Fish Folk Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Moving tanks from grade school classroom to our home fishroom now that the year is done. Couldn’t believe how many golden white cloud fry hatched in this 5.5 gal! Also gave a 3.5 gal. full of steel blue platys to a grade schooler. Happy summer! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 @Fish Folk, I got a laugh out of the last two pics! You know you’re probably enabling some serious MTS with that idea.😀 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, Patrick_G said: @Fish Folk, I got a laugh out of the last two pics! You know you’re probably enabling some serious MTS with that idea.😀 Indeed! 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Drained a 65 gallon tank I plan to try and do some Indian Mudskippers in. I had it set up as a freshwater paladarium, and just never put the time/effort into making it a tank I really enjoyed. The mudskippers should be fun, though! Otherwise, I moved a few plants and fed my fish some baby brine shrimp. So many baby brine shrimp! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griznatch Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Tore down my 55 to get ready for angels I am getting this weekend. I hauled probably 80 pounds or more of rock and at least 100 pounds of eco-complete out of there. Got black sand in there now and more room for the fish. Moved the 20 to new area and rescaped it as well as removing the eco-complete Before Empty: the new ten gallon below the "angel" tank is gonna be for daphnia Ready for angels, gotta scrounge up a nice piece of driftwood too and really add plant density. That tank to the left of the 55 has a new batch of baby cpds and my experimental green neo colony. 20 gallon now is chilies only. Now they are out and about, instead of hiding in the corner of the 55. Bottom is cycling and will be the remnants of my blue dream colony, and the remainder of my tuxedo guppies, Most went to LFS for trade on the angels, along with my male dwarf gouramis. Lots of plant regrowth to happen, but I'm really glad the chilies got their own tank. I'm re-establishing my yellow shrimp colony in there with them. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 @Griznatch, what variety of Angelfish are you getting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyIce Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Friend hooked me up with some 175 gallon totes. Today I got 2 of them ready for summer tubbing. I put 3 bags of pea pebbles in each, built a connected pvc over flow, and added sponge filters. Then I took some 27 gallon totes, drilled 1 1/2 inch holes in the corners so I could thread bamboo through them for support, and drilled 100+ Small holes in them using a drill bit so I can use them as pond baskets: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griznatch Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 11 minutes ago, Patrick_G said: @Griznatch, what variety of Angelfish are you getting? Koi angels. Someone in my area successfully bred them and these are the babies, although they are already 4+ inches. I havent had angels in over 20 years,so I'm excited! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griznatch Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 20 minutes ago, MattyIce said: Friend hooked me up with some 175 gallon totes. Today I got 2 of them ready for summer tubbing. I put 3 bags of pea pebbles in each, built a connected pvc over flow, and added sponge filters. Then I took some 27 gallon totes, drilled 1 1/2 inch holes in the corners so I could thread bamboo through them for support, and drilled 100+ Small holes in them using a drill bit so I can use them as pond baskets: very nice! gonna put a small tub pond on back porch once I get a little shade gazebo built for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 14 hours ago, Griznatch said: Tore down my 55 to get ready for angels I am getting this weekend. I hauled probably 80 pounds or more of rock and at least 100 pounds of eco-complete out of there. Got black sand in there now and more room for the fish. Moved the 20 to new area and rescaped it as well as removing the eco-complete Before Empty: the new ten gallon below the "angel" tank is gonna be for daphnia Ready for angels, gotta scrounge up a nice piece of driftwood too and really add plant density. That tank to the left of the 55 has a new batch of baby cpds and my experimental green neo colony. 20 gallon now is chilies only. Now they are out and about, instead of hiding in the corner of the 55. Bottom is cycling and will be the remnants of my blue dream colony, and the remainder of my tuxedo guppies, Most went to LFS for trade on the angels, along with my male dwarf gouramis. Lots of plant regrowth to happen, but I'm really glad the chilies got their own tank. I'm re-establishing my yellow shrimp colony in there with them. Demotivational Poster in background is a treasure of remembered laughing-to-tears. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 14 hours ago, MattyIce said: Friend hooked me up with some 175 gallon totes. Today I got 2 of them ready for summer tubbing. I put 3 bags of pea pebbles in each, built a connected pvc over flow, and added sponge filters. Then I took some 27 gallon totes, drilled 1 1/2 inch holes in the corners so I could thread bamboo through them for support, and drilled 100+ Small holes in them using a drill bit so I can use them as pond baskets: Nice looking Saracina! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Lots of personality going on in the QT tank tonight - I've seen fish yawn before, but I don't know that I've ever seen a fish throw something at me! 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyIce Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Started on this yesterday, finished up today, but I Found space for a 150 gallon pond in my fish room using a sticks and stones support kinda perpendicular to my 100 gallon pond: 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 started my brine shrimp hatchery I have had since last Christmas 🤣 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADMWNDSR83 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 On 6/9/2021 at 8:39 PM, Griznatch said: Koi angels. Someone in my area successfully bred them and these are the babies, although they are already 4+ inches. I havent had angels in over 20 years,so I'm excited! I love my koi angels! Well, now it's only one, since Bo killed Nattie. Some of them can get fierce! Bo has been picking off almost all of his tankmates, so now he's looking mighty lonely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 I picked a snail out of a spoopy skull's nose - he got stuck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 On 6/11/2021 at 1:20 PM, H.K.Luterman said: I picked a snail out of a spoopy skull's nose - he got stuck. wow, snails are special 🙄 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griznatch Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 (edited) On 6/11/2021 at 11:18 AM, ADMWNDSR83 said: I love my koi angels! Well, now it's only one, since Bo killed Nattie. Some of them can get fierce! Bo has been picking off almost all of his tankmates, so now he's looking mighty lonely. Awww, bumme!. That's my fear, since they are teenagers and were all in same tank I'm hoping for a peaceful trio.. Not sure if I'm being too optimistic... Was also considering gold laser cories. Anyone have experience with those and angels? Edited June 11, 2021 by Griznatch spelling and adding some more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 (edited) Added one final piece to our little fishroom - a 33 gal. long with stand and 2x 5.5 gal tanks inside the cabinet. It’s not properly scaped or planted, but it’s _finally_ here and running. Here’s a panoramic shot of the fishroom. Edited June 12, 2021 by Fish Folk 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griznatch Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 wow, very nice fish room. 33 is not a size i see often. Was it custom made, or an online order thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADMWNDSR83 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 On 6/11/2021 at 5:40 PM, Griznatch said: Awww, bumme!. That's my fear, since they are teenagers and were all in same tank I'm hoping for a peaceful trio.. Not sure if I'm being too optimistic... Was also considering gold laser cories. Anyone have experience with those and angels? I don't have any problems with my angels and the cories. They're the only ones Bo doesn't chase around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griznatch Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Good to hear, thanks for the feedback! I've wanted cories for a while, and both my wife and I are getting old enough where it's nice to have a fish that easy to watch without having our noses pressed to the glass 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anewbie Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 I took a picture - it isn't a very good picture but hey it is a picture: The tank used to look like this - i'm trying to decide which i prefer: 9 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWinter Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 25 % water change on two 20 gallon tanks which are cycling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Today I helped break down my 45 and 20 tanks and move them to their new owner's vehicle. This is a fellow LFC member who has big plans for the fish and tanks, and that makes me very happy. He took my angels last month, and now they're thriving in a 125 and he said it appears they've paired off. We were able to get the tanks out to his car with the fish in them and I am so happy about that!! He is going to keep them in their respective tanks while he finishes setting up a 275 that he was already working on, and the rasboras will go in that tank - they'll be in fishy heaven on earth in a tank that size! All I have left is Cosmo - now I'm going to go cry. Some day I will have more again. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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