Sal Goes Rio With A Bit Of Vision

[Ps3Steveo]

Nice .

 

[Biulu]

Very nice fish . One day I'll keep rainbows too.... It looks like you have 2 varieties though, one with red and the other with yellow fins?

 

[Salam]

They are all the same, but the ones with red fins are males the ones with yellow fins are females. Got five of each. Easiest fish to sex, simple as pie.

 

[richpowell1989]

the ones with red colour fins are males and the ones with yellow fins are females

these aree stunning fish have you thought about breeding them ?? i breed rainbows and have just bred boesmani rainbows they get a bit out of hand tho lol

 

[Salam]

Well, I just got them and I got a five to five ratio, so let's hope there will be some babies in the future. I am hopeful. Can you tell me what signs to look out for so I can keep an eye on them and know when they are ready to do some loving?

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

Hiya Sal! Just catching up

Those rainbows are amazing! I WANT! That's the 125 right?

I cannot believe you have got another tank! Naughty naughty, that's an amazing deal though! I am more than a little jealous but I cannot even entertain the thought of a bigger tank just yet - I could fit a 4 footer in the space though

 

[Salam]

Thanks AA. Yes, it's the 125. I was actually hoping they'd swim more at the top, but they are enjoying the whole tank. They are truly beautiful, much nicer in real. I just can't get it right with the camera.

Yeah, the 260 was a bit of a surprise find. I was bored, started watching it on ebay and when there was barely any bidding in the last minutes I went for it. It's here now, tested it and watertight. Will set it all up this weekend when the other one goes to make space for it and I'm ready for malawi. Might aswell change my journal to "triple journey from start to finish"

 

[Salam]

Quick update.

Stats stayed stable in both tanks. I checked daily and I haven't had any spikes. There was a slight tint of nitrite in the 180 at one point (you know, when it turns a bit darker blue but not purple), but a water change brought that down again.

As I now know for sure that the 4fter, which was the 'holding tank', is going on Saturday to make space for the Vision 260, I have taken media of one of the internal filters (there are two) and split it between both tanks. I have now added many more fish to both tanks. In the 4fter remain the bottom dwellers, everyone else is transferred. I left them in for now, as the tank is 24 inch high and I need to empty out quite a bit of water first to be able to catch them without putting my face under water

Once the 4fter goes on Saturday I will put the Vision 260 in its place, transfer the bottom dwellers and the media of the other internal filter as it won't be needed anymore (I'm getting a mature, still running filter, for my Vision tank) which means that basically in one week I should have three fully running, cycled Juwel tanks I know, I should have added mature media right from the beginning, yeah tell me off

Anyway, this is the current stocking:

Diego - 180
6 platies
1 swordtail
2 fem guppies
3 sailfin mollies
20 harlequin rasboras

Dora - 125
10 dwarf rainbows
2 dwarf gourami
8 neon tetras - I was tempted to give them away for free, but their colours look great under the high light, so will keep them

There are still cories and kuhlis and my two bristlenoses to transfer.

Will take pics and/or video later, but won't upload til tomorrow or so as it's bedtime soon.

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

HOW DID YOU CATCH THEM!?

I see no signs of mental instability in the above post. Did you not have dismantle the tank to catch them all, still take hours and have a nervous breakdown in the process?

Well done! But, it does mean that my crazy is worse than first realized

 

[Salam]

HOW DID YOU CATCH THEM!?

With a net

Yeah, had a bit of a breakdown in between (lots of coffee and fags helped, phew ) . Two stubborn harlequins refused to get into the net. And we are talking about a 48 x 18 x 24 tank, it wasn't easy getting them. The sailfins on the other hand just swam right into the net, they are hilarious

The real fun begins when I try catching the kuhlis...

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

Lol well you're still my hero

Livebearers are just idiots, part of my problem when I was trying to catch fish the other day was because the endlers were basically jumping in the net but I didn't want them!

Is everyone settling in ok? Will you change this stocking much?

 

[FishFanatic04]

HOW DID YOU CATCH THEM!?

With a net

Yeah, had a bit of a breakdown in between (lots of coffee and fags helped, phew ) . Two stubborn harlequins refused to get into the net. And we are talking about a 48 x 18 x 24 tank, it wasn't easy getting them. The sailfins on the other hand just swam right into the net, they are hilarious

The real fun begins when I try catching the kuhlis...

have fun there. Been there, done that, won the wet T-shirt contest.

 

[Salam]

Lol well you're still my hero

Livebearers are just idiots, part of my problem when I was trying to catch fish the other day was because the endlers were basically jumping in the net but I didn't want them!

Is everyone settling in ok? Will you change this stocking much?

They are indeed. I had a guppies in a few times, but they are not staying. Silly them...

All seem to be doing well at the moment. I think I'm happy with my stocking in the 180. The harlequins swim nicely from left to right and back, and the others are all over the tank, so there is lots of movement. Plus they all got names, so unless they die I can't really give them away. They are family.

In the 125 on the other hand they are not doing what they are supposed to do. The two shoaling fish are not shoaling and the gouramis are munching debris at the bottom rather than swimm at the top. Seriously, fish, you were chosen for a reason! Do what your genes tell you

have fun there. Been there, done that, won the wet T-shirt contest.

I can hear the boys in here going "Wet t-shirt contest? We want videos!"

The other fun will be catching two 8 inch plecos to keep them in a storage box while the tanks are swapped around as they will be staying in the 260. When I collected them the other day they both bit on the net and didn't want to let go, so fun times ahead.

 

[Tizer]

Maybe there was only one contestant ;D

 

[Alm0stAwesome]