Recent content by finnafish

I will keep it updated. The pygmy sunfish didnt make it sadly. I think I'll get a 10 gallon and try to build a better environment for them. I also have no live food culture so I couldn't feed them but I don't think thats what killed them. Cool idea on pads, I need more substrate to plant...

New finds! Collected four Okeefenokee pygmy sunfish, 2 new bluespotted sunfish, a tadpole madtom, blackbanded darter, and a swamp darter! All from the little Econ river. Theyre in quarentine for now. Super excited about these finds!

Its so pretty! Added to the list thank you. The tank was at a stand still for a while but I'm back on the build. Ive been filming the whole process with the new fish, I'll put a video together soon.

I found a second bluespotted which I think is a male! He was in quarentine for a week and has been in my main tank for two days now. The new one is much smaller and the bogger one shows a tad of aggression. Most of the plants I collected didnt make it through the cleaning process but I have some...

I found 3 plants today. One of my friends says the first one is chara algea the other says its hornwort. The middle one I believe to be hydrilla, Im not too worried If its native for the time being just so I can get some cover in the tank. Im cleaning the plants I took as we speak

Okay so it's been forever, not sure if I should start a new thread but yesterday I finally found a bluespotted sunfish to put in my tank. I found her (I'm pretty sure it's a female) last night while netting for grass shrimp in a ditch behind where I live. I accimated her for 4 hours and she's...

I'm not sure if anyone is still following this but I'm still working on this tank. I need help sinking my wood, I also need help collecting plants. I've found plants I want in my tank but im not sure how to rid them of critters and algea that might spread into my tank. I live in an apartment so...

Finally got around to boiling my wood. I boiled the first of two for hours at every angle. It's now floating in my tank barkless. I'm assuming it will get waterlogged and sink soon enough. The water is beginning to get a bit murky again. I assume its the leftover tannins from the wood. I also...

Still cycling the tank... I have high nitrite readings still so I guess the cycle isn't done. Just an update.

Yea I just did some research and Jordanella floridae is a killifish. I can catch hundreds of them any day. Their everywhere around my neighborhood!

It was just the head and was right next to the trash receptacles for my unit. There's one at every door, a little wooden box. Anyhow I've contacted the front office and I'm trying to work it out... Lesson learned.

Sand rocks and shells I collected and cleaned. There's a pic of the tank back in the thread. I wish I had a porch! I've been doing this from an apartment with no porch sadly. Also the trash people just took my net because I left it outside my door and passed out... There goes 80$ and my life...

Water and substrate! Wool finally cycling this thng. Im not sure I have enough substrate

It works now thank you!

False alarm! I figured it out. Tank is finally up and running. Anyone have any idea on how I can debark a piece of wood without a pressure washer?