ADG Raffle Tank - Finally!

[Mzungu]

Just uploaded this one, it's literally a couple minutes after I had done a huge water change and then dropped the snails and fish in there. He had already made a beeline for the algae spot. :)



More to follow. I'll take some clearer pictures of the tracked nerites for you today when the lights come on, Mike.

[cichlid1409]

you got an pics of the new inhabitants? growth?

curious to see what a track zebra looks like.....

[Mzungu]

Hmm, just googled L144, and apparently those are the blue-eyed albino BNs. Mine are just regular bristlenoses. Whoops. Gonna go edit.

[Mzungu]

Yeah, I think the zebras would have looked better in this tank. They're darker. But I'm gonna let these guys do their job, and then maybe move some snails around. :)

They got to work within about a minute of being put in the tank.

The gobies are awesome, but they're a bit bigger than I thought they'd be. I might move them to another tank eventually, as well. My main planned fish for this tank are going to look too small in comparison, IMO.

BTW, the BNs are just temporary. I got them for work and am babysitting, and since my other WT tank is occupied right now, this was the only place for them. Crossing my fingers I won't mess up the tank too badly when I have to get them out.

[myjohnson]

oic, I misread your other post!

yeah, I agree. Tracked nerites aren't bad at all either.

But I hate it when I order something and the right thing doesn't come in....

[Mzungu]

No, heehee. I bought zebra nerites, but the nerites that came were actually the tracked nerites. They're cool, too, though! :)

[myjohnson]

Zebra Nerites = nice!

Sorry you don't like them.

I think they look great.

[Mzungu]

New inhabitants:

7 - Red Stiphodon gobies
9 - Amano Shrimp
10 - Zebra Nerites (Don't look like zebras, though. They're tracked nerites)
8 - Tiger Otos
6 - BNs

:biggrin:

I'll take pictures tomorrow when they've settled in.

[geoff_tropheus]

otherwise its Davy Jones Locker via the toilet bowl express!!

[geoff_tropheus]

I really like this tank. I was hoping to populate it with Troph fry, but... she is going to let me put all my MTS in there....

[Mzungu]

Not too worried about it any more, as it's shot up in the past day or two. But before that, all I had was that dark green compact growth on every stem. Now they're all shooting up like crazy. Guess they got over whatever it was! :)

[myjohnson]

+1.

I had some rotala that grew like that when I transferred them to a higher light tank. Nothing to worry. Trim and replant will take care of it.

[wesleydnunder]

Previous low light growth looks a little pale and the lower leaves self pruned as the stem got longer?

The new groth looks dark and tight, like it's getting plenty of light and food. The bolbitis didn't do well for me in the hi tech tank. I moved it to a low light shrimp tank and it's got all kinds of new growth on it. Still a slow grower, but seems happier.

Mark

[Mzungu]

Thanks, Mark!

growth doesn't look weird to me.

Really?

I circled in orange the weird stage of growth below. Everything below that was grown in a lower light tank. Then, ever since this tank has been set up, the circled region was all I got. Now, within the last couple of days, all the stems of this plant have grown like crazy, and you can see that above the circled area.



Just weird, I thought. Like I said, maybe it was getting used to the new conditions.

[cichlid1409]

growth doesn't look weird to me.


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