Planned Fry Journal Just For Fun :)

[Blondielovesfish]

It was just a suggestion
Yeah, that could work! Do you want to breed them?

 

[Ny82]

It was just a suggestion

Yeah, that could work! Do you want to breed them?

 
I googled convict fish and I think I got the wrong ones because they are holding them in their hands they are that big lol! Could you imagine I come home and there's a big monster in my tank haha! Pretty striking though. 
No I am not bothered about breeding now, I have been doing it 2 years and I have come to the end of it now! I have heard tetras are very hard to breed. I just want striking colours and shoals! Not picky or anything
Surely this isn't the right one!
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[Blondielovesfish]

That looks like something that would come from the sea lol.
 
This is them:
 

 
 
 
Sorry for the massive picture.
 
 
They're stunning fish those tetras. You could do a nice community.

 

[Ny82]

Hahaha yeah, that's the kind of thing you would see on "river monsters!"
 
I am really just wanting a change and am fed up with the same thing now. I want 1 or 2 shoals of small fish plus mostly cories. I feel like I have done it all with guppies now as it's been 2 years. Maybe I am having a mid life crisis lol.

 

[Blondielovesfish]

LOL.
It's the good thing about fish keeping...there's so many different areas of it you can't really ever get bored. 
Maybe your next challenge could be a planted tank?

 

[Ny82]

LOL.
It's the good thing about fish keeping...there's so many different areas of it you can't really ever get bored. 
Maybe your next challenge could be a planted tank?

 
I used to have a planted tank. I found my plants grew very well in the 64L, since upgrading to the 95-I can't seem to keep them alive which is silly. Hence why I have taken quite a lot out, I took all the gravel out too and put sand in. 
What it looks like now

 
Just feel like it's missing a nice decent sized pair of fish or 2 shoals of contrasting colours. I don't know maybe I am just being picky.

 

[Blondielovesfish]

yeah, some bright fish would look great in there! 
Is it just me or does that lighting not look very good 

 I like how you've arranged everything though!

 

[Ny82]

yeah, some bright fish would look great in there! 
Is it just me or does that lighting not look very good 

 I like how you've arranged everything though!

 
I had to take the tank lid off and sit it on the top, then crop the picture to leave the huge glare of light out. I shut all the curtains and doors. It's the only way I could take it without any reflections or glare on the rocks, or shine on the sand! 
 
Original pic-see what I mean?

 
It looks rubbish at the moment but I really am fed up with it. Don't know what to do or how to stock it better. 
Some failed attempts, issues with lighting and glare-hence why I tool the lid off.

 

 
This one was almost right

 
Still glare from the sand. 
These were all taken with my phone, I need a proper camera!

 

[Blondielovesfish]

Mhmm, I do. Looks very yellowy, may just be the sand though. Where did you get those rocks in the middle from? Another you could maybe add would be a dense piece of driftwood to go along with that branch.

 

[Ny82]

Those rocks are the ones my landlady ordered for her tanks, then changed her mind so I got them lol. I love the black pebbles, they contrast the sand so well. I have so many pieces of mopani wood, I just can't put them anywhere, just looks wrong

 

[Blondielovesfish]

Great score!
That sucks . Maybe adding some anubias or java fern would help it look "right"?

 

[Ny82]

Great score!
That sucks

. Maybe adding some anubias or java fern would help it look "right"?

 
I must be the only person in the world who can kill anubias. Yes that's right, I killed my anubias and I also melted my java moss which was tied to the slate!!!
Yes. I am a jinx.

 

[Blondielovesfish]

LOL, don't beat yourself up about it. I'm sure it was just bad anubias and java moss.

 

[CrazyAboutFish]

There's a surprise I can't find the pic, I saw it on my photobucket just recently aswell. I did however find pics of previous fry I have bred.
 

 

 

 
 

 
This was dad
 

 
I sold the babies to a woman who kept coming back every month! These old pics make me excited about raising fry again! Oh how I have missed it!

Aww, I have a little guy just like that! They grow up so fast!

 

[CrazyAboutFish]

Spent all morning reading this! Loved that yellowy glow in the last pic!