Fishless Cycle Log

[JustFrozen]

i think i will be lucky if my tank turns out half as good as yours. i bet it was still worth the wait!

 

[OldMan47]

I love the way the rummy nose always seem to school like that.

 

[waterdrop]

Wow, the wife has even had a look and liked your pictures, I guess you have to pass 100 days of fishless to get her attention . Really happy for you and certainly like your aquascaping and the good fish choices!

~~waterdrop~~

 

[martinking]

did she see mine?

 

[waterdrop]

did she see mine?

yes, of course!

 

[martinking]

Excellent! I wish I had gone for black gravel, that stuff looks great!

 

[waterdrop]

Excellent! I wish I had gone for black gravel, that stuff looks great!

Yeah, I agree. I'm curious to see and touch some of that black moon sand people talk about just to see how smooth it would feel for corys.

 

[Diesel Trout]

Thanks everybody. The fish seem happy and even the phantoms are starting to loosen up. I am thinking the sand was a good choice.

I guess the only tricky part so far is in feeding, especially the rummys. With all the water movement from the filter outlet and the Hydor circulation pump, the food really moves around and I am not sure the rummys are getting enough, especially with the quick foxes snapping everything up. And the rummys don't seem to take from the bottom. Anyone got any tricks?

 

[waterdrop]

I'm having nearly the same problem having recently cleaned my pipes and getting really strong flow from my eheim and having added the hydor like yours. Just have to play with it and be creative, trying different things I think. I've been putting out some flake away from the strongest flow and then also doing right away a pinch down in the water so that it drops and blows around quickly so that the lower fish get some while the top feeders are busy.

WD

 

[Diesel Trout]

I'm having nearly the same problem having recently cleaned my pipes and getting really strong flow from my eheim and having added the hydor like yours. Just have to play with it and be creative, trying different things I think. I've been putting out some flake away from the strongest flow and then also doing right away a pinch down in the water so that it drops and blows around quickly so that the lower fish get some while the top feeders are busy.

WD

Ha ha, I have been doing the "pinch down in the water" thing too, right near the outlet so it circulates in front of the fish. Also using sinking bottom feeder wafers, which I crumble up and let sink at about a 30 degree angle from the horizontal. It's like a game.

 

[Deleted member 55926]

Wow, the rocks look amazing.

 

[Diesel Trout]

Wow, the rocks look amazing.

Thanks! The slate actually used to be part of my front sidewalk, and the granite I collected from a business that specializes in rocks for landscaping. I plan on adding some moss to the top piece of slate.