15 Gallon (54L) Planted Tank

[Zikofski]

haha

 

[EllieJellyEllie]

Got my pleco! Since I'm on a phone I won't say much until I'm home

 

[EllieJellyEllie]

Im home now. Okay, lets start.
 
I went to a new LFS and they didn't have much for stocking tanks, but they did have a lot of supplies and tanks. Their prices were cheap. I got driftwood, gravel, airline tubing, and an airstone there for I dont know how much, but cheap
 
The people there were very helpful, and when I asked an employee if they had any BN Plecos he said no, asked what my tank size was and then said I should probably get a dwarf species. They were tending the tanks and giving the fish food while I was there.
 
Anyway, but since they had no BN plecos I went to petsmart and got one. Here he is. Sorry for the awful picture, but I didnt want to stress him.
 

 
I also got a pretty piece of wood, and all the pictures are terrible as well :Lol:
 

 
And I took some pictures of the pretty bettas at the store, if I could've gotten a tank cheap enough one would come home with me haha

 
I should be updating sunday afternoon to show how the the tank stand looks painted and where the fish will be while Im painting it

 

[RRaquariums]

Love the pics

 

[Ch4rlie]

Very nice Ellie, an excellent update and love the bn, sound like you're gonna have a stunning tank and stand once completed

 

[EllieJellyEllie]

Love the pics

Thanks!
 

Very nice Ellie, an excellent update and love the bn, sound like you're gonna have a stunning tank and stand once completed

Thank you
 
 
I ended up starting the stand today, Im actually emptying the tank now

 

[EllieJellyEllie]

Stand is painted! Im uploading a video on mostly the tank now, but also about the pets and a little haul haha. Anyway, here is the stand
 

 
Im wondering if I can take it inside tonight? I just feel bad for the fish being the bucket

 

[EllieJellyEllie]

This update is mostly pictures, they speak for themselves

 
 
So I put the stand inside, and put the tank. I couldn't bear with the tank on the ground when the dogs first come out, it had to come back up.

Then I added gravel-
 

 
Also got the plants out of the cups

A VAL WITH 3 RUNNERS!

FTS when it was done

 
Who remembers that dying plant that I thought couldn't be saved? Well here it is today As well as the driftwood

And the BN was being extra friendly

 

[Ninjouzata]

The tank and stand look good. The BN is so cute! Seems like the shrimp wanted to go for a ride

 

[EllieJellyEllie]

The tank and stand look good. The BN is so cute! Seems like the shrimp wanted to go for a ride

 
 
Haha, thanks!
 
Well, the BN passed away, which explains the bacterial bloom, I picked up the wood to put an algae wafer under there for him, and found him. Luckily now. I should be getting a new one, glad I didn't throw the receipt away. Glad I could make his last few days good

 

[Zikofski]

aaas thats a shame about the BN sorry to hear this do u have an idea to why it passed away?

 

[TallTree01]

Probably due to unstable water conditions due to putting a heavy bioload in a smallaquarium all at once.

 

[EllieJellyEllie]

Probably due to unstable water conditions due to putting a heavy bioload in a smallaquarium all at once.

I checked ammonia and nitrite, 0. He was an inch long, and my tank is planted. My tank had one but it died back in January, so I can assure you the bacteria was there. My tank is far from unstable. It didn't  even have a bacterial bloom when I found him and it looked that he had been dead quite a while. So please dont make assumptions.
 
 
 

aaas thats a shame about the BN sorry to hear this

do u have an idea to why it passed away?

He might have crushed himself but he had no marks or anything. 

 

[EllieJellyEllie]

So, pretty much, my heater broke. And I took a bunch of pictures, I will show pictures-
 

 

[EllieJellyEllie]

I got a few fish, 3 kuhlis and a mystery snail. The kuhlis will have buddies soon, and I will also have pics because they are friendly. I got a new piece of wood and added PVC for them, plusIm making a little rock cave. Right now they are glass surfing, hopefully that calms down soon