10G Sandy Bottom (Edit: Multis! Scratch Puffers)!

[gregswimm]

So ya, 10g with 1 dwarf puffer first time trying sand

 

[gregswimm]

There is water hooray!
decided not to do a puffer but im going with either Neolamprologus or Telmatochromis. Not sure yet, I have more research to do. Still have plenty of time to decide, just started feeding the tank yesterday

If anyone has experience with either of these genus' please let me know what you think

 

[FishFanatic04]

So excited to see what you do.

 

[gregswimm]

My shells came in also got a rock.
Just have to wait for the cycle to finish and ill add the fish

 

[gregswimm]

The multis are coming in next Saturday (maybe, the salesman told me he wasn't 100% he could get them), which is a good thing. I can't seem to get the ammonia in the tank to go under 1ppm, i tried adding some bio media to the new filter from one of my old filters, maybe this should do the trick.

 

[Ps3Steveo]

Should help, will defo speed up the process

 

[gregswimm]

I added a refrigirum (is that spelled right?)

Kinda nuts, might add another siphon tube for more flow, but idk if that will work...

 

[gregswimm]

Well I ended up geting Lamprologus ornatipinnis . Ill get pics up as soon as they are acclimated

 

[KrazyKuhli]

Is that 10G or 10L? that Bulb looks huuuuge! Looks good though

 

[gregswimm]

Is that 10G or 10L? that Bulb looks huuuuge! Looks good though

10 USGallons. And I'll be getting pics up later today

 

[ian]

that light unit is scaring me...it looks really unsafe. Besides that, i love Multis and want to keep them one day. I'll be keeping an eye on this one.

 

[gregswimm]

Lamprologus ornatipinnis from the few hour i have had them, they seem to be a very timid fish. Its difficult to sex them, but from their behavior is looks like out of the 6 I got 4 of them might be males. Each fish appears to have claimed it's own shell around the rock. When i first put them in, they were keen to get nice shells close to the rock; and some squabbles ensued but nothing to bad. They are very timid at the moment, diving back to their shells whenever I approach the tank. If I sit and watch them they will eventually loosen up and continue competing for territory, just visual displays; (thankfully) not a whole lot of physical contact. I tried feeding them today but not surprisingly they were not interested in my brine shrimp . I am not having ammo trouble the highest i got to was .5 and that was after I feed them; so I did a water change to get the food out.

I do think they need more room and they could benefit greatly from dithers, I plan on moving them into a soon to be 48" 55g. My current stocking as of now is a large school of Cyprichromis Leptosoma and my amazing Lamprologus Ornatipinnis.

Edit: almost forgot The pictures

 

[gregswimm]

The journal for their new 52g is here if anyone is interested.

Also here \o/