Ken Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Sold some Cherry Shrimp to the LSF. The owner was happy to get them and thought they really looked good. Made enough to buy plants for the 20 long that's been on hold while shipping settles down. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolstoy21 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, AdamTill said: Neat, good system. I may or may not have forgotten a few times and once had the neighbours phone me saying water was running out the side of the house. Now I have lots of water alarms and no RO system lol. Is that switch controlling a booster pump? Can’t quite make out what’s going on there. The timer turns on and off both the booster and a solenoid valve controlling water flow into the unit at the same time. I had a regular light switch controlling power to the gfi, but swapped that out for the 2 hour mechanical timer. Edited January 5, 2021 by tolstoy21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted January 5, 2021 Author Administrators Share Posted January 5, 2021 40 breeders making their way to the new fish room Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamTill Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 I’ve been admiring the Panta Rhei “Flow To Go” false bottom stream flow tanks for a long time, and I just got a new job for the first time in 12 years, so my wife and I treated ourselves to a new tank. Used larger tanks are rarer then hen’s teeth up here in good condition, so I picked up a new Marineland set. Not my fav stand, but it’ll do and I wouldn’t have been able to make something better until the spring. Also have a Co2art system coming soon, and I needed something I can make lockable against the prowlings of a toddler. Today I called a local glass shop for some of the bits to make the false bottom, and they whipped them up the same today. Just picked them up...muwahaha. When I got home my new puffer mug was here too, so all in all, a good day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateGoldfish Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Today I was able to get a 40g breeder donated to a substance abuse/mental health residential facility and I am going to be stocking it with a few fancy goldfish for the guys in treatment to take care of. I like to promote the wellness/mental health benefits of aquarium keeping. Maybe I will be able to convert a few hobbyists in the process! 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Well done, @GardenStateGoldfish! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseturd13 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Got a much needed water change done after the holidays and added some more wood after finally soaking long enough not to float! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedrock Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Finally saw happy fire red shrimp after tank migration. Two weeks in coming but I think I have it dialed in. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigrantor Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Got some java fern propagations started in my kids' tank. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseturd13 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Switched up my lighting schedule and feeding schedule so I can spend more time with my fish after work. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 18 hours ago, mouseturd13 said: Oh now you're just showing off the amazing cholla pieces you are able to obtain. Lol. That massive piece is so sweet!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaitieG Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 (edited) Applied the blue (hubby's choice) window cling background to the new 90 gallon tank and got almost ALL the bubbles out! I KNEW the decade I spent covering books as a librarian would come in handy in "real life" someday! Never did a book as big as the back of this tank though! And on day 3 of soaking the driftwood with hot water changes throughout the day. Oh! And got my handy husband to measure for shims to level the stand (it's not crooked, but our 120 year old floor is, even by the wall!) Now, if he can get his planer working, I might be in business! Edited January 9, 2021 by KaitieG 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamTill Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Ooh @KaitieG, bubble preventing tips appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaitieG Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 17 minutes ago, AdamTill said: Ooh @KaitieG, bubble preventing tips appreciated! I can try for some tips but have to preface it with I'm only a "pro" when it comes to books--I've done a sum total of 2 aquarium backgrounds vs a few thousand books 🙂 They do basically work the same though...kinda. I just started on one edge and gradually peeled it back until I got about to the middle (the handy cross brace let me know where that was). The hardest part was getting the first edge lined up straight enough that the whole 4 ft piece would go on straight. If I were doing anything any bigger than this 4 ft tank, I'd probably do it in two pieces, working towards the middle. I used my hands to spread it out a little first and then REAAALLLLYYY wished I had one of the library book cover smoother-outers that I'd used there (just looked it up and they're called a "bone folder" and if I was doing backs on a bunch of tanks I'd absolutely buy one!). I had to settle for a credit card. The bone folder is a lot more solid and is a lot longer, which would have been been handy. I squeezed the big bubbles towards the edges and then did the other half. Then I went back for the little bubbles. Those were the hardest, and the 2nd half had a lot more tiny bubbles trapped. They really wouldn't move no matter what I did. I decided to peel that side back off (wish that worked for library books, but those covers are adhesive--you've only got one shot!) and added more water to that side, figuring it maybe had dried out a little before I applied the film (the first side didn't have nearly as many of the little bubbles). That really did the trick. The directions on the window cling were totally right-- "More water is more better."** Not applicable to library books 😉 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamTill Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Super, thanks! I happen to have both a bone folder and a glass slick from leather working, so I’ll dig those out. Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Ann Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Set up a new planted 20 gallon long with rams, cardinal tetras and an albino bushy nose. All babies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishguy215 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Hardscaped the 125. Next step plants!! Thinking just some crypts and anibius. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garren Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 (edited) Got some triming done, water change, and added some red root floaters. Also, added a sponge to the outflow of my HOB to slow down the water flow. Hope it helps with growing my floating plants. Edited January 11, 2021 by Garren B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilveRx Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Was feeding the tank and found 1 egg in my long fin panda cory tank, kinda strange only 1 so far. sticker it into the egg tumbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Scott Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Big water changes on all the fry tanks (angels, Coptodon, RTMs, etc....)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettasAreSuperior Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) I did water changes on all my tanks including trimming plants (that have dead leaves) , scrubbed off a bunch of algae, filter cleaning, added fertilzers. The usual water change routine. Edited January 12, 2021 by BettasAreSuperior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseturd13 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Did a water change and added a second air stone to help with water agitation! 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Did a water change on my 10 and 55 gallon tanks. I cleaned up the 55 a bit (scrubbing the glass, rinsing the filter media, etc) because it had been a while! I also decided to place the lights above the water instead of under the water—I think I like the looks of it better this way. Plus one was building up condensation inside and that had me concerned. I also ordered a microscope to help me do post mortems on my fish. Up to 1000x with a wifi connection to my device for $33? Yes please!!! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MJ6826G/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaitieG Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 (edited) Big day today on our new 95 gallon-- My husband finished shimming the stand/super heavy duty antique buffet, so it is now "dead on" as my husband congratulated himself (it wasn't an easy leveling job thanks to uneven floors and a broken planer--yep planer, not planner). I got the drawers cleaned out for the first time in 10 years. The kids and I washed and added the BDBS substrate. I messed around with hardscaping ideas. I'll need to mess around more and decide what layout we want to go with. I'm finding the driftwood a challenge, as I don't particularly like the shape of the big piece, and I'm not sure where to go with it. Also can't get the height I want (hoping val and some stem plants can help with that) since I couldn't afford the tall driftwood I really preferred. So, working with what I have. Edited January 13, 2021 by KaitieG 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Today during a water change I installed a cool floating plant corral I bought online. My fish always hate water changes and any time I stick my hand in the tank, so I will wait till next water change in order to make adjustments and remove a lot more of the salvinia minima. I'm really surprised how well this works - to one side is where the sponge filter bubbles surface, and to the other has the HOB filter (pic is sideways in order to see the flow). All it is is a piece of airline tubing and two attachments with suction cups. The attachments have leeway to float up or down for WC - you can see the thing that looks like a pole in the looking-up pic. Theres a little round thing hooked to that pole and the tubing that goes up and down on the pole depending on water depth and which length is ordered. I'd much rather be handy and make something for free or cheap, but the price was pretty reasonable. No more plants being thrashed about in the filter flow!! The pic shows how they get all messed up and turned upside down at the front where they were deposited after the ride (and eventually suffer) - I still have to fix those. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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