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Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Sunday, October 22, 2023
55 Gallon Sub Tropical Aquarium
Barbs are doing well. Most of the gold barbs were bred in the outdoor tubs. I put three mature gold barbs in this tank to give me a total of 11. The Odessa Barbs (6) came from Select Aquatics and are beginning to color up nicely. There are also 5 albino cory cats in the tank. No heater, one box filter and the HMF filter are doing a great job keeping the tank stable.
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Menola Aquariums
We moved in Dec 2021 and I have been building shelving. I brought 3x33 gal and 2x 15 gal aquariums from Bunker. Also the Fluval Spec and the half 10 gal. I purchased a new 15 gal tank to complete the rack.
Here I am going to focus on the Aquariums and Tubs at Menola Court.
July 28, 2022
All tubs have fry. Platys have tons of fry and the White clouds are multiplying. Below are the fathead (Rosey Red) minnow fry. They are dark so I read the white gene is recessive. But there are many fry with 3 different sizes.
Mar - July 2022
The existing 3 tubs are doing great. I have been trying to remove the Gumbrosia from them. The small tub on the left with the cover has White Cloud Moutain minnows - lots of fry. The next 40 gal has some Dalmation mollies and Platy (Xiphophorus variatus). The middle large tub has Rosey Red Minnows that have survived 2 SC winters. The empty tub on the right has some platies right now Xiphophorus maculatus Red Velvet. There are many fry in there as well.
I am keeping 3 smaller outdoor tubs below. The 3rd one is missing from this picture but has a water Lilly in it. All these tubs have Gambusia Mosquito fish in them
Testing the temperature in the garage to see about how hot it gets. So far high reading was 80 in the top row. I added a fan and that keeps them all uniform.
Jan-Mar-2022
Fluval Spec from Bunker and Barringer |
48" 33 Gallon Rack 7" Spacing -- 24" 15 Gallon Rack 7" spacing
10-Mar-22
Air pump in place and all tanks have some fish in them. New 15 gal went on the bottom Right rack and I emptied the half 10 gal.
Most tanks have Rosy Red Minnows but the bottom Right has White Cloud Mountain Minnows.
Monday, March 29, 2021
2021 TuffStuff 110 gal tub journal
6/29/21
Below are some of my plants and the 100 Gal TuffStuff Tub. I have added some rosy red minnows to the tub and there are many tree frog pollywogs in there now.
The sunny succlents area. |
The TUB |
Hardy Water lilly bloomed |
The shade garden. |
Solar fountain and many understory plants beneth. |
3/28/2021
I emptied the 100 gal tub and removed all old debris.
I lost all my anubis nana and Buce -- sad -- the cold was to much. However, all my java fern, Sagittarius, Hygro polly, and other stem plants survived. Bolbitis seems to have survived but the larger leaves died back -- we will see.
I will try to post a picture later.
I also bought a small solar pump to try on the tubs.
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Moved to Charleston SC in October 2020
Only took one Aquarium (Fluval Spec V) setup with me -- on Sunroom.
I have 3x 33 gal, 2x 15 gal, and one half 10 gal tank with me in SC but all empty and stored in the Shed.
I have the big 100 gal tub filled with plants outside since the move.
We are excited to build our new home down in SC.
Will keep y'all posted when possible.
My Future stocking Hopefully |
I will be landscaping the new house. |
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Fishroom after 1 year April 2018
Fish Pictures
Below are some pictures from Wed 25-APR-2018
125 Gal Bottom Planted tank |
125 Gal Mbuna African Cichlid Tank |
29 gal Middle tank with Pearl Dianos,Corys and Kribs |
Red Wag Platies in 15 Gal Left tank |
55 Gal Middle White Cloud tank |
33 Gal top with Rasboras and pygmy cory cats |
Platies again |
15 gal Right Chopra Danios and Lemon yellow Labs |
33 Middle Albino cory cats, Neons and Rummynose Tetras |
29 gal bottom shrimp tank |