15 gallon column pea puffer journal
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Roots it is! I will still be tying anubias and windelovs java fern to it at various levels to provide more cover, and I have some tall vals (i think) that will be going in that tank. The ground will hopefully be somewhat covered with pearlweed eventually, I have 6 cuttings in the sand now. Also will put a few nano marimos if I can find them locally and there will be a couple of smaller floating oakleaf watersprites. When they get too big and take up too much light, I will sell them and put some sproutlings in. This will also decrease the flow from the filter. I can imagine what a strong flow would do to a tiny puffer!
Well, my driftwood came today and I must say, its awesome! I wish it was just a couple inches taller, so in the future I might consider buying another one and using this for one of my other tanks, but right now, I'm absolutely stoked! The aquascaping is also done for now. I am planning on getting a few vals and maybe a couple of swords or something, but once the dwarf chain sword and pearlweed fill in I think it will be very neat! Today's param test: pH 8.2, Ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 15. Will do a water change and one more test on friday, then picking up my 6 puffers and 4-5 otos on Saturday if test results are good! Since I used BB loaded filter media and plants from my other tanks and seeded the tank with snails, I'm hoping that test results will show that it is pretty well cycled. Even so, I will be doing at least 2 water changes a week for the first month or two and keep a very close eye on my params.
Current stock:
Flora:
3 Anubias nana (i think, was just labled anubias at the store) tied to the driftwood
4 Windelov's java fern tied to the driftwood
1 regular java fern tied to the driftwood
3 cuttings of guppy grass twined under the driftwood branches
1 baby regular java fern planted by the left rock
6 cuttings of pearlweed spread throughout the sand
1 adult and 2 baby dwarf chain sword
1 unidentified grass/val like plant that wasnt labeled at the pet store
4 small indian ferns left floating (might add a couple more, but dont want to block too much light)
Fauna:
23 pond/bladder snails
6 brown/leopard ramshorn snails.
Hopefully the snails have been busy over this last week and a half laying eggs and such. There's not too many places for them escape the puffers until the carpet plants grow a bit better, so we'll have to see if any survive long enough to keep a population going. i've been feeding them 1/4 algae wafer every 3 days or so depending on how fast they finish it to hopefully let them realize that there's a bunch of food. I'm also picking up a zuchini on Sat. for the otos since there's no algae in that tank.
My boyfriend snuck his face in this one lol.
Current stock:
Flora:
3 Anubias nana (i think, was just labled anubias at the store) tied to the driftwood
4 Windelov's java fern tied to the driftwood
1 regular java fern tied to the driftwood
3 cuttings of guppy grass twined under the driftwood branches
1 baby regular java fern planted by the left rock
6 cuttings of pearlweed spread throughout the sand
1 adult and 2 baby dwarf chain sword
1 unidentified grass/val like plant that wasnt labeled at the pet store
4 small indian ferns left floating (might add a couple more, but dont want to block too much light)
Fauna:
23 pond/bladder snails
6 brown/leopard ramshorn snails.
Hopefully the snails have been busy over this last week and a half laying eggs and such. There's not too many places for them escape the puffers until the carpet plants grow a bit better, so we'll have to see if any survive long enough to keep a population going. i've been feeding them 1/4 algae wafer every 3 days or so depending on how fast they finish it to hopefully let them realize that there's a bunch of food. I'm also picking up a zuchini on Sat. for the otos since there's no algae in that tank.
My boyfriend snuck his face in this one lol.
Depending how big yours are when you get them they may leave the larger pond and ramshorn's alone, I dropped 3 not quite adult mystery snails I picked up yesterday in my tank, my guys swam around them and eyeballed them real good but moved on. I think they've been feasting on the tiny hitchhikers on some of the plants and the baby MTS's.
I'm hoping they leave the adults alone for long enough at least for them to lay a few clutches of eggs. The pond snails are all pretty tiny so are probably food, but my shrimp tank always has a good supply of those and my 20L has at least one pair of brown leopard ramshorns that breed regularly. The puffers I'm buying are juvies, so they're pretty small yet too. I'm hoping to get some pretty blue ramshorns the next time that one guy (sorry, dont remember your name) posts in the marketplace about them, then ALL of my brown ones can go in the puffer tank for food and any blue culls that hatch too. I'm also looking to get some MTS for all of my sanded tanks, but cant find them locally and on ebay and aquabid they're like a $.50 each plus shipping... I'm hoping that someone on here becomes overrun and advertises a give-a-way again soon.
Thanks! I cant wait for the plants to fill in! It looks a bit empty right now and i want to make sure that there are enough hiding places for the puffers so they dont hate each other to death. I might move the rocks around too eventually, but right now they're holding the driftwood submerged. Once all the air is out of it, then I'll be at liberty to move them more artistically.
If you don't get any by March or whenever it warms up I can give you a bunch for shipping cost, don't have any heat packs or I'd offer to send them now.
Makes sense! I did that with my driftwood too (moving rocks later). Looks good tho, I'm excited to follow this. Can't wait to see it with the pea puffers, I love those little guys.
livebearerfreak
you are hypnotized! LOL
