My little tanks
- Thread starter BigJohn
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Here are some new pics. Most tetras have been given away, so the tanks with the Bolivian rams have been stocked up with little rasboras and microrasboras. Cherry shrimps also thrive in there.
The tank with the congo tetras and thomasi cichlids has 2 new males.
Read something about the thomasi, being that the info on the fish and most dazzling photos were from a batch from somewhere, now unavailable, and that the behaviour of the currently available fish is a bit more aggressive. They are pretty shy when it is not feeding time, perhaps because they are smaller than the congos. I still like how they look.
Yeah that is an albino ancistrus.
Got 4 of them (2 in each big tank) to replace the SAE that are getting big. I just have to catch them some time later.
I don't think BBA would come back, if it does, it would have to be in the Congo tank. That is almost all wood and that cleans up easily with just a peeler knife. My balansae in there does not grow as well as the ones in the cold water tank facing the window. (gets 2 hours of direct sunlight before sunset) Some new led strips were just ordered, I hope it helps. A rotation of juvenile SAE might have to be brought back in there later.
In the rams tank, cherry shrimps should keep the BBA situation under control.
The albinos were sold as golden, but since they have red eyes, they have to be albinos, right?
So those came in today.
I added them to the tanks like this, one on each flip cover that had already a smaller strip. Trying to light it all up from the front of the tank
I think it works. Here is the effect:
I like it.
The thomassi cichlid are more colorful, so are the congos. What remains to be seen is will that help the balansae grow in that tank.
One thing is for sure, it is getting bright in there. That was the goal.
That anubias nana high in the back is reaching out sideways 20cm or so in altitude! Perhaps that other plant will be easier to identify now that the leaves are all greened up. I think it is a stunted echinodorus cordifolius that was in really bad shape. Any help with the id would be appreciated.
I added them to the tanks like this, one on each flip cover that had already a smaller strip. Trying to light it all up from the front of the tank
I think it works. Here is the effect:
I like it.
The thomassi cichlid are more colorful, so are the congos. What remains to be seen is will that help the balansae grow in that tank.
One thing is for sure, it is getting bright in there. That was the goal.
That anubias nana high in the back is reaching out sideways 20cm or so in altitude! Perhaps that other plant will be easier to identify now that the leaves are all greened up. I think it is a stunted echinodorus cordifolius that was in really bad shape. Any help with the id would be appreciated.
