Sophia Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Tank update - getting greener and greener Short Killie action movie Front Through left side Left side crypt garden – slowly but surely they are getting more leaves! Right side log with more crypts in front Log, lotus and a shimmer of a fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Awesome! It looks great! I would push those rocks further back personally, but the tank is looking so nice now that the plants have filled in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 thanks P44 :happy2: I can't move those rocks or I will upset the crypts and they are only just settled in. They look a little more in perspective and flatter in real life when you stand in front. The things I am happiest about you can't really see - I have 2 narrow java plantlets from Jennifer that are stuck to the sticking up bit of log that are growing more leaves (and I believe the ones in my low-low tech tank are growing even faster) and the java ferns and windelov that I killed and saved the tiniest scraps of are all growing. One day I will pull back the moss curtain and ta-daaaa I will have a plant covered log 8) I think I have the ferts just about right too - I added a dose of flourish excel about 3 weeks ago after starving them for a month and the wisps of brown algae on the moss disappeared. On Monday I noticed a few back again so gave another dose and it's gone again. I had also seen green spot on a new val leaf that I also haven't seen again. So that's 5-6 hours light, JBL balls and fortnightly dosing. And it's still the random 14000k tube that came with the light as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted February 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 2 adults are now off to breed at a new home so tomorrow I move all the fry and juveniles back 'home' where I can keep a better eye on them and keep on fattening them up. and then I have a spare tank again :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 2 adults are now off to breed at a new home so tomorrow I move all the fry and juveniles back 'home' where I can keep a better eye on them and keep on fattening them up. and then I have a spare tank again :bounce: :happy1: :happy2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted February 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 changed my mind, now have the 10 biggest fry in the killie tank, and left the 4 smallest ones in the garage so they can have all the food they can eat without being crowded out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted February 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 seems the little fry were less concerned about eating when the was no peer pressure so back to the main tank they went. Spare tank now brooding for it's next inhabitants. Something that will live with current flatmates - shrimps, yep still got em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted February 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 seems that 6 of the fish are males, 4 females. The rest too little to get tail colours just yet. One fish jumped out at feeding time, took me longer than a few seconds to get him back in the tank but he recovered quickly enough. I wonder if it was the same fish that jumped out when in the bugs tank earlier. So yes, if you get killies and there are lots the same age, and feed them live food, be careful at feeding time, they are very excitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted March 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 couple of new plants Left side – pond...wotsit crypt. Long name I keep forgetting Right moved some moss aside to see if ferns can handle the jandal. New needle leaf now tied on too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Wow I love your little killie tank! It's so cute! It just keeps getting better and better Left side – pond...wotsit crypt. Long name I keep forgetting Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted March 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 thanks Joe, I am enjoying my underwater gardening :happy2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Me too :happy2: It's so much fun :happy1: I've just about lost track of how many plants I have :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Looking good Far better than my tanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Indeed! The plants look very healthy too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted March 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Thank you both. :happy1: Many of those healthy plants were healthy from Jen to start with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted April 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 a few updated pictures - my fry are no longer fry! Except one. Runty remains a runt, doesn't seem to be getting bigger than fry-sized. That might be him/her in the middle of the bottom picture. You can see how much smaller than the others it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted April 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 Interesting lesson learned this week - I have too many grown males and not enough harmony for my liking. Presumably this is partially due to the tank size and the amount of males that hatched. Some of the males have had a few ruffled scales from their stand offs so 2 are now 'on holiday' in a divided tank in the garage. A couple more are spoken for in auctions and hopefully some more will go soon too. If anyone in Auckland is interested in some males please PM me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted April 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 All females now gone, 7 males remaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 So... you will be wanting some striatum soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted April 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 I haven't made my mind up yet. I want a fish that has good colour from a little way away, and one that won't eat all it's fry. I have heard the Striatum are not peaceful community dwellers and also eat eggs???? :nilly: the ones I really want are amieti or gold australe. Clowns would be nice. Noone has what I want, or wants to pass them on if they do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 I have clowns, but you will have to wait until they breed! and they eat their fry if the tank is not heavily planted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted April 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Heavily planted in the top region or will the fry hang out further down where the cover is? I do have plants that reach the surface and a few tendrils of twisted val that lay on the top but it's not like having good old duckweed. I am not going back to having floating plants either, my plants look too good now and my tank-fans would kill me :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Clown fry are surface dwellers - some java moss that makes it up to the top of the tank and starts crawling up the sides is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted April 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Clowns will have to wait till I have a different tank then (read ANOTHER tank but don't tell the husband ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 I have a spare tank for you Sophia, if you want it. Not very big, but perfect for killies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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