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Adventures of the 35G

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I started this tank- my first tank, back in October, if I remember correctly. It's come a long way since then, and I've definitely developed new skills and taste. So it finally came to the point of me being completely sick of the Flourite Red gravel I had in the tank, and making the switch to Flourite Black Sand.

Let's have an adventure.


This is what the tank looked like right before making the switch.
 

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#446 ·
I tried that, but sometimes they would just fall right past her. I have to get her attention first, and sticking my fingers in gets it real quick xD

She changes colors a lot too. She goes from stripes to solid black with iridescent scales. I've heard of 'stress stripes', but she bounces back and forth seemingly at random, so I have no idea :-?

Bummer :( I was really looking forward to that! Have you returned all the fish that were in there?
 
#447 ·
As it turned out, no. So there are still some fish in there at least. Believe me I'm disappointed as well.

Does the colour shifting follow any pattern, early day one, evening another for example?
 
#448 ·
I haven't really seen a correlation with the stripes. I've been tracking when she does it and it just seems random, but she does it less now.

So I made the decision to move the rasboras over to the 35 yesterday, since it had been 8 weeks and the tail of the one was showing good progress.
They're doing excellent, they immediately made themselves at home and today everyone's been spawning all over the place. It's weird seeing so much movement in the tank again!

Now to decide if I'm going to get more loaches :?
 
#453 ·
ROCK THAT TANK, GIRL!!! *SWOOOOONS* It's gorgeous!
Your little Rassies make me smile. . . a swarm. I love them, I'm happy to see them finally home!
LH is looking well, too. She's such a pretty little thing. She's obviously thriving under your care.
Lovely, all lovely - keep up the good work! *hugs*


And. . . is that. . .TOBY!? *dances*
 
#454 ·
When it rains, it freaking pours.

Not only is my betta sick with some sort of fungal infection going on, her tank just sprung a leak and started dripping all over the place. Absolutely lovely.

She's now sitting in the 20 gal completely PO'd at me while her tank is half empty with silicone re-applied on corner that was leaking. It doesn't look very pretty but whatever.

Urgg. I'm being punished by the fish gods for going on vacation, I swear.
 
#456 ·
And it just got worse today -_________- My canister filter now has a lovely little drip leak going on.

Did I mention re-siliconing the ten gallon tank didn't work? The leak is at the tippy top so if I keep the water a bit lower it's okay, I just hate seeing the water line.

I hope everything gets better soon or I'm gonna go insane hahahaha.
 
#457 ·
Okay so I am literally running around the house squealing because I am SO EXCITED right now. It's like I'm being rewarded for all that crap I had to go through a few days back, I am seriously just jumping up and down right now.

Why? Why oh why?

BECAUSE I HAVE FOUR (YES, FOUR, COUNT 'EM) RASBORA BABIES. FOUR. I AM JUST BLOWN AWAY.

I knew one of my shrimp had let loose some babies awhile ago and I was looking for them (didn't find em), but lo and behold, BABY RASBORAS. I originally only saw three but a fourth one made itself present pretty soon after. I am still just so excited right now. My Rasboras have spawned pretty regularly but I just assumed that the Kuhlis would eat all the eggs/fry, and the Rasboras would probably have their fair share of nomming.

I actually got a video, you can see three of them. I'm HOPING they can hide well enough from the Rasboras, I have my fingers crossed so tight. They're hiding behind the aponogeton leaf, they're those three little specks in the video.

It's pretty funny because literally a minute before I spotted them I was thinking "I should get a few more Rasboras, maybe 3 or 4..."


Eeeeeee!!! <3

I don't think I'm going to target feed them or anything, and I've seen them darting around a few times, hopefully getting bites to eat. I think my tank is established enough to have plenty of food for them, plus I think putting food near them might just invite the adults to dinner....0.0

So, I HOPE I can find them regularly after this, but even if they don't survive I am just through the roof excited.

Harlequin Rasbora BABIES - YouTube
 
#460 ·
Lion Heart passed away last night :( She was doing so good on treatment for her Saprolegnia, but then back again and she just couldn't take another round of treatment :( I feel awful, but I'm glad at least she had a big, warm tank at some point in her life.
 
#462 ·
I'm so sorry about LionHeart *cries* . . . really glad that she got to live her last days in a beautiful tank with plenty of room, and an owner like you to take such good care of her. *hugs*

Your tank looks TOTALLY different from the last time I saw it! I haven't had much of a chance to keep up with things lately - I miss you, AND your tank!!! It's beautiful, those swords are making me so happy right now - and I love the new sticks (HAD to giggle as I typed the words 'new sticks' such a tank geek, lol) - your tank is always so much fun! How are the rassies doing? Are there babies still? Super excited for fry - always proud of you for doing such a great job in keeping your fish happy. *grins*

You guys HAVE been getting a lot of rain O.O I hope it's finally slowing for you, and you aren't in one of the areas that's been declared a disaster area? *worries*
 
#465 ·
No, I haven't seen any more babies :( I keep meaning to pick up a mesh breeder box from the LFS, to have on hand in case I see fry again.

The rassies have all colored up wonderfully, and they all eat from my fingers. I'm thinking of adding 6 more, but then I'm not sure if I would over load the tank by adding 5 loaches.

No, we've been fine, the worst damage has been falling branches but nothing too bad. I've been itching to get down to the lake to see how much it's risen and if I can find any new plants. Last time I went it was solid cattails.
 
#466 ·
So, I've been working on this for the past, oh, 2 months? I turned the 20 gallon long into a riparium. I'm pretty happy with the result, still waiting for plants to fill in and open up (especially the one close to the left, with the large round leaves. It's new though, in a few days it'll re-orient itself I hope)

Tank inhabitants are MTS, pond, and ramshorn snails. I also moved the new baby betta over there (either temporarily or permanently, depends on how she likes it) from the ten to help combat the planaria and whatever those little mite/bug things are. She really likes to snack on them. Cleaned the whole ten gallon tank of them in less than a week, and there were hundreds.

The water is really shallow though, maybe 4 or 5 inches deep at the most. I'm having trouble finding aquatic plants that can manage in that water, that won't grow out too far. I'm looking for smaller crypts to fill it in.

Oh, and the sand is Black Diamond Blasting sand, fine grit. I really like it, although it's a bit more 'sparkly' than I had hoped.

20 Long Riparium - YouTube
 
#469 ·
It looks really awesome jen!! nice! I took the leap today and changed the substrate in my puffer tank. It was way easier than I anticipated and only took about an hour from start to finish. I went with the black eco complete. I have a thread with a pic. Check it out. :)
 
#471 ·
Pics of the ten gallon. Last pic is of some mysterious floater that came in with a package of floating plants I bought from a LFS...no idea what it is, and it keeps getting tangled in everything. Can't bring myself to toss it though :(
 

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