29G Shrimp Tank
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Oh, NOW I get it, lol. I thought (as you could tell) you just stuck a fern leaf in the substrate 
. Well, I might just trim that ill-behaved leaf right off...I still don't like it
. Well, I might just trim that ill-behaved leaf right off...I still don't like it
lol I've already sorta fixed, now we'll both be happier. 
BTW don't be sorry for not liking something and pointing it out to me, I appreciate ALL feedback. Positive feedback makes me feel good but negative feedback can be more helpful. 
BTW don't be sorry for not liking something and pointing it out to me, I appreciate ALL feedback. Positive feedback makes me feel good but negative feedback can be more helpful. Oh, yeah, I can be queen of negativity...but I try to be PC-ish...to my friends ...you asked for input...That goes for good & less than...pics! I hope you did fix it! I wanna see!! It's not all about hand clapping but making our tanks most awesome!...I know you'll take it that way...
...you asked for input...That goes for good & less than...pics! I hope you did fix it! I wanna see!! It's not all about hand clapping but making our tanks most awesome!...I know you'll take it that way...
I have a LOT of wisteria that is growing like crazy, Christmas moss, 6 marimo balls, a very happy anubias, and a few other plants. Everything looks good and is growing. Going to do a WC/tank vac today and check a LFS for a GH/KH kit. I'm trying to get into a regular WC routine, but it's really bugging me that a 50%+ WC had zero effect on the nitrate.
The java fern itself looks good, and seems to have new growth, so it will probably do well once it adjusts. Mine looked iffy for a bit, then I started seeing baby ferns floating around. (My male BN is a bull in a china shop.) I had an El Niño fern that a leaf with a pup got broken off of, so I just stuck the leaf stem into the gravel to see what would happen. The pup/baby fern started growing and eventually sent out roots to anchor itself to the gravel. Haven't had similar results with java ferns, so usually remove them and put them in a different container.
Long Post! I don't know how else to do it! lol
The bad...
This tank is about to become a disaster! Most devastating is that ALL the thread is broken. It like someone took a knife down the length of the wood leaving behind tons a short strands or thread. Of course nothing is attached yet either. The thread has been broken for about a week now and I'm just trying to leave it alone as nothing moved... till I was poking around today. But I don't know what I am gonna do besides cry! lol
Ferns hate me..I LOVE them and they hate me. The bolbitis fern is half dead. I moved it to a shadier spot with a bit more flow..we'll see, the rhizome is still nice and firm though. Java is continuing to die, just waiting it out. Ferns always do this to me but I keep trying them.
That tiny plantlet that survived 10 days in the mail and 3 or 4 days in a cup perfectly fine died in 2 days in my tank. lol Probably cause of the high flow in that spot, no biggie was just a hitchhiker anyways.
The wood fungus is taking over one section of moss, of course it is the tissue culture unknown moss that I had the least amount of cause that's my luck. But again no biggie.
I "lost" my snail. He was there before I pulled the wood for mossing and then I never saw him again. Possible I pulled him with the wood although I was careful and did not find him in the wood bucket or maybe he climbed out, I dunno.
One of the mommy RCS dropped her eggs, oh well. No one else has become berried either.
The neutral...
The cabomba, wisteria and unknown stem have not changed much at all. Only thing I've seen is the unknown stem has some new side branchy growth which I did not see on any of the other plants. The rough looking hairgrass is about gone now but the remaining stuff looks OK.
Tank is full of life now! I've got planaria, daphnia and at least 2 other small moving things. Oh and of course I'm still pulling out ramshorns and pond snails, suckers got BIG fast too! Pulled out a full grown pond snail yesterday, yikes.
The good...
I got the anubias in there, finally. The floaters have grown some nice new roots (anyone who has gotten floaters in the mail knows they loose ALL their roots in transit so new roots are great!) The buce has another new leaf! The crypts are adjusting well it seems. Besides the big melt when I moved the spray bar there's been no melting and I have 3 new leafs already.
The first mommy RCS is saddled and berried so anyday now we should have shrimplets! Everyone seems to be doing well, colored up nicely and I can usually get a decent head count. I would start moving some into the 29g for wood fungus and algae maintenance but they would knock all the moss free for sure. :/
Although the bad has the longest section I'd said things are still OK but if this moss all goes floaty.........I'm gonna lose my mind!
FTS - really need to clean the glass but I am letting the bio-film build up for the shrimp. Container has a bit of moss that broke free today and some small pieces of bolbitis from another tank.
FTS edited just for fun! I've never played with the editing tools on photobucket. *shrugs*
Floaters
New buce leaves indicated by red dots directly above them. The right one is the 1st one I got and completely open and the left one is still curled up.
The bad...
This tank is about to become a disaster! Most devastating is that ALL the thread is broken. It like someone took a knife down the length of the wood leaving behind tons a short strands or thread. Of course nothing is attached yet either. The thread has been broken for about a week now and I'm just trying to leave it alone as nothing moved... till I was poking around today. But I don't know what I am gonna do besides cry! lol
Ferns hate me..I LOVE them and they hate me. The bolbitis fern is half dead. I moved it to a shadier spot with a bit more flow..we'll see, the rhizome is still nice and firm though. Java is continuing to die, just waiting it out. Ferns always do this to me but I keep trying them.
That tiny plantlet that survived 10 days in the mail and 3 or 4 days in a cup perfectly fine died in 2 days in my tank. lol Probably cause of the high flow in that spot, no biggie was just a hitchhiker anyways.
The wood fungus is taking over one section of moss, of course it is the tissue culture unknown moss that I had the least amount of cause that's my luck. But again no biggie.
I "lost" my snail. He was there before I pulled the wood for mossing and then I never saw him again. Possible I pulled him with the wood although I was careful and did not find him in the wood bucket or maybe he climbed out, I dunno.
One of the mommy RCS dropped her eggs, oh well. No one else has become berried either.
The neutral...
The cabomba, wisteria and unknown stem have not changed much at all. Only thing I've seen is the unknown stem has some new side branchy growth which I did not see on any of the other plants. The rough looking hairgrass is about gone now but the remaining stuff looks OK.
Tank is full of life now! I've got planaria, daphnia and at least 2 other small moving things. Oh and of course I'm still pulling out ramshorns and pond snails, suckers got BIG fast too! Pulled out a full grown pond snail yesterday, yikes.
The good...
I got the anubias in there, finally. The floaters have grown some nice new roots (anyone who has gotten floaters in the mail knows they loose ALL their roots in transit so new roots are great!) The buce has another new leaf! The crypts are adjusting well it seems. Besides the big melt when I moved the spray bar there's been no melting and I have 3 new leafs already.
The first mommy RCS is saddled and berried so anyday now we should have shrimplets! Everyone seems to be doing well, colored up nicely and I can usually get a decent head count. I would start moving some into the 29g for wood fungus and algae maintenance but they would knock all the moss free for sure. :/
Although the bad has the longest section I'd said things are still OK but if this moss all goes floaty.........I'm gonna lose my mind!
FTS - really need to clean the glass but I am letting the bio-film build up for the shrimp. Container has a bit of moss that broke free today and some small pieces of bolbitis from another tank.
FTS edited just for fun! I've never played with the editing tools on photobucket. *shrugs*
Floaters
New buce leaves indicated by red dots directly above them. The right one is the 1st one I got and completely open and the left one is still curled up.
That's terrible about the thread, but kinda funny too. Thread eating snails?!? I know you had trouble with "old thread" at first...& I thought I was sewing challenged. Might be time to try gel super glue at least a few spots. Then you won't have to remove the wood or try to tie in the tank either would really mess up your great start. I can't see the fungus but it's no big deal, you know it'll go away...eventually.
The buces look good, are they all the same kind? I like where you put the anubias. In the pic it looks like the cabomba is shaded a bit. What is the plant almost dead center on a horizontal wood that goes toward the back corner? Hairgrass, meh, although I do like the "amano nature tank" lawn in other people's tanks. "Belem" is all the rage here. Crypts look good too.
Bolbitis loves current, mine seems happiest not too shaded (other than "jungle" val & duckweed, lol). This tank is the only time it's ever been happy for me & for a fern, it's growing pretty fast. Watch it for bba on old leaves, like anubias, leaves almost never seem to die & need to be trimmed once in a while. Mine aren't attached to anything so that makes it easy to grab out & snip where I can see what I'm doing.
either would really mess up your great start. I can't see the fungus but it's no big deal, you know it'll go away...eventually.The buces look good, are they all the same kind? I like where you put the anubias. In the pic it looks like the cabomba is shaded a bit. What is the plant almost dead center on a horizontal wood that goes toward the back corner? Hairgrass, meh, although I do like the "amano nature tank" lawn in other people's tanks. "Belem" is all the rage here. Crypts look good too.
Bolbitis loves current, mine seems happiest not too shaded (other than "jungle" val & duckweed, lol). This tank is the only time it's ever been happy for me & for a fern, it's growing pretty fast. Watch it for bba on old leaves, like anubias, leaves almost never seem to die & need to be trimmed once in a while. Mine aren't attached to anything so that makes it easy to grab out & snip where I can see what I'm doing.
"Tie in the tank"???!!!?? I'm afraid that would drive me crazier than having all the thread break!
It doesn't look bad in the pictures, but I feel your frustration! Where'd the ramshorns and pond snails come from? I don't remember reading that you intentionally added them. If you want to round up a bunch at once, drop an algae wafer in and let it sit for a few hours. Snail homing beacon!
On an interesting side note, I have a 2g bucket on my patio that I've been tossing in the loose wisteria leaves and such that I net out when I clean my tank. Somehow I ended up with a major culture of seed shrimp, and they've really multiplied with the warmer weather. So I caught up a bunch as snacks for my gambusia today, and my ghost shrimp happily ate them too. Maybe your RCS will gobble up the planaria and daphnia.
I used 2lb fluorocarbon to tie my Christmas moss, but have not been able to locate cotton thread anywhere. It didn't take very long for it to anchor itself and start growing. I still think your tank looks great. The anubias looks great too.
It doesn't look bad in the pictures, but I feel your frustration! Where'd the ramshorns and pond snails come from? I don't remember reading that you intentionally added them. If you want to round up a bunch at once, drop an algae wafer in and let it sit for a few hours. Snail homing beacon!
On an interesting side note, I have a 2g bucket on my patio that I've been tossing in the loose wisteria leaves and such that I net out when I clean my tank. Somehow I ended up with a major culture of seed shrimp, and they've really multiplied with the warmer weather. So I caught up a bunch as snacks for my gambusia today, and my ghost shrimp happily ate them too. Maybe your RCS will gobble up the planaria and daphnia.
I used 2lb fluorocarbon to tie my Christmas moss, but have not been able to locate cotton thread anywhere. It didn't take very long for it to anchor itself and start growing. I still think your tank looks great. The anubias looks great too.
Only one buce in there, just 3 growing points. No idea what kind it is but Rachel said it normally costs like $60 for a piece that size (hence why I was so freaking nervous before!). Plant dead center is anubias petite and I'm not thrilled with it's location (no shade). There are a few other clumps of it in there too.That's terrible about the thread, but kinda funny too. Thread eating snails?!? I know you had trouble with "old thread" at first...& I thought I was sewing challenged. Might be time to try gel super glue at least a few spots. Then you won't have to remove the wood or try to tie in the tank
The buces look good, are they all the same kind? I like where you put the anubias. In the pic it looks like the cabomba is shaded a bit. What is the plant almost dead center on a horizontal wood that goes toward the back corner? Hairgrass, meh, although I do like the "amano nature tank" lawn in other people's tanks. "Belem" is all the rage here. Crypts look good too.
Bolbitis loves current, mine seems happiest not too shaded (other than "jungle" val & duckweed, lol). This tank is the only time it's ever been happy for me & for a fern, it's growing pretty fast. Watch it for bba on old leaves, like anubias, leaves almost never seem to die & need to be trimmed once in a while. Mine aren't attached to anything so that makes it easy to grab out & snip where I can see what I'm doing.
Thank you! Snails came from the plants, even though I carefully checked them all for snails, eggs, algae, duckweed etc. RCS are not known to eat planaria, in fact planaria is suspected of killing RCS (I've seen it myself). I am hoping having sand in this tank will help keep planaria in check but not allowing stuff to settle into the gravel.
Yikes!!! Not good at all! I remember you were going to stock some shrimp safe small fish, will they eat the planaria?
