I've decided I want to keep a record of all the happenings with my tanks as I go on in real time. I think it will be interesting/fun to look back in the future to see what has changed. Please feel free to coment as I go along.
I'll start by listing the tanks with the current occupants and at what stage of development they are at.
Fist off we downsized by getting out of IFGA guppies (yay!) never was a big fan and IMO took up valuable tank space that could be used for so much more. This means we droped 12 tanks. They are sitting dry until needed again for what ever reason.
20 gal Claro LDA08 X6 plus a small L114 to be moved to the 125 show tank once he gets larger. The claros should be of breeding size by xmas.
90 Gal, 3 severums, 2 L399s, 1 9-10 inch royal, one clown plec, 3 skunk loaches, 1 royal farowella, 5 lemon tetras. The L399s are females and when I put them with their intended male, they ate him. The Sevs breed when they feel like it.
125 gal 14 Red hero efeciatus (sp?) think dwarf wild severum, see orions photo account for pics. 3 syno angelicas, 1 fire mouth, 3 breeding rainbow cichlids, 2 L001s, 1 L239, 1 L226, 1 BGK given to me by a member who wanted it to be in a larger home. We want to breed the heros but haven't had any success, we plan on moving the domanat male and 2 of the females into a 75 by themselves this summer. Orian and I both think they havn't done it yet because there is just too much compitition with all of them in one tank like that.
55 gal, breeding pair of angels, 3 L114s..to be moved to at least a 150 when the time is right, 6 L183s should be ready to spawn soon, 1 clown plec, and one ABN
55 gal calico BNS reg finned and long finned...again still to small for spawning but won't be long now.
75 gal, breading group of ABNS I don't remember how many but I think there are 3 males.
30 gal 5 L134s...working on breeding them now.
30 gal 5 L110s only 1 male again working on breeding them, can't quite figure out what the trigger is with these guys, I've also heard they have to be well over 3 yrs old.
40 gal cube Discus tank, 1 male and 1 female discus. The male is making advances but the female just isn't old enough yet, 12 Rummy nose tetras, 3 otos, one L59 male. We did get a female for him at the same time we bought him and there were plenty of caves in this tank. Turns out the male of this species is VERY territorial and he killed the female on the 2nd day in the tank.
20gal Long 5 L260, breeding like rabbits, we don't even have to take them through the rainy season anymore.
20 gal L 5 L136, still some time before they are old enough to breed.
20 gal L 4 L340 mega clowns (super rare) again gonna be some time before they are of breeding size. there is also a breeding pair of ghost angels
29 gal 9 White cheek gobies, we've tried every trick in the book to get these to breed, still no luck.
20 gal L 5 goo Obo gudgeons, same...can't get these to breed. 2 males 3 females.
10 gal 5 peacock gudgeons, 1 male 4 females...breeding like rabbits, I get a good trade in on theses at the LFS. In fact they get all of them (how else can I afford to feed every one.)
29 gal SW. currently being set up, 1 GSP 1 Atlantic anemone, 1 coral banded shrimp, 1 red linkis sea star, 1 large nerite, 1 some sort of sand sifting digging tube shaped snail. Should be getting feather dusters/tube worms today.
10 bichardi tank, 3 bichardis in it. Haven’t tried to save any fry yet
20 gal L multi tank...breeding like rabbits. No need for a grow out tank, we collect the fry when they are ready to go to the LFS.
5 10 gal grow out tanks. currently housing ABNS, L260, rainbow cichlids and peacock gudgeons.
2 5gal wild betta tanks
There I think thats it. I will update with some current picks of the ones that are nice enough to show. Most of the tanks are not pretty as they are function over form. But I do have a few that I am proud of. I will try to get the pics up when I update the thread this weekend..
Least now you know why my sig says what it says. I would get a nasty gram from the mods if I tried to fit all of that in my sig. LOL
edit: oh yeah I forgot to mention the self sustaining red cherry shrimp tanks I keep in the sauna/shrimp room, I don't have to feed these tanks at all. Both 10 gals have a large 75 watt light fixture on top of them both supporting the light with each tank having rare moss, one is mini moss the other os tiwan (sp) moss. The idea was to grow this stuff and sell it as it sells for about 20 bucks for a 5 cm square patch of it, but too much light caused major hair algae in both tanks. This sucks as it pretty much makes the moss worthless...good luck getting that crap out of a big ol ball of moss, but in the end it was a blessing. The shrimp sustain themselves off of the algae alone. I don't ever feed the tank and they reproduce like mad. All I do is a WC ever other week and add a lil iodine.
I'll start by listing the tanks with the current occupants and at what stage of development they are at.
Fist off we downsized by getting out of IFGA guppies (yay!) never was a big fan and IMO took up valuable tank space that could be used for so much more. This means we droped 12 tanks. They are sitting dry until needed again for what ever reason.
20 gal Claro LDA08 X6 plus a small L114 to be moved to the 125 show tank once he gets larger. The claros should be of breeding size by xmas.
90 Gal, 3 severums, 2 L399s, 1 9-10 inch royal, one clown plec, 3 skunk loaches, 1 royal farowella, 5 lemon tetras. The L399s are females and when I put them with their intended male, they ate him. The Sevs breed when they feel like it.
125 gal 14 Red hero efeciatus (sp?) think dwarf wild severum, see orions photo account for pics. 3 syno angelicas, 1 fire mouth, 3 breeding rainbow cichlids, 2 L001s, 1 L239, 1 L226, 1 BGK given to me by a member who wanted it to be in a larger home. We want to breed the heros but haven't had any success, we plan on moving the domanat male and 2 of the females into a 75 by themselves this summer. Orian and I both think they havn't done it yet because there is just too much compitition with all of them in one tank like that.
55 gal, breeding pair of angels, 3 L114s..to be moved to at least a 150 when the time is right, 6 L183s should be ready to spawn soon, 1 clown plec, and one ABN
55 gal calico BNS reg finned and long finned...again still to small for spawning but won't be long now.
75 gal, breading group of ABNS I don't remember how many but I think there are 3 males.
30 gal 5 L134s...working on breeding them now.
30 gal 5 L110s only 1 male again working on breeding them, can't quite figure out what the trigger is with these guys, I've also heard they have to be well over 3 yrs old.
40 gal cube Discus tank, 1 male and 1 female discus. The male is making advances but the female just isn't old enough yet, 12 Rummy nose tetras, 3 otos, one L59 male. We did get a female for him at the same time we bought him and there were plenty of caves in this tank. Turns out the male of this species is VERY territorial and he killed the female on the 2nd day in the tank.
20gal Long 5 L260, breeding like rabbits, we don't even have to take them through the rainy season anymore.
20 gal L 5 L136, still some time before they are old enough to breed.
20 gal L 4 L340 mega clowns (super rare) again gonna be some time before they are of breeding size. there is also a breeding pair of ghost angels
29 gal 9 White cheek gobies, we've tried every trick in the book to get these to breed, still no luck.
20 gal L 5 goo Obo gudgeons, same...can't get these to breed. 2 males 3 females.
10 gal 5 peacock gudgeons, 1 male 4 females...breeding like rabbits, I get a good trade in on theses at the LFS. In fact they get all of them (how else can I afford to feed every one.)
29 gal SW. currently being set up, 1 GSP 1 Atlantic anemone, 1 coral banded shrimp, 1 red linkis sea star, 1 large nerite, 1 some sort of sand sifting digging tube shaped snail. Should be getting feather dusters/tube worms today.
10 bichardi tank, 3 bichardis in it. Haven’t tried to save any fry yet
20 gal L multi tank...breeding like rabbits. No need for a grow out tank, we collect the fry when they are ready to go to the LFS.
5 10 gal grow out tanks. currently housing ABNS, L260, rainbow cichlids and peacock gudgeons.
2 5gal wild betta tanks
There I think thats it. I will update with some current picks of the ones that are nice enough to show. Most of the tanks are not pretty as they are function over form. But I do have a few that I am proud of. I will try to get the pics up when I update the thread this weekend..
Least now you know why my sig says what it says. I would get a nasty gram from the mods if I tried to fit all of that in my sig. LOL
edit: oh yeah I forgot to mention the self sustaining red cherry shrimp tanks I keep in the sauna/shrimp room, I don't have to feed these tanks at all. Both 10 gals have a large 75 watt light fixture on top of them both supporting the light with each tank having rare moss, one is mini moss the other os tiwan (sp) moss. The idea was to grow this stuff and sell it as it sells for about 20 bucks for a 5 cm square patch of it, but too much light caused major hair algae in both tanks. This sucks as it pretty much makes the moss worthless...good luck getting that crap out of a big ol ball of moss, but in the end it was a blessing. The shrimp sustain themselves off of the algae alone. I don't ever feed the tank and they reproduce like mad. All I do is a WC ever other week and add a lil iodine.
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