Newman's 40 Gallon Planted Tank
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Added some cal blackworms to my worm tank. hopefully those wont die. the rest are in my fridge, to be fed throughout the course of the next few weeks.
Am getting a good amount of cyclops and daphnia in my worm tank. ill atribute their appearance to the wisteria that i added.
Hatched some brine shrimp for my fry. they seem to love it, as they manage to pick it out from a First Bites mixture. (i mix the brine with the first bites)
one of the fry has started to show red color ( i think at three days old thats amaizing)
I'm thinking of removing the marimo moss from my driftwood and substituting flame moss...
random fry pic:
Am getting a good amount of cyclops and daphnia in my worm tank. ill atribute their appearance to the wisteria that i added.
Hatched some brine shrimp for my fry. they seem to love it, as they manage to pick it out from a First Bites mixture. (i mix the brine with the first bites)
one of the fry has started to show red color ( i think at three days old thats amaizing)
I'm thinking of removing the marimo moss from my driftwood and substituting flame moss...
random fry pic:
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Yes he was. Others have not had a problem with digestion yet, and are doing good ( pooping constantly like they should be; same goes for the fry)
I'll hold off on getting a male bule platy until my swordtail fry mature.
While this project is growing, im was thinking of starting up my 10 with some eco-complete...some rocks...some HC...some microsword or other grassy plant...a flourecent 3.9wpg fixture...anyone see where im going?
I'll hold off on getting a male bule platy until my swordtail fry mature.
While this project is growing, im was thinking of starting up my 10 with some eco-complete...some rocks...some HC...some microsword or other grassy plant...a flourecent 3.9wpg fixture...anyone see where im going?
Yes lol, the multiple tank syndrome xD
Yea, im gonna see what i can do with this iwagumi trend lol. the 10 gal has just been sitting there doin nothing for years.
The plants ill use are HC and Dwarf Sag. together with some of the zebra rocks i picked up, it should be an interesting scape... zebra rocks were the only black rock abvailable to me unfortunately. maybe i should go crazy and order some rocks online
The specualted fish are 10 green neon tetras and 2 otos. Talk about following the mainstream lol.
Yea, im gonna see what i can do with this iwagumi trend lol. the 10 gal has just been sitting there doin nothing for years.
The plants ill use are HC and Dwarf Sag. together with some of the zebra rocks i picked up, it should be an interesting scape... zebra rocks were the only black rock abvailable to me unfortunately. maybe i should go crazy and order some rocks online
The specualted fish are 10 green neon tetras and 2 otos. Talk about following the mainstream lol.
Thanks a bunch!
I'm kinda getting impatient too...with the foreground of hairgrass. Its growin like a snail. maybe its just adjusting...
I still find a clump of hairgrass floating at the top once in a while. i know the goldfish does it =/ but it doesnt happen as often as it did back when i just planted the HG.
Ordered two Glo 6700K bulbs for the fixture on this 40 gal. they'll replace the stock bulbs.
I've been getting an annoying whitish film growin on the glass...im guessin its a type of algae. when i scrub it off with a paper towel, i find that its actually brown. could this be the start of a brown algae problem? I remove it from the glass during my weekly water changes anyway, so its not a real problem.
I'm kinda getting impatient too...with the foreground of hairgrass. Its growin like a snail. maybe its just adjusting...
I still find a clump of hairgrass floating at the top once in a while. i know the goldfish does it =/ but it doesnt happen as often as it did back when i just planted the HG.
Ordered two Glo 6700K bulbs for the fixture on this 40 gal. they'll replace the stock bulbs.
I've been getting an annoying whitish film growin on the glass...im guessin its a type of algae. when i scrub it off with a paper towel, i find that its actually brown. could this be the start of a brown algae problem? I remove it from the glass during my weekly water changes anyway, so its not a real problem.
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Yes lol, the multiple tank syndrome xD
Yea, im gonna see what i can do with this iwagumi trend lol. the 10 gal has just been sitting there doin nothing for years.
The plants ill use are HC and Dwarf Sag. together with some of the zebra rocks i picked up, it should be an interesting scape... zebra rocks were the only black rock abvailable to me unfortunately. maybe i should go crazy and order some rocks online
The specualted fish are 10 green neon tetras and 2 otos. Talk about following the mainstream lol.
Yea, im gonna see what i can do with this iwagumi trend lol. the 10 gal has just been sitting there doin nothing for years.
The plants ill use are HC and Dwarf Sag. together with some of the zebra rocks i picked up, it should be an interesting scape... zebra rocks were the only black rock abvailable to me unfortunately. maybe i should go crazy and order some rocks online
The specualted fish are 10 green neon tetras and 2 otos. Talk about following the mainstream lol.
Don't worry though, I follow the fish trend sometimes too!
I like Zebra Rock tho. Very cool! It is...unavailable to me...Well, gotta finish packing plants for a friend.
You selling some java moss to a friend? too bad i dont know anyone who keeps tanks =/ other wise id sell em some cabomba.
I started on the 10 gal. the scape looks weird, and i was hoping to get some rock size and placement suggestions...the thread is in the advanced questions section of the forum (or somethin like that)
I started on the 10 gal. the scape looks weird, and i was hoping to get some rock size and placement suggestions...the thread is in the advanced questions section of the forum (or somethin like that)
That'd be kinda cool! i'd have to figure out how to send live stuff tho, but itll be worth it!
On a tangent, ive just fed my swordtail/goldfish with some routine adult brine shrimp, and i saw one of the fry attack the brine and eat it whole o_o
those fry are vicious! I actually feed them newly hatched baby brine shrimp, but nooo they already want the big ones xD
Could you also help me out with my 10 gal? take a look at the journal thread, and please give some suggestions on rock size and placement. thanks if you can help
On a tangent, ive just fed my swordtail/goldfish with some routine adult brine shrimp, and i saw one of the fry attack the brine and eat it whole o_o
those fry are vicious! I actually feed them newly hatched baby brine shrimp, but nooo they already want the big ones xD
Could you also help me out with my 10 gal? take a look at the journal thread, and please give some suggestions on rock size and placement. thanks if you can help
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LOL...I knew that was obvious, I'm just being a smarta$$. lol
I'm hoping my baby [C. Balansae] will grow runners and I'll be able to send you a few of those and that freakish crypt that takes over everything. Those are fun plants...really pretty too...give me about a month and I think they'll have some babies.
[[EDIT: Nothing grows around my Birthday...I'm just happy the earth doesn't turn black on that horrible day tho! lol]]
I'm hoping my baby [C. Balansae] will grow runners and I'll be able to send you a few of those and that freakish crypt that takes over everything. Those are fun plants...really pretty too...give me about a month and I think they'll have some babies.
[[EDIT: Nothing grows around my Birthday...I'm just happy the earth doesn't turn black on that horrible day tho! lol]]