New Quarantine Tank

[gwand]

Here is my new cycled quarantine tank with white cloud minnows bought from a terrific local fish shop.

 

[davros]

NIce tank! Are you heating or running at room temperature?

 

[gwand]

I shut heater off when I decided to get white cloud minnows. Apparently they like cooler water. Thanks

 

[DeBuGti]

Something I'm very tempted to do soon! Especially with potential sick fish as well... Thank you for pictures.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

The sword plant on the right side is planted to deeply, you need ot lift it up some out of the substrate. Bold added by me in the below quote.

Swords are classified as a rosette plant, which means all the leaves grow out of the base of the plant in a circular pattern. Examples include the Amazon sword, red flame sword, and dwarf chain sword. Many sword plants grow very tall, so make sure to plant them in the midground or background of the aquarium so they won’t block your view of other plants. Use your fingers to dig a hole in the substrate and bury the roots of the sword, or you can use planting tweezers to push the plant roots into the substrate. Do not cover the crown (i.e., the base of the plant where all the leaves come out) with substrate. Swords are heavy root feeders, meaning that they prefer to absorb nutrients via their roots, so make sure to add lots of root tabs if you’re using inert substrate or if your nutrient-rich substrate is depleted.

I only have one sword left today but it is 21 years old. I used to do more but they kept outgrowing my tanks and I realized there were other plants that would not be doing this. That 21 year old plant is a compacta sword and does not get tall. The two pics below are he compacta in a 29 and and Amazon sword which outgrew a 75 gal. tank.

Those are full grown cardunal teras in the pic below.

 

[gwand]

The sword plant on the right side is planted to deeply, you need ot lift it up some out of the substrate. Bold added by me in the below quote.


I only have one sword left today but it is 21 years old. I used to do more but they kept outgrowing my tanks and I realized there were other plants that would not be doing this. That 21 year old plant is a compacta sword and does not get tall. The two pics below are he compacta in a 29 and and Amazon sword which outgrew a 75 gal. tank.

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Those are full grown cardunal teras in the pic below.

Thanks for the advice. Will do. Beautiful tank.