Its Been A Long Road.... Flyhawks Journal

wow ive taken a little bit ofa break from the aquarium
the black beard algae is starting to die away finally
the indica was hurt by the algae but is making a very full recovery
the crypts are doing very good and reproducing
i will get some pics up soon

earlier you stated you wanted to get discus, that will not be possible with your angel fish.

well im not getting discus anymore
but iwas wondering the thoughts on maybe ggetiing a bolivian ram

flyhawk said:

wow ive taken a little bit ofa break from the aquarium
the black beard algae is starting to die away finally
the indica was hurt by the algae but is making a very full recovery
the crypts are doing very good and reproducing
i will get some pics up soon

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BBA is a pain, the first signs of it in my tank on first setup was right on the anubias and then on my hardscape and erm what a pain, but smooth sailing now. I think everyone gets a Algue issue withing the first 3-5 months always seems to be the norm and then after that its usually gone forever unless it gets hitched hiked in.
Gratz on the tank its really coming along

yeah thanks!!
the bba is starting to dissappear, but is hanging around on the wisteria,
so i am going to cut it down a bit

what about bolivian rams?

Just for info i took a bunch of crypt babys and replanted them in patch of open space,
so that should look real good

i got 2 new angels!
they are the ecolor i have been looking for, they look alot like altums except i know they arent because they were from petsmart
looks like Joller's angel on his profile
thanks for the insperation Joller!!

get ready for pictures

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got bolivian rams!!!!!!

this is my area of crypts i planted

this is the new micro sword patch im starting
took me an hour to seperate the individual strands and plant them all

pics

'nother one

nice rottie

yeah thanks
do you have one?
she 7 months
and this spring going to akc trials

purebred european makes me proud!!

i got a small school of 5 rainbowfish!!!
also some otos

pennywort, java fern and anubias are pearling!

pearling on java fern

everything is coming along better than i had hoped!!

i am full swing into EI dosing, and i can see results
the swords are putting out very colorful leaves, the rotala is growing quick and not losing any old leaves
the wisteria is making a quick recovery from the bba, and is growing quickly now with all hte extra nutrients
the crypt wendtii are reproducing fast and put out long clorful leaves
the planting is a little mish mashed right now, but that will sort out over time

as for fish, the bolivian rams are getting ready to spawn, and they are getting very colorful
the 4 otos i bought are still alive, and plump
the rainbowfish have amazing colors that shine in the proper light, which i love
for now, my time with angels is over
they just didnt work for my aquarium
but i got over that quick, and i love my stocking now
i also plan to get the pearl gourami a wife, because he is mature ,and probably would spawn

stocking
1 pearl gourami
4 very happy bleeding heart tetras(best color ive seen yet!!)
3 rummynoses(have to get more)
4 chubby otos
1 fat pleco(soon to go-chasing to manyfish/uprooting plants )
4 australian rainbowfish(1.50 each?!?!?!?)
2 bolivian rams(happy quarrling couple)
1 SAE
1 False SAE-(yep the pet store got me!!)
1 large female rottwieler

what do you think of the stockin?
how do you think cardinal tetras would fare?


thanks so much to all the help i have gotten, especially from aaronnorth, thanks for stickin with me

(that was not a closing statement-im still updating the journal )