Ken Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 I painted the back of the new 20 long. Then went outside and broke some mexican river rocks from Lowes in half. I'm having visions of siliconing them to inside of the back wall to make what looks like a rock pile but uses less floor space. I wish I could find some pics where someone else had tried it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 I moved the otocats from quarantine into the main tank today (45-gal). The rasboras are a bit unsettled by their new tankmates and are cautiously observing while huddled together. The otos seem quite comfy in their new home and are munching away, totally oblivious to the rasboras. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletthunder17 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Watched all the YouTube I can stand trying to figure out how screwed I am as a noob that bought three tanks that have to be resealed at the very least from being in a storage container for who knows how long. And honestly finding no definitive answers. 🧐😖 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 @Scarletthunder17 you can do it! I re-sealed a 5 and 10 gallon for the first time recently and it went fine! I think it’s easier than people make it out to be. The hard part seems to be making it look neat, rather than keeping the water in. This doesn’t really count as something I got done today, but my pleco order was canceled because the person ran out of stock. ☹️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADMWNDSR83 Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 Introduced 3 moss balls and 5 ghost shrimp to my office betta tank. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 Picked up these two pretty pieces of spider wood for the 20L from my LFS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruud Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 Did a 15% water change, rearranged one of my Echinodoras Swords and went to the fish store. Got home with 5 extra Cardinal tetras, two dwarf Gourami's and two Dalmatian balloon mollies. And a Nerite snail. Very excited!! Here's a pic, more pics in the tread about my tank 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsten Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Got my trumpet snail colony installed in my soon-to-be pea puffer tank! I stuck in a few algae-covered windelov ferns from my other tank to help establish it and for the snails to eat from. Waiting on a few more plants—probably more java ferns, but might see if a horntail tries to take over. And then it's off to find my little desk murder-princess. Beautiful gold anubias from Aquarium Co-op (one of the healthiest looking aquarium plants I've ever seen!), along with plant weights, sponge filter material, and easy green are really setting me up for success. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChemBob Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 30% water change in all 3 tanks. Moved 3 Corydoras sterbai from my 20 gallon to my 40 gallon for my long term stocking changes. Took me 30 minutes to catch them, they kept hiding in my plants. Had to take out all the hardscape. Not something I want to try again. Ordered blue neo shrimp for the 20, who will join neon green endlers on it. The corys will be with pencil fish, hatchet fish, a red lizard whiptail catfish, and a pair of apistos in the 40. The endlers and whiptail cat are in my 10 gallon QT tank now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 So far, I did some cleanup on the hair algae farm guppy tank, and then did a water change on the 40 breeder. And then I left this mess just sitting there while I browsed the forum/ate some lunch, lol. I think next up for today will be some maintenance on 2 of the 5 gallons, and then I'll leave the 75 gal and the 10 gal quarantine bin for tomorrow. Also the snail tank should probably get a water change sometime this weekend. Probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ange Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 I met a local for a trade today and feel like a queen. I'm going to flex the ID muscle as soon as I'm home. Just from looking I already see Alternanthera rosanervig, Hydrocotyle tripartita, and Hydrocotyle leucocephala so I'm extremely excited. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ange Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 As a follow up to my previous post, I added several of these to my invert tank that's currently transitioning some plants out/in. The new plants are: Alternanthera rosanervig Bacopa caroliniana Hemianthus micranthemoides Hydrocotyle leucocephala Hydrocotyle tripartita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bean Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 On 8/25/2020 at 9:40 AM, HereFishy said: Today I added a shortcut to this great forum on my home screen ✌️ Hey! Can you tell me how to do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick M. Bodega Aquatics Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Re-scaped a 5g low tec betta tank! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilveRx Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 picked up some pada corydoras at my lfs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The nano tank man Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Today was water change day. Everyone likes it. Even when its goldfish. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alesha Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 16 hours ago, Bean said: Hey! Can you tell me how to do this? @Bean, maybe this post will help? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 (edited) Changed water in my quarantine tank and my grow out tank. Spent a while twirling hair algae out of the plants with a toothbrush. Also fed my snails some zucchini. It looks like my tetras’ fin rot is healing after salt treatment for two weeks and then Melafix for a week. Yay! Soon the two of them can join the big tank again! Edited November 30, 2020 by Hobbit ETA: I bought another pleco off eBay!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Picked up the wood I ordered for my 20L to sit on - it's a sweet piece of 1" pine butcher block. I spent a little more bc 1) I don't have any woodworking tools and 2) it was easier than buying a whole sheet of plywood, having it cut, and then dealing with the splinters, unevenness, etc. I was going to stain it today but it's pouring out. Did 15% WC in both the 45-gal and 10-gal (because I skipped Thursday's WC). Did a mock setup on the 20L with the spider wood, decorations, and easy planters - looks like 4 of them will be too many, but we'll see. Is it possible to have a tank cycle itself with max .25ppm ammonia and nitrites? I started my 10 gal with plants and shrimp and, and on Nov. 5 put 11 juvenile danio erythromicron in there. I just did the second water change and other than that, have done nothing but cleaning around where the shrimp dish is, which pulls about 2 cups out every couple days and is replaced. Nitrates haven't gone over 5ppm. I'm guessing it may have cycled itself without a spike due to the very light bioload. I did use the Fritz bacteria starter and the extra filter material is brownish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Here are a couple of tanks from the Dirted Tank Project. The ammonia almost always stayed at 0.25 ppm while cycling. Except for a couple of 1 day (or even few hour events, it stayed very low. These tanks have had angelfish, guppies and plants in them since November 1 2020. So yes, it looks like it possible to cycle with a minimal ammonia spike. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Thanks @Daniel! My ammonia and NO2 have been at zero since the initial .25 ammonia "spike" (NO2 barely moved to a purple tinge, not even .25) and WC. It's heavily planted like my other tank, keeping nitrates low as well, and I have not used any plant fertilizer. I want to move as much of this water as possible (and the filter material) over to the 20L when that's set up since it is for the danios and their (haven't fully decided yet) dither fish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IScuba2 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Ted down and glued my Java fern to driftwood... 2 plants still in limbo bacopa and water sprite... hoping they can wait til I get the cichlid rehomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsten Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Pea puffer tank got some new plants As did my 10g hydroponic experiment Why? Because I also set up my Creme de la Creme Beginner's Tank, getting ready for endlers, platys, and snails galore! Still cloudy from all those rocks, but clearing soon! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 I moved my second batch of babies out of the fry box and into my very diy salad container turned grow-out tub. They are going through a growth spurt! 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsten Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 I love the salad-tub-as-grow-out-tank idea! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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