QTOFFER
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Some big changes are underway with my tanks! Any comments or suggestions will be welcome and appreciated.
In my 58 gal livingroom show tank, the last remaining serpae tetra went belly up this weekend.
The water params are perfect and all the fish are in good health, so I assume he died of natural causes. With 6 black phantoms, five zebra danios, and 5 albino bronze corys, this tank is understocked. I’m debating whether I should put some rams in there or just get a few more schools of tetras and rasboras. I’m making a Southwest theme in this tank – lots of sandstone, some resin cow skulls, some cholla wood, and a few low, bushy, plastic plants for cover. I’ve even seen some plastic cacti for use in reptile tanks!
The 7 gal bowfront in the bathroom contains one cory melanistius, a snail and a male betta. I know the cory is lonely and need some friends, so I am looking for two more melanistius. I’m planning to remove the betta since the bowfront tank really does not show him off very well. Then I’m going to put in some tall, plastic plants and some resin driftwood. I’m thinking of getting a few small, colorful fish like glowlight tetras or fancy guppies.
I just purchased a new 15 gal tank for the bedroom. I’m going to divide it into thirds and keep three bettas and lots of corys in it. I’m also considering fancy guppies since I’ve heard that betas love guppy fry. It will be heavily planted with hard-to-kill plants like java moss and java fern.
I recently acquired a beautiful turquoise halfmoon betta at auction. His name is ‘Moe’ (I’m a huge Three Stooges fan). The cobalt blue betta in the 7 gal bowfront is currently named ’Rocky’ after my brother's long deceased betta. Unfortunately, he has a tendency to chase the sinking pellets meant for the cory down to the bottom and crash unceremoniously into the gravel.
Not very becoming of a heavyweight champ if you ask me - much more stooge-like. So, I re-named him ‘Larry’. Once this tank is set up, I will be on the lookout for a reddish betta who will be named ‘Curly’.
Right now, the kitchen is the only tankless room in the apartment, although I usually have canned tuna in the cupboard and salmon filet in the freezer.
In my 58 gal livingroom show tank, the last remaining serpae tetra went belly up this weekend.
The water params are perfect and all the fish are in good health, so I assume he died of natural causes. With 6 black phantoms, five zebra danios, and 5 albino bronze corys, this tank is understocked. I’m debating whether I should put some rams in there or just get a few more schools of tetras and rasboras. I’m making a Southwest theme in this tank – lots of sandstone, some resin cow skulls, some cholla wood, and a few low, bushy, plastic plants for cover. I’ve even seen some plastic cacti for use in reptile tanks!The 7 gal bowfront in the bathroom contains one cory melanistius, a snail and a male betta. I know the cory is lonely and need some friends, so I am looking for two more melanistius. I’m planning to remove the betta since the bowfront tank really does not show him off very well. Then I’m going to put in some tall, plastic plants and some resin driftwood. I’m thinking of getting a few small, colorful fish like glowlight tetras or fancy guppies.
I just purchased a new 15 gal tank for the bedroom. I’m going to divide it into thirds and keep three bettas and lots of corys in it. I’m also considering fancy guppies since I’ve heard that betas love guppy fry. It will be heavily planted with hard-to-kill plants like java moss and java fern.
I recently acquired a beautiful turquoise halfmoon betta at auction. His name is ‘Moe’ (I’m a huge Three Stooges fan). The cobalt blue betta in the 7 gal bowfront is currently named ’Rocky’ after my brother's long deceased betta. Unfortunately, he has a tendency to chase the sinking pellets meant for the cory down to the bottom and crash unceremoniously into the gravel.
Not very becoming of a heavyweight champ if you ask me - much more stooge-like. So, I re-named him ‘Larry’. Once this tank is set up, I will be on the lookout for a reddish betta who will be named ‘Curly’.Right now, the kitchen is the only tankless room in the apartment, although I usually have canned tuna in the cupboard and salmon filet in the freezer.
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