Mr.Shenanagins
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You don’t have issues with the bows torturing the shrimp? I tried Amanos but they always managed to find my overflow and end up down in the sump.
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John q
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I only have Amano in the tank that they are in but they don't seem to bother them.
I must admit i do get a bit twitchy when the Amano decide to do a bit of open water swimming, especially when the bows approach, but up till now I've never seen them go for the shrimps.
Mr.Shenanagins
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Good to know. I’d like to have a swarm of em in my tank but I just can’t keep them out of the overflows, they just wana take that ride
John q
Member
Actually thinking about it I do have Dwarf neons in the tank with the Tangerine tigers, lol.
John q
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A Tale of Two Roma's.
The clues in the thread title. This is what I see without cropping photos.
Journals should be warts an all. The tank to the left is bullet proof, the tank to the right is a PIA.
To the left.
To the right.
Cha cha slide...
Tissue culture Myriophyllum got uprooted on day 5, decided to let them float on the surface and got sucked into the Gyre. Here endeth the lesson with TC plants 😄
I've replaced the Guyana with Pogostemon heidelberg, i know nothing about this plant (there isn't a lot on line) but it's a rarity, so will likely die in my tank.
We mentioned flowers in previous posts, the echinodorus finally gave me some plantlets, 4 in total.
Stem un furled was around 1.5 mtrs.
The babies.
I'm assuming more daylight coming into the tank has signalled a "let's reproduce" message to the flora.
Here we have Schismatoglottis prietoi getting in on the act.
Fauna wise we added a pair of Dicrossus Maculatus to the left hand tank. They seem to have settled in and slowly venturing out from the undergrowth. Not the best pics, but Dicrossus aren't the easiest to photograph.
The lad.
The pair.
Enjoy your evening guys.
The clues in the thread title. This is what I see without cropping photos.
Journals should be warts an all. The tank to the left is bullet proof, the tank to the right is a PIA.
To the left.
To the right.
Cha cha slide...
Tissue culture Myriophyllum got uprooted on day 5, decided to let them float on the surface and got sucked into the Gyre. Here endeth the lesson with TC plants 😄
I've replaced the Guyana with Pogostemon heidelberg, i know nothing about this plant (there isn't a lot on line) but it's a rarity, so will likely die in my tank.
We mentioned flowers in previous posts, the echinodorus finally gave me some plantlets, 4 in total.
Stem un furled was around 1.5 mtrs.
The babies.
I'm assuming more daylight coming into the tank has signalled a "let's reproduce" message to the flora.
Here we have Schismatoglottis prietoi getting in on the act.
Fauna wise we added a pair of Dicrossus Maculatus to the left hand tank. They seem to have settled in and slowly venturing out from the undergrowth. Not the best pics, but Dicrossus aren't the easiest to photograph.
The lad.
The pair.
Enjoy your evening guys.
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John q
Member
Thanks, appreciate that comment.
The tank to the right is far less forgiving than the other one.
Maintenance, keeping the plants (not pants) happy can sometimes become somewhat of a chore. Any issues I have regards plant health always seems to materialise in this tank; and finally we have bba, it's a constant threat in this tank, always lurking, awaiting an opportunistic moment to attack.
By contrast the other tank just ticks along and does fine with a trim every few weeks, there is rarely any sulking, it asks for very little.
I guess the reason for the difference in pace in these tanks is totally of my own making. I chose to feed it with higher (although modest) levels of light and i chose to include faster growing stems. The phrase "Be careful what you wish for" springs to mind.
FrozenShivers
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Tank on the left is my jam, love the jungle dense planted style of it.
John q
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Cheers @FrozenShivers
It's Sunday so should Update. Unfortunately there isn't a lot to Update, jungle tank's had a big trim, to me it feels bare.
Dicrossus and the additional araguia doing fine, you'll have to take my word on this, I've no pictures.
We do have some critter pics though.
That's a Dicrossus filamentosus female, not Maculatus.
It's Sunday so should Update. Unfortunately there isn't a lot to Update, jungle tank's had a big trim, to me it feels bare.
Dicrossus and the additional araguia doing fine, you'll have to take my word on this, I've no pictures.
We do have some critter pics though.
That's a Dicrossus filamentosus female, not Maculatus.
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John q
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So with the holidays looming the second tank got the scissor treatment, I don't personally like how the tank looks after a big trim but it's essential considering it won't be trimmed again for 16 days.
How it looked before the cut.
And after.
The tanks will receive the usual care treatment whilst away which involves my eldest daughter feeding pre made food pots 3x weekly and dosing micro's every other day, usual macro dose will be given the day before I go when I do the final water change.
Side view of the above tank.
Slightly worrying news is my trio of filamentosus are not 1m/2f, one of my suspected females is starting to get extensions on the caudal fin, the dominant male in the tank isn't showing any interest for now but I suspect once the other suspected male starts to show colour and the fin elongates more it won't tolerate it in the tank. Not entirely sure what my options are tbh, maybe add more females?
Also whilst I'm posting I'll add a few pictures I got today of the maculatus in the other tank.
Happy tank keeping peeps.
How it looked before the cut.
And after.
The tanks will receive the usual care treatment whilst away which involves my eldest daughter feeding pre made food pots 3x weekly and dosing micro's every other day, usual macro dose will be given the day before I go when I do the final water change.
Side view of the above tank.
Slightly worrying news is my trio of filamentosus are not 1m/2f, one of my suspected females is starting to get extensions on the caudal fin, the dominant male in the tank isn't showing any interest for now but I suspect once the other suspected male starts to show colour and the fin elongates more it won't tolerate it in the tank. Not entirely sure what my options are tbh, maybe add more females?
Also whilst I'm posting I'll add a few pictures I got today of the maculatus in the other tank.
Happy tank keeping peeps.
Vardo
Member
I had this book too, I bought it from the sealife centre in Norfolk in 1996. Wish I still had it! This is very nostalgic thank you!
John q
Member
No worries mate. If you want nostalgia maybe give this thread a read.
Aquarium and Natural History Books
I found this book today in a secondhand book shop. I instantly remembered it from my childhood as one of the books that I had out on permanent loan from the local library...that is I just kept renewing it. It was published in 1970, and like it says on the front cover "With a special colour...
www.ukaps.org
Vardo
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I was just looking this up on Google too, I think I spent hours reading then re-reading those booksNo worries mate. If you want nostalgia maybe give this thread a read.
Aquarium and Natural History Books
I found this book today in a secondhand book shop. I instantly remembered it from my childhood as one of the books that I had out on permanent loan from the local library...that is I just kept renewing it. It was published in 1970, and like it says on the front cover "With a special colour...
that "female" is definitely turning out to be a boy.
John q
Member
Yep, and annoyingly It's taken 6 months before it decides to show it's true colours.
when those two end up sparring though..... it will look incredible. and probably not an issue in such a large tank
John q
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"He who controls the spice controls the universe."
Or not lol....
I'd re phrase that in an aquarium.
He who controls the oxygen... controls the.... answers on a postcard peeps.
Or not lol....
I'd re phrase that in an aquarium.
He who controls the oxygen... controls the.... answers on a postcard peeps.
Bacterial colony.
John q
Member
Loving the train of thought guy's, Yanshuph sends their thoughts.
