Garren Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 (edited) Starting a Journal on my new 20gal high aquascaped planted tank. Equipment: - 20gallon High - Finnex 24" - Timer plug - Thermometer - Fluval 100w Heater - Background vinyl cling 100% blackout - Aquarium Co-op black airline - Aquarium Co-op USB nano air pump - Aquarium Co-op nano sponge filters - Seiryu rock - Drift wood - Ecocomplete Black - Black gravel - Sand Plants: - Red Melon Sword - Moneywort - Cryptocoryne Wendtii Green - Dwarf Chain Sword - Montecarlo - Anubias Nana Petite - Bucephalandra Buce Godzilla Kedagang Red First Day Setup: - Layed out rock and driftwood before putting in substrate. - Put substrate in, rock, and driftwood - Planted and filled with water - Added Beneficially Bacteria and now the cycle begins 🤗 Edited February 20, 2021 by Garren Changed the title of the feed 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 It coming along nicely 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Great looking start! Should be amazing when the plants start to fill in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garren Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 I wanted to personally thank @Streetwise for the tip on sponge filter setup. Turned out way better than I imagined. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Great start! I can't wait to see how it develops. Those filters are nice and stealthy behind your wood and rocks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 that looks really good. Once the monte carlo and the dwarf chain sword carpet on the black substrate its going to look AWESOME! I have to agree with @Streetwise on the placement of the filters, looks great. I think Mollys would look great in that tank along with a apistogramma cacatuoides double red. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garren Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 36 minutes ago, James Black said: that looks really good. Once the monte carlo and the dwarf chain sword carpet on the black substrate its going to look AWESOME! I have to agree with @Streetwise on the placement of the filters, looks great. I think Mollys would look great in that tank along with a apistogramma cacatuoides double red. Thanks for the comment and cannot wait to see it fill in. No more mollies for me. I have them in other tanks but the Apistogramma is definitely a idea. I still deciding on stocking but right now the plan is slow grow. My first thoughts are nano fish so I am able to stock more and have some cherry shrimp as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garren Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 Tank is coming along good so far. Today I put in a few cherry shrimp that I needed to re-home. I have been dosing with seed bacteria starter and put in some filter floss behind the rock from a established tank. Parameters have been good. I have about .50 nitrite right now and between 0-20 ppm nitrate. The ammonia level is below .25 hardly detectable. Hoping this week the nitrite will drop off. I did find out two days ago that a egg or two was in the filter floss. I saw this little swimmer in the tank. He is still going strong. Been feeding it infusoria and now some Sera fry food. Way to small for baby brine at this time. Can be only be a CPD or neon tetra baby. Be interesting to what it is. 🤔 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardeepTheLondoner Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 I would bet it’s a CPD. Awesome though. I remember when I was setting a tank up & it had not had any livestock in it for some time but when I filled it up and got to scaping, I started noticing small fry! Turned out it somehow made it from my Minnow setup into the new tank. Sweet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garren Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 My little hitchhiker fry is doing well. Growing but still cannot tell what it is yet. Tank Nitrite was all the way up to 5.0 PPM for 5 days and now it just dropped to .25 PPM today. I think it is just about done cycling. Interesting thing is that the one fry and the 3 cherry shrimp I had in the tank did very well through the cycle. All my plants have had some growth. The chain sword is starting to really spread. I will load some pictures later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Garren Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 Had to move this Cryptocoryne Wendtii Green as it was way to close to the rock. Moved it forward. When I pulled it up from the substrate it had a massive root system already and only had been in the tank since 22 January. Also, the dwarf chain sword had sent out about 4 runners now with little plants popping up all over the place. The Montecarlo is slowly coming along. Not getting a lot of spread yet but the roots are growing very well. Got to love the quality of plants from the CO-OP. 😀😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garren Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 (edited) Add 5 Cory pygmy cory to help with cleanup in the tank as I am feeding the little baby hitchhiker more. Picture of dip acclimation for my newbies. Edited February 11, 2021 by Garren Added some pictures 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garren Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 Started med trio today. Everyone looks healthy but want to make sure my corydoras are healthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garren Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 Changed the title because I would like to document all my aquarium activities in one area instead of several. Yesterday, I did a 30% water change on the 20 gallon planted tank after running meds for a week. Fish and plants are doing great. The little baby hitchhiker fish is growing..still do not know what species of fish it is yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garren Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) Today I did a 40% water change on the main display tank that I have been neglecting. Cleaned filters and did some plant trimming. Also, added some more Aquarium CO-OP root tabs. A few photos I took on the main display tank. Edited February 20, 2021 by Garren 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Great tank it really progressing once the plants start to fill out it will look great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garren Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 My 10gal dirted tank (experiment) is coming along. Set it up and planted on 24 January 2021 with a cycled sponge filter. Added a HOB as well so I could add some crushed coral and media for benifical bacteria. I am still having some higher nitrites levels. They did go away for about 3 days but came back. Been doing 25% water changes every 3 days. No nitrites in tap water. No ammonia and showing nitrates. Hopefully it will level out soon. 2nd day of setup 8 February 21 February 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garren Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 (edited) Well I needed to get my hands wet again. Rescaped my 10gal and did a water change. I also did a water change on my 20gal. Little (Adrian) is growing up. Got a few shots of the hovering pygmy corydoras. Edited February 27, 2021 by Garren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 The roots on the water lettuce, I assume, are looking spectacular! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garren Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 @OceanTruth yes the water lettuce is doing very well in all my tanks. I have to thin out my main display tank weekly. I have been just keeping what I pull out in 5 gallon buckets. Going to ask my LFS if they want it to sell..maybe I can get some store credit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garren Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 Had a death in the fish family yesterday. Bought a rubber lip pleco on Wednesday and put him in my 20gal. He did fine until I did my water change yesterday. Tested water this morning and noticed that their was ammonia and a nitrite spike. Then I noticed my Amanos picking at a tail in the back of the tank. Well he must of passed last night. I am thinking he just did not like the water change. Well that stinks!!! I may just put in a baby bristle nose as I seem to have good luck with them. Hopefully my rubbernose in the 10 gallon does good. Swim in peace buddy!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Sorry to hear about the rubberlip pleco loss. That really sucks. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garren Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 Added some new fish to my 20gal. Excited about these new babies to the family. 15 chili rasboras 2 small clown plecos The fish are settling in and are already coming out to say HI. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Thank you for showing the scale difference between the rasboras and the plecos. It is quite dramatic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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