Thank you! it's only getting better now! Yesterday I got a guy selling me 10 RCS and a dozen of water lettuce for 15$! All of it is now inside the tank and oh it makes things even more beautiful!! picture incomingTongue_Flicker said:Welcome aboard!
Your tank on the last pic is way better than the first 2 pics. Good job!
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Thats a good price for all these, lucky you!
Can't wait to see pics!
Can't wait to see pics!
Ch4rlie said:Thats a good price for all these, lucky you!
Can't wait to see pics!
I managed to take a picture of my Betta yesterday, still wishing it was showing it's full colored fins, but you have an idea!
Hopefully I get a better picture soon
As for the shrimp, and water lettuce, I'll take a picture tonight and show you how nice my tank is
I see three of my shrimp with a saddle, I can't wait for them to have babies!
Cheers!
Ok! I managed to get a nice picture of my Betta, and a new picture of my aquarium setup
First of all, my aquarium with the water lettuce in:
Second: The Betta in all of it's glory!
On a sad note:
I found a shrimp in the tank, which was dead, missing it's head !
And that shrimp was really near of the Betta's lair.
At least I know that the Betta is eating
But I'm not even sure that it's the betta that ate it, because one of my Neon Tetra has a huge belly this morning..
I have read a bit about this, and some people say it might be bloated from eating too much, some people say it might be carrying eggs, some people say it might be sick..
I'll be monitoring, from now, it doesn't seem to be acting weird, the fish swims fine and will sometimes play chase with his friends..
Should I set up an hospital tank for it, just in case?
Cheers!
Edit: from the picture you can't see how bloated it is, but I assure you, it's really bloated!
First of all, my aquarium with the water lettuce in:
Second: The Betta in all of it's glory!
On a sad note:
I found a shrimp in the tank, which was dead, missing it's head !
And that shrimp was really near of the Betta's lair.
At least I know that the Betta is eating
But I'm not even sure that it's the betta that ate it, because one of my Neon Tetra has a huge belly this morning..
I have read a bit about this, and some people say it might be bloated from eating too much, some people say it might be carrying eggs, some people say it might be sick..
I'll be monitoring, from now, it doesn't seem to be acting weird, the fish swims fine and will sometimes play chase with his friends..
Should I set up an hospital tank for it, just in case?
Cheers!
Edit: from the picture you can't see how bloated it is, but I assure you, it's really bloated!
Nice pics, like the coloration of your Betta
Reckon its most likely it was the betta thats had a go at the shrimps. And when the shrimp died, your neons may have nibbled on the shrimps.
So it is a possibility neon is pretty bloated, would not feed for a day or two just to see if this helps. Hopefully it is a simple as that. Fingers crossed.
As for the bubbles, I have no idea if this is nesting or not, I've never kept a Betta so hopefully someone in the know about Bettas will comment.
Reckon its most likely it was the betta thats had a go at the shrimps. And when the shrimp died, your neons may have nibbled on the shrimps.
So it is a possibility neon is pretty bloated, would not feed for a day or two just to see if this helps. Hopefully it is a simple as that. Fingers crossed.
As for the bubbles, I have no idea if this is nesting or not, I've never kept a Betta so hopefully someone in the know about Bettas will comment.
Ch4rlie said:Nice pics, like the coloration of your Betta
Reckon its most likely it was the betta thats had a go at the shrimps. And when the shrimp died, your neons may have nibbled on the shrimps.
So it is a possibility neon is pretty bloated, would not feed for a day or two just to see if this helps. Hopefully it is a simple as that. Fingers crossed.
As for the bubbles, I have no idea if this is nesting or not, I've never kept a Betta so hopefully someone in the know about Bettas will comment.
Well! Thank you for the comment
I would be happy if it was nesting because that would mean that the fish is happy
Happy fish=Happy me.
I'll do as you say and wont feed for a day or two, hopefully he won't be constipated! :O
As for the shrimp, I have feed them a algea waffer just in case and this morning half of it was gone, should I remove it? Or it doesn't matter since I have so many plants?
I believe it is good fishkeeping practice to remove any leftover foods from tank.
Leftover rotting food won't do a lot of good in your tank and could also clog up your filter eventually. So i'd recommend you might be better off removing the left over foods.
I like your phrase - Happy fish = Happy me
Hope you don't mind, I might pinch this phrase and use it once in a while
Leftover rotting food won't do a lot of good in your tank and could also clog up your filter eventually. So i'd recommend you might be better off removing the left over foods.
I like your phrase - Happy fish = Happy me
Hope you don't mind, I might pinch this phrase and use it once in a while
Hi hi!Ch4rlie said:I believe it is good fishkeeping practice to remove any leftover foods from tank.
Leftover rotting food won't do a lot of good in your tank and could also clog up your filter eventually. So i'd recommend you might be better off removing the left over foods.
I like your phrase - Happy fish = Happy me
Hope you don't mind, I might pinch this phrase and use it once in a while
Quick morning update:
My neon is no longer bloated, I think the sucker had a go on the shrimp, or maybe just ate a bit of it's carcass..
Returned home and saw that the algea waffle was no longer of this world, probably been eaten by various shrimp and snail, which is good. I have seen two huge cherries with big, and by big, I mean BIG saddles. Hopefully they get to term, I got them from someone so I don't think it's their first pregnancy.
Other update: my Betta is being less and less shy, I even got to hand feed it this morning, gave him a frozen blood worm and he really enjoyed it, it was cute!
And my bamboo shrimp is less and less shy..
I was wondering what I could feed it, as it's a fanning shrimp I'm worried I don't have enough "floating" particles for it to eat.. Then again, there is a bunch of floating stuff in my tank..
Other thing, I'm wondering if I should remove the dead leaves and such from the tank or let them sit there so it feeds my shrimp and snail and such?
I heard neons also like having this in the tank? Am I right?
Cheers!
Update:
I have done a 20% water change this morning because I want to lower my 30ppm nitrates, and might do another one this evening if nothing has changed.
Added 4 cherry shrimp from another source, just to have more chances of survival. They seem happy.
I have done a 20% water change this morning because I want to lower my 30ppm nitrates, and might do another one this evening if nothing has changed.
Added 4 cherry shrimp from another source, just to have more chances of survival. They seem happy.
Don't worry too much about your Nitrate levels.
Its is perfectly fine at anything below 40ppm.
In fact the Nitrate tests can be pretty inaccurate anyway due to the 2nd bottle of reagent solution, needs to be shaken really hard or until it feels like your arm is going to fall off!
The true level of Nitrate may be completely different to what the test says.
So not too big a deal to worry about as doing weekly water changes of at least 25% will help keep nitrate levels under control really.
Adding stem plants like Elodea for example can be pretty good for keeping Nitrate level pretty low, as these are good at absorbing nutrients from tank water.
Your fan shrimp will be fine as long as you continue to feed your fish, leftover food or tiny nutrients from the food itself will drift off into the water, these shrimp are pretty good at finding foods you don't even know is in the tank
An algae wafer every now and again will be a nice treat for all your shrimps.
Its is perfectly fine at anything below 40ppm.
In fact the Nitrate tests can be pretty inaccurate anyway due to the 2nd bottle of reagent solution, needs to be shaken really hard or until it feels like your arm is going to fall off!
The true level of Nitrate may be completely different to what the test says.
So not too big a deal to worry about as doing weekly water changes of at least 25% will help keep nitrate levels under control really.
Adding stem plants like Elodea for example can be pretty good for keeping Nitrate level pretty low, as these are good at absorbing nutrients from tank water.
Your fan shrimp will be fine as long as you continue to feed your fish, leftover food or tiny nutrients from the food itself will drift off into the water, these shrimp are pretty good at finding foods you don't even know is in the tank
An algae wafer every now and again will be a nice treat for all your shrimps.
Ch4rlie said:Don't worry too much about your Nitrate levels.
Its is perfectly fine at anything below 40ppm.
In fact the Nitrate tests can be pretty inaccurate anyway due to the 2nd bottle of reagent solution, needs to be shaken really hard or until it feels like your arm is going to fall off!
The true level of Nitrate may be completely different to what the test says.
So not too big a deal to worry about as doing weekly water changes of at least 25% will help keep nitrate levels under control really.
Adding stem plants like Elodea for example can be pretty good for keeping Nitrate level pretty low, as these are good at absorbing nutrients from tank water.
Your fan shrimp will be fine as long as you continue to feed your fish, leftover food or tiny nutrients from the food itself will drift off into the water, these shrimp are pretty good at finding foods you don't even know is in the tank
An algae wafer every now and again will be a nice treat for all your shrimps.
Yes I have observed my fan shrimp a few times and it seems to be eating stuff that I didn't even know that existed in the tank, it's really fun to watch.
As for my Nitrates, whenever I test them, I shake that bottle like a crazy ape. I smash the bottle everywhere! The drops are clear and I seem to be getting consistent results.
One of the other reasons why I did a small water change is because I think I detected a few nitrites in the tank yesterday night (0.25ppm) which made me really worried!
But then, I think I might have let the test sit for one minute more than what it needed to be. Which might have resulted in the color "over developing."
In any case, I didn't change the water in 3 days and since I was battling nitrates over the last week, and added Shrimp and such, I thought it would be a good idea to do so.
Also, I have cleaned my filter motor because of the grinding noise, removed the media from the filter and cleaned the motor compartment (not too much), didn't touch to the media compartment tho.
I'm worried I might have killed beneficial bacteria. Am I crazy?
Cheers!
Your bacteria should be fine as long as you did not clean filter media (sponge or ceramic) under tap water or anything like that.
And no you're not crazy as far as am aware!
And no you're not crazy as far as am aware!
Did not clean the media at all! I am way too scared of this!Ch4rlie said:Your bacteria should be fine as long as you did not clean filter media (sponge or ceramic) under tap water or anything like that.
And no you're not crazy as far as am aware!
Other question: I was told to remove the carbon thing from my HOB filter after 2 weeks, is that true? And if so, why? And can I put something in it's place to enhance filtration/good bacteria?
Thanks!
Good that you did not clean the media, then in that case all should be fine bacteria wise.
Carbon does have a short life, so yeah would say just to take it out.
Manufacturers do state this to replace every 2 weeks or so, this is really just a marketing gimmick to get you to keep buying their carbon. Not worth it.
Carbon is really used for taking meds out of the water after you have finished treating sick fish or anything like that.
Just replace the carbon with more sponge media, that will do perfectly well.
Carbon does have a short life, so yeah would say just to take it out.
Manufacturers do state this to replace every 2 weeks or so, this is really just a marketing gimmick to get you to keep buying their carbon. Not worth it.
Carbon is really used for taking meds out of the water after you have finished treating sick fish or anything like that.
Just replace the carbon with more sponge media, that will do perfectly well.
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