F.Sam
Aquarium Advice Freak
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- Jan 21, 2014
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Spring has started here in Belgium, so I thought I would already get the aquarium out and get it cleaned!
Last spring/summer I did the same thing with a bunch of minnows, but the were in a barrel.. They were doing fine for four months. Unfortunately I lost most of them in 2 days.. Apparently two garden snails got in the tub and they were decomposing at the bottom. Water parameters went bad really quick haha!
So that's in the past, this year I'm just bringing an old 29 gal outside. Since it's only 16 degrees outside at midday and still quite cold at night, it will be heated. The aquarium is positioned so it will only catch a glimpse of the evening sun. So I should get spared from overheating/algae bloom.
I was thinking if you guys could give me some ideas about the decor.. Thinking about adding a big motherplant of needle leaf javafern XL.. But it would also seem a good idea to dry start with monte carlo or something.. Not sure yet. I have loads of duckweed, so I got the floaters covered! But I do fancy some water lettuce (then again I think my lighting is too weak 2x T8 18W)
Inhabitants will be my offspring endlers as well as a pair of BN albino plecs.
What do you guys think?
Sent per three-eyed raven..
Last spring/summer I did the same thing with a bunch of minnows, but the were in a barrel.. They were doing fine for four months. Unfortunately I lost most of them in 2 days.. Apparently two garden snails got in the tub and they were decomposing at the bottom. Water parameters went bad really quick haha!
So that's in the past, this year I'm just bringing an old 29 gal outside. Since it's only 16 degrees outside at midday and still quite cold at night, it will be heated. The aquarium is positioned so it will only catch a glimpse of the evening sun. So I should get spared from overheating/algae bloom.
I was thinking if you guys could give me some ideas about the decor.. Thinking about adding a big motherplant of needle leaf javafern XL.. But it would also seem a good idea to dry start with monte carlo or something.. Not sure yet. I have loads of duckweed, so I got the floaters covered! But I do fancy some water lettuce (then again I think my lighting is too weak 2x T8 18W)
Inhabitants will be my offspring endlers as well as a pair of BN albino plecs.
What do you guys think?
Sent per three-eyed raven..