What did you do with your tank(s) today?
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Jexnell
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Today was the jerks water change day. He ran out of the extra large floating pellets about two weeks ago. Was waiting for the normal size container (350g)to be restocked on Amazon. Found one on Ebay, bought it but two days later they returned the money. In the mean time he is plowing thru all the med sized pellets I have for my PTC. So I broke down and bought the $60 pail of it. Now I have 1600grams of Extra Large floating pellets that by my guesstimate should last about 2.5 to 3 years even accounting for my new Carpinitis and when I get them Lyonsi growing out and eating them as well.
clownie
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Stunning looking. I have never pulled the trigger on doing Trophs. Don't want to bother with the water parameters. What params do you keep yours at?Received a shipment of 10 Tropheus Moorii Mpulungu from the Wet Spot to add to my existing colony. They're a bit smaller than the Mpulungu I already have, but should grow out nicely. These will go in one of my new 75's.
I've been keeping Tropheus for more than 20 years, and it's really not that difficult. I use SeaChem Cichlid Lake Salt together with Tanganyika Buffer and an Aragonite substrate to keep GH and KH values up appropriately and maintain the pH ~8.5. They also need some space, and an appropriate diet, but once you've got those things under control Trophs are pretty robust. There is a great deal of misinformation online about Tropheus that might scare you away from keeping them; don't believe most of it.
My wife texts me that one of the grandkids was visiting while I was at work... and he didnt like what he saw in the arrowhead puffer tank. A headless goldfish body. This fish is basically not reacting to the tank lid opening and being fed a worm anymore. I gave it feeders because it was going on two weeks without food. Apparently he will will hunt down feeders, though not necessarily eat them entirely.
Now I know why I keep herbivores!
fishguy1978
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Was it still trying to swim?
I worked a fish store in Colorado years ago and we fed live goldfish to the piranhas and occasionally they would get bit in half leaving the head and pectoral fins to try to swim away. The little fish that thought he could 
No it was just laying on the sand but it still traumatized the grandkid, lolWas it still trying to swim?
Thanks for letting us know about where you purchase the Manzanita from, nice to have other sources.
I had used http://manzanita.com in the past and liked them a lot, especially when it came to large specialty pieces because they had pictures of the pieces you were buying. The site looks like it needs to be updated, haven't seen the special piece section updated in a bit.
Jexnell
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Manzanita-Driftwood.com - Stunning Aquarium Driftwood, Stones, & Fish
Shop now and take advantage of the BUY 2 GET 1 FREE deal. Nothing enhances a tank like Manzanita Driftwood or Stones
manzanita-driftwood.com
Is the site. My first purchase was 4 years ago now and they are still holding strong, been in my tanks the whole time. They have pictures for each branch available, and always have buy two get one free, the free one is equal to or less than cheapest one you bought.
Gave the fishes their morning feeding today without incident. I say 'without incident' because yesterday whilst I was feeding them I heard a loud bang, and then my power went out. It's odd to be in the fish room when that happens, because it goes from being a quite noisy space to dead silence. The power was only out for about an hour, so I didn't even have to think about starting the generator, and then it was over.
Always a gamble with unsexed fishes. I've been trying to build up a colony of 12+ Ophthalmotilapia nasuta Chimba Tiger over the last year, and initially I found 4 nicely-sized fishes, which turned out to be 4 females. I then added 8 more fishes from a different source, and all 8 of those were females! Wet Spot then listed the Tigers as being available, but when I called they only had 3 specimens in stock, and were not willing to make a call on the sex (even though a trained eye can pick out males early on). I ordered all 3 in desperation, and when they arrived I was pretty sure there were at least 2 males. Turns out all 3 were males, so this has the makings of a nice group. They look like this when grown-
Picked up the new tanks I ordered on Tuesday. As I seem to be the only person on the planet who does not own a pickup truck or an SUV, I depend on my neighbors' good graces to cart around large items like this for me.
Once this project is complete I will have four 55-gallon tanks and accessories for sale; watch this space.
Once this project is complete I will have four 55-gallon tanks and accessories for sale; watch this space.
Yesterday I cleaned the puffer tank (30g) because of the dead goldfish carcass.
Today was a light cleaning/gravel vac in the 300, sure stays cleaner with the once a day feedings compared to the two feedings a day while I wasn’t working. The fish are all getting big, at least 10”+ so really dont need the constant food.
Today was a light cleaning/gravel vac in the 300, sure stays cleaner with the once a day feedings compared to the two feedings a day while I wasn’t working. The fish are all getting big, at least 10”+ so really dont need the constant food.