5 Gallon FW Build/Journey Thread

[daileene]

Hi Ed. True. I was thinking of the chili rasboras too afterwards. I had 6 before. Maybe this time I will get more than 6. I do love activities in the tank too. Maybe I will get a betta in the future again once the weather will be okay.

Thanks for the encouragement.

 

[daileene]

Okay, the plants in here is still not too overcrowded. Although they are bouncing back nicely. So I will take that. I had 5 cherry barbs in with my blue gourami in the living room but they died one by one coz the gourami was bullying them around. The two remaining ones I had transferred here for now. I was thinking of transferring them to my tacky tank but I had the opaline there too. Although he/she is much friendlier since the 3 neon tetras love to hang around with her/him.

But here they are for now:

My cherry barbs:

 

[daileene]

More pics:

I wanted this anubias nana to be much bigger, but they are getting there:

 

[daileene]

New pictures today with some new plants addition:

rotalas
water sprite
aponogeton bulb
italian val
cornutas
dwarf water lettuces
italian moss

 

[Coursair]

I love getting new plants. Just remember not to shade out the ones that need light. I love Cherry Barbs, my pair is getting old and grumpy, but they are still around after 5 yrs.

 

[daileene]

Hi...yes, getting new plants are like getting lots of gifts. yes, I didn't put a lot of floating plants in. It is will spread more, I will transfer some in my other tanks.

 

[daileene]

Okay, so a little update for the list of my plants now. I have:

rotala indica
water sprite (Ceratopteris Cornuta)
aponogeton echinatus
italian val
italian moss
crypt wendtii 'red'
anubias barteri nana
anubias bateri var. nana 'petite'
Java Fern (Microsorum pteropus "Phillipine")

I transferred my dwarf water lettuce and salvinia minima to my other 10G.

 

[daileene]

Pictures taken last May 1, 2012:

 

[daileene]

Update on this tank:

Rearrange things a little bit, got more mosses and created a java moss wall in both sides. I transferred my barbs into my 20G long with the angels. They love it there. In here temporarily is my male blue gourami. I tried transferring him to my other 20G with my other blue gourami, which I thought was a female, I still think she is a female. But she terrorized him so bad that he losses some of his tail. So I have him in here to heal.

Also in here are my RCS. They are loving the moss everywhere. Will take pictures one of this days.

 

[daileene]

Oh wow, I didn't realize how long it has been since I updated all my 6 build/journey posts.

This tank has been through a lot. But it is back to its good condition. New resident using one of our old betta name Spidey. He is cute. Here are some pictures.