I'm back! After a 3, almost 4 year hiatus, I've recently delved back into the aquarium keeping hobby! And I'm back with a vengeance.
So...I took a long break...finished university, bought my first property, got engaged, and had a baby. All these milestones! Whew! Yet, something was still missing in my life-FISH!
So, as of July 2014, I, Chesmok, decided to give this amazing hobby a second shot!
My current tanks (more details later):
1. 6.6 gallon Atman Picotope
-planted with rotala, hair grass, Pygmy Chaim sword, hygrophilia, baby tears and glossostigma.
-7 Pygmy corydoras catfish, 5 red cherry shrimp, 1 big Amano shrimp
2. 10 gallon shrimp tank (to be taken down and changed to 36 gallon bow front I bought today!)
-planted with Anubias, Christmas moss, subwassertang
- breeding grounds for red cherry shrimp (50+)
3. 50 gallon long
-fully planted: rotala rotundifolia, hygrophila, Amazon sword plants, Anubias, java fern, water sprite, salvinia, rotala wallichi, crypts, Pygmy chain sword
-lots of nice driftwood
- 5 rummy nose tetras, 7 neon tetras, 9 ember tetras, 5 Kuhli loaches, 1 Siamese algae eater, 2 otocinclus,
Pics to be added!
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Sunday, June 12, 2011
School of Neon Tetras - FINALLY!
I'm back.
Since my last post, I've started up a 5 gallon Cherry Shrimp breeding tank with java moss and a small internal heater. I've bleached and re-setup my 29 gallon. It is in the process of cycling right now and my water is very cloudy (bacteria bloom?). I put a clump of bacopa and a giant anubias in the tank for now along with driftwood and a few rocks. I'm not sure what fish to add to my 29 gallon now. I wanted to give guppies another shot but it hurts to see them.
My 55 gallon looks fabulous now. The plants are all established and THRIVING! I doubled my dose of DIY CO2 (1 tsp. yeast + 2 cups sugar + 1.75 L water = miracle). I use an AquaClear 70 powerhead as a CO2 diffuser as well as water circulator and mini internal filter.
Current stocking level:
16 x neon tetras
5 x kuhli loaches
>>Algae cleanup crew <<
3 x (Giant) Amano shrimp
1 x Otocinclus (will be adding more soon)
2 x Siamese Flying Foxes (will be adding more soon)
2 x (Giant) Zebra Nerite snails
3 (or more) Red Ramshorn snails
My algae cleanup crew is awesome. Together they make my tank virtually spotless. The only thing they are not eating is green spot algae, but that's been diminishing since I added more CO2.
What they do eat: hair/thread algae, brown/red algae, green fuzz/beard algae, microorganisms...hydra???
My dream of keeping a large school of neon tetras has finally come true. And boy does it look magnificient. I love it when they are schooling together and swish back and forth across the tank. It's so peaceful watching them....
PS. Turns out my 10 gallon was NOT infested with velvet. Corydoras catfish NATURALLY have a golden "glimmer" around their fins/gills/body. I bought another False Julii Cory cat today. He seems healthy and energetic. Hopefully he'll stay that way!! :)
PPS. I FIGURED OUT HOW TO FEED BOTTOM FEEDERS WITHOUT OTHER FISH STEALING ALL THE FOOD FIRST!
The solution is simple really: tie the algae wafer or shrimp pellet or other "sinking" food onto a flat rock with a small elastic band. Make sure it's secure and there's no "wiggle room". Works like a charm. My betta is so angry he can't steal any food!!
*Remove any uneaten food*
Since my last post, I've started up a 5 gallon Cherry Shrimp breeding tank with java moss and a small internal heater. I've bleached and re-setup my 29 gallon. It is in the process of cycling right now and my water is very cloudy (bacteria bloom?). I put a clump of bacopa and a giant anubias in the tank for now along with driftwood and a few rocks. I'm not sure what fish to add to my 29 gallon now. I wanted to give guppies another shot but it hurts to see them.
My 55 gallon looks fabulous now. The plants are all established and THRIVING! I doubled my dose of DIY CO2 (1 tsp. yeast + 2 cups sugar + 1.75 L water = miracle). I use an AquaClear 70 powerhead as a CO2 diffuser as well as water circulator and mini internal filter.
Current stocking level:
16 x neon tetras
5 x kuhli loaches
>>Algae cleanup crew <<
3 x (Giant) Amano shrimp
1 x Otocinclus (will be adding more soon)
2 x Siamese Flying Foxes (will be adding more soon)
2 x (Giant) Zebra Nerite snails
3 (or more) Red Ramshorn snails
My algae cleanup crew is awesome. Together they make my tank virtually spotless. The only thing they are not eating is green spot algae, but that's been diminishing since I added more CO2.
What they do eat: hair/thread algae, brown/red algae, green fuzz/beard algae, microorganisms...hydra???
My dream of keeping a large school of neon tetras has finally come true. And boy does it look magnificient. I love it when they are schooling together and swish back and forth across the tank. It's so peaceful watching them....
PS. Turns out my 10 gallon was NOT infested with velvet. Corydoras catfish NATURALLY have a golden "glimmer" around their fins/gills/body. I bought another False Julii Cory cat today. He seems healthy and energetic. Hopefully he'll stay that way!! :)
PPS. I FIGURED OUT HOW TO FEED BOTTOM FEEDERS WITHOUT OTHER FISH STEALING ALL THE FOOD FIRST!
The solution is simple really: tie the algae wafer or shrimp pellet or other "sinking" food onto a flat rock with a small elastic band. Make sure it's secure and there's no "wiggle room". Works like a charm. My betta is so angry he can't steal any food!!
*Remove any uneaten food*
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