Schuyler Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 A while back when a certain store has their tank sale I bought four tanks, did some cleaning out in the garage, and set up a mini rack. There is always something else going on outside of the tanks themselves too. It's all powered by a dual channel air pump and a gang valve. Here's what I have going on from top to bottom, left to right: - in the window there are a few infusoria, seed shrimp, and daphnia backup cultures - on the top reach I have the most recent batch of Nothobranchius Guentheri fry that are only about a week old and two Fundulopanchax Gresensi fry that are about a month old now - on bottom the first 10 gallon has Japan blue gold guppies (initially from @Patrick_G), in the second 10 gallon tank there are Nothobranchius Guentheri from my other journal, in the first 5 gallon there are young Nothobranchius Eggers, in the 5 gallon there are juvenile Nothobranchius Guentheri who will soon go in with the older ones - on the side there is my son's Venus flytrap, a few jars with random stuff for infusoria/snails/random inverts, and a brine shrimp hatchery - not pictured the two buckets on the floor one for dirty water and another with clown water for small changes. Also my workbench with live cultures of grindal worms, vinegar eels, and micro worms 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 I love that you focus on things outside the tanks and live food cultures as well as what’s in the tank. Sounds like a very fun project. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted August 6 Author Share Posted August 6 My helper stole my chair while I was doing some water changes 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 Restarted some cultures because the garage was getting stinky... I got a new light for my birthday recently abd it's much bluer than those grow lights but it has a timer built in which is nice. Plus it feels less likely to fall apart. Turns out a coworker of mine keeps fish too. He gave me a grocery bag full of guppy grass. I'm using half of it to give the female nothobranchius Guentheri more hiding places. Here's a close up on the tank on the left. It's actually put together to look nice But it's a bit overgrown. A close up of a suspicious gathering... One of the nothobranchius Eggersi males watching over his spawning site 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted August 28 Author Share Posted August 28 On 8/25/2023 at 7:04 PM, Schuyler said: A close up of a suspicious gathering... Turns out I was right to be suspicious. It was a dead guppy. Not sure what caused it. There was one acting off earlier 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted September 8 Author Share Posted September 8 Added some gravel and played a bit of musical tanks. It may be a bit light colored for the killis who like things dimmer. I didn't realize just how much moss was in my tanks but that should be handy once my Fundulopanchax Gresensi start actually spawning (they just replaced the lone N Guentheri male in the 10g). Here's some pics of feeding grindal worms: Nothobranchius Guentheri Nothobranchius Eggersi Fundulopanchax Gresensi Takwai Plus I have some botanicals (mainly coconut mulch) cycling for a future project... And my extra plant holding bins (mostly the extra guppy grass from my coworker): 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted September 13 Author Share Posted September 13 Feeding lots of BBS today. Lots of full bellies. Also added in the spawning locations for the nothobranchius tanks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted September 14 Author Share Posted September 14 Introducing my new "Lid'l Tank" It's still curing so I won't know for sure that it worked until tomorrow night. It's roughly 2 gallons. I was watching SerpeDesign videos to get ideas for the biotope I'm trying to do. On a bunch of his videos he'll just throw together an aquarium. I decided to give it a try with some old lids someone gave me. They were gross, the hinges were broken, and they didn't fit any of my aquariums. First the hinges needed to be removed Then they were cleaned with barkeeper's friend and two end pieces were cut Then making tape was added then silicone was added and it was assembled I'm planning on using this for a fry grow out tank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 That’s a fun size tank… it would be so cool if you could do a larger version for a sort of conference room/ dining table. Nice killis! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted September 15 Author Share Posted September 15 The new tank is all filled up. Honestly, I think it looks way cooler than should. Now just to see how it holds up On another note, there were baby Japan blue gold guppies born today Basically just little eyeballs on a wiggly stick My wife just pointed out the irony that the tank is made out of lids but doesn't have a lid itself 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted September 15 Author Share Posted September 15 Sad day. Something went wrong... all of the fry in the new tank are dead... I'm going to totally tear it down, rinse thoroughly, rebuild it with a different type of silicone, let it cure for multiple days, and then test it with a snail before adding anything else. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted Friday at 05:46 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 05:46 PM I just discovered that this time of year there is a short time in the morning where the sun shines through the garage windows and hits the tanks. It really makes the Killifish shine: Hopefully he'll keep coloring up as he matures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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