My 6.6g L :D river bed tank :)

If they're one of the larger shrimp species, yes. If you go w/ RCS, you may lose one now & then.
 
You really did a great job on that tank! Just something to toss out - since you have a dark rock thing going, you could paint crumpled tinfoil black. With your height, you wouldn't even have to join it. It gives a subtle rocklike effect and takes like 10 min. if you dry it with a hair dryer. If you lay it on a towel, you can make larger rock 'imprints'. The paint pools in the creases, making a blacker black if you know what I mean. I wish I had a pic to show you what I'm talking about. It looks better than it sounds.

Anyway, it looks awesome as is!
 


tiki19 said:
You really did a great job on that tank! Just something to toss out - since you have a dark rock thing going, you could paint crumpled tinfoil black. With your height, you wouldn't even have to join it. It gives a subtle rocklike effect and takes like 10 min. if you dry it with a hair dryer. If you lay it on a towel, you can make larger rock 'imprints'. The paint pools in the creases, making a blacker black if you know what I mean. I wish I had a pic to show you what I'm talking about. It looks better than it sounds.

Anyway, it looks awesome as is!
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hmm sounds cool, what kind of paint do you use?
 
Hi - re: tinfoil background, the cheapy acrylic paint from the craft section at Walmart or just about anywhere. Costs around .80, maybe a buck or 2 if you get the kind specifically for metal (I didn't). Try it on a tiny piece, if you don't like it, you're only out a dollar or so. Just make sure it's dry before you hold it against the glass to see if you like it, otherwise it'll get on the tank (rubbing alcohol will remove it, but it's a pain in the but)

As for feeding your frogs, they might start taking the food with the lights on after they really settle in. You have lots of nice dark areas in there, keep putting the food in the same place and I'm sure you'll be able to watch them eat in no time. My son (also 16) had a small frog tank a while back for a science project, and he fed them live food (triops and blackworms) and they ate with the lights on. They were those "clear" frogs tho, like glassfish. I wish he still had the kind of interest you do! Not many people, let alone a 16 year old, have the forsight to research or your talent for aquascaping. Maybe you'll turn this into a career... in the meantime, have you ever considered a pt job at a LFS store? You already know more than the teenagers (and most of the adults) who work in mine, and you'd be an expert in no time ...not to mention all the freebies and discounts!

Good luck with your frogs :)
 
tiki19 said:
Hi - re: tinfoil background, the cheapy acrylic paint from the craft section at Walmart or just about anywhere. Costs around .80, maybe a buck or 2 if you get the kind specifically for metal (I didn't). Try it on a tiny piece, if you don't like it, you're only out a dollar or so. Just make sure it's dry before you hold it against the glass to see if you like it, otherwise it'll get on the tank (rubbing alcohol will remove it, but it's a pain in the but)

As for feeding your frogs, they might start taking the food with the lights on after they really settle in. You have lots of nice dark areas in there, keep putting the food in the same place and I'm sure you'll be able to watch them eat in no time. My son (also 16) had a small frog tank a while back for a science project, and he fed them live food (triops and blackworms) and they ate with the lights on. They were those "clear" frogs tho, like glassfish. I wish he still had the kind of interest you do! Not many people, let alone a 16 year old, have the forsight to research or your talent for aquascaping. Maybe you'll turn this into a career... in the meantime, have you ever considered a pt job at a LFS store? You already know more than the teenagers (and most of the adults) who work in mine, and you'd be an expert in no time ...not to mention all the freebies and discounts!

Good luck with your frogs :)
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ty very much your posts are always friendly helpful and an ego booster :)

i love keeping aquariums as a hobby whether or not i change my passion and love for this hobby into a job idk ... i might look into it :)

i fed my frogs tonight with the light off i put the worms on top of a light colored rock the same as last night an hour or so later i used my cell phone to light up the rock the worms where gone :D

i hope there eating them :\ lol im a bit concerned that once theres fish they wont leave the worms there long enough for the frogs to get them... idk ... i also heard you should feed frogs every other day and not every day, is this true?

thanks guys and thank you tiki19
 
PufferFan, how is the filter on the 6.6 working out for your frogs? I have that aquarium on order, and was wondering what you thought of the filter that comes in the kit. I plan on getting a better filter. Since you have a 5 gallon and a 10 gallon tank, is there any small filter that you would recommend for that 6.6 gallon? Thanks in advance, and good luck with the frogs.
 
ok.....

the filter keeps stoping i have to take of the tube part and hit the prop with a knife to get it going again... its very frustrating and it concerns me to never know when its gunna shut off again i check on it constantly now.

im going to give it a day and if it doesn't quit then i will be purchasing a whisper power filter.

i think its getting sand in it some how i have no idea how its getting in there though >.<

i will figure it out.

HEY the other thing is there is allot of algae growth in the past 4 days >.< i have to have the light on at least 9 hours a day because of the frogs ... any ideas on what to do its growing really fast i wont take pics tonight but i will tomorrow so that you can see it.

would moving the light higher above the tank help?

and what about plants if i got plants would it cut down on algae i heard that plants help is this true lol

any suggestions will be much appreciated

Ty :)
 
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