Newman's 10 Gallon Journal

[Newman]

@Laura : Yes Angel = the female Betta Sorry there was no way for you guys to know that unless you have been following the Betta thread in the photography section of this forum...
@anshu: the plant in the breeder net is hornwort and the babies are the result of a blue wag platy male and a blood red swordtail female cross. we will see what colors the fry will be...

Idk if a vid is exciting enough =/
many find algae boring and gross.

 

[lauraf]

Many 'normal' people might find fishkeeping in general boring and gross - try us on the algae

 

[littletankbigworld]

Algae looks disgusting aesthetically, but when I find bunches of BBA, I think it's fluffy and kind of fun.

 

[ValRasbora]

I beg to differ Doom:
Behold: Algae-topia!

that gave me a laugh.
and I thought MY tank was BAD!

 

[Newman]

good lord you have no idea what it looks like now. that algae on the HC is now rising in pillars up to the water's surface

Its a great place for my oto, nerite snails and the cherry shrimp. the fish dont mind it either.

 

[Newman]

Gorgeous right?

I bet I can harvest 5 lbs of FW macroalgae from this sucker right now..

 

[misterking]

Oh wow, that's quite a garden you've got going there haha.

How do you put up with it?!

 

[anshuman]

aaahahahahaha.... I LIKES IT..

I bet the fishies are going "Trololololo lo lolo lolo..Trololololo"

How do i say it, its digustingly beautiful. This is like looking at completely tattooed hottie and still managing to say "I hit it".

 

[lauraf]

Anshu, that's an awful comment . . . . and yet I like it somehow . . ..It reminds me of Gabourey Sidibe at the Oscars - "I'd hit that." Is that what you were going for?
Newman, thanks for showing us that hot mess of algae. How neat!

 

[anshuman]

umm. i mean in this way ( i know, juvenile humour )

 

[Newman]

lol
lol
lol
It's easy to put up with it. i is not in a room that people normally go into. that room has become a fish/bird room. (we have one conure in there)

 

[Doomhed]

newman, you should buy half a dozen flying foxes and start breeding them. with that kinda macroalgae you could support a family of 50 true FF's

 

[Newman]

haha, I though of putting my 4 SAEs from my 40 gal in here to clean it up a bit but they are getting to be 2"+ each and would surely try to jump out even if I covered the tank with something...

dont know about FFs though, never had them.

 

[misterking]

I loved my flying foxes, traded a pleco for five a while back, fun little things not sure how much algae they ate though.. I don't think they're as efficient as SAEs.

 

[Newman]

Anyone care to see Algae-topia, In Action?
YouTube - 10 Gallon AKA Algae-topia

 

[lauraf]

Nice one . . . .

 

[Newman]

Nice one . . . .

I can feel your disappointment

 

[lauraf]

No, no. I mean it's, ummm, interesting And I like the fry.
Hey, couldn't see properly - what is the white fish in there with the male swordtail - a female sword? Maybe you mentioned it somewhere upthread that I haven't bothered to check (where is the emoticon for 'lazy'?).

 

[anshuman]

i am surprised you dont have any algae on glass, atleast didn't seem to be visible in video.

So i am sure you intend to break it down and redo again, i guess, after some months when you get sometime and inspiration to (i guess).

 

[ValRasbora]

the white fish was Angel, his female betta.
well... the tank has a very natural aquscape. You're gonna have one heck of a time trying to get rid of it all!

when I saw the picture, I thought, it is the aquarium version of my room! Messy! lol.