Ninjoma Posted June 8, 2023 Author Share Posted June 8, 2023 On 6/8/2023 at 9:12 AM, Lennie said: These one don't need a land area like vampire crabs? Also are they safe for fishies and snails? They do need a land area. I have a HOB breeder box that I am using and have a piece of wood so they can climb up to it. Only one of them actually uses it though. The other one climbs the Madagascar lace and then sits inside my HOB. The are known to be predatory towards snails. I've only seen them eat very small snails though, so it's possible they wouldn't harm mystery snails, nerite snails and other larger snails with an operculum. I wouldn't risk my prized snails with them though personally. I haven't seen an aggression towards my fish or vice versa. They seem to be perfectly content hanging around with eachother. There's probably always at least some risk and crustacean behavior can be personality dependent (like bettas). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted June 12, 2023 Author Share Posted June 12, 2023 (edited) Did a bunch of maintenance over the weekend and I think my tanks are in a pretty decent spot. 10g: -I'm working on getting the ludwigia to get more bushy and fill out the back better. It's been somewhat difficult because the bottom leaves are constantly shedding. -I'm also waiting for the repens to establish more. This has also been difficult because it's hard to prevent them from being shaded. Brackish Paludarium -I'm hoping I have finalized my brackish plant selection at this point. Crossing my fingers nothing dies off. 29g -I removed the nymphoides hydrophylla because it wasn't getting as tall as I wanted. I replaced it with some ludwigia trimmings. -Still waiting on the hygrophila siamensis on the right to grow in. 40g -I removed the dwarf lily, because I didn't like the coloration and replaced it with a tiger lotus runner from my 75g. 75g: -Still working on getting the right height and bushiness of the center background plants -Trying to get the dwarf hairgrass to more evenly cover the center area -My madagascar lace is growing not one, but two flowers! They are still just a long stem with a bud at the end, but i'm hoping at least one will bloom. -I found more reticulated hillstream loach fry. I know I have at least 4. They are super cute. Edited June 12, 2023 by Ninjoma 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 On 6/12/2023 at 1:27 AM, Ninjoma said: . You've done such an amazing job here w/ the carpeting plants. Just beautiful! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted June 13, 2023 Author Share Posted June 13, 2023 (edited) Got some decent footage of my blue kong zebra crayfish today: Also, I don't think I shared a photo of my apisto yet. Bonus: tankception relection photos Edited June 13, 2023 by Ninjoma 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted June 17, 2023 Author Share Posted June 17, 2023 One of my Indonesian batik fiddler crabs. They are red and white, which is pretty cool compared to the brown of the gold claw fiddler crabs. Very reclusive so far. Lulu had eggs! Unfortunately the larvae need a full marine setup, so it isn't really possible to breed fiddler crabs in a community tank, but still interesting to see. Got a cute video of the whole community chowing down at feeding time. Bonus, miscellaneous crab photos. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 Holy smokes, that A LOT of eggs! They are so small! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted July 9, 2023 Author Share Posted July 9, 2023 I'm pretty happy with how my tanks are looking. I'm mostly trying to perfect my background stem plants. 75g 29g 10g 40g Brackish paludarium. I've been experimenting with tiger lotus and ludwigia. Tiger lotus seems to do really well in low end brackish so far. My hornwort has definitely been thriving as well. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 "Pomegranate" the Indian Lilac crab 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Wow! Your tanks are all so amazing! You don't have problems with the plecos messing up plants? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 On 7/18/2023 at 7:15 PM, Schuyler said: Wow! Your tanks are all so amazing! You don't have problems with the plecos messing up plants? Thanks! I haven't noticed the bristelnose plecos messing with my plants in any destructive way. They definitely climb all over everything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 On 7/8/2023 at 9:18 PM, Ninjoma said: A bit of a weird request if I may!!! I am interested in, but have never seen rainbow sharks compared to my own RTBS. One day, can you record a video of yours and just show ~5-10 minutes of behavior? I am curious to hear/see the fish and how it acts compared to my own. I have heard so many different things about cypranidae fish and especially the sharkminnow species. It ranges from the most mild mannered scared fish to a tank destroyer. In my experience, they are pretty tame fish, even compared to tiger barbs. (although Grace does enjoy her barb buddies) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 On 7/18/2023 at 9:10 PM, nabokovfan87 said: A bit of a weird request if I may!!! I am interested in, but have never seen rainbow sharks compared to my own RTBS. One day, can you record a video of yours and just show ~5-10 minutes of behavior? I am curious to hear/see the fish and how it acts compared to my own. I have heard so many different things about cypranidae fish and especially the sharkminnow species. It ranges from the most mild mannered scared fish to a tank destroyer. In my experience, they are pretty tame fish, even compared to tiger barbs. (although Grace does enjoy her barb buddies) Sure, I can probably do that this week. For now, here is a shorter video I have already. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 On 7/19/2023 at 12:33 AM, Ninjoma said: Sure, I can probably do that this week. For now, here is a shorter video I have already. LOL, you were not paying attention to the fellow (gal?) at 1:57 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Such a cool journal @Ninjoma! Those crabs look fun. 🤩 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 On 7/19/2023 at 6:41 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: LOL, you were not paying attention to the fellow (gal?) at 1:57 😄 Honeybear needs attention now! This is what happens every day I try to work from home: On 7/19/2023 at 8:19 AM, TheSwissAquarist said: Such a cool journal @Ninjoma! Those crabs look fun. 🤩 Thanks! Yes, I love my crabs, they are my favorite. Here are some pictures I took of my male lilac crab "Plum" recently. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 On 7/19/2023 at 12:09 PM, Ninjoma said: Honeybear needs attention now! This is what happens every day I try to work from home: Thanks! Yes, I love my crabs, they are my favorite. Here are some pictures I took of my male lilac crab "Plum" recently. There is just too much cuteness going on, I can't take it! And how exactly do you get any work done? lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 On 7/19/2023 at 10:00 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: There is just too much cuteness going on, I can't take it! And how exactly do you get any work done? lol Eventually she will stop rolling around on my keyboard and just sit under my monitor, or I will move her to the ground and she will find a different place to lay or she will jump on my desk again and the cycle repeats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 On 7/19/2023 at 1:18 PM, Ninjoma said: Eventually she will stop rolling around on my keyboard and just sit under my monitor, or I will move her to the ground and she will find a different place to lay or she will jump on my desk again and the cycle repeats. Yep. I have a little gray cat with white socks who likes to pace in front of my monitor. But if I kind of block her with my arm, eventually she will lay down under the desk lamp because she likes the warmth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted July 20, 2023 Author Share Posted July 20, 2023 On 7/18/2023 at 9:10 PM, nabokovfan87 said: A bit of a weird request if I may!!! I am interested in, but have never seen rainbow sharks compared to my own RTBS. One day, can you record a video of yours and just show ~5-10 minutes of behavior? I am curious to hear/see the fish and how it acts compared to my own. I have heard so many different things about cypranidae fish and especially the sharkminnow species. It ranges from the most mild mannered scared fish to a tank destroyer. In my experience, they are pretty tame fish, even compared to tiger barbs. (although Grace does enjoy her barb buddies) I may have went a bit overboard on the footage 🙄. Around 22min I feed the tank and after that point you can see a lot more "aggressive" behavior. My general experience with my rainbow shark is that they are a very chill, mild manner fish. They mostly hang out with my roseline sharks and SAEs, but do stray from the pack to explore the rest of the tank more than my other cyprinidae fish. They also do short split second chases of the other cyprinidae fish here and there, but none of the fish or inverts seem to be concerned with or scared of them. They are on of my favorite fish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 I'm not sure how I had missed this post. Blue Kong Zebra crayfish, say wuuuuuuuuuut? Super cool! 😍 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted July 20, 2023 Author Share Posted July 20, 2023 On 7/20/2023 at 10:08 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: I'm not sure how I had missed this post. Blue Kong Zebra crayfish, say wuuuuuuuuuut? Super cool! 😍 That's Morty (Mortimer)! Here's pretty cool, other than that one time he completely buried my monte carlo under substrate. Here's a longer video of them I shared earlier: 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 On 7/20/2023 at 8:01 AM, Ninjoma said: I may have went a bit overboard on the footage 🙄. Around 22min I feed the tank and after that point you can see a lot more "aggressive" behavior. The one I just made for mine is ~35 minutes or so. She was being awesome. I'm excited! Thank you so much. On 7/20/2023 at 8:01 AM, Ninjoma said: They mostly hang out with my roseline sharks and SAEs, but do stray from the pack to explore the rest of the tank more than my other cyprinidae fish. They also do short split second chases of the other cyprinidae fish here and there, but none of the fish or inverts seem to be concerned with or scared of them. 100%. Grace definitely doesn't hang out with SAEs like that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted July 26, 2023 Author Share Posted July 26, 2023 My buce black pearl is flowering! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted August 3, 2023 Author Share Posted August 3, 2023 I got a bunch done this week. 10g -I moved swapped the ludwigia rubin in this tank with the ludwigia narrow leaf in my 75g. Now all the background plants are ludwigia narrow leaf, which is easier to grow bushy in my experience. If this doesn't work the way I like I plan to try water sprite next. -I finally got rid of the planaria in the tank using "No Planaria." I only had a few shrimp left and they hadn't been breeding, so I thought the planaria may have had something to do with it. I also added some more cherry shrimp, to help kickstart the colony. Cherry Shrimp Guppies Brackish Paludarium -Been fiddling with plants a lot in this tank. Tiger lotus and ludwigia narrow leaf have been doing well, so hopefully I can get the tank into decent looking shape that way. -Added some more ghost shrimp, which have been doing well. Ghost Shrimp "Marble" the Vineyard Snail "Krabby" the Fidler Crab Fiddler Crab 29g -I pulled off the anubias from the front of the wood and I think it looks better. I'm going to try putting some buce green wavy on the underside. - I gave up on the ludwigia and rotala that were on the back sides and I am just going to grow out some wisteria instead. Based on the length of my light, the sides don't get as much light, so I think I need to use an easier to grow plant in those spots. -I pulled out the caves that were in the middle, because the fish didn't seem to use them and I couldn't really see them behind the chain swords. I'm trying vesuvias sword and melon sword in their stead. "Derp" the Angelfish Platies German Blue Ram 75g-I consolidated my plant species more. Going to do ludwigia rubin on the back left side, hygrophila Siamensis on the back right side and dwarf sag along the right wall. Roseline Sharks and Siamese Algae Eaters "Arrie" the Rainbow Shark Guppy Baby Reticulated Hillstream Loach 40g Swordtails and Zebra Danio Peppered Corys 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted August 5, 2023 Author Share Posted August 5, 2023 I've been working on my paludarium and have a cute yellow mushroom growing in the terrestrial area. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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