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tinypumpkin27 · 3 years
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🖤🖤🖤🖤
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tinypumpkin27 · 3 years
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Anybody remember what a gpoy is? 🤣
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Cute little Pygmys 🖤
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Out of those 10 stems of Ludwigia Repens, only two are doing well and 3 others might survive. I hope they hang on because they’re so pretty. Idk what the deal with them is.
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tinypumpkin27 · 3 years
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+curly bamboo, dwarf lily, narrow leaf chain sword, and all the ludwigia palustrius and alternanthera reineckii stems Nyko uprooted
And I put in 6 blue velvet neocaridina shrimp 😍
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tinypumpkin27 · 3 years
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He float 😍
This stinker gets the zoomies every night and has pulled up some of the Alternanthera and Ludwigia. Every time one came up I put in in the 10, and I pulled the last two stems of alternanthera and put them in the 10 since they were just going to die in here. I think it’s too cold for it since some of them were straight up dissolving with barely any growth. Some of the Ludwigia in here is doing great though so I’m happy about that. The Madagascar lace is happy and has two new leaves, and the sword is happy too. I also just put in a dwarf sagittaria in today.
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tinypumpkin27 · 3 years
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Nyko’s hiding because he’s scared of ghosts! Ba-dum-tis 🤣
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tinypumpkin27 · 3 years
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The prettiest boy in the whole world 🖤
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tinypumpkin27 · 3 years
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Where the rest of my plant order went 🖤
I got a little plant light that seems pretty decent for my depth and I used fluval stratum for a nice deep substrate. So far I love love how soft it is. I’ve always used to using Seachem’s fluorite stuff whether it’s the clay or sand and it’s rough as hell. I’ve heard good things about this though. Plant-wise in here is one crypt flamingo, a tissue culture of pearl weed, the flame moss and a few moneywort stems from the 29. I really down care about the moneywort from any tank, I just bought it because it was a $2 bundle and I wanted to see if this time I could do right by it 😂 once some of my Ludwigia palustrius is ready to be moved I’ll move some in here. I would also like something fluffy to stuff into the pots for baby shrimp to hide in. And I would like another rosette plant, I just don’t know what yet.
Since I moved Nyko into the 29, I swapped the guppies into here. I also moved my mystery snail and celestial pearl danios in from the 20, and I’ll be getting some neocaridinas. I’m thinking blue velvets will be cool. These guppies and the shrimp will be feeders for Nyko. I’ve got 5 babies one of the females had shortly after I got the three colorful females. I’m interested to see what colors they turn out to be. I’ll be keeping the three colorful females to breed with my white male and probably give the grey female to Nyko after she has a round or two of babies. The grey female I think is preggers and the other two are not yet. I’m thinking if they grey one bred with the black male I let go almost a month ago then hopefully I’ll get some black babies to hold onto. These 5 current babies I’ll probably keep at least a male and a female out of.
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tinypumpkin27 · 3 years
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New plants are in, and Nyko in his 29 🖤
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Look who’s in the 29 🥰
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tinypumpkin27 · 3 years
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No I didn’t just spend $86 on plants 🙈 but fucking shit I got some good ass deals. Flame moss will go on the large ledge on the 29 and a little on the driftwood in the 6. Pearl weed is going in the 10 which I need to get another bag of substrate for. Ludwigia Repens is going in the 6 and 20. The flamingo crypts are going in the 20 and 10 until they get bigger and then some will go in the 6 and 29 too. I might even sell some when they grow up a bit since I ordered 2 packs and am getting a third for free. The buce is going on the driftwood in the 20. I also ordered a new fertilizer and root tabs to try out since I’m about to be growing a little bit more demanding plants. And now I need a new lid and light for the 20, and a light for the 10.
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tinypumpkin27 · 3 years
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An a update on the 29 gallon!
I added two potted Ludwigia Paluatris that I found at petco, they were both in kinda bad shape, but when I took them apart there were several that had decent roots so I planted them. Some stems I threw away and some I’m not sure will grow at all, but we’re going to give it a shot. I also got a potted Alternanthera Reineckii! I split it up and planted it all as well. Last time I tried this plant it was tissue culture and I bombed it, but I have hopes for this one! I’m floating a couple stems of Moneywort too so I can get some roots and then throw them in the 6 or 10 whenever I get that one going. My guppy colony is up 5 since of of my 4 females had babies and down one since I fed the black male to Nyko since he was too aggressive with the females. They’ll be moving to the 10 soon. I also have 8 ghost shrimp in here that will be moved to the 10. I want to let these plants settle in for a bit before I switch Nyko to this tank, but it’s cycled and just about ready for him once I figure out how to keep the temp down over here. I’m out of outlets, but I have two rechargeable fans that I’ll probably just swap every time one runs out of battery.
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Did some rearranging for my pretty girls 😊
I put my Anubias in a little hole at the top of the house so it looks like it’s growing out of the roof and it’ll probably anchor itself there because I wedged the rhizoid pretty well. The Hornwort is just haphazard right now because I trimmed it all and dropped it back in. I also cut up the fern of undetermined variety since it finally had a good amount of starts. I anchored them onto the rocks and we’ll get to watch them grow up. I found some plants online that I’ll be ordering soon for this tank, the 6, and the 10 since the 29 is just about ready for Nyko.
I also gave my Juli corys and Rachael the Pleco to a friend at work and added 4 more Pygmys. One of the Pygmys died shortly after I let them in so the count is at 5 total.
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tinypumpkin27 · 3 years
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Made a hanging basket for my mama ❤️
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tinypumpkin27 · 3 years
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How it started:
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Vs how it’s going:
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Pictures of my “first” tank back in 2010. I had a 3 gallon betta tank when I was a young kid for a year. This was a simple 29 gallon with 2 goldfish, Dale and Allie. I bought three and named them after characters from Tucker and Dale VS Evil. Tucker only lived for a couple days and had issues before I even brought them home. I used river rock, had no live plants, kept the water at 74 degrees (at least there’s that), and rinsed the filter cartridge in hot water every 2 weeks 🤦🏻‍♀️ I had these two for 3 years before I released them in a local man made pond that had some other goldfish in it.
I’ve had quite a few tanks and different life in between then and now, various Bettas, ADFs, and Amano shrimp have been my favorites. I’ve done gravel, sand, river rocks, and bare bottoms. I’ve done planted and unplanted. I’ve learned a lot as I’ve gone along, and it’s been fun to test out different things. But, I really want to try the modified version of the Walstad Method that Father Fish on YouTube uses. I’ll probably try it with a 75 when I get one in the next year or two when/if I take the plunge on getting a little turtle. Someday when I get my two 120 acrylics one will be using that method modified with a mix of dark water techniques and I’d love to have some Discus if possible. The other 120 is going to be my first saltwater and that’ll be a whole other adventure.
Anywayy
Currently, I have 4 tanks running since I took down my little guppy quarantine tank.
First, a 6 gallon with 3 inches of Seachem’s fluorite gravel. Plants are Amazon Frogbit, Hornwort, an Undulata, and a Green Wendtii. I keep the water at 78-80 degrees. The filter is a 10 gallon internal filter with extra floss behind the carbon. The tank is stocked with 2 Nerite snails, a 1 1/2 inch Bristlenose Pleco, and a male betta.
Second, a 10 gallon with repti carpet for my axolotl’s temporary housing. It has a 10 gallon HOB filter with extra floss behind the carbon. Kept at 64 degrees. Nitrate eaters are 4 Pothos cuttings (silver satin, marble queen, a darker golden, and a variegated golden), a strand of Hornwort, and some green hair algae glued onto the ledge. I’ve been gathering hair algae as I go along cleaning tanks at work and might cut up my Marimo to fully carpet the ledge if I want it done faster.
Third, a 20H with 1 inch Seachem’s fluorite gravel capped with about 3 inches of aquarium sand. The filter is a 20 gallon with you guessed it, extra floss, only a tiny carbon in this one though because I’m moving away from using carbon. It has a large piece of drift wood, and many plants, Valliseneria, Hornwort, Subwassertang, Anubias, Water Sprite, what I’m assuming is a broad leaf Java Fern I’m working on propagating, and my favorite the Ozelot Sword. This tank is overstocked and my groups aren’t complete, just waiting on the 29 to finish cycling so I can move Nyko out of the 10 and put some fish and the Mystery Snail in there. Stocked with 6 female Bettas, one Reticulated Hillstream Loach, 1 3 inch Bristlenose Pleco, 2 Pygmy Cory Catfish, 3 Julii Cory Catfish, 4 Celestial Pearl Danios, 1 Ivory Mystery Snail, and 1 Nerite Snail.
Fourth and lastly, Nyko’s future home, a cycling 29 gallon with 2 inches of pool filter sand, and a planter with 3-ish inches of Seachem’s fluorite sand. A good piece of Mopani wood with Java Moss anchored with cotton thread onto it as well as four varieties of Anubias (Anubias, A. Hastifolia, A. Nana, A. Nana Petite). Floaters are Guppy Grass and Hornwort. Planter so far: Madagascar Lace, Moneywort (probably will end up floating honestly), and a Rose Sword. Stocked with some pre-quarantined guppies that will be my breeders/snacks for Nyko. Filtration: 40 gallon Aquatop sponge filter on a 20-50 gallon Aquatop air pump, and a 30 gallon Hagan AquaClear with sponge, ceramic, carbon, and yep that’s right, extra floss from a cycled tank. See why I put extra floss in the filters? I can move some bacteria around whenever I need to without making much of a dent in the biological filter on any of these tanks now. Plus, more space for bacteria to colonize undisturbed is always a bonus when you have a heavy bio load like I’ve got going on in most of these tanks right now.
Phew, that went on longer than I intended. I wish I had someone to talk to about this stuff lmao. You’d think working at a garden and pet shop I’d get to talk fish with people a lot more than I do. When I’m in the petroom mostly I talk rabbits, rats, and ferrets with some herps, a little invertebrates, and fish thrown in. Not much time for fish talk, and especially not MY tanks fish talk, usually it’s a customer’s tank that’s the topic because of course they’re picking out plants or fish for their tanks. This fall I’m hoping to switch shops for another exotic pet store that doesn’t sell pet mammals and has some epic saltwater aquariums. That’ll be fun because I won’t just be working with only one other person who’s into exotic pets and aquariums.
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tinypumpkin27 · 3 years
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My boy’s looking so chunky 🖤
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