Administrators Cory Posted October 14, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted October 14, 2020 Found another turtle egg today so I had to setup my incubator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikostan Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 I bought some mystery snails from Lav on ourfishcollective. Can't wait for them to get here next week! The CPDs from Aqua Huna are about a week into quarantine and I did lose one the first day, but the rest of them are looking pretty good. Very active and a couple of them have some nice colors, even though they are still juveniles. The 55 gallon is getting closer to cycling. The nitrites are started to come down now and the nitrates are rising. Hoping I can move the CPDs within the next two weeks, so I can order the rainbows before it gets to cold. Placed another order on the Co-Op today too. I think this is my 7th order since I started back up 3 months ago 🙂 I also decided to move a huge bookcase out of my home office, since it's become my fish room now. It's filled with hardcover comics and I figured it's probably not a good idea to have a couple thousand dollars worth of books in a fishroom... The good thing about that is, I'll have another 5 feet of space to put a stand in. I haven't decided if it'll be a bigger tank there or a rack of smaller tanks, but it'll be one or the other. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 On 10/3/2020 at 9:32 PM, ADMWNDSR83 said: Sounds good! I've thought about dabbling with live brine, but not sure I can manage. It scares me, I guess. @ADMWNDSR83 it's a piece of cake. Watch @Dean’s FishroomBBS video it takes all the mystery out of the process. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseturd13 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Got a new background installed! And put my coop stickers on something finally. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexa Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Came home to a co-op order and set up the new planters 🥰 I did the double root tab method with the vallisnaria~ Dang it, sideways pics! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikostan Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 (edited) Today I walked down the hill to the bay and grabbed a bunch of hornwort. Our property goes to the high water line, so I can legally pull stuff that's on the shore, but I do sneak into the water a bit. 😉 I bring it up, rinse it really good, then put it in a 20 gallon tank that just has pond snails in it. I've found if I just mess with it for a few minutes every day, I can clean out the ugly parts and after some time in the tank it starts to get bright green and looks nice. I just keep trimming off the ugly stuff and after awhile I have a nice looking plant. The ones I pull out of the tank , I do the bleach rinse on and then put them in the tanks with fish. Edited October 15, 2020 by Rikostan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alesha Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 26 minutes ago, Rikostan said: The ones I pull out of the tank , I do the bleach rinse on and then put them in the tanks with fish. And the hornwort survives a bleach rinse? Wow! That's great! I did a short Alum soak and lost all the needles on my hornwort. I just assumed it would be fragile to any kind of rinse to get rid of snails, etc. So I'm surprised and impressed. Could you share your bleach rinse procedure? Maybe I'll try that next time. 🙂 Thanks! Alesha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikostan Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, akconklin said: And the hornwort survives a bleach rinse? Wow! That's great! I did a short Alum soak and lost all the needles on my hornwort. I just assumed it would be fragile to any kind of rinse to get rid of snails, etc. So I'm surprised and impressed. Could you share your bleach rinse procedure? Maybe I'll try that next time. 🙂 Thanks! Alesha Sure thing! But please take this all with a huge grain of salt. I am still very new to the hobby and figuring out what works for me. I've also noticed that there seems to be a lot of different plants called hornwort too, so I'll include a couple of pics, so you can see which one I am working with. I found the steps by just searching for "bleach rinse aquarium plants" and found this site. 6 Easy Steps to Bleach Dip Aquarium Plants BUCEPLANT.COM 6 Easy Steps to Bleach Dip Aquarium Plants by Bryson (@unso.fish.ticated) There are reasons why many of us aquarists choose to buy tissue culture plants: no snails, no algae, an abundance of healthy plants. However... I follow their steps, but I don't use a dechlorinator after they are done soaking and I only let it sit in the bleach mix for 75 seconds. We have well water so no chlorine in it. I just rinse it really well for a minute or two then let it soak in the well water for awhile. This is some of it I brought up from the bay today. And this is what it looks like after couple of weeks in the tank and the bleach rinse. That piece was floating in the guppy tank for a week, well 6 days. I pulled it from the QT tank last Friday. {EDIT} I'm not to worried about snails, I like to have them in all the tanks, but I just dip the plants to make sure there isn't any other type of parasite from the bay water. Edited October 15, 2020 by Rikostan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramie Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Joined this forum! Yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jollypop4321 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 I had a 10 gallon with white sand as substrate Lots of dwarf hair grass. I observed that my guppies did not color up well compared to their siblings in other tanks with black substrate. So I thought that I could remove some white sand and then pour the black sand over it hiding the white sand underneath, so not to disrupt the nitro cycle. it turned out a mess I’m afraid but I’m going with it anyway. I even procured some wood, but the tannins leached out and turned the water tea color I laugh at my colossal blunder every time I look at it. I think it will look ok once the water clears. Though I am not a fan of the salt and pepper substrate. And I’m confident that the juvenile Guppies will color Up better against the darker colors Like their siblings do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADMWNDSR83 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 5 minutes ago, Ramie said: Joined this forum! Yeah! YAY! Glad to have you here! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramie Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 5 minutes ago, ADMWNDSR83 said: YAY! Glad to have you here! Awww! Thank you! 🐟💖 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADMWNDSR83 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 1 minute ago, Ramie said: Awww! Thank you! 🐟💖 We may be a motley crew of misfits, but we all are welcome here! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramie Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 41 minutes ago, ADMWNDSR83 said: We may be a motley crew of misfits, but we all are welcome here! Thats refreshing and important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriskm Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Technically I did this last night, but hey, it all counts, right? I modified the returns on two HOBs I have running on my 40 gal breeder tank so that the water flows along the surface instead of shooting straight down onto my plants and wood. I realized the surface was pretty stagnant and the tank wasn't getting good overall water flow, despite using two Aquaclear 50s. I just taped a section from a clear plastic cup to the edge of the tank under each return. Hoping the fish and plants are happier now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garren Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Today I finally got my Quarantine Tank. Now I can get it setup this weekend and cycle it. I will use the extra sponge filter I have in my community tank. Also, added 10 cherry shrimp. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedrock Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 (edited) I made my first sale to a local fish store today. I don’t want to bury the lead I made $5.00 for each two oz cup of Java moss = $50.00! I was prepared for $2.00 a cup. The owner said it will sell out tomorrow. He will sell it for $10.00 a cup. The funny thing is the Java moss was a secondary sale to the tiger mosaic guppies of which I got $20.00, a dollar a fish. I figure this was a good place to start. To help build his business. No fancy guppies in his store. I almost fell down when he said $70.00. The picture is my fish in his tanks and the moss. Edited October 16, 2020 by Tedrock Better pictures 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriskm Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Tedrock said: I made my first sale to a local fish store today. I don’t want to bury the lead I made $5.00 for each two oz cup of Java moss = $50.00! I was prepared for $2.00 a cup. The owner said it will sell out tomorrow. He will sell it for $10.00 a cup. The funny thing is the Java moss was a secondary sale to the tiger mosaic guppies of which I got $20.00, a dollar a fish. I figure this was a good place to start. To help build his business. No fancy guppies in his store. I almost fell down when he said $70.00. The picture is my fish in his tanks and the moss. Very pretty guppies! Bet he sells them quickly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Found my ammonia & nitrites at 0ppm, nitrates <40ppm. Did a 25% water change and nitrates now 20. Tank is now cycled!! Went to LFS and they're out of harlequin rasboras. Big time bummer. LFS has great supply of frozen food though. Got flakes and pellets and a few other things coming from aquariumcoop. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikostan Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 WOOT! Bought my Boesemani Rainbows today from a seller on getgills. My third tank is starting to come together! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Found my ammonia & nitrites at 0ppm, nitrates <40ppm. Did a 25% water change and nitrates now 20. Tank is now cycled!! Went to LFS and they're out of harlequin rasboras. Big time bummer. LFS has great supply of frozen food though. Got flakes and pellets and a few other things coming from aquariumcoop. Change of plans. I saw some adorable young emerald dwarf rasboras (danio erythromcron). I got twelve. They're so tiny and adorable! I have them in my quarantine tank (5 gal mini-bow). I had to add a little baking soda to the tank while they were floating in the bag as my pH is too low for them (they prefer over 7). Here are a couple of my new babies. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Burke Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Drove an hour and a half each way, did not have the fish I wanted. So we bought a puppy 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Aquanoob Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 https://youtu.be/ikA2IiG_8gk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADMWNDSR83 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 17 hours ago, Ken Burke said: Drove an hour and a half each way, did not have the fish I wanted. So we bought a puppy "We're gonna need a bigger tank!" 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenP2003 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Making sure my fish don't get cooked one day. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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