jasper5150 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Since my 10 gallon garage tank exploded with offspring, the better half agreed to purchase another tank to house the ever expanding population of the Endlers. Did some searching and found this 25 or 29 gallon tank on the Marketplace. She agreed to have it reside on her dresser so I needed to make sure it was of a good size but not overpowering for the amazing strength of Ikea furniture. Since I have been collecting funds from the population explosion of cherry shrimp from the 20 gallon, this gave me the opportunity to do a shopping spree at the Co-op. I purchased a light, air pump, sponge and accessories, heater and substrate. I spent so much I was able to get a free frozen food item! Yay!? I did do an order for plants from the Co-op as well along with some Easy Green a couple weeks later. Prior to that, purchased some plants from a local shop close by. Here is what I have so far: Cryptocoryne Tropica 1 Cryptocoryne Lutea 1 Cryptocoryne Lucens 3 Cryptocoryne Wendtii Red 1 Water Sprite 1 Java Fern 2 Anubias Nana "petite" 2 Pogostemon Stellatus Octopus 1 Vallisneria 2 Micro sword 2 Rotala species 2 dwarf water lettuce and I don't know what it is 1 Also went with 3 bags of Activ-Flora planted aquarium substrate available at Aquarium CO-OP in store. Wish it was for delivery, but I would expect exorbitant delivery charges for it! Here is the progression from start to now in pictures: This is right after planting And this is a week later.... Two weeks after planting... three weeks after planting... 1 month after planting... I'll try and keep this one going. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Awesome! I was just thinking about doing some Endlers in a 29 gal. with Nanochomis. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper5150 Posted June 14 Author Share Posted June 14 I had to look up what that is. Cichlids on the small side. I would love to see how this goes! Starting to see hair algae. Thinking of getting a few Amano shrimp to help. Any other recommendations? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 On 6/13/2023 at 9:29 PM, jasper5150 said: I had to look up what that is. Cichlids on the small side. I would love to see how this goes! Starting to see hair algae. Thinking of getting a few Amano shrimp to help. Any other recommendations? I like Bristlenose Plecos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper5150 Posted June 14 Author Share Posted June 14 On 6/13/2023 at 7:17 PM, Fish Folk said: I like Bristlenose Plecos. Those were on my mind as well. I do like them since they don’t get too big. How many do you think would be good for this tank? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 On 6/13/2023 at 10:25 PM, jasper5150 said: Those were on my mind as well. I do like them since they don’t get too big. How many do you think would be good for this tank? I think a pair of goldens would be nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper5150 Posted June 14 Author Share Posted June 14 Oooh! Those would look great among the green 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper5150 Posted June 17 Author Share Posted June 17 Did a small water change, cleaned up the glass and sucked off the substrate today. Plants loved the new water. Pulled out some water lettuce and made a corral for the remainder. Wanted to keep it off the rotala. Want that to grow so I can trim it up and add it elsewhere. some of the fry are starting to show their male and female colors. Going to need to find some new homes soon. added a couple ramshorn snails close to two weeks ago. They are getting huge! Probably see more soon. Bladder snails are still laying eggs everywhere they can. All good. They will keep it nice and tidy. purchased a new lid. The previous one was missing the plastic at the back creating a gap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper5150 Posted June 22 Author Share Posted June 22 Did a good sized water change and filter squeeze today. Also added more Easy root tabs. Noticed the Val is sending out shoots, yay! Water is a bit cloudy due to the filter maintenance. Hopefully that clears up quickly. The bladder snails are laying eggs all over the place! At least they are not those miniature snails that hang out on the glass all the time. These guys are fast! The ramshorn snails are starting to multiply as well. Don’t mind either of these guys at all. Helping keep the algae situation under control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper5150 Posted June 29 Author Share Posted June 29 Did the weekly glass cleaning, water change, mulm cleanup and filter squeeze. Hair algae is still hanging around. Pulled quite a bit off but the endlers are pecking at it like it’s a buffet. Snails are still multiplying but that’s good. Helping me keep this tank somewhat algae free. Have been thinking of getting a pair of bristlenose plecos soon. I need to transfer all the adults from the garage tank into this tank so I can quarantine the plecos. For the time being, picked up 5 Amano shrimp to help clean up. Being acclimated as I type this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper5150 Posted Thursday at 01:10 AM Author Share Posted Thursday at 01:10 AM So, my wish of posting weekly went waaaaay out the window. Access to a computer so my pictures are oriented the correct way is limited. These are photos from today. The endler population is exploding at an exponential rate. I ran a med duo of Ich-X and ParaCleanse for a week since I saw a female with spots. She is all better and the tank is doing amazing!! Sidenote, anyone looking for Enders??? Wanted to poll... Light at the front of the tank??? or at the back of the tank.... This photo gives an idea of what the population is for the Endlers and why I need to reduce the population... Does anyone have any recommendations to help reduce my population without a cannibalistic tankmate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoofyGarra Posted Thursday at 09:58 AM Share Posted Thursday at 09:58 AM On 9/20/2023 at 9:10 PM, jasper5150 said: Does anyone have any recommendations to help reduce my population without a cannibalistic tankmate? what temperature is the tank? A lower temperature will reduce the metabolism speed of the endlers so they wont give birth and grow as fast. Not quite a population control method, but it will delay a population boom. Maybe try to slowly drop down the temperature of the heater to 72? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper5150 Posted Thursday at 11:47 AM Author Share Posted Thursday at 11:47 AM The temp is set at 75. I could drop it to 72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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