Carey's 125G Upgrade/Conversion Thread

[kenny69]

LOL It's deja vu... I have to wait for b/f tomorrow to put together my bio cube stand for my new tank.

Hey there Carey your thread has reached 300 lol wow you sure know how to get a good thread going

 

[carey]

LOL It's alot of chit chat too. But its all good, I like having a place I can go to talk about one tank.

Speaking of which I'm hopefully gonna pick up some more fish today. Some FW and a SW. woo hoo...I'll post if I get anything.

 

[carey]

So it took awhile but I finally added some more fish.

I picked up two loaches, not clowns though. One is blue and the other is orangey. Supposed to be a male and female. here's a shot while acclimating:

 

[Angelfish56]

They look like rainbow sharks do you know what kind of loach they are

 

[carey]

I totally forgot. I told the guy that too when I bought them. I think he said blueberry loaches. Thye def don't have the nose of a shark, it looks like the clown loachs mouth.

 

[carey]

Did some more research on these guys and they appear to be blue botia's, also known as blueberry and strawberry loaches. I've been having the hardest time finding decent sized clown loaches so i went with these guys. I hope they work out. They seem right at home already.

 

[Joyler]

Ooooh they are so pretty! You are getting so much fish action...so lucky!!

 

[carey]

Spent $100 bucks today, sooo over budget. But I hadn't bought freshwater stuff in awhile so I figured why not..

 

[Joyler]

So overbudget...but so awesome!!

 

[T-man02]

They look a amazing

 

[carey]

Thanks T-man, I appreciate that.

 

[T-man02]

Its the truth...i have a thts to small for clowns i still look anyway i cant rele find small ones

 

[carey]

Just invested in a centerpiece for this tank. My b/f says it needs more color now since everything is so dark except for the tree stump thing. lol I'm considering putting in a bunch of fake plants to make add some color?

What do you guys think?

 

[Joyler]

It looks good, and I think it will look even better when it ages a lil bit!

 

[carey]

Yeah, I've been neglecting the fw tanks a bit, I need to work on this one more. It's just so darn big it's a bit overwhelming. least in SW I can fill it with LR but fw I have to show more creativity. lol

 

[Joyler]

Yeah, I've been neglecting the fw tanks a bit, I need to work on this one more. It's just so darn big it's a bit overwhelming. least in SW I can fill it with LR but fw I have to show more creativity. lol

Haha! I understand...it is tough