The cories have been in here close to three weeks. They seem to be doing great. No signs of illness, cruising around and searching the substrate like normal. Think it’s time to move them to the Endler tank. Give them so much more room to explore plus a sandier substrate to sift through. 

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 11/9/2023 at 2:29 PM, jasper5150 said:

The eggs I pulled from the tank ended up turning to fuzz balls.  Don’t think they were even fertilized, not sure though. Oh well, was a quick learning experience. The cories have been in here close to three weeks. They seem to be doing great. No signs of illness, cruising around and searching the substrate like normal. Think it’s time to move them to the Endler tank. Give them so much more room to explore plus a sandier substrate to sift through. 

I’ve been putting small amounts of meth blue in my egg container. It’s brought 90% fungus rate down to practically 0%.

[jasper5150]

I did add a couple drops of Ich-X. The bottle did say it contained Methylane blue. Might be a weaker amount in that than just straight meth blue

[jasper5150]

The Cory’s have been moved into the 29 gallon so they have more room. Seem to like all the plants and rocks to hide in. Still have a crazy amount of fish in all three tanks. Not a lot of interest in Endlers!?  I’ll just keep them happy and healthy until I can find them homes. 

[jasper5150]

A few things have changed in the last six months. I sold off 90% of the endlers. Still have a 29 gallon chock full. Also picked up a dozen albino bristle nose plecos. These guys have been growing out in 2 of the 10 gallon tanks still running. The other 10 gallon is in the corner with the substrate, just enough water and a butt ton of ramshorn snails. 

Couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to pick up a 50 gallon rimless tank, a Fluval 307 and 407 canister filters, Fluval planted 3.0 light, quite a bit of rocks and wood, and a huge amount of miscella

[jasper5150]

A few things have changed in the last six months. I sold off 90% of the endlers. Still have a 29 gallon chock full. Also picked up a dozen albino bristle nose plecos. These guys have been growing out in 2 of the 10 gallon tanks still running. The other 10 gallon is in the corner with the substrate, just enough water and a butt ton of ramshorn snails. 

Couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to pick up a 50 gallon rimless tank, a Fluval 307 and 407 canister filters, Fluval planted 3.0 light, quite a bit of rocks and wood, and a huge amount of miscellaneous stuff. All for free!! Have spent that time going through everything and have now set the tank up on the cabinet where the other tanks are. I will eventually move half of the plecos into this tank along with cherry shrimp and some ramshorn snails. The endlers will not be added to this tank. I'm not sure what fish to raise in this tank. I was thinking of Congo tetras or rainbow fish? 

I will eventually put a black background on here. Just using the foam to cover up the dingy pegboard behind it. 

[jasper5150]

Had a nice surprise when we came home after two weeks of being away. We had someone feed the fish in the tanks but didn't do any maintenance. This new tank decided to go full algae on me in that timeframe. Tons of hair algae and black beard algae. The black beard algae must have come along with plants that I pulled from another tank that has small amounts of it. It is now everywhere!

 

I did manually pull as much algae out as I could. Looks much better but still has quite some time before it is manageable. Before I left, I added two of the 12 albino plecostomus I have been raising in other tanks. They did what they could but they don't go after any of the algae that was growing. I did pick up 5 Amano shrimp and 3 otocinclus a few days after cleaning out the bulk of the algae. I lost 2 ottos within a few days. Still have one chunky fella doing what he can. The Amanos have molted at least once since adding them. They are doing what shrimp do, forage and eat whatever they can. Forgot to mention, I put a few cherry shrimp in here as well when the plecos went in. They have already spawned and I now see little shrimplets swimming around. I also added a few ramshorn snails. I love how they look and they do a good job of cleaning as well. 

I have been reading up on hydrogen peroxide and what it can do to help with black beard algae. Anyone with experience in this method, I'm all ears. I will continue to manually pull what I can daily. Have also upped the fertilizer dosing hoping the plants will grow much faster and take up nutrients quicker than the algae. Time will tell.

 

 

[jasper5150]

I have been manually removing as much algae growth as I can every couple days. Have done a good sized water change and upped the dose of Easy Green. Did this to hopefully spur the growth of the plants so they start absorbing more nutrients to starve out the algae. Also have reduced the amount of light. So far, seems the algae growth has slowed. Just keep it consistent and may see some real progress. The Amanos are growing, some larger than the others, and the lone Oto is doing well. Have been supplementing Rapashy community and algae wafers once to twice a week. I also added a bakers dozen Endler males to this tank to add some activity. They are doing well. Give them just enough food so it doesn't spike the nitrate levels. 

I added some black poster board to the back of the tank. Looks so much better than the white styrofoam. Makes the green and lone red plant pop. 

[Schuyler]

The tank is looking great. That black background really helps a lot. 

For me, getting rid of hair algae took basically the same as what you are doing. I tried hydrogen peroxide but it didn't really seem to do much. The thing that did it for me was lowering the light and doing more water changes. I read somewhere that hair algae thrives on excess silica in the water which normally comes from new substrate. But it was just some random chart so take that with a grain of salt.