How the mighty have fallen (my 10g)

Curare · 03-02-2006, 10:26 AM

Haaaw... T shirt ninja, the tea party is over!

Scolley: My dark tufty nemesis is, and seems always will be BBA. It's the baine of my existence. I've resolved myself to life long battle of good and evil with it.

Stealthy Ninja Funnily enough, Deuce came over today to check out our new house, and remarked that the tanks looked good, oh dear god. Make it stop. I love the boy but dammit he's worry.

Thanks for the encouragment guys.
It's not been easy, especially on a *we need to eat not play with fish* budget.

The green water is slowly abating, and I'm thinking of hitting hard with a better regime of ferts. The magic almond leaves don't really hit the mark for me.

Here's my new recipe for thai green fish soup

**A Hill** · 03-02-2006, 03:17 PM

thats horrible... i feel your pain. also if you green water is only that bad ur not bad... i had gw in my 55g for around 2 months... then it vanished and i couldnt see 1 inch into my tank after 2 50% water changes in 1 hour....

good luck!

-=- fish newb -=-

Pseud · 03-02-2006, 04:13 PM

I hope he's not your friend anymore!

Curare · 03-03-2006, 12:01 AM

He is.

How can you blame someone for trying their hardest but just not understanding whats' going on? what a healthy tank should be?

He asked for the responsibilty, and he was our last hope of seeing our fish again, and well, it just didn't work out.

I wouldn't do it again tho.

Stealthy Ninja · 03-03-2006, 02:11 AM

At least he can buy you a UV steriliser to clean up that GW

Curare · 03-03-2006, 02:56 AM

The first solution that comes to mind may not always be the best danielsan...

Stealthy Ninja · 03-03-2006, 04:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curare

The first solution that comes to mind may not always be the best danielsan...

Stealthy: Maybe you should rub some wax on...wax off...wax on...wax off...

Curare: But when will I learn to fight?!

Stealthy: Fight later, first clean tank...wax on...wax off...

Curare: Aw man!

etc.

Curare · 03-08-2006, 02:39 AM

here's a new development to the tank

Curare · 03-08-2006, 03:12 AM

Slowly slowly catchy monkey...

Well after fitting the new addtions to the tank, and genreally getting the green water under control with a smarter fert regime and just generally increasing the biomass we're starting to get underway.

I haven't bothered aquascaping too much at all at the moment as I'm just trying to get all my water hedge cuttings to start growing.

the one big addtion to the tank is the twisted peice of banksia (a local native plant) and some java moss to soften it off

But things are happening, if albeit slowly.

the view from my keyboard

Curare · 03-12-2006, 11:47 PM

uncghgghhh!!!

FJJJJZTZTT!!!!!

*twitches*

BGA, and BBA. at the same time.

The GW has gone completely but in the last couple of days, BGA has appeared, and I've started to attack that, and the BBA with gusto.

I don't beleive it.

will post pics soon.

**A Hill** · 03-13-2006, 12:05 AM

might i say gl again? i have yet another gw outbreak =( its not too bad more or less like yours. so im halfing the light. also another note are those austrailian rainbows wild caught? and do you have any usefull info on them? i just got 8 at the lfs since i liked them and they where on sale for $1.75 each do you know how to sex them? are the males the ones with the more red and more distinguished fins? im really curious i like them alot one has parasites so i think im gonna exchange him.

good luck with the tank. gw is nothing =9 i get it all the time.

-=- fish newb -=-

Curare · 03-13-2006, 12:55 AM

They're M, Splendida, and they're not wild caught, they're in fact the prodginy of the fish that you see in the tank in the "before photos", they're realtively easy and spritely fish, they can be a bit territorial at times but apart from that they're very good fish.

The males differ from the females as having longer ventral fins that nearly touch the tailfin, and usually blackened edges to the fins. They also end up much deeper looking. My personal experience is to have more males to females, but whatever takes your fancy really.

Curare · 03-16-2006, 12:37 AM

This is what was nearly making me cry just before I did a black out.

you can see some BGA forming around the water hedge. I couldn't beleive it, I'm dosing KNO3 like crazy, but I think that freakin' Water sprite is soaking up so much I have no N03 left, and the BGA is making an appearance.

Still after a 2 day blackout it's all gone funny coloured and I've just sucked it out with a gravel vac.

Fish Newb, this one's for you, here's a perfect example of the differences betweeen males and females.

I'm sure you can figure it out.

Curare · 03-17-2006, 12:32 AM

Okay, this is something I've NEVER seen before...

white fungus or something or just slimey looking bacteria on my driftwood.

Weird, very weird, but doesn't take much to suck up with a siphon... Anyone ever seen this before?

deeplove · 03-17-2006, 02:06 PM

I had that when my MTSs died. Everyone told me it was fungus. I took them out and *poof* it was all gone.

03-02-2006, 10:26 AM	#16 (permalink)
Curare Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Fremantle, Western Australia Posts: 376	Haaaw... T shirt ninja, the tea party is over! Scolley: My dark tufty nemesis is, and seems always will be BBA. It's the baine of my existence. I've resolved myself to life long battle of good and evil with it. Stealthy Ninja Funnily enough, Deuce came over today to check out our new house, and remarked that the tanks looked good, oh dear god. Make it stop. I love the boy but dammit he's worry. Thanks for the encouragment guys. It's not been easy, especially on a we need to eat not play with fish budget. The green water is slowly abating, and I'm thinking of hitting hard with a better regime of ferts. The magic almond leaves don't really hit the mark for me. Here's my new recipe for thai green fish soup __________________ The Phoenix 10 gal Curare's bombed 3 gal nano 50 gal Australian native Like drops of fertiliser into the tank, so are the days of our CO2...

03-02-2006, 04:13 PM	#18 (permalink)
Pseud Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (6/100%) Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Middletown, CT Posts: 330	I hope he's not your friend anymore! __________________ *Stop tapping on the damn glass! How would you* like it if a giant fish loitered outside your house all day, knocking on your windows?**

03-03-2006, 12:01 AM	#19 (permalink)
Curare Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Fremantle, Western Australia Posts: 376	He is. How can you blame someone for trying their hardest but just not understanding whats' going on? what a healthy tank should be? He asked for the responsibilty, and he was our last hope of seeing our fish again, and well, it just didn't work out. I wouldn't do it again tho. __________________ The Phoenix 10 gal Curare's bombed 3 gal nano 50 gal Australian native Like drops of fertiliser into the tank, so are the days of our CO2...

03-03-2006, 02:11 AM	#20 (permalink)
Stealthy Ninja Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 198	At least he can buy you a UV steriliser to clean up that GW __________________ Jebao Pimp #1 Stop looking at me! I'm trying to be STEALTHY!! On FIRE!

03-03-2006, 02:56 AM	#21 (permalink)
Curare Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Fremantle, Western Australia Posts: 376	The first solution that comes to mind may not always be the best danielsan... __________________ The Phoenix 10 gal Curare's bombed 3 gal nano 50 gal Australian native Like drops of fertiliser into the tank, so are the days of our CO2...

03-02-2006, 03:17 PM	#17 (permalink)
A Hill is consumed by school... (View User Tanks) PTrader: (67/100%) Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: RI,USA Posts: 5,663	thats horrible... i feel your pain. also if you green water is only that bad ur not bad... i had gw in my 55g for around 2 months... then it vanished and i couldnt see 1 inch into my tank after 2 50% water changes in 1 hour.... good luck! -=- fish newb -=-

03-08-2006, 02:39 AM	#23 (permalink)
Curare Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Fremantle, Western Australia Posts: 376	here's a new development to the tank __________________ The Phoenix 10 gal Curare's bombed 3 gal nano 50 gal Australian native Like drops of fertiliser into the tank, so are the days of our CO2...

03-08-2006, 03:12 AM	#24 (permalink)
Curare Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Fremantle, Western Australia Posts: 376	we're winning! Slowly! Slowly slowly catchy monkey... Well after fitting the new addtions to the tank, and genreally getting the green water under control with a smarter fert regime and just generally increasing the biomass we're starting to get underway. I haven't bothered aquascaping too much at all at the moment as I'm just trying to get all my water hedge cuttings to start growing. the one big addtion to the tank is the twisted peice of banksia (a local native plant) and some java moss to soften it off But things are happening, if albeit slowly. the view from my keyboard __________________ The Phoenix 10 gal Curare's bombed 3 gal nano 50 gal Australian native Like drops of fertiliser into the tank, so are the days of our CO2...

03-12-2006, 11:47 PM	#25 (permalink)
Curare Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Fremantle, Western Australia Posts: 376	uncghgghhh!!! FJJJJZTZTT!!!!! twitches BGA, and BBA. at the same time. The GW has gone completely but in the last couple of days, BGA has appeared, and I've started to attack that, and the BBA with gusto. I don't beleive it. will post pics soon. __________________ The Phoenix 10 gal Curare's bombed 3 gal nano 50 gal Australian native Like drops of fertiliser into the tank, so are the days of our CO2...

03-13-2006, 12:05 AM	#26 (permalink)
A Hill is consumed by school... (View User Tanks) PTrader: (67/100%) Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: RI,USA Posts: 5,663	might i say gl again? i have yet another gw outbreak =( its not too bad more or less like yours. so im halfing the light. also another note are those austrailian rainbows wild caught? and do you have any usefull info on them? i just got 8 at the lfs since i liked them and they where on sale for $1.75 each do you know how to sex them? are the males the ones with the more red and more distinguished fins? im really curious i like them alot one has parasites so i think im gonna exchange him. good luck with the tank. gw is nothing =9 i get it all the time. -=- fish newb -=-

03-13-2006, 12:55 AM	#27 (permalink)
Curare Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Fremantle, Western Australia Posts: 376	They're M, Splendida, and they're not wild caught, they're in fact the prodginy of the fish that you see in the tank in the "before photos", they're realtively easy and spritely fish, they can be a bit territorial at times but apart from that they're very good fish. The males differ from the females as having longer ventral fins that nearly touch the tailfin, and usually blackened edges to the fins. They also end up much deeper looking. My personal experience is to have more males to females, but whatever takes your fancy really. __________________ The Phoenix 10 gal Curare's bombed 3 gal nano 50 gal Australian native Like drops of fertiliser into the tank, so are the days of our CO2...

03-16-2006, 12:37 AM	#28 (permalink)
Curare Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Fremantle, Western Australia Posts: 376	This is what was nearly making me cry just before I did a black out. you can see some BGA forming around the water hedge. I couldn't beleive it, I'm dosing KNO3 like crazy, but I think that freakin' Water sprite is soaking up so much I have no N03 left, and the BGA is making an appearance. Still after a 2 day blackout it's all gone funny coloured and I've just sucked it out with a gravel vac. Fish Newb, this one's for you, here's a perfect example of the differences betweeen males and females. I'm sure you can figure it out. __________________ The Phoenix 10 gal Curare's bombed 3 gal nano 50 gal Australian native Like drops of fertiliser into the tank, so are the days of our CO2...

03-17-2006, 12:32 AM	#29 (permalink)
Curare Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Fremantle, Western Australia Posts: 376	Okay, this is something I've NEVER seen before... white fungus or something or just slimey looking bacteria on my driftwood. Weird, very weird, but doesn't take much to suck up with a siphon... Anyone ever seen this before? __________________ The Phoenix 10 gal Curare's bombed 3 gal nano 50 gal Australian native Like drops of fertiliser into the tank, so are the days of our CO2...

03-17-2006, 02:06 PM	#30 (permalink)
deeplove Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Miami Posts: 241	I had that when my MTSs died. Everyone told me it was fungus. I took them out and poof it was all gone. __________________ Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love.

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