Hello all. I'm new here but here is my aquarium situation, I had two small african clawed frogs in a ten gallon tank for my kids, before I knew it, my kids were bored with them and I was having fun with it. I bought a 55 gallon tank with oak stand and canopy, 110 aquaclear filter and some big pieces of driftwood. I built a DIY 3D background out of pink sheets of polystyrene insulation, cement, epoxy resin and lots of sand.
I then bought a big albino african clawed frog and after one of my other frogs escaped and died I bought a kenyan clawed frog (I have a top on the aquarium now, lesson learned). I now have 3 frogs and have since added 2 red bellied pacu, a bristlenose pleco and 2 small snails.
I love my tank, it's very relaxing to watch the inhabitants. The main problems I have is that my albino frog will not eat. How it is that he is still alive is anybody's guess. I love the pacu, very fun fish too keep. They were small when I bought them and I hoped to keep them a while before they outgrew the tank but after just a few months they have grown substantially. I guess I'll have to try to sell them on craigslist or something before much longer. That is too bad because they got along with my frogs so well. I'll have to find another fish that is too big for the frogs to eat.
The third problem I have is that my tank is ate up with algae. There is algae all over the DIY background which I really like because it gives the background a natural uniform color. Unfortunately it quickly spreads to all of my plastic plants and the aquarium glass. The pleco helps with the algae on the glass and rocks but not the plants. The plants are a pain to hand clean
cheers
I then bought a big albino african clawed frog and after one of my other frogs escaped and died I bought a kenyan clawed frog (I have a top on the aquarium now, lesson learned). I now have 3 frogs and have since added 2 red bellied pacu, a bristlenose pleco and 2 small snails.
I love my tank, it's very relaxing to watch the inhabitants. The main problems I have is that my albino frog will not eat. How it is that he is still alive is anybody's guess. I love the pacu, very fun fish too keep. They were small when I bought them and I hoped to keep them a while before they outgrew the tank but after just a few months they have grown substantially. I guess I'll have to try to sell them on craigslist or something before much longer. That is too bad because they got along with my frogs so well. I'll have to find another fish that is too big for the frogs to eat.
The third problem I have is that my tank is ate up with algae. There is algae all over the DIY background which I really like because it gives the background a natural uniform color. Unfortunately it quickly spreads to all of my plastic plants and the aquarium glass. The pleco helps with the algae on the glass and rocks but not the plants. The plants are a pain to hand clean
cheers
