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[aakaakaak]

Oh, and....

IT SINKS!....barely, but it sinks!

...and my camera batteries died without saving the pic. No big deal. It's super cloudy white right now from the water change and what I "think" is the log cycling. The log is sitting on three rocks and is positioned so it's maybe 1/4 of an inch under water at the top. I totally think I should be getting a frog as well as a bolivian ram now.

Paige, I totally know nothing about betas, but I like the way the tail looks, with just the dark edges.

Oh, and I asked the security/facilities/safety guy at work if I'd get in trouble for keeping a beta at work and he has no problems with it. I'm gonna have to think about that though.

 

[freash_water_monster]

random announcement: When i first got my pleco he jumped out of the tank but we found him laying on the floor. we put him back in and was fine but he had holes in his fins and they grew back.
Also after he jumped out i learned they can stay out of water for more that 10 minutes.

 

[Dylandrewsdad]

Next time do a "Bad" water change, it so much more fun!

 

[ryanoh]

Here's an interesting fish-related question I've been pondering on. Where do beneficial bacteria come from? It's like we set up the right environment for them, provide them food, then they just appear...

 

[Dylandrewsdad]

They are magic........

 

[Dylandrewsdad]

Aak-just do it. It is easier to ask forgiveness then permission! At my job I am not allowed to have a "pet" so when the facilities manger told me I had to take my tank home, my department head told her it was not a pet, it was the department mascot! LOL They love my fishies

 

[bassbonediva]

I JUST realized you named all your fish after Twilight.

Have you not noticed my sig that states I am the "Crazy Twilight Betta Lady"?! ROFL!

I may have just stumbled across something revolutionary...
If you have a pond snail infestation, why buy loaches when your cories can do the work? just crush the snails up for them and cories will devour all the pond snails. its a good way to control pond snails in a planted tank. My panda cories liked their ponds snail today so much that they cleaned out the shell completely.

I'm going to have to try this. I HATE pond snails. My 55gal has them, but oddly my 20gL and 29gal don't. No clue why not since they're both planted like my 55gal is.

Paige, I totally know nothing about betas, but I like the way the tail looks, with just the dark edges.

Oh, and I asked the security/facilities/safety guy at work if I'd get in trouble for keeping a beta at work and he has no problems with it. I'm gonna have to think about that though.

That dark edging on his fins is part of what makes him a mustard gas.

If you do get a betta, make sure he's in at least 5gal tank that is heated and filtered. Longer tanks are preferable to taller tanks. I say minimum 5gal because anything smaller is just too hard to maintain the parameters on. Been there, done that.

Here's an interesting fish-related question I've been pondering on. Where do beneficial bacteria come from? It's like we set up the right environment for them, provide them food, then they just appear...

I actually answered this question quite satisfactorily in one of Thyra's cycling threads. Basically bacteria of all sorts exists everywhere, it just needs the proper catalyst to jump start its life cycle. In the case of the beneficial bacteria found in aquaria, that catalyst is the presence of first ammonia, and then nitrites. The presence of ammonia jump starts the life cycle of the first beneficial bacteria which converts highly toxic ammonia into slightly-less-toxic nitrite. Once the nitrite is present, that provides the catalyst to jump start the life cycle of the second type of beneficial bacteria your aquarium needs to be healthy which converts the slightly-less-toxic nitrite into relatively harmless nitrate.

 

[bassbonediva]

Random announcement: I just realized that (aside from my horseface loach who is temporary and I am having a hard time catching) my 20gL is a South American biotope!

German blue ram-South America
Black neon tetra-South America
Clown pleco-South America
Panda cories-South America
Otocinclus-South America
Amazon/Argentine swords-South America
Dwarf sag-South America

WOO HOO!

 

[utsadude]

Hello all. How are we doing today?

 

[aakaakaak]

Hi random new guy!

Paige,
If I were to do a beta at work I'd be running a cheap 5 gal rectangle with either a sponge or a tetra whisper 5i and the 10 gal heater that's irrelevant at my house (if that heater would fit.) I still have to look into it a little more deeply though.

 

[utsadude]

How dare you call me random. I introduced myself. Not my fault nobody read my intro thread.

Lol.

 

[Dylandrewsdad]

My platies at work had babies!

 

[aakaakaak]

That's a thought. Instead of a beta could I do platies in a 5 gal?

 

[Dylandrewsdad]

I have a 12 gal.....In a 5 I would say-Shrimp, Betta OR ADF.

 

[OrangeCones]

Or Indostomus crocodilus!

 

[bassbonediva]

Nope. No platies in a 5gal. They're WAY too active. Even my tiny new guy who is maybe 1/2" long is all over my 55gal.

 

[aakaakaak]

Okay, I'll just pick up a common pleco for the 5g then....

Just picked up my bolivian! Acclimating as we speak. Unlike the germans they have, these ones have some cool pink fins. I'll post pics soon.

 

[bassbonediva]

Yay for common plecos in 5gal tanks! OMG! There's someone on another forum with a pterygoplichthys gibbiceps ( http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog...species_id=148 ) in a 10gal tank. It's only 2" right now and they're asking how long they can keep it in the 10gal before they have to move it or get rid of it. Ummmmmmmm...now?!

 

[aakaakaak]

Jesus! Some people!

The LFS got a 20 inch common plec in one of their tanks right now, with nothing else. Someone brought it in and they're trying to rehome it. The durned thing is as tall as the tank.

PICS!

They speak for themselves.

 

[bassbonediva]

Awwwww! She's adorable! Congrats!