amanda's 20g cat-warmer

putty · 08-09-2004, 07:59 AM

I have to check out AW. Me and the GF always go to Big Als for fish and King Ed for supplies.

I want some hairgrass.

I had a major war with BBA when I moved my tank - you are lucky.

amanda huggenkiss · 08-09-2004, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by putty

I had a major war with BBA when I moved my tank - you are lucky.

I take it you haven't seen my 29g!

Actually, it's weird. I have had cross-contamination between my tanks (just me being sloppy), and I've got a few little tufts of BBA on one of my crypts, but it's just not taking hold here like it did in my 29g.

putty · 08-09-2004, 05:33 PM

Mine is alsmost under control, scrubbed, scrapped, reduced water flow, and introduced SAEs...I am almost happy with the tank now.

I think BBA is the worst algae to deal with.

Wasserpest · 08-09-2004, 07:01 PM

Nice pics Amanda... hope those Cherries will multiply as quickly as they did in my tank!

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Originally Posted by putty

I think BBA is the worst algae to deal with.

BBA is a real "patience" alga. Provide the best conditions, then sit and wait and one day it's gone

For me, the worst kind by far is hair alga...

amanda huggenkiss · 08-09-2004, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Wasserpest

Nice pics Amanda... hope those Cherries will multiply as quickly as they did in my tank!

I just hope I still have some females left. Of course the apisto went for the most colourful ones, which are, I believe, the females.

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BBA is a real "patience" alga. Provide the best conditions, then sit and wait and one day it's gone

So true. I started seriously monitoring and supplementing the Nitrates in my 29g and the BBA disappeared day by day. There's very little left now.

putty · 08-09-2004, 07:18 PM

Cranking up the nitrates did a lot in my case too...I can't wait to see the pressurized CO2 on there.

Momotaro · 08-10-2004, 02:11 AM

Pressurized CO2 will really get that aquarium ripping away Amanda! Your algae problems will disappear!

I really like the lay out you have put together. That dwarf hairgrass is going to look fantastic growing with the Crypts!

Mike

amanda huggenkiss · 08-10-2004, 03:55 AM

Pressurized CO2? What, do you think I'm made of money?? Hee. Actually, it's Putty who just got CO2. It's still waaaaay down on my wish list.

amanda huggenkiss · 08-10-2004, 07:26 AM

This is how the tank is now.

Still a little bit cloudy, but almost clear.

Took out all the fast-growers the other day, and what remains is what I'm keeping. I just did a major trim on the e. stellata. Ideally it will be taller and fuller. There are a few strands of rotala rotundifolia in the lower left that will eventually grow nice and big. The hairgrass will continue to fill in. And eventually, I'll have pearlgrass running along the right side and around towards the back. (a girl can dream)

I finally got the apistos out and over into the 29g -- that pop bottle trick totally works! And now the cherry shrimp are happily swimming about. In fact, if you look really closely, you can see one of 'em in the hairgrass at the lower left. Still not sure how many I have left. I've only seen three at one time, but that doesn't mean anything.

So currently, the only inhabitants are shrimp (amanos, cherries & green), ottos (3 common & 3 gold), and 4 furcatus. Oh, and snails. A billion snails.

Yowza. Compare the size of those crypts with the original picture. I swear, they're the same plants!

amanda huggenkiss · 08-10-2004, 09:22 AM

I was just about to head to bed and decided to have a last look at the tanks... and I have baby green shrimp! They're so tiny!!

I would've taken a pic, but they're also very quick.

John P. · 08-10-2004, 04:39 PM

Amanda--are the furcatus "schooling" fish in the Harlequin Rasbora sense of the word? I've done a little preliminary research on them, but would appreciate your thoughts.

Nice work on this setup.

amanda huggenkiss · 08-10-2004, 05:16 PM

Hey John

Their behaviour reminds me more of danios. They're very active, zippy little fish, almost exclusively towards the top of the tank. They don't school so much as interact -- the males are always displaying for each other and for the females... Not even slightly aggressive either.

I really like them. Harlequins were always my favourite schooling fish, but now...

John P. · 08-10-2004, 05:45 PM

Great, thanks. They seem like great additions to any peaceful environment.

amanda huggenkiss · 09-06-2004, 07:54 AM

I managed to catch a few pics of my pregnant shrimps.

and...

I've got some pregnant green shrimp in there too, but those guys are just too well camouflaged.

And most of my cherries and green shrimp are showing this yellowing which is apparently eggs in production in their ovaries...

Now I'm worried that I might not have any male cherries. This one showing the yellow spot is one of the paler ones that I thought was a male. Apparently not. I guess I'll just have to wait and see if the eggs produce anything...

pufferfreak · 09-06-2004, 08:34 AM

Good luck! Nice tank btw

08-09-2004, 07:59 AM	#31 (permalink)
putty Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Posts: 666	I have to check out AW. Me and the GF always go to Big Als for fish and King Ed for supplies. I want some hairgrass. I had a major war with BBA when I moved my tank - you are lucky. __________________ got CO2?

08-09-2004, 05:33 PM	#33 (permalink)
putty Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Posts: 666	Mine is alsmost under control, scrubbed, scrapped, reduced water flow, and introduced SAEs...I am almost happy with the tank now. I think BBA is the worst algae to deal with. __________________ got CO2?

08-09-2004, 07:18 PM	#36 (permalink)
putty Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Posts: 666	Cranking up the nitrates did a lot in my case too...I can't wait to see the pressurized CO2 on there. __________________ got CO2?

08-10-2004, 02:11 AM	#37 (permalink)
Momotaro Doesn't like Kool-Aid (View User Tanks) PTrader: (45/100%) Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Hawthorne, New Jersey Posts: 8,603	Pressurized CO2 will really get that aquarium ripping away Amanda! Your algae problems will disappear! I really like the lay out you have put together. That dwarf hairgrass is going to look fantastic growing with the Crypts! Mike __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

08-10-2004, 03:55 AM	#38 (permalink)
amanda huggenkiss Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 955	Pressurized CO2? What, do you think I'm made of money?? Hee. Actually, it's Putty who just got CO2. It's still waaaaay down on my wish list. __________________ 29g Eheim Classic 2213, community, heavily planted, 65W CF, 2x Hagen CO2 20g Fluval 3 Plus, nothin' but shrimp & snails, 65W CF, Hagen CO2 wannacomewith.com

08-10-2004, 07:26 AM	#39 (permalink)
amanda huggenkiss Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 955	This is how the tank is now. Still a little bit cloudy, but almost clear. Took out all the fast-growers the other day, and what remains is what I'm keeping. I just did a major trim on the e. stellata. Ideally it will be taller and fuller. There are a few strands of rotala rotundifolia in the lower left that will eventually grow nice and big. The hairgrass will continue to fill in. And eventually, I'll have pearlgrass running along the right side and around towards the back. (a girl can dream) I finally got the apistos out and over into the 29g -- that pop bottle trick totally works! And now the cherry shrimp are happily swimming about. In fact, if you look really closely, you can see one of 'em in the hairgrass at the lower left. Still not sure how many I have left. I've only seen three at one time, but that doesn't mean anything. So currently, the only inhabitants are shrimp (amanos, cherries & green), ottos (3 common & 3 gold), and 4 furcatus. Oh, and snails. A billion snails. Yowza. Compare the size of those crypts with the original picture. I swear, they're the same plants! __________________ 29g Eheim Classic 2213, community, heavily planted, 65W CF, 2x Hagen CO2 20g Fluval 3 Plus, nothin' but shrimp & snails, 65W CF, Hagen CO2 wannacomewith.com

08-10-2004, 09:22 AM	#40 (permalink)
amanda huggenkiss Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 955	I was just about to head to bed and decided to have a last look at the tanks... and I have baby green shrimp! They're so tiny!! I would've taken a pic, but they're also very quick. __________________ 29g Eheim Classic 2213, community, heavily planted, 65W CF, 2x Hagen CO2 20g Fluval 3 Plus, nothin' but shrimp & snails, 65W CF, Hagen CO2 wannacomewith.com

08-10-2004, 04:39 PM	#41 (permalink)
John P. Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Laguna Beach, CA Posts: 1,320	Amanda--are the furcatus "schooling" fish in the Harlequin Rasbora sense of the word? I've done a little preliminary research on them, but would appreciate your thoughts. Nice work on this setup. __________________ John P.

08-10-2004, 05:16 PM	#42 (permalink)
amanda huggenkiss Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 955	Hey John Their behaviour reminds me more of danios. They're very active, zippy little fish, almost exclusively towards the top of the tank. They don't school so much as interact -- the males are always displaying for each other and for the females... Not even slightly aggressive either. I really like them. Harlequins were always my favourite schooling fish, but now... __________________ 29g Eheim Classic 2213, community, heavily planted, 65W CF, 2x Hagen CO2 20g Fluval 3 Plus, nothin' but shrimp & snails, 65W CF, Hagen CO2 wannacomewith.com

08-10-2004, 05:45 PM	#43 (permalink)
John P. Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Laguna Beach, CA Posts: 1,320	Great, thanks. They seem like great additions to any peaceful environment. __________________ John P.

09-06-2004, 07:54 AM	#44 (permalink)
amanda huggenkiss Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 955	I managed to catch a few pics of my pregnant shrimps. and... I've got some pregnant green shrimp in there too, but those guys are just too well camouflaged. And most of my cherries and green shrimp are showing this yellowing which is apparently eggs in production in their ovaries... Now I'm worried that I might not have any male cherries. This one showing the yellow spot is one of the paler ones that I thought was a male. Apparently not. I guess I'll just have to wait and see if the eggs produce anything... __________________ 29g Eheim Classic 2213, community, heavily planted, 65W CF, 2x Hagen CO2 20g Fluval 3 Plus, nothin' but shrimp & snails, 65W CF, Hagen CO2 wannacomewith.com

09-06-2004, 08:34 AM	#45 (permalink)
pufferfreak Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 1,018	Good luck! Nice tank btw __________________ 55 gallon- Flourite, XP3, 110wattCF Auto-CO2 system 55 gallon- Soon to be Reef Aquarium 20 gallon- Soon to be Reef Aquarium

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