Sophia

moved the gold mountain minnows into Tank 2 that was converted to cold water and into the breeding box with some of their original tank water. They are not amused. They want to know where their plants have gone and why they are in jail. No eggs overnight. If I don't get any tomorrow I will be wondering if I should spend some cash on some metal mesh instead, maybe they are not falling through the holes. Seems odd that these would also not be having any eggs fall through the holes. The gaps are easily 3mm square. bah

Captain

your photo makes me miss my oto.... might have to get another

it is tenellus tenellus. When I rescape I'm going to trim off the algae and replant it closer to the light

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Hello and welcome Bubblebum....

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cool am gonna rescape that tank soon........... :spop:

my cat always liked skinks :an!gry

You can have a lot of fish in a cycled tank with a good filter and it will often or usually handle the load. If the fish have reproduced in there then the load increases slowly and there aren't big shocks. It can be risky to do it with a new tank but doesn't mean it can't be done. You are just going to have to be vigilant in making sure the water quality is pristine while everything and everyone is settling in.

On Feb 17th I added another light tube to my CPD tank (see my signature for pics). It already had an 8W T5 of 14,000K so I doubled the wattage with an aqua one tropical pink 6500k or thereabouts. I dropped the lighted time for a few weeks to observe any algae, I didn't get any growth so over the following few weeks slowly increased it back to 5-6 hours as it was before. Over the past month to 6 weeks I've noticed a few tufts of black beard or brush algae trying to grow on the glass, and there is a little in among the tenellus tenellus too. There was always a little green hair algae from time to time but it also became more established in the very top level of the tank where the twisted val lays on the surface. Not a jungle, but some pieces had lots of little growths spiralling away. There are cobwebs among the christmas moss and tenellus too. I removed as much of the hair algae as I could by pulling it out or trimming the leaves yesterday. Last week the crypts melted again after there was no disturbance of the substrate. On the upside, the small patch of cyano that was in the areas that didn't get much light/circulation is now clear and the twisted val is growing thicker more twisty leaves. The narrow leaf java fern that died back has grown back and the little ferns I attached to the rocks are also doing well. The crypts were perfect till they melted . The sword plant has converted to submersed too. While the prevalence of the black algae is irritating, I am more concerned that the tenellus seems to be flagging. After the new lights went in almost all of it grew in length so that most of the plants seem to be full size. There haven't any obvious new runners and much of it is a yellow/brown green rather than pea green. Under the half wattage lighting it slowly put out runners. I rarely, if ever fertilise as that always seemed to bring on more algae. I do a bit of a water change here and there, maybe a few litres in a month. I will be having one this weekend to clear up some of the debris from the crypts but I'll put most of the existing water back in. Can I give the tenellus a haircut to force new green growth? Does it sound like it isn't adapting so well after all? Is there a fertiliser regime I should adopt that is going to work in my low maintenance low tech tank? I am going to rescape it soon by moving the rocks to the middle and creating more of a semi circle shape. I thought I could bring the tenellus in under the light more but if it's more light that they don't like then that isn't going to help. any thoughts or advice for my conundrum would be appreciated.

Aaron, you have been having a few fishy issues over the past week or 2, some of which may be being caused by putting fish into uncycled tanks and general fishkeeping learning curves that a number of us have been through. Presuming that the fish were healthy when you bought them, it is unwise and unfair to publicly blame the seller unless you have some specific evidence that they were at fault. Please also refrain from swearing on the forum as it is against the rules, there are people of all ages and sensitivities reading and we like everyone to feel they can contribute. thanks

you may have to die and come back as a fish to find out the answer to this question

Ammonia only is better than nothing

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hmmm right then that is what I will do tomorrow. I thought I could leave them au naturel but I'm sick of waiting!

Thanks for sharing your story Dan

Sunday only is $30 and you have to pay in advance. It's extra for dinner and the tank crawl and you have to register for that too. I don't know if not being a club member will preclude you from going but the others will confirm that.

what is the dog's name? He looks like he's been caught in the act :gigl:

oh no! Mine still haven't made any fry. I thought to mix some WCMM with the golds but if the golds eat their young still none will survive. Caserole, do you have an egg catcher to seperate the eggs from the adults? If not how are you getting eggs hatched?

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that's exactly how I felt after eating too much stew and dumplings for tea tonight :sml2:

all babies called Tricia are Nu ones