Gab99S Tanks

[GAB99]

well, im calling them up and see what they have before imake the half hour trip and return the CO2 thing....

 

[GAB99]

yes they have 3 sterbai cories!! thats enough incentive for me to go when my mom gets back lol


i cant wait tilli have wittle cories swimming around

however they are a tad expensive at 9.99 each so i wont have money once i return the co2 thng and get them..o well lol

 

[ian]

those dwark neon raibows look great! I have seen some really good quality dwarfs in my LFS. Got me thinking again now Gabb.

 

[GAB99]

those dwark neon raibows look great! I have seen some really good quality dwarfs in my LFS. Got me thinking again now Gabb.

you should these guys are great, full of personality and the male is errm... full of something else

too bad half of my bosemanies are really low quality and my two good ones are both male

but i am thinking of putting my neons in a 20 gallon not only to keep them safe from the leaf fish but also to breed them, i think my 1 male will finally have the time he needs to get the 4 others in the mood lol.


heres the leaf fish incase any of you guys are curious, BTW not my pick got it from photobucket

 

[GAB99]

i went today and as i type this there are:

a female bosemani

a male praecox

3 juvi sterbais

acclimatising to the tank as we speak

however... the sterbais have no fins as when i got there they were ravaged by a school of _____ barbs, they got moved to a different tank yesterday and it was a little sad that they have no fins and still were swimming about as if nothing happened, so i got them (and a price reduction as well woohoo)and they seem to be at 1" each now and they are so wittle but tey only had three so i still have 3 more to go, maybe this friday or maybe if i can get my petco to order them for me (1 hour drive total, alone with my mom was a bit much...)

sooo, pics on monday mwahaha

 

[gasmask]

dam ihave water marks....and the pics are slightly blurry, sorry still trying to get the hang of this

tut tut, to think you moaned about my water splashes on my Flowerhorn post!

 

[GAB99]

dam ihave water marks....and the pics are slightly blurry, sorry still trying to get the hang of this

tut tut, to think you moaned about my water splashes on my Flowerhorn post!

i know lol i was thinking to myself "man am i gonna get it"


anyways... just got a tail spot blenny and a firefish for the 20, im now going to have to monitor/test the tank everyday so nothing goes bad o well, but they sure are pretty!

 

[GAB99]

well its picture day so ill just let the pictures do the talking, testing results tomorrow

the firefish's err, tail can be seen in its little hide spot he spooks a bit easy but that will change hopefully

the blenny its so cute i simply love it, i need to get a better pic of this guy lol

FTS

the clowns

the zoas are coming back yay

FTS

sterbai #1

the new girl in town(tank lol)

males easy to spot due to tail color lol

sterbai#2, is it just me or when you look at them head on they remind you of horses??

sterbai#3

hes doing it again lol

group shot!

these two melded in fine thought the poor cories got harassed for the first half hour... then i turned off the lights to end it.

more gruop shots

first pic of my other "special" fish aka low quality bosemani on the right

random

STS

the argentinians are doing good

did i mention the little muggers attacked and uprooted my chain swords 10 times? theyve left the roots of one and two plants in the sand... the others are floating till i find a way to anchor them



comments plz!

 

[Flute]

Fantastic looking tanks Can't wait to see what it looks like once the plants have grown.
As to the sterbai uprooting your tanks, I had that problem too with mine- lost a lot of plants to them, but I bought some plant lead weight the other week and they haven't managed to dig any up since

 

[GAB99]

Fantastic looking tanks Can't wait to see what it looks like once the plants have grown.
As to the sterbai uprooting your tanks, I had that problem too with mine- lost a lot of plants to them, but I bought some plant lead weight the other week and they haven't managed to dig any up since

thanks ill look into it

but to be honest the sterbais arent the problem, its that cursed catfish and the adult female bosemani doing all the work then everyone else (except those cories) starts the nibbling!!

 

[GAB99]

as expected.......

Brace for impact!!! the plant problems are coming! the plant problems are coming!


brown spots on the argentianian sword leaves, mostly on the very new growth as well as algae on some of the leaves....

 

[GAB99]

picture day...

as you can see on the top right my chain sword floaters have not been successful fish!

the thing im talking about... gold barb got in the way sorry

i got ripped off at the LFS (though i guess sorta my fault for buying it) i thought he had a wierd eye or something but when he took a stroll to the front i noticed its not embedded in or anything its just plain gone poor guy

an okish pic of the second oldest resident

dont mind little old me i look like a Horsie!

him again lol,i should namehimor something he is a stunner

barbs

the new guy is doing fine, hes the other ones minion soits all good (though he already is starting the flashing)

the one in the back has been getting taller on the top and bottom i cant wait till he gets like the male praecox that will be niice

Snail

Clowns are doing fine, kinda wierd how the ones i dubbed male female when they were juvies playedout 100% correct lol

Zoos doin fine HATE the algae

Mister blenny in his 'imscared out of my mind' colors, gotte remember to get a nice pic of the two new guys when they're out and about in the morning

these looked better on the camera.... i hope to improve as time goes on

 

[GAB99]

anyone about the plants??

and RaDar the DIY CO2 has stopped bubbles so shouldi continue the next batch or just remove it?

ill be getting into a bit of $$ soon so more fish and plants and maybe some better bulbs will come soon

 

[GAB99]

well lets see,nothing much has happened today but i did restart the CO2 as the plants did better with it operational.

i did have a bit of mishap with the marine tank and voided the pictures onlyon mondays for this week, and will do sofor any other emergencys, but here is a video and some pictures of what i got.

i also have the green light to move my Praecox to a 20 gallon which will also be planted and will also house my oto as imo he would also be at risk from the Leaf fish, im thinking about altering the 20 gallon stocking to:

6 Praecox rainbows
6 otos

any comments welcomed

also at petco saw a plant called only by bleheri, turns out its some sort of sword but it looks lovley might get some.


also lost all my chain swords to the fish bandits all are floating and with little to no roots so imight trash em unless otherwise advised.

man do i need a job

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6 M. bosemani
6 Roseline sharks
1 Stripped Raphael cat
6 C.Sterbai
6 P. Semifaciolatus
3 South American Leaf Fish
hmmmm thinking about getting some silver hatchets or something for the top as its a little mid bottom heavy imo

 

[GAB99]

is it possible to screw up a plant? as my amazon swords have not grown back any taller or anything since i pruned all the dead stuff, thinking of getting those swords i saw at petco to make up for it.....
advice, comments? anything?