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Lets see ... Sunfish wasn't being too photogenic so she only gets one. Her name is Phillip by the way ... a great girl's name. Attempting to eat surface bubbles due to food excitement. His name is John, but uhh, I have no idea what gender the fish really is. Turning off the...

I figured I would post a 9 month update here in case anyone comes along looking for info in the future. Tank is holding steady with no major issues. The crappie and sunfish are getting along well and the sunfish is now almost 6 inches long and the crappie is a little over 10 inches. I found...

Well tank is stable now, no movement of any chem levels, the two remaining fish are in peace. I switched diet to backyard earthworms, crickets etc after doing some reading on fish nutrition and realizing feeder fish are a fairly bad option. Gonna stop here on this one. Might open a new thread...

Whelp I spoke a bit too soon lol. Had an power outage that lasted like 7 hours with the outside temp at over 90 degrees. The tank temp warmed from 71F to 80F before the power came back on. No fish died but it seemed to trigger some behaviors in the male green sunfish. He dug 9 nesting holes...

Tank is good. Cycle is getting near done and all fish are doing well. The crappie ended up claiming one side of the tank and the larger of the sunfish claimed the other. The smaller sunfish seems to wander with neither of them really caring where she goes. Speaking of she, I noted some...

A week later, update time. Cycle progressing nicely. Ammonia is being handled to 0.0 daily. The nitrites are very high however so I am doing 50-75% pwc daily and dosing via Safe. I also added some salt, having read about how it helps mitigate the effects of high nitrites. Fish are eating...

Are you trying to pull water a long distance?

The three fish hanging out. Thus begins the photobomb..... He likes people. The small sunfish in dark mode... apparently they change colors. The larger sunfish at 105% food input.

Dios Mio !! :eek: Nitrites ! I guess its progress. Ammonia 2.0 Nitrite somewhere between 2.0-5.0 (bright purple) Nitrate 30.0 pH 7.4-7.6 Temp 71.0 75% pwc in progress and 5x'd the prime. I already have some aquarium salt enroute which i hear can also help with nitrites. Retesting in an hour...

Of yeah definitely still doing the Prime, also I started using the seachem Stability to hopefully speed the cycle process up. Another note, it is amazing to turn off the tank lights. All three fish immediately switch into attack mode on the feeder fish.

Nothing new to report. Doing 50% pwc a day and ending up @ 0.5 ammonia after each. Fish all eating fine and getting along well.

Noted 2 partially digested snail shells in some leavings today, I guess that answers that question. After 50% pwc: Ammonia 0.5 Nitrite 0.0 Nitrate 7.0 PH 7.4 Got a python no spill water changer coming, soon no more buckets hehe.

Ended up doing 75% replacement instead. After pwc: Ammonia 0.5 Nitrite 0.0 Nitrate 7.0

Afternoon check, pre 64% water change: Ammonia 2.0 Nitrite 0.0 Nitrate 7-8.0 Added a half dozen chubby minnows and a dozen tiny feeder minnows. Surprisingly the larger greenie ate a big minnow, which was about 25% his body size. :eek:

I guess I got lucky. I had some small gravel set in that might have helped. Baby

That is quiet an interesting idea with the lake water injection. I'm tempted away from it though with the idea of all the hitchhikers that would likely be in that water as well. As for right now, my current plan is for this to be a 3 fish tank, 1 crappie and 2 green sunfish ... assuming the...

I certainly don't mind the work for now. Fish eating: Crappie took 3 whole nightcrawlers and a scrap of a 4th, also I don't see 2 snails :whistle:. There is a hole in the fake branch, maybe they are in there. Greenies both ate until mouths couldn't close right. All fish active and no oddity...

I tried to keep a common snapping turtle. Found him behind the house about the size of a quarter. I tried to setup a 30% land, 70% water tank with fish in the water etc. Nothing doing, the turtle ate all the fish and ripped the land/water setup apart until I finally gave up on it. I read up...

I really like the green sunfish, always so inquisitive and active. So I ran my fish levels though this thing I've seen people talk about on here, aqadvisor's Intelligent Freshwater Aquarium Stocking Calculator ... they didn't have black crappie so I instead counted him as 2 bluegill, which...

I am still debating a release for cycle :ermm: Bluegill are long gone btw.

Did 51% water change yesterday evening and measured 4ppm ammonia before the change. I also added a bacterial starter pack, marineland brand. Re-primed after the water change. This morning, I removed the smaller of the black crappie for being a jerk and trying to claim pretty much all of the...

Morning Check: Ammonia 3.0 Nitrite 0.0 Nitrate 5.0 <--- I had my wife double check me, is that odd ?

Test kit arrived. This is after a 25% water replacement about 3 hours ago. Ammonia 1.5 Nitrite 0.0 Nitrate 0.0 Double Prime has been used. They said, "The standard dose of Prime (5mL per 50 gallons of water or 2 drops per 1 gallon of water) will only detoxify up to 1ppm ammonia. " I am...

Adding the feeder minnows was like a match on gasoline :dance: Big crappie ate 3 within seconds and just screamed around the tank knocking snails loose and decorations over during his chases. The little crappie got at least 2 and the big green sunfish crammed himself full until his mouth...

:ermm: Forum is being weird, might multipost.... Anyways kit is set to arrive today and I will post its result. No other odd behaviors noted.