What did you do to your tank(s) today?

[Dennis Wong]

Photographed the new fish in the tank: Hypessobrycon Peugoti





Took some flower photos, this one is from Eriocaulon cuspidatum


Flowers from Aponogeton crispus "purple"

 

[techman81]

Photographed the new fish in the tank: Hypessobrycon Peugoti

Do you have any "cheap" fish in your tanks?

 

[Dennis Wong]

Do you have any "cheap" fish in your tanks?

Heyy i have golden white clouds and cardinal tetras and other stuff also ~

 

[Sb1415]

What are those Blyxa looking plants below the super red and the red grass before the myriophyllium?

 

[Naturescapes_Rocco]

Eriocaulon vietnam variegated

 

[techman81]

Eriocaulon vietnam variegated

I just received some of the non-variegated Erio Vietnam from Burr Aqua.

 

[Sb1415]

Eriocaulon vietnam variegated

Thanks Rocco. Do you know the plant that has red tall grass like leaves close to the macrandra. Seems to be too red to be Blyxa.

 

[Dennis Wong]

Thanks Rocco. Do you know the plant that has red tall grass like leaves close to the macrandra. Seems to be too red to be Blyxa.

Its one of the reddish Blyxa aubertii things. I'm not sure of the exact name

 

[Sulla]

Been busy for me. Added 5 nerite snails and ten rummies. Changed water on three tanks, trimmed plants and trimmed the eliocaris pussilla mini. Two days ago added some amano and long tail cherry barbs. Day before that replaced my sunsun filter with a jbl - figured it was time to get a more reliable filter before it breaks to be fair it's been performing well but..saw a good second hand deal and took it

 

[VJM]

Got the teeny farm tank holding water and with the filter set up and working. Transferred the extra plants over so I can set up the fancy light tomorrow and then fix the damage to my nice tank.

 

[techman81]

Gradually catching up on the to-do list. These are ready to be installed. The large one will replace the vertical reactor on my 49g tank and the small goes on the new 25g tank. Farther down the list, is writing up the build for these.

 

[Kwyet]

I didn’t do anything, but I’ve arrived back home to find a finished basement bathroom!

 

[VJM]

I realized after doing a lot of reading here that I was not confident in the temperature of my tank. I ordered a Thermapen and it got here last night. Mercury thermometer reading: 78. Thermapen reading: 86! I have been wondering why my plants were giving off distress vibes (besides my terrible noobness) and I think that may be part of the problem.

So, tank got bumped down and this morning got a small bump down again. Hopefully that is the last adjustment to get to 78-79.

Starting this tank as a “practice” tank before scaping the office tank may be the smartest thing I have done. I have made a bunch of errors that I can learn from and not repeat (big assumption).

 

[techman81]

I realized after doing a lot of reading here that I was not confident in the temperature of my tank. I ordered a Thermapen and it got here last night. Mercury thermometer reading: 78. Thermapen reading: 86! I have been wondering why my plants were giving off distress vibes (besides my terrible noobness) and I think that may be part of the problem.

So, tank got bumped down and this morning got a small bump down again. Hopefully that is the last adjustment to get to 78-79.

Starting this tank as a “practice” tank before scaping the office tank may be the smartest thing I have done. I have made a bunch of errors that I can learn from and not repeat (big assumption).

An Inkbird Temperature Controller is a very wise investment, especially considering how unreliable aquarium heaters can be. They also make a wifi version of the one I linked which enables tracking of temp fluctuations and how often and how long the controller is actually on.

 

[VJM]

An Inkbird Temperature Controller is a very wise investment, especially considering how unreliable aquarium heaters can be. They also make a wifi version of the one I linked which enables tracking of temp fluctuations and how often and how long the controller is actually on.

Thank you so much! I’ll look into it.

 

[gnatster]

Upgraded my 50 GPD RO membrane to a 100 GPD membrane with an appropriately sized flow restrictor. Changed all the filters and DI resin.

 

[Naturescapes_Rocco]

Upgraded my 50 GPD RO membrane to a 100 GPD membrane with an appropriately sized flow restrictor. Changed all the filters and DI resin.

Glad you mention the flow restrictor size. Many people who upgrade don't know about that part!

 

[Kwyet]

Accidentally knocked all the moss off of one back panel. I guess the thread had rotted away, and when I did the water change it just all came rolling off. I don’t have time to sew a moss wall today, so I chucked it all in a farm tank until I can deal with it. Maybe I should redo all of them.

 

[Kwyet]

I took down the 20 gallon low-tech farm tank today, stored it and the empty 10 gallon, and moved the stand upstairs to store in the garage (or maybe use as a plant stand somewhere). Tomorrow I plan to take down the shrimp bowl and the shrimp cube, and move that stand in place under the tv (where the 10/20 g stand had been). The current high-tech farm tank will have to be moved to this stand and the blackwater tank will have to come down to make room for the new 75 g.
I’m kind of glad it’s taking Waterbox a few weeks to ship the new tank out!

 

[VJM]

I added a betta to my 6 gallon practice tank. He was given as a gift to someone who doesn’t have the time for him, so the owner posted on Reddit’s aquaswap group. Drove down after work, came home with the betta and two nerite snails.

I would have a huge betta rescue setup, if I could. Anyway, here’s Hollywood!