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Monday evening, i added the first dithers/fills for the tank (discus will be added last)
a trio of pearl gouramis, dozen rummynoses, 7 bickford's pencilfish, and 3 dwarf clown plecos (heniancistrus)
this evening, about 7 p.m., the bickford's began spawning (sorry for the fuzzy pics-i wasn't about to start cleaning the glass
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a trio of pearl gouramis, dozen rummynoses, 7 bickford's pencilfish, and 3 dwarf clown plecos (heniancistrus)
this evening, about 7 p.m., the bickford's began spawning (sorry for the fuzzy pics-i wasn't about to start cleaning the glass
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i hate them-most are waay to shallow from front to back to allow any reasonably decent aquascaping, and for discus especially, they suck (the wild greens i have on 'reserve' will barely be able to turn around fully w/out hitting the front or back glass-but they'll eventually be going into the main show tank-a 56 corner bowfront )
this one was free though
the pearl gouramis came in with columnaris, what seems to be a VERY fast developing strain-alot of the fish that come in from one of our main suppliers arrive with the protozoan already manifesting itself on the exterior, and i've found quite a few species coming in with true hexamita, heh)-i treated them too late, and lost them, along w/most of the bickfords, and 1/2 of the rummynoses
the good news is that the zap i gave the tank (used a VERY strong dose of 'fmc', after moving the plants to a plastic bag for 2 days, followed by a 90% wc and carbon) stopped it from wiping everything out-the spawning pair of bickfords survived, along w/6 rummynoses, and the 3 dwarf clown plecos-and now everyone's clean, eating, and coloring up nicely
i rescaped a tad, and moved some of the plants, along with some of the eco-complete flourite bed to a 36 bowfront i also acquired as a freebie
the 45 will have just the ulvaceus, crypt. wendtii,java fern, and corckscrew val (the crypt and the val should be enough to fill in the tank quite nicely
the sword, anubias, and crypt. lutea are now in the 36 bow
the pearls will be replaced this week, and i'm hoping to have the 1st discus in by mid august
pics will soon follow
)this one was free though
the pearl gouramis came in with columnaris, what seems to be a VERY fast developing strain-alot of the fish that come in from one of our main suppliers arrive with the protozoan already manifesting itself on the exterior, and i've found quite a few species coming in with true hexamita, heh)-i treated them too late, and lost them, along w/most of the bickfords, and 1/2 of the rummynoses
the good news is that the zap i gave the tank (used a VERY strong dose of 'fmc', after moving the plants to a plastic bag for 2 days, followed by a 90% wc and carbon) stopped it from wiping everything out-the spawning pair of bickfords survived, along w/6 rummynoses, and the 3 dwarf clown plecos-and now everyone's clean, eating, and coloring up nicely
i rescaped a tad, and moved some of the plants, along with some of the eco-complete flourite bed to a 36 bowfront i also acquired as a freebie
the 45 will have just the ulvaceus, crypt. wendtii,java fern, and corckscrew val (the crypt and the val should be enough to fill in the tank quite nicely
the sword, anubias, and crypt. lutea are now in the 36 bow
the pearls will be replaced this week, and i'm hoping to have the 1st discus in by mid august
pics will soon follow
well, the new light's finally here-a current usa 2x96 watt pc-i had bought one dual daylight to replace the dual actinic bulb it has by default, and when i got it open, found both of the original pc's broken in itsy bitsy pieces, along w/a nice ding in internal reflector-at least i had one bulb to replace-heh-today i added another 96 watt dual daylight bulb (6700/10000k)
the trio of pearls are in, 4 bickford's have been added as of yesterday, along w/some nice ammannia senegalensis-a kewl red bunch plant to contrast the ulvaceus, and the browns and greens of the crypt wendti 'sunset',plus a ruby red sword (the new leaves are coming out red )
i added the 4 nice 5" wild blue haraldis i've been ogling for about 2 months (couldn't wait any longer, heh)-which, though still not truly settled in, began eating small pellets about an hour after plopping them into the tank
i put some more pellets in to get 'em to 'wake up' a tad and swim about, to take some pics-the water is still abit hazy-once it clears completely, i'll try and snag some well lit shots of the bickfords, which are continually pairing off and spawning, along w/some better closeups of the pearls, and dwarf clown plecos
for LD the tagalong :
the trio of pearls are in, 4 bickford's have been added as of yesterday, along w/some nice ammannia senegalensis-a kewl red bunch plant to contrast the ulvaceus, and the browns and greens of the crypt wendti 'sunset',plus a ruby red sword (the new leaves are coming out red
)i added the 4 nice 5" wild blue haraldis i've been ogling for about 2 months (couldn't wait any longer, heh)-which, though still not truly settled in, began eating small pellets about an hour after plopping them into the tank
i put some more pellets in to get 'em to 'wake up' a tad and swim about, to take some pics-the water is still abit hazy-once it clears completely, i'll try and snag some well lit shots of the bickfords, which are continually pairing off and spawning, along w/some better closeups of the pearls, and dwarf clown plecos
for LD the tagalong
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