5 Gallon Planted Tank

[maxwellag]

They'll use any kind of cover, including floating stuff. They spend a lot of time suspended under floating plants.

I put some plants in there last night just in case, and you were right! I woke up this morning and one was hanging out up there! Thanks!
EDIT: Two of them were now!
Too bad I have to take those floating plants out for the pennywort and riccia fluitans... :/

 

[maxwellag]

I am temporarily moving the dwarf baby tears to my 20g with 2x24w T5HO. I moved my brazillian pennywort in, and I might also move over some riccia fluitans. Pictures soon

 

[maxwellag]

No more co2 stuff or drop checker for a while... That brazillian pennywort will grow a lot and hopefully provide some cover at the top for these fish. For the past 3 days, I had only been seeing 4 of them. So today I decided to look in the filter and found one. She was alive! I hope she will be ok. Because of that incident, I out a sponge on the intake.

 

[maxwellag]

She's being active now! I think she'll be ok.

 

[maxwellag]

LOL they're being lazy.

 

[maxwellag]

I have a tone of plants on the way. Expect some changes.

 

[maxwellag]

Just thought I'd update... I got some new plants.

 

[maxwellag]

One of the males turned really dark colored... I will get try to get a picture

 

[maxwellag]

It's not a very good picture, but you can see the male.

 

[maxwellag]

LOL I caught them snuggling again. I am starting to see new growth on the brazillian pennywort (the plants they are resting on)! I can see little buds.

 

[Austin.b]

LOL I caught them snuggling again. I am starting to see new growth on the brazillian pennywort (the plants they are resting on)! I can see little buds.

Haha cool pic!

 

[maxwellag]

All these pictures I have been taking are from my phone. I really should use my good camera. Haha.

 

[maxwellag]

Haha cool pic!

Thanks! they do that a lot. One colored up today. I am hoping for some babies!

 

[Austin.b]

Thanks! they do that a lot. One colored up today. I am hoping for some babies!

What does it mean when they color up?

 

[maxwellag]

What does it mean when they color up?

When the males get really colorful (in this case dark body with bright blue fins) to show off for the females

 

[maxwellag]

Feeding time!

 

[maxwellag]

LOL I guess he wanted privacy for his dinner?? I need to scrub that glass.

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Edit: that thing below him is a bloodworm, if you were wondering.

 

[maxwellag]

WOW, I am posting all kinds of pictures today! I took out the dwarf sag and other plant and put in some java moss. I already saw a female hiding in the moss.
The pennywort bud started opening! Yay! It is growing a lot faster than I thought.
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Here is the moss
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He says "wanna bite?" haha
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This camera focuses better than my phone but can not focus zommed in at all. I need one of those expensive ones. LOL

 

[jetajockey]

Nice pics, i think that one on the bottom is a boy.

 

[maxwellag]

Nice pics, i think that one on the bottom is a boy.

Oh. Thanks. LOL I need to practice sexing them.