Newman's 40 Gallon Planted Tank

[lauraf]

What an awesome pic! Are those seriously your nerites' eggs?

 

[anshuman]

heh. who knew they had artistic visions.

 

[Newman]

lol yes laura.

 

[lauraf]

That is very cool.

 

[Newman]

RIP Daisy....

It is moments like these that make me think twice about the way I am running my 40 gal planted tank...
Cause of death is currently unknown. If i get the chance, I will try to find out if the cause was something that she ate.
Water quality is a non issue. not other fish seems affected by anything. Daisy perished within 12 hours of me seeing her fully alive and active. I will update this if I find anything...

 

[ValRasbora]

Ohhh nooo! Daisy? Dead? ...but she was your 40 gallon's mascot! Hope you figure it out.


.....but there IS the slight upside that you can go fish-shopping.... that always makes death a little sweeter

 

[Newman]

her death is not sweet in any way. it may not even open up opportunity for other fish because "someone" wants to put another goldfish in this tank >_<

I will try to stop that but we will see what happens. and yes she was the tank mascot and will be missed.

 

[Newman]

here is the direction that this tank is heading in:

 

[bassbonediva]

Oooooh! That'll be nice, Newman!

 

[Newman]

yes it shall be interesting

 

[Newman]

Since I will be shipping out my livebearers next week, I wanted to take some pictures for memory, to remember what awesome fish I raised in my 40 gallon.

I apologize for the dirty glass...

 

[Newman]

ok mollies arrived. some are sick with ich and some sort of bacterial ulcer...but for the most part the remainder (which is like 11-12 of them) are quite healthy. seller sent around 16 of them. one died in transit, and about 4 of them are a bit sick from the above mentioned diseases. i gave a salt dip to the ones that looked sick, idk how that would help.
added some salt to the tank, but only 3 teaspoons fro 40 gallons. not going to harm plants, salinity is still at 0 after the salt.
They went to town on any algae they happened to see within seconds of hitting the water in my tank. all seem active and healthy, even the very thin, the sick, and the well fed looking ones.

 

[kenny1tothe6]

Yay for them finally being there and mostly safe!

I really can't wait to have my fish here! Tomorrow we shall see how they did! *SUPERSMIL

 

[Newman]

yeah now I'm trying to figure out what these warts on my fish are....it better not be Trematode(fluke)...

 

[Newman]

I got some pics of SAEs. gonna post soon.

Spot the molly in the first pic lol

 

[riseabovethesun]

Great photos! I love taking photos of the SAEs because they like to sit still and pose! I love your tank

What kind of grassy plant is that?

 

[Newman]

I on the other hand have to wait a really long time to take pics of my SAEs. they're very wary and will dart away into the plants if i come too near the tank. and when they do stand still its usually behind plants so i cant even see them, let alone get a pic of them lol. plus my camera cannot take pics of moving fish at all, so that doesnt help

The big grassy plant? its Cyperus helferi. the other stuff is just dwarf sag.
Thanks for looking riseabovethesun!

 

[Newman]

here are the mollies in the 40 gallon btw:

 

[riseabovethesun]

Great pics! Those are really good looking mollies.

 

[Newman]

thanks, i love em Same as i loved my swordtails.