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Post by supi on Aug 6, 2009 17:54:21 GMT -5
After studying the now well-stocked 29 gal tank with the new tank mates and trying to decide which fish to move to other tanks. I like a little wiggle room in caring for the tanks. The only red serpae tetra fish loves dining on gouramis tail fins and angelfish fins, it went to the 10 gal tank with the cories. The Red Eye Tetras went over to the Angelfish tank. Moved 2 eight year old cories from the 10 gal to the 56 gal tank. That leaves only the albino cories in the 10 gal tank to do romancing.
I didn't realized the 56 gal glass makes the fish look bigger. The red eye males in the 29 gal were looking like they shrunk after I moved them from the big tank. Thought they might be stressing with being more cozy with the very active black skirts. These 2 males are very slow eaters and last to chow. So I make sure when I feed their tank they get a couple of bites of something.
Gouramis are pruning the plants very efficiently.
The Angelfish and Red Eyes seem to be buddies so far.
The female black skirt seems to be filling up with eggs again. Gosh only one lady to 6 males. That's it for today.
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Post by kagome on Aug 10, 2009 21:51:02 GMT -5
Are you having any success with your albino cories laying eggs?
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Post by supi on Aug 11, 2009 12:35:55 GMT -5
No luck in getting the cories to lay eggs yet. The encouragment is being put on hold for now.
Unfortunately, ich parasite was harboring in my 29 gal tank. I don't know if the new fish brought in their own "pets" or not when I bought them a week ago. The nasty parasites. When I moved the red eyes to the 56 gal tank and the red serpae to the 10 gal tank, the other tanks got infected. All in all, I had it pretty lucky in not getting ich in my tanks since moving to this town in 2001. I didn't spend time looking at fish in the stores tank that small pleco came out of. Usually I spend 10 to 15 minutes observing all the fish in the stores tank before purchasing a fish going down "are all the fish in this tank healthy?" check list. This too shall pass.
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Post by supi on Aug 29, 2009 19:43:41 GMT -5
The 3 gouramis were fiesty with each other. The male gourami liked to play "shark and dolphin" with this one female gourami. The other female would join in on the other female. I ended going back to the store to get 3 more female buddies and plenty of hornwort for them to go in and out of. They are all buddies now. I have never been able to have hornwort stay alive. So far, no mass shedding leaves.
The angels are getting big. Plecos Bill barely has a chance to get a nibble in his algae wafers with them and the cories.
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Post by murdock6701 on Aug 30, 2009 20:21:33 GMT -5
bet you have one happy male gourami! LOL! all the same breed?
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Post by supi on Sept 5, 2009 11:03:45 GMT -5
I did have 2 opals but one died. 2 blues and 2 golds. More like the male gourami feels like a rock and roll star and a mob of females want him. He is running from them. This tank I have been picking out snails. The gouramis haven't got the idea those are meals running around yet.
The red eyes tetras spawned in the Angel tank. Angels are thanking them for the snacks.
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Post by Carl on Sept 5, 2009 19:54:38 GMT -5
Your tank is obviously doing well if you got a spawn out of your Red Eye Tetras, even if they ended up as a supplement to your Angels diet. Have you tried any Loaches/Botias for your snails? Carl
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Post by murdock6701 on Sept 5, 2009 21:51:35 GMT -5
good answer on the loaches Carl - I have 2 in there now and they are buddies and do a pretty good job keeping the snails under control - I crush the ones that come up on the glass and the gouramis aren't the least bit interested in them, dead or alive - just an interjection........ the snails I have, have a tendency to lay there egss above the water line - small transparent jelly blobs - if you wipe the off w/ a paper towel once a day, it cuts down on their numbers considerably - tak it from someone who has had MAJOR snail infestions over the years - good luck! try bleaching your plants - they are a major sorce of snails as well as the blobs that get scooped up accidentally from your lfs
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Post by supi on Sept 6, 2009 20:58:38 GMT -5
Carl, The 29 gal snail tank is maxed out for adding anymore fish for now. The red eyes in the 55gal tank, they were spawning when this tank was cycling. I have no idea why they are good spawners but this was the first time their eggs attached to the glass.
Murdock, I enjoyed reading your snail adventures. You sound so much like me with snail problems I had in the past. I have been picking snails out of the tank. I will wipe the glass off with a paper towel to see if the eggs are hiding there.
Saturday I did a major pruning the plants in 29 gal tank. The tall odd looking water wisteria I bought from lfs which I wasn't too sure was even water wisteria in the first place, was growing across the top of the water. I was surprised at their explosive growth. Their new leaves are definitely water wisteria. The hornwort grew instead shedding leaves.
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Post by Carl on Sept 8, 2009 10:17:34 GMT -5
Supi as a side note; snails add to the aquariums bio load often pound for pound as much or more than fish. This is why I rarely recommend snails for "cleanup crews" in freshwater aquariums since they will indeed cleanup, but then they will explode in population thus defeating the purpose by adding more organic wastes to the aquarium.
The exception is Nirite Snails since they rarely breed in freshwater aquariums (maybe brackish though).
I have kept healthy freshwater tanks with snails present (which do help with "turning gravel"), but his includes the use of fish that keep them in check, killing extra snails as Murdock suggested, and removing many during regular tank cleanings.
Carl
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Post by fishfever on Sept 8, 2009 18:51:12 GMT -5
Since I have never had snails or snail problems and so many have, I was wondering if they were introduced on purpose and just got out of hand or did they just appear out of nowhere?
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Post by Carl on Sept 8, 2009 20:34:40 GMT -5
Since I have never had snails or snail problems and so many have, I was wondering if they were introduced on purpose and just got out of hand or did they just appear out of nowhere? From my experience, it is generally an accident, coming in with plants or occasionally transfered from another tank via decor, gravel, etc.. However I do know that some add them on purpose. Carl
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