What did you do with your tank(s) today?

[BPSabelhaus]

Just peeled the foreground off the 20 I picked up.



Yeah, the tanks been setup backwards it's entire life. The rim has the company logo set in a lower rim lol





Was black side out. I have a black and a white already, never tried blue. The orange swordtails will look good I think.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

*Swordtail body double*

 

[sir_keith]

...I have a black and a white already, never tried blue...

For many years most of the tanks in my fishroom had blue 'crystal paint' backgrounds. Crystal paints were all the rage in the hobby ~50 years ago, so this was a decidedly retro look, like this-



In 2021 I did a fishroom upgrade (2021 Upgrade) in which I replaced several of the tanks with larger ones (of course), and at the same time I converted all the tanks to more contemporary black backgrounds, like this-



I think the black backgrounds work well for most of my tanks, but I'm not sure they're the best choice for Tropheus, many of which tend to be dark-colored, like these Tropheus annectens-

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[DMD123]

Had to put down a bichir today, the ansorgii. Some sort of infection set in and it hit quickly. It was so far gone that the most humane thing to do was the clove oil. So now down to the one endli. Now Im debating whether to keep him or try a different, less predatory bottom crew….

 

[lloyd378]

Had to put down a bichir today, the ansorgii. Some sort of infection set in and it hit quickly. It was so far gone that the most humane thing to do was the clove oil. So now down to the one endli. Now Im debating whether to keep him or try a different, less predatory bottom crew….

I’m sorry to hear that

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Bummer,

I actually saw one in person for the first time when the Federal Way Pet supplies plus opened. Mean looking little things lol They were white and just looked like demon ghosts. Thought they were neat little things.

 

[DMD123]

Im not sure of their lifespan but I think Ive had it for about 8 years and I got it when it was already a foot long so not sure how long it took it to get to that size… But ansorgii are also known slow growers.

A bit morbid but here is a pic of how big this guy was

The endli I have is bigger, last measurement on him was 19 1/2" when he was up against the glass.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Setup and aquascaped a lot today. I need to eat some coffee or something lol

 

[BPSabelhaus]

20 long is all settled and I think I like it, mostly. Probably a few tweaks here and there and need to add a tree to the driftwood wood still, but overall it's mostly done.

 

[fishguy1978]

Took down one of the maintenance aquariums and moved the fish to the HS.

 

[DMD123]

Water change morning with some extra cleaning in a couple of the tanks with algae on the glass and some hard core gravel vac work happening.

Snapped a pic of the EBJD as I was cleaning

 

[DMD123]

Kind of an easy going weekend with no extra stuff going on so a bit more “deep cleaning” with some more hard core scrubbing and cleaning of tanks and one Aquaclear cleaned out. Feels good to get get these extra cleanings in. I like my tanks to sparkle and they have been a bit dull looking lately.

 

[John58Ford]

Had a fuss with some staghorn. It really likes the windelov.

Saw some nano swords starting to make runners finally, so that's a good sign, I had a tank carpeted in then once, it was pretty fun to do, took about 3 months in a 20 long.

I pulled all the windelov out, cleaned it in the sink.


Got about a softball sized mass of the staghorn.
Then sprayed it with hydrogen peroxide while I did water changes, I think I had about 3 square feet of coverage.

The tank looked uniquely different without the coverage in there.

I tossed a little more than half and put it all back together with a heavy h2o2 treatment.

Then sadly a dose of levamisole, so they all got lights out.


I only observed an issue in the 125, I think my tetras brought in camallanus, the male endlers were showing signs and some of the tetras had tiny bulges at the anal fins so better treat it now. This is why I moved allot of diversity into the 29 (Noah's ark vs quarantine theory) before receiving those fish, but I'm glad that 3 weeks in all they are showing is worms, it's an easy treatment as far as treatments go; I used to struggle with capillaria when I was line breeding endlers so I have experience with the stuff and plenty in hand. They have all colored up and looked great otherwise.

 

[DMD123]

A bit of unintentional cleaning tonight in the 300. Got home from work and some of the large fake rocks were displaced from fish digging. So some gravel vac to move sand and cleaned and reset the rocks. All safe now and tank just a bit cleaner too.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Spent an hour or so staring at the female tank picking out developing male Endlers lol Just watching, hmmm maybe, then scoop some into a 5 and stare some more lol Alex is enjoying having a tankful of colorful fish to watch. Though she is grumpy about her starting shed

 

[DMD123]

I have the hardest time getting psyched up for a FX6 filter cleaning but I did another rebuild with new seals and impeller. Just one more to go on the 300 and all 3 got the full makeover.

Have to buy some more silicone grease to finish up the final one.

 

[DMD123]

I ordered my silicone grease to finish my final FX6 filter and my shipping bag was open at the top and was empty... ugh. Requested a refund and now I have to go to the hardware store to get it. Sometimes Amazon is not that convenient at all.

 

[sir_keith]

I ordered my silicone grease to finish my final FX6 filter and my shipping bag was open at the top and was empty... ugh. Requested a refund and now I have to go to the hardware store to get it. Sometimes Amazon is not that convenient at all.

We're getting spoiled. Of all the hundreds of Amazon orders I've had over the years, <1% of them have had any issues at all. Just sayin'...

 

[DMD123]

We're getting spoiled. Of all the hundreds of Amazon orders I've had over the years, <1% of them have had any issues at all. Just sayin'...

I rarely have issues with lost items. I was just eager to rebuild my last FX6 and be done with it. So needless to say, I was disappointed. I did end up just reordering from Amazon since I needed other stuff anyway. Just having to push project out a bit longer.

 

[sir_keith]

I rarely have issues with lost items. I was just eager to rebuild my last FX6 and be done with it. So needless to say, I was disappointed. I did end up just reordering from Amazon since I needed other stuff anyway. Just having to push project out a bit longer.

You should have stopped by- I could have given you a spare tube...