Jasmine's low tech planted goldfish tank!

xjasminex · 12-21-2011, 02:31 AM

I know right!
Well to day i did a water change on the tank and i added the other jungle vals that came and they really fill up that end, its quite green!
I will post pictures tomorrow night so the water will be all clear.
I am also going to be picking up an albino bristle nose pleco for this tank, hopefully it will be a younger one, i like when fish grow up in the tank because they learn the rules of the tank!

Gold Finger · 12-21-2011, 02:37 AM

Careful. They attack and even kill goldfish sometimes.

Gold Finger · 12-21-2011, 02:39 AM

They can't resist the delicious slime

xjasminex · 12-21-2011, 04:51 AM

Yepp, i know, thats why i want it young and a male will stay smaller than a female, plus i plan on feeding it well!

Gold Finger · 12-21-2011, 02:07 PM

Right on!

Lutra · 12-22-2011, 11:17 PM

Just thought I would stick my nose in here to say hi and that it sounds like you have a great tank in progress!

xjasminex · 12-23-2011, 07:45 PM

Thanks Lutra!
I promise i will get a new pic up, but i have been sick so within the next few days you will see it!

Lutra · 12-23-2011, 10:46 PM

Take care of yourself. I hope you feel better soon!

doncityz · 12-24-2011, 03:11 AM

Yea that's true about sands giving problems to goldfish. larger pebbles are better. in fact pebbles are good for them, so when they have some kind of indigestion, they'd swallow some pebbles and the pebbles help to dislodge some foods in them and they spit it out. that was what i was told by the lfs owner. not sure it's true or not.

xjasminex · 12-29-2011, 10:12 PM

Hello!
I have been dogsitting all week and i havent been home to observe my tank, my mom and dad have been feeding them but they didnt get any fresh veggies though. So today i went home and found that all of the corkscrew vals had been mowed down, theres like a half and inch of them left and a jungle val has been pulled out too so when i do my water change i need to plant again!

Lesson learned, always give them fresh veggies or they will eat the corkscrew val!!!

Gold Finger · 12-30-2011, 04:11 AM

Sounds like they got their fresh veggies all right. Have you tried scolding them?

xjasminex · 12-30-2011, 05:27 AM

i tell them they are bad fish all the time.

xjasminex · 01-16-2012, 04:02 AM

New pictures!!!

xjasminex · 01-16-2012, 04:07 AM

I want to replace the red ludwigia with somethink else.....not another stem plant though.....im thinking maybe java ferns, windelov and regulars attached to some wood or something....but im not sure.

Any suggestions?

green_valley · 01-16-2012, 06:21 AM

Cool stuff. How about Fern and Anubias?

12-21-2011, 02:31 AM	#76
xjasminex Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: new york Posts: 796	I know right! Well to day i did a water change on the tank and i added the other jungle vals that came and they really fill up that end, its quite green! I will post pictures tomorrow night so the water will be all clear. I am also going to be picking up an albino bristle nose pleco for this tank, hopefully it will be a younger one, i like when fish grow up in the tank because they learn the rules of the tank! __________________ Jasmine's 55 Gallon Low Tech Dirty Goldfish Tank No Fish Ten Gallon I <3 golden fishies

12-21-2011, 02:37 AM	#77
Gold Finger Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Wpg. MB Canada Posts: 819	Careful. They attack and even kill goldfish sometimes. __________________ Ver. 1.0 80 gallon dirt goldfish tank (defunct) Ver. 2.0 bare bottom same tank another approach (defunct) Ver. 3.0 Pool filter sand same tank now Farming Algae Goldfish are among the worst fish for beginners.

12-21-2011, 02:39 AM	#78
Gold Finger Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Wpg. MB Canada Posts: 819	They can't resist the delicious slime __________________ Ver. 1.0 80 gallon dirt goldfish tank (defunct) Ver. 2.0 bare bottom same tank another approach (defunct) Ver. 3.0 Pool filter sand same tank now Farming Algae Goldfish are among the worst fish for beginners.

12-21-2011, 04:51 AM	#79
xjasminex Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: new york Posts: 796	Yepp, i know, thats why i want it young and a male will stay smaller than a female, plus i plan on feeding it well! __________________ Jasmine's 55 Gallon Low Tech Dirty Goldfish Tank No Fish Ten Gallon I <3 golden fishies

12-21-2011, 02:07 PM	#80
Gold Finger Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Wpg. MB Canada Posts: 819	Right on! __________________ Ver. 1.0 80 gallon dirt goldfish tank (defunct) Ver. 2.0 bare bottom same tank another approach (defunct) Ver. 3.0 Pool filter sand same tank now Farming Algae Goldfish are among the worst fish for beginners.

12-22-2011, 11:17 PM	#81
Lutra Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: San Diego. CA Posts: 138	Just thought I would stick my nose in here to say hi and that it sounds like you have a great tank in progress!

12-23-2011, 07:45 PM	#82
xjasminex Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: new york Posts: 796	Thanks Lutra! I promise i will get a new pic up, but i have been sick so within the next few days you will see it! __________________ Jasmine's 55 Gallon Low Tech Dirty Goldfish Tank No Fish Ten Gallon I <3 golden fishies

12-23-2011, 10:46 PM	#83
Lutra Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: San Diego. CA Posts: 138	Take care of yourself. I hope you feel better soon!

12-24-2011, 03:11 AM	#84
doncityz Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: May 2011 Location: Where Trumpet Snails Came From Posts: 755	Yea that's true about sands giving problems to goldfish. larger pebbles are better. in fact pebbles are good for them, so when they have some kind of indigestion, they'd swallow some pebbles and the pebbles help to dislodge some foods in them and they spit it out. that was what i was told by the lfs owner. not sure it's true or not. __________________ 12.5G Tetra Community Tank \| 3.5G Betta's Paludarium \| Goldfish Nano Pond 5.5g Temp. Closed Solution to ALL ALGAE Problem: Flying Fox!

12-29-2011, 10:12 PM	#85
xjasminex Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: new york Posts: 796	Hello! I have been dogsitting all week and i havent been home to observe my tank, my mom and dad have been feeding them but they didnt get any fresh veggies though. So today i went home and found that all of the corkscrew vals had been mowed down, theres like a half and inch of them left and a jungle val has been pulled out too so when i do my water change i need to plant again! Lesson learned, always give them fresh veggies or they will eat the corkscrew val!!! __________________ Jasmine's 55 Gallon Low Tech Dirty Goldfish Tank No Fish Ten Gallon I <3 golden fishies

12-30-2011, 04:11 AM	#86
Gold Finger Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Wpg. MB Canada Posts: 819	Sounds like they got their fresh veggies all right. Have you tried scolding them? __________________ Ver. 1.0 80 gallon dirt goldfish tank (defunct) Ver. 2.0 bare bottom same tank another approach (defunct) Ver. 3.0 Pool filter sand same tank now Farming Algae Goldfish are among the worst fish for beginners.

12-30-2011, 05:27 AM	#87
xjasminex Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: new york Posts: 796	i tell them they are bad fish all the time. __________________ Jasmine's 55 Gallon Low Tech Dirty Goldfish Tank No Fish Ten Gallon I <3 golden fishies

01-16-2012, 04:02 AM	#88
xjasminex Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: new york Posts: 796	New pictures!!! __________________ Jasmine's 55 Gallon Low Tech Dirty Goldfish Tank No Fish Ten Gallon I <3 golden fishies

01-16-2012, 04:07 AM	#89
xjasminex Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: new york Posts: 796	I want to replace the red ludwigia with somethink else.....not another stem plant though.....im thinking maybe java ferns, windelov and regulars attached to some wood or something....but im not sure. Any suggestions? __________________ Jasmine's 55 Gallon Low Tech Dirty Goldfish Tank No Fish Ten Gallon I <3 golden fishies

01-16-2012, 06:21 AM	#90
green_valley Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11/100%) Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: California Posts: 1,098	Cool stuff. How about Fern and Anubias? __________________ *********** Green ********* Green's Resurrection Aquarium Gallery**

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