greenmumma141 said:
I needed a little loach video this morning... your tigers and clowns are such a cool mix. Its so funny how small the yoyos are. I must say, your tank looks really great in your sig picture, but I never realized how humongous it really is and how much work you put in to the rocks with all those hiding spaces, until watching the video. very, very cool and you've got some lucky fish
i have the exact opposite thing going with my rocks
I really love the way they look, but they're just taking up ground space and give absolutely no hiding places, AND i have no room to make hiding spaces... I think this weekend I am going to figure something out so i can atleast know for sure that i can add the yoyos.. hmm....
well your lucky because I was going to post them this weekend! I woke up at almost 5am this morning and couldnt get back to sleep so I figured I would post them..
As far as your layout goes, I think it looks really good and as the plants will fill in it will look really good. Your layout only has to suit the fish you have or want! It has taken me tearing my tank down hundreds of times. My girlfriend just rolls her eyes and says leave them damn fish alone your gonna kill them! lol but I really think they like it when I move things around. I actually had it "perfect" a while back, and I had to tear everything down to catch my stupid CAE because he was really really fast and good at hiding and very smart. Still have not gotten it back to the way I liked it. But i'm happy with it now. Will continue to change things around though.
Thanks for the compliment too
its my baby. Life long project I would say. Dont know if I will ever go without a tank again.
Just give yours time and keep thinking about what you could do to make it suit your liking more and plan it out. Worst that could happen is you have to start over again. Sand is really nice because you can suck it out with the siphon hose really really easy as long as its not going into the sink.. lol I suck mine out into a bucket and then scoop it back in where I want it... I find it easier to work with when you have water in the tank. 3/4 full or so. The round stones are really really difficult to work around with bigger sizes and not so much of a big footprint to work with. I honestly would say 5' by 3' would be a good round rock working base. but you have made it look really good with what you have done also! If you have any landscape places around maybe take a gander at there flat stone and see what they have to work with. They can tell you what kind and all that, and maybe you will find something that you like. I hand picked most of the flat stone for my little pond out back and used the leftover for my tank.. But just be patient. I know first hand how frustrating it is to get it the way that makes you happy. You look at it every day!!!
besides, you just put it all together. cant expect it to be perfect the first time right?
I worked from this
To this
To This in my fifty five gallon..
Then I added this
Oh my clowns were so little back then!
JenJ said:
Aw, love it!
I got 6 polka dots myself a few weeks back on your recommendation, and love them to bits.
Did you find yours were very shy at first? For the first week or two, I hardly ever saw them, and when I did it was no more than 3 at once. I even went as far as moving everything around to search for the (presumed) dead bodies! But over the last week or so, they've really become active - there's one that hides a lot of the time, but I usually see the other 5 around at all times of day.
Of course, I can't actually tell them apart so they may be taking it in turns to be the 'loner'
Yeah they were very shy for quite a while. I had them in a 20 gal tank, No decorations, No sand, just my internal filter. They would pack behind the filter whenever i came around. Would have to stand still to see them.. was funny taking pictures standing in one pose. flash - they are gone.. lol then one figured out he could go in the filter through the out port! Now they are out all the time. Have had the last four for just over two weeks now, and the other two for almost a month. As of right now I can only find four at a time. but there are sooo many hiding places. Thats why I wanted to wait at least two more weeks to put them in the big tank. Was hoping to bulk them up a little bit more. But they will grow. They are my absolute favorite. Even over my clowns. What the heck I love them all!
I'm very glad that you like yours and I was able to help you find something that made you happy
Always nice to have feedback.
. I immediately vacuumed some of the water out and added colder water, and luckily the tank temp never went higher than 82ish. phew. SO, i completely understand that moment of pure panic lol
/youtu.be/Dr-9MtHytk0
they're pretty awesome.
