Fluval Edge
Posted by Anja on December 8, 2010 at 12:42 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 15:51I just saw my first Edge in a store window, and, man, it’s pretty. Now I want one. The filter intake was hidden by an insert that also sported a couple of small planters in the same Zen inspired style.
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Posted by Anja on June 29, 2010 at 23:19 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 16:23Went to the LFS, where I just wanted to look at fish and saw this nice tight school of small Ember Tetras. I’d been reading an article about them this past winter and was thinking how much I liked them and how unfortunately one never saw them in the fish stores. Needless to say, these guys came home with me. They should be fine in my community tank which is well established and has only tetras, cories and Rory, the Ranger Pleco. *keeping fingers crossed*
Tags: Hyphessobrycon amandae, Pterygoplichthys weberi | Categories: 25G South American | Comments Off on New fish | PermalinkCleaning out the tanks
Posted by Anja on May 21, 2010 at 23:43 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 19:57Rory was giving me a hand, err fin:
(He’s usually rather camera shy, so I quickly grabbed the opportunity.)
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Posted by Anja on May 5, 2010 at 16:39 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 16:35Things are humming blooming and popping open everywhere. It’s a joy to run around outside with or without the camera. Last weekend I finally got rid of the ugly plastic planters in front of the house and replaced one with the tub I had the pond lily in last year.
The lily unfortunately didn’t make it through the winter, so I potted up some of the papyrus divisions and one of my peace lilies in there and today added the baby minnows, who were rapidly outgrowing their refuge in the snail tank.
Tags: Cyperus papyrus, Spathiphyllum, Tanichthys albonubes | Categories: 15G Mini Pond, 2G Brigs | Comments Off on 18°C – sun and scattered showers | PermalinkTank update
Posted by Anja on April 6, 2010 at 16:27 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 19:58
Ranger Rory has grown to respectable proportions. When I first got him, he was half the size of the cory below him. It’s rare that he presents me with an opportunity for a full length shot. Usually he dashes into hiding as soon as someone approaches the tank.
Tags: Pterygoplichthys weberi, Rory | Categories: 25G South American | Comments Off on Tank update | PermalinkRain
Posted by Anja on March 23, 2010 at 00:30 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 16:51Learned about rain water for my South American tank tonight. I’ve been thinking about that before, them preferring soft, acidic water and all, but hadn’t quite dared. But apparently it’s totally possible. Talked to a guy who does it all the time, and only supplies a bit of electrolytes. As soon as the rain barrel is back up (which should be soon), I’ll have to try this.
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Posted by Anja on February 10, 2010 at 00:14 | Last modified: July 8, 2012 21:28Pulled 15 more babies out of the minnow tank. As for the cory hatchling, I haven’t seen it. I cleaned the big tank today very carefully, and left out the corner where I first spotted it, though I don’t know, of course, if it’s still there.
Tags: breeding, Corydoras paleatus, Tanichthys albonubes | Categories: 10G River, 25G South American | Comments Off on Fish babies update | PermalinkMore White Cloud babies
Posted by Anja on February 8, 2010 at 23:36 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 20:41I transferred about 10 of them to the brig tank today, since they don’t reliably stay in the breeder. There were five or so left in the breeder, and I saw one or two zipping around free style in the tank. We’ll see how each group fares, I guess.
I tried to take a picture of the little guys, caught one. Note the frogbit above him for size comparison:
Spawn
Posted by Anja on February 7, 2010 at 22:57 | Last modified: July 10, 2012 04:08We have fish babies. The minnows downstairs have spawned again, and I keep siphoning those itsy bitsy eyelashes into the safety of the breeder inset, but the silly things keep swimming back out thru the slits to where the adults are waiting for a snack. We’ll see if any of them survive long enough to become too big at least to fit thru the slits.
In the big tank meanwhile I saw a single, I believe it’s a cory hatchling, since it hides in the gravel, and the cories are the ones who spawn frequently. I’m always surprised when one of the eggs survives despite the ever hungry tetras, and at this point I don’t think the hatchling’s chances are quite 50/50 yet. Nevertheless both the tiger and I keep peering in to see if we can spot it (we’re a talking about 3mm length here and the thickness of a sewing thread with a pin head attached) and we’re keeping our fingers crossed for it to survive past snack size.
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Posted by Anja on January 19, 2010 at 01:48 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 16:46Last week I had tetra eggs in the tank, probably from the glowlights, but the few I managed to rescue fuzzied over and died. 
I wasn’t really prepared to deal with those. Have to read up on what conditions they need.
My assassins are also doing well. I keep seeing little ones poking out of the gravel. And the cherries are doing their thing without my meddling.
Tags: Clea helena, Hemigrammus erythrozonus, Neocaridina heteropoda var. red | Categories: 10G Heterandria Formosa, Assassin Snails, 25G South American | Comments Off on Update | Permalink