whatthebloody
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My guess is Venustus. But.....im colorblind and could be way off
What did you do with your tank(s) today?
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whatthebloody
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Gonna click this now and see the results!
whatthebloody
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parachromis motaguensis should've known 
. Still have no clue what these are...they look cool though!
. Still have no clue what these are...they look cool though!
Usually called RTM or Red Tiger Mota.parachromis motaguensis should've known
Here is an idea of what they become
picture from: https://bluegrassaquatics.com/red-tiger-motaguense-regular.html
The female is the super colorful one.
fishguy1978
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Wow, that’s tiny.
Did lots of water changes today, got all 5 garage tanks done. My 65B has me a bit stumped right now. Its got the start of a community tank going with bristle nosed pleco and a raphael catfish but the top area is looking mighty sparse. The height of this tank would look great with some unique tall bodied angel fish or a nice school of mid-swimming tetras. Im at that point where I have quite a few personable wet pets and dont need to add another. I could just raise some smaller colorful community fish....
whatthebloody
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A School of altum angels would be epic mixed with some Congo tetras or Australian rainbow fish
Is that angelfish in the bag or just printed on the bag?
Quite smokey in Liberty Bay today. It doesn't look all that bad, but I was outside for just a few minutes this morning and breathing this stuff didn't feel good at all. Supposed to be even worse tomorrow. You have to feel for all the people who are dealing with the fires themselves, not just the smoke.
So, the windows are closed, the shades are down, the AC is keeping indoors at 70 degrees; sounds like a weekend to catch up on fish chores.
Quite smokey in Liberty Bay today. It doesn't look all that bad, but I was outside for just a few minutes this morning and breathing this stuff didn't feel good at all. Supposed to be even worse tomorrow. You have to feel for all the people who are dealing with the fires themselves, not just the smoke.
So, the windows are closed, the shades are down, the AC is keeping indoors at 70 degrees; sounds like a weekend to catch up on fish chores.
Yep, angel
And a small group (7) Monk Tetras
These went into the 65B as filler until I can decide what I want to do with the tank.
Where do you get these replacement strips? For sure I could use a few...
Tropical Fish World in Bonny Lake carries them. I needed the 3/16” for the tops on the 300. I believe it was $2.99 a foot and you can get it in a 6ft strip. They carry the 1/8” also, same price.
Aquarium Paradise in Lakewood only had 1/8” on hand.
Ive ordered it on-line but I ended up with a cheaper type of strip, not the nicer Aqueon type.
Yesterday was a hot one. The house couldn’t get below 72 for many hours and the heat pump was working hard. The 300 in the living room hit 84. The Fluval E series heater went red to tell me temp was above parameters. My old SERA looked to be stuck on and looks to finally died. I pulled the heater and temps started going down slowly. This morning with just the single Fluval heater temp is reading 80.8 and in the green. Thankfully I recently purchased some extra heaters. Will try a Eheim 200 watt and see how that goes.
Lots of water inside the heater...
About a 4 year lifespan out of this one. Loved the smaller size and the heater guard these have.
Lots of water inside the heater...
About a 4 year lifespan out of this one. Loved the smaller size and the heater guard these have.
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A bit of a mini cycle going on in the 65B that the puffer was in. I had pulled all the sand out and rescaped with a different substrate so I have a little white water bacterial bloom. It should settle back down soon. I am currently running this as a small community tank. This is a bit of a new thing for me. No large fish or large cichlids, just common smaller fishes.
Water change to the 5 garage tanks this morning.
Noticed that the 75 gallon that I swapped the 250w with 150w just cant keep up. The Eheim thermocontrol just do not heat. They don’t normally even get hot. They work great to maintain temp if sized right or oversized but just are not designed to raise temps. So I am going to put the 250w back in place.
Lost one of my RTM growouts this morning. Saw it bloated and breathing heavy last night and then it was dead this morning. So down to 6 of the RTM’s.
Noticed that the 75 gallon that I swapped the 250w with 150w just cant keep up. The Eheim thermocontrol just do not heat. They don’t normally even get hot. They work great to maintain temp if sized right or oversized but just are not designed to raise temps. So I am going to put the 250w back in place.
Lost one of my RTM growouts this morning. Saw it bloated and breathing heavy last night and then it was dead this morning. So down to 6 of the RTM’s.