Daniel Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 8 hours ago, TheDukeAnumber1 said: Today I became... NERM SUPREME! And you changed your profile picture. And you became about 20 years younger than your previous profile picture. And this picture is just begging to be memed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 @StephenP2003I love that sprite at the top!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 8 hours ago, TheDukeAnumber1 said: Today I became... NERM SUPREME! Show us the stickers!! 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Late last night I was cleaning out my bag of horse stuff and found $200 in birthday money. And just like that, my fish fund has doubled!!! 😀😀 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendypizza Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 On 12/4/2020 at 5:46 PM, josh world said: Got 2 more male “ breeder” plecos at my local LFS and also picked up a filter for my 2.5 gallon fry tank I got that exact sponge filter on Friday 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 got a piece of spider wood for my big tank. let it soak for 30 hours or so. ran out of patience, and screwed it to a piece of slate to keep it down. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Today I did more setup in the 20L - cut and attached the lid, unboxed and hooked up light, got sponge filter w/airstone all ready. Got email that my coop order of plants is processed for shipping and awaiting USPS pickup. Watched a video on attaching plants to wood. Watched fish for a long time and my back hurts - need to order a comfortable ottoman or something as the step-stool isn't cutting it anymore (someone here mentioned having an ottoman and how convenient it is). Ordered a second brine shrimp hatchery dish (the round kind). I don't have enough electrical plugs to make a setup with the Ziss brand work in a practical location, but need more BBS than one round hatchery can produce. They aren't super practical (no doubt more unhatched eggs and longer hatch time), but still worth it to watch the fish absolutely relish their dinner and get all colored up and flair their dorsal fins (especially the rasboras) with excitement! How I am loving this hobby, and my fish. 💚 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy's Fish Den Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Moved group of corydoras venezuelanus from 10 gal quarantine tank to 40breeder tank to grow out some more and hopefully spawn this winter. Moved baby weitzmani cory into the 10 gal the Venezuelanus were in to grow out in. Moved some of my PRL Crystal Red Shrimp into another tank I set up to get a second colony started. Planted the plants I got Saturday when I went to a couple LFS, a red ludwigia, Indian red sword, vesuvius. Glued a piece of a buce plant to a chunk of cholla wood. Did water changes on several tanks. Found a male L333 with a female trapped, have to check for eggs here soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh world Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 On 12/6/2020 at 12:21 PM, wendypizza said: I got that exact sponge filter on Friday 😂 haha never knew it was so popular. just needed to find something cheap that worked. if i could i would have gotten a coop sponge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendypizza Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 1 hour ago, josh world said: haha never knew it was so popular. just needed to find something cheap that worked. if i could i would have gotten a coop sponge. I just wanted a cheap sponge filter; I'm not sure I've ever used this brand before. But so far it's worked out nicely for the price. I always find myself picking through the more obscure brands and products at petland in search of good deals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Filled the 20L to make sure there are no issues with anything. I should have plants from Ccop on Thursday- sure hope so as I want to move my danios asap! Did a serious trim on the water sprite, and I separated a bucket of about 15 good sized "spritelets", about half of what I had in two tanks. I'm going to see if my LFS wants to give me some store credit for them when I go to pick up my next group of rasboras. I also separated some smaller "spritelets" so they can grow bigger for my next trip there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogomarigo Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Tested a food dish for the Pygmy Corys since they (and the Amano shrimp) are quite messy eaters. I’ve been feeding frozen bloodworms, frozen brine shrimp, Hikari micro pellets, Hikari sinking wafers, and Fluval bug bites. The sinking wafers are the least messy but the Corys aren’t as crazy for them as the other foods, particularly the micro pellets. Maybe it’s the krill? Just tried the bug bites today but they didn’t seem too interested in that either. Second place goes to chopped up frozen bloodworms (if they’re whole, sometimes they come out of the Corys’ gills😟). Third goes to frozen brine. I’ll probably skip the dish and continue encouraging their natural grazing/scavenging behavior. Seems like food particles still float out of the dish anyway, since the Corys are so wiggly. I fed a bit too much this time but usually, the shrimp (Amano + blue neos) and various microfauna (and plants!) take care of the rest. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 I bleach dipped a bunch of salvinia that I plan to bring to my LFS tomorrow. Though “local” in this case means across two state lines. Later tonight I’ll write up a little sheet about my gouramis and the plants so I have a record of the exchange to hand the owner (and keep for my own records too). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 The other day I ordered 10 blue bolt shrimp (Caridina cf Cantonesis) and got 11 babies today! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 I delivered my gouramis to my LFS and got two baby red bristlenose plecos in trade! I also did some water changes and moved the second generation of gouramis from their salad container to the 10 gallon grow-out tank. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 My otocats have finally started eating algae wafers - this one tried the face-down method. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADMWNDSR83 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Found a new fish store close to my house!!! Pretty nice place, too! They had a new kind of corner sponge type filter I haven't seen yet, so I'll be saving up for that now! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 I tried two different foods for my new plecos. I’m determined to figure out what they’ll eat before moving them to the 55. So far the Hikari sinking wafer was a no but the Repashy soilent green is showing more promise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larska Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Still deciding where to put which aquarium. I'm in the hobby for a longer time but since a couple of months I want to start breeding fish. So we just got a new house where I can maken my own small fish room. Currently in doubt of the Ramirezi Gold's I have if both are male/female of one of both. I did ask the LFS for a male and female but it seems that both are males... so going to the LFS tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Burke Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 (edited) Trimmed my Anubias and Java fern. Got ‘em glued to driftwood and rocks. Gonna give them to a friend to get him started in planted tanks. 🤪 Edited December 11, 2020 by Ken Burke Forgot the picture 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 @Ken Burke, what a great way to help jumpstart a friend's tank! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 I'm playing the waiting game. I want to move the danios but do not have plants in the 20L as they're in day 6 of transit. I hope they make it as it'll probably be a Monday or Tuesday delivery now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh world Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 On 12/11/2020 at 1:37 PM, Ken Burke said: Trimmed my Anubias and Java fern. Got ‘em glued to driftwood and rocks. Gonna give them to a friend to get him started in planted tanks. 🤪 so glad you are getting more people into the planted tank hobby. Those easy plants look like a nice start! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanked Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Today was all about the 65 deep community tank. ☹️Committed the last of my suddenly ill Common Plecos to the flower bed. ...stared at the glowing green fungus cure tank that I never got to use. ...did another 30% water change on the community tank just in case. ...failed to find any of the Wisteria and Hornwort that I planted while the water level was down last night. 🙂The Moneywort is still where I planted it, and the Anacharis was broken loose but not eaten. Topped off the other tanks, wired up another LED light for the community tank, and of course I visited here frequently. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I started my first batch of brine shrimp last night. I've had the gear for a couple of months, but I finally brought my 13-year-old bucket of marine salt out of storage. I spliced on a bit of tubing to the exit for when I harvest tonight. I only did a teaspoon of brine, and it will probably make more than I need for my tanks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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