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29 gal community photo log

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As I've now started to make some serious changes on my 29 gal tank, I thought it would be neat to share them with everyone. I'll try to get at least one picture a month.

This was the tank about 4 months ago. It wasn't anything to look at. In fact, I avoided looking at it.


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This was the tank about three weeks ago, shortly after I added black sand and more plants. You can also see the half-giant betta that is currently calling the tank home. The plants are Rotala in the back left. Dwarf sagittaria in the back right. Pygmy chain sword in the front right. Water sprite is floating. Java fern is tied to the driftwood, and there's a tiny sprig of anubias rooted to drftwood in the back. See if you can find it! ;-)


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I was comparing this picture to how my tank looks now, and there really hasn't been much growth. The stem plants are showing good growth and the pygmy chain swords show some growth compared to this picture. But I tugged on some of the plants and they seem to be getting pretty good root systems. I just added some root tabs, and I'm hoping those will help, too.

The tank is far from done. I'd also like to add chain sword, undulated crypt, and maybe a tiger lotus, but I'm going to let the tank and substrate mature a while before I add them. I'm also on the hunt for a nice large piece of driftwood for the left side of the tank (which is why it looks so bare). I'd like something tall and rooty. Once I get all the plants in and established, I'll go get my cardinals! (And promptly put them in QT.)

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Because I don't know how much of my other tanks you've seen I'll include the most up-to-date pictures of my goldfish tank and betta tanks just for kicks.


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I'm still battling with the plants to get them to grow. I'm hoping some root tabs for the swords will make a difference. Next time I set up a goldfish tank, I'm doing a freshwater refugium and only have a hardscape in the tank.


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The betta tower! What's the best thing to do when you have too many tank? Stack them! :-D

Also, any tips for tank photography are much appreciated!
 
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#257 ·
Thanks, everyone! I think that video really is the best way to capture fish that small (and fast--did you see those loaches go!). I'm really pleased with the way my tank has evolved, too. It's been through ups and downs, but I think I'm going to let everything exist as it is right now.
 
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I'm in the loachy club!

*doeshappysquirmyloachydance*

SOOO FREAKING' CUTE!

Finally catching up here, and YAY! The tank looks fantastic, those lil' loaches and their Tetra buddies came home to heaven, looks like they already know it! So cool to see them all squirming around in there in loachy bliss, and the bigger shoal of Cardinals is just swoon-worthy in front of all that green!

Tank looks to be growing well, and I'm happy to hear that the crypts and lotus are behaving themselves and growing well for you! As always, a beautiful, and very healthy, happy tank. *luffs* Keep up the good work, girl! *swoons*
 
#263 ·
Wow. So it's been a really long time since my update. I even got the old thread warning at the bottom lol.

Unfortunately this isn't a happy one. I returned from my holiday travels to find only 5 tetra remaining. I was able to sneak home to change water once, and everything was fine. But when I came home for good three days later, I saw at least seven spines on the substrate. The water parameters are spot on. No other fish have shown signs of disease or weakness. All of my loaches are still there. Hell, my shrimp even appear to have increased in number. No clue what happened.

I was going to take a video of the tank to show how different it looks, but the new tripod I got for Christmas is busted. So when the new one gets here I'll take a video. My tank is soo much less shiny now :(
 
#265 ·
That is the bummer out of all bummers! :-( That totally sucks, I seen the effort you placed into the god like tank - it is beyond rich person who spends a lot on the tank, easily skips zoo level...
 
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#267 ·
It has been a rough month. Thanks, everyone.

Nothing else has happened in the tank or any of my other tanks to give any kind of inkling as to what killed all of those tetra. I'm completely stumped.

As to what I plan to do next, I'm going to bump up the cardinal shoal for certain. Probably just another 6 fish. But I'm thinking about adding a second tetra shoal. It'll probably be black neons because those are the ones I can't see myself having in any other planned tank.
 
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