46 Gallon Bowfront

[unwritten law]

Really sweet unwritten !
and i love the middle picture
again nice job man

thanks... I need to move that ludwigia back with the rest.... it was just from a trimming that I put there so I knew it could get good light and take new roots.


ALSO in the middle and right picture, does anyone know what kind of anacharis that is next to the sword, kinda up front? It looks and grows like anacahris but is much more pink, especially on the new leaves. Also the two hygros in the back... the one to the right/front of the other has broader leaves and hasn't grown any little plantlets off of the main stem like the one with narrower leaves has. Any suggestions on these plant types? I got all three from a friend.

 

[bmoraski]

forgot to comment on how great your fish look ! lol

 

[unwritten law]

tank light was on for over 61 hours cause my timer wasnt on before i left for the weekend.... im stupid. Tomorrow but be an off day.

 

[PerenGee]

Whoa, I step away from the forum for a few weeks and your tank blows up! Beautiful, nice job! sucks about the timer though...

 

[bmoraski]

tank light was on for over 61 hours cause my timer wasnt on before i left for the weekend.... im stupid. Tomorrow but be an off day.

that wont hurt your plants or fish will it ??
dam i hope not because that would totally suck, you have the tank looking sweet !

 

[unwritten law]

nah i dont think so. If anything it would be just algae.... and my plants and cyano (bad) usually keeps most normal algae down.

 

[emmanuelchavez]

thanks... I need to move that ludwigia back with the rest.... it was just from a trimming that I put there so I knew it could get good light and take new roots.


ALSO in the middle and right picture, does anyone know what kind of anacharis that is next to the sword, kinda up front? It looks and grows like anacahris but is much more pink, especially on the new leaves. Also the two hygros in the back... the one to the right/front of the other has broader leaves and hasn't grown any little plantlets off of the main stem like the one with narrower leaves has. Any suggestions on these plant types? I got all three from a friend.

The pinkish 'anacharis' is actually Rotala Rotundifolia. Not too sure about the hygros... I'll get back to you on those.

 

[bmoraski]

nah i dont think so. If anything it would be just algae.... and my plants and cyano (bad) usually keeps most normal algae down.

thats good to hear.

 

[unwritten law]

everyone is alive.... although my shrimp is still in hiding...and they are acting normal so I guess they are fine...today or tomorrow is water change day so after that is done it should basically be like hitting a restart and back to normal if anything is wrong.

 

[unwritten law]

allan the bamboo shrimp is hiding in my rocks on the left...i guess molting

 

[bmoraski]

wow i never thought about molting in a fish tank ! lol
ive had hermit crabs and dealt with molting but really never thought about it in a fish tank. im glad you answered a future question. lol
thanks unwritten

 

[unwritten law]

yeah... i guess pretty much all shrimp need somewhere to hide from fish as they molt because they become very vulnerable to attack... like my killer tiger barbs that attack me most of the time... even my yoyo's try to bite me. My yoyo's are fearless. They try to steal food away from my keyholes mouth.

 

[bmoraski]

ya i guess you would have to have a few hiding spots.my hermit crabs just dug down in sand. and of coarse are very vulnerable.and the whole biting thing.i didnt relize tiger barbs were so aggressive. when i clean my guppies tank they all swarm and i love it, but not if they were biting me ! lol

 

[unwritten law]

yeah.... i went to trim one yellow leaf off my anubias today and they are very territorial over that plant so I got a few nibbles...

CO2 is back up today as well. No leaks or spills so hopefully it last more than a month.

 

[bmoraski]

hey unwritten
i assume your 2 otos take care of your 46gal ? algae that is

 

[unwritten law]

uhhhh.... not really... haha... I don't have to feed them anything extra... that is if they could get something past the tigers...

I just won the epic battle against my cyano.. You all can congratulate me as you please, but my otos obviously never touched it. I want to get at least two more but also want to get rid of my gourami...

The one in my 16 does very well but it wouldn't hurt to add a second in there.

 

[bmoraski]

i forgot to ask if you give anything extra lol

 

[unwritten law]

It obviously depends on your tank... Mine I believe has enough for them... I will soon start feeding my tank cucumbers.. zucchini didn't fly so well with anyone besides my late pleco.

But I really don't see them that often. Mostly stay in the back right in the vals...If they are free swimming for too long the tigers get interested so they stay over there or somewhere on the wood, but not past the middle-ish.

 

[bmoraski]

im gonna try cucumbers and zuchini for my pleco. i just hope he still eats up the algae, its the least he could do ! hes been crapping like no tomorrow.
hes either going in a bigger tank or joining his brother in the pond. i want to get some otos for the 10gal and 20gal
thanks for the input
you da man ! lol

 

[unwritten law]

Bamboo shrimp lives!!!!!! the other day he was all over the place swimming in the current from one side of the tank to the other... he was so cool!!! It was like getting a new fish again!

Now I seem to have lost him again... O well.. Maybe next month I'll see him again.