TheresaM's tank thread

[TheresaM]

Added a few more rasboras and shrimp to the Evolve. The fish seem to enjoy the shrimp food and get some great color from it:

 

[TheresaM]

I'm getting some really nice reds in the 10g jungle:

 

[TheresaM]

Heading to MI at the end of the week to move middle daughter back into her dorm so I've been busy with the tanks. Trimmed the hygro in the Spec, had stems 2" above the water line. Added some vals to the 16g; big WC in that tank as well. New mineral balls, IAL, and alder cones in all the shrimp tanks. Removed bunches of dwarf water lettuce from the Endlers tank; still have to pull snails (pest and MTS) from that tank and get rid of some duckweek from the jungle tank.

 

[Fresh2o]

Shrimp looks especially deep red against the green.
An AA member sent me an IAL quite a while back. I should put it in the shrimp tank.
Have a safe trip.


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[TheresaM]

Shrimp looks especially deep red against the green.
An AA member sent me an IAL quite a while back. I should put it in the shrimp tank.
Have a safe trip.

Shrimp seem to really like/appreciate the leaves. I put pieces in the smaller tanks and the shrimp are all over them. Sometimes they get moved around, not sure if that's due to shrimp or snails.

Almost a 9 hour drive but it'll be nice to see her. Really great lfs in Lansing that we're planning to visit as well!

 

[Nils]

Amazing colors on those shrimp! have a fun trip!

 

[TheresaM]

Amazing colors on those shrimp! have a fun trip!

Some of them are just crazy, intense red! The original RCS in that tank are from two different sources but look nothing like that. Maybe the food?

 

[TheresaM]

The Endlers tank is packed with jungle vals so tonight I'm going to pull some out for the 16g which is very much in need of something. Pics either tomorrow or after the trip.

 

[TheresaM]

Quick shot tonight from the 2.5g:

And the rasboras in the Evolve:

 

[Fresh2o]

That berried rili is quite a site.


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[TheresaM]

That berried rili is quite a site.

I know! This tank was recently re-aquascaped so I'm hoping there's enough plants and moss for shrimplets to hide.

 

[t4runnr]

Heading to MI at the end of the week to move middle daughter back into her dorm so I've been busy with the tanks. Trimmed the hygro in the Spec, had stems 2" above the water line. Added some vals to the 16g; big WC in that tank as well. New mineral balls, IAL, and alder cones in all the shrimp tanks. Removed bunches of dwarf water lettuce from the Endlers tank; still have to pull snails (pest and MTS) from that tank and get rid of some duckweek from the jungle tank.

Welcome to the mitten!

 

[TheresaM]

Welcome to the mitten!

The state with the convenient carry-around map!

I'm actually from MI originally, moved out in 2001. Will be nice to be back for a visit!

 

[t4runnr]

Cool. I grew up in Livonia but now live in Ann Arbor.

 

[TheresaM]

Well, I was out running errands today and stopped at Petco. For some reason they had standard 2.5g tanks marked down considerably. Ended up getting one of those and a small, pretty female betta

Quick shot just after we got home:

 

[Nils]

Lucky, I could use those right about now. Pretty betta, I'm sure she will enjoy her new home!

 

[TheresaM]

Lucky, I could use those right about now. Pretty betta, I'm sure she will enjoy her new home!

I like the standard 2.5g, nice little tank. Going to go with light-colored sand in this one instead of the usual black.

Just dawned on me that this is my first female betta!

 

[TheresaM]

So this was obviously an impulse purchase since I'm going away for the weekend...I rinsed and added sand to the tank. Going to put in a few rocks, some floating plants, and an established sponge filter. Am I missing anything?

She's a feisty little girl though! I have her in a small bowl on my desk and every time I sit down she's swims over to visit.

 

[Fishperson]

Sounds good. Uh, heater maybe?

Just realized I have an empty 2.5G sitting around somewhere...

 

[TheresaM]

Sounds good. Uh, heater maybe?

Just realized I have an empty 2.5G sitting around somewhere...

Empty tank....isn't that a crime?!?

Not going to do a heater right now. My other small tanks are running without heaters and maintain a steady 77.5°

So the arrangement for now is white sand, a few rocks, dwarf sag, dwarf water lettuce, and a small crypt I found floating in the jungle tank.

She seems to get settling in nicely. Looks more blue than green in the tank: