Tank shuffle

by **dream2reef** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 5:21 pm

Yayyyyyy

by **Alasse** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 9:07 am

Yep getting excited now *L*

I'll add the other plants i have this weekend, then get it tested, will prolly add some feeder guppies as canaries, all going well fish should be in this week or next. Then i can get to doing the other tanks!

by **Alasse** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 12:59 am

Fingers crossed the tank stats will be stable! I'm planting some more crypts tonight when i get home from work. Next week i'm gonna pic up some Wisteria and Elodea to use as nutrient suckers (i am seeing the start of a major algae outbreak!) while the tank fills in with rooted plants.

by **dream2reef** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 6:36 am

Blah blah blah yackety smackety. WHERE'S THE PICS?

by **Alasse** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 9:05 am

Will get some this weekend after the crypts are added

by **Alasse** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 2:50 am

Woot, tank is looking quite good, nitrates are still fairly high, this is what is causing my algae outbreak, but after a water change to lower them a bit, it is ready for fish. I have some guppies in there at present and all appear to be behaving normally. Will watch them for a few hours, if all goes well the other fish will move in...*happy happy dance!*

by **Alasse** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 3:08 am

Newer pics, some new plants added. Not finished but thats all the plants i have for now.

FTS & left side pic

by **Alasse** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:43 am

Angels are in, and a madly hunting the guppies. Redtail is in and looking gorgeous. Clown loach is in (only 1 ended up surviving) and is sorta partly hanging with the redtail.

I'll be picking up 4 more small clowns as buddies for the one left. I'll be adding platys for a bit more colour.

by **Alasse** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 8:38 am

The algae is clearing up, guess who is eating it *L*

Ohhhhhh i found the second surviving clown loach, silly thing was stuck in the filter outler tube, (i was pulling it apart to clean it, darn lucky fish). So now its in the 5ft with the other one, much happier loaches.

The angels have hunted down most of the guppies and are looking beautiful and very happy!
The redtail is in full scavange mode and loving the space, constantly out and about!

When i add the other fish or plants i'll add some new pics

by **yasherkoach** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 12:16 pm

sounds good so far - as you can see, I tried to stay away from the "tank shuffle" post for you know how I am (((smiles)))...but I kept reading the post for I wanted to know how things went after the disaster - looks good, once the plants get going your nitrates should come down...nothing beats experience, if this happened to a newbie, I am certain all the living inhabitants would have perished

yes keep us posted with pics

Tank shuffle

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Tank shuffle

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