Mebbid's high tech 40b journal

[Mebbid]

I got a spare 5 gal that my betta vacated for me :'( I'll try in there. Any danger with copper in osmocote and river sand?

Nope, there shouldn't be.

 

[Mebbid]

Sorry to hear about that. Was it under warranty?

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A warranty most likely won't cover that so I doubt there's anything that can be done.

 

[Mattfinn]

Woo I'll give it a try mebbid.

Btw your display pic. The fin on the side of your betta looks like a frogs leg. Keeps tripping me out

 

[Mebbid]

Woo I'll give it a try mebbid.

Btw your display pic. The fin on the side of your betta looks like a frogs leg. Keeps tripping me out

Hahah that's funny, I've never looked at him that way before

You'll have to let us know how it goes!

 

[Mebbid]

I've been considering a redo on my 40b for a little bit now. I've been really considering a 3d background and then either going back to the black diamond blasting sand or keep the PFS but adding in a sand waterfall into the mix. What do you guys think?

 

[fish wrangler]

A sand water fall would look really cool imo. Black Diamond blasting sand and maybe blue sand for a water fall. Could also do a "river" with the blue if you use flimsy cutting boards to separate it. Just some things to throw around.

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[Fresh2o]

Woo I'll give it a try mebbid.

Btw your display pic. The fin on the side of your betta looks like a frogs leg. Keeps tripping me out

Now I can't unsee it. Too funny.


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[Mebbid]

Now I can't unsee it. Too funny.


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Me either.... ugh

 

[Brookster123]

Wait... that's not a frog?? I've been in the dark this whole time??

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[Bichir Bro]

I don't see a frog at all????????????
Do I need to smoke some of the weed pots to see it??

 

[Mebbid]

I got sick of the substrarr always kickingbup dirt and debris in my tank so yesterday i took a study break and completely redid the tank. I gotta refill my co2 tank today and i think im gonna get an angel again. The plants will be put in after thats done.

 

[Mebbid]

I finally got the plants in and picked up a new aquaclear 70 filter for only $20 to put on this tank.

But here is the new current layout.

Also, close up of one of my aponogetons

 

[Brookster123]

Bdbs?? Looks great with the green contrast, reminds me of a tank that inspired not so long ago that was a 55 with a ridiculous 4 bulb t5ho if I remember correctly.. I've got to thin out some plants, think blyxa and ammania bon. Would look splendid in there. Ludwiga sp. Red of you want.. well... reds!

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[Mebbid]

Bdbs?? Looks great with the green contrast, reminds me of a tank that inspired not so long ago that was a 55 with a ridiculous 4 bulb t5ho if I remember correctly.. I've got to thin out some plants, think blyxa and ammania bon. Would look splendid in there. Ludwiga sp. Red of you want.. well... reds!

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What does bdbs mean?

And yes, your memory is correct. It was a 55g. Fun fact, i used the same substrate that i pulled out of my 55g in this tank

So it should be chock full of nutrients. I also put down a few small handfulls of my root tab mix before adding the substrate. So hopefully plants should take off rather quickly.

I would be more than happy to take some plants off your hands... I have a ton of crypts and aponogetons that could easily go in my 20g. How much do you want for them?

 

[Mattfinn]

Looks good mebbid! I did a similar thing in my 10 with some osmocote. Just mixed it in. Haven't had to put more tabs in ages.

 

[Brookster123]

Black Diamond Blasting Sand! Pm sent

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[Mebbid]

Finished my last exam today! Now I will finally have the time to invest into my tanks that they deserve.

On that note, I think I am going to switch back to EI dosing on my planted tank now that I don't have to worry about missing weekly water changes on it.

 

[Mebbid]

Here's an update on how the tank is doing. This freaking aponogeton is growing out of control! Although, some of its new leaves aren't the healthiest looking. Even though I put down a layer of my root tab mix under this substrate I think it might be a bit too much of a resource hog. I will have to add 3 or 4 more root tabs around it just to make sure. Overall, there's not as much growth as I was hoping for but with the CO2 snafu that's not surprising.

The rest of the plants are growing in nicely, although not as well as I would have hoped. I had an issue with my CO2 as my bubble checker blew out. It was showing bubbles were being injected and since I had my intake feeding directly into my canister, I had no idea that it wasn't going into my tank.. especially because I ran out of drop checker fluid It was like a perfect storm of everything going wrong! but I got it fixed now. I got an extra intake tube with my Aquaclear and there's a bar at the bottom that, when cut out makes a perfect fit for an air line. So I put my CO2 into there instead.


As you can see I got some BBA growth to take care of today. It's a lot worse on my rotala sadly.

Lastly, my Ludwigia repens is finally coloring up!

 

[Mebbid]

Blech, my Red tailed shark has apparently gone off the deep end. It spent the entire day chasing all my other fish around relentlessly. I expected some aggression but not this bad. It's sad because this is one of the fish I've wanted for something like 15 years now.

 

[fish wrangler]

Maybe try a log cave for him. When I had one it loved hanging out in a fake hollow log

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