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Getting motivated
I've had a few emails from people inquiring about my recent absence
around here. Nothing bad was going on, I just had a bunch of work and family stuff to take care of, and I wasn't feeling very interested in my tanks. For the most part, I just fed the tanks every day and that was about it. The 75g was left overgrown, and spot algae had covered most of the glass. Finally I gave the 75g some much needed attention. Pulled out every single plant, did a good cleaning on the gravel, and re-arranged the tank. I suspect the new look of the tank will jump start things for me. In the time the tank was neglected, several species of plants seemed to have disappeared completely from the tank. These include my Pearlweed, Baby Tears ( a tiny bit left floating, might recover), Hygro, and Windelov Java Fern. I had a big rock completely covered with Windelov JF, and now it's a rock with a few old roots attached. I did find one small windelov JF plant that was ok, so it might re-establish itself. Here's a picture of the tank. The water is still very cloudy, and I haven't even really cleaned the outside glass all the way, but it'll give a general idea of the new layout. In the next day or two, I'll actually get around to updating my website with new good pictures! http://dev1.cfxc.com/chuck/tank030609.jpg The piece of driftwood laying flat near the center of the tank just settled there while I was cleaning, and I noticed that it looked good that way. Chuck Gadd http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua |
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On Mon, 09 Jun 2003 12:53:53 -0600, Chuck Gadd wrote:
I've had a few emails from people inquiring about my recent absence around here. Nothing bad was going on, I just had a bunch of work and family stuff to take care of, and I wasn't feeling very interested in my tanks. For the most part, I just fed the tanks every day and that was about it. The 75g was left overgrown, and spot algae had covered most of the glass. Finally I gave the 75g some much needed attention. Pulled out every single plant, did a good cleaning on the gravel, and re-arranged the tank. I suspect the new look of the tank will jump start things for me. In the time the tank was neglected, several species of plants seemed to have disappeared completely from the tank. These include my Pearlweed, Baby Tears ( a tiny bit left floating, might recover), Hygro, and Windelov Java Fern. I had a big rock completely covered with Windelov JF, and now it's a rock with a few old roots attached. I did find one small windelov JF plant that was ok, so it might re-establish itself. Here's a picture of the tank. The water is still very cloudy, and I haven't even really cleaned the outside glass all the way, but it'll give a general idea of the new layout. In the next day or two, I'll actually get around to updating my website with new good pictures! http://dev1.cfxc.com/chuck/tank030609.jpg The piece of driftwood laying flat near the center of the tank just settled there while I was cleaning, and I noticed that it looked good that way. Chuck Gadd http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua Hi Chuck: I'm curious, and I was planning to post the question to the list, when one does a major cleaning/re-design of a planted tank it is necessary to remove the fish in order to do so? I'm asking because I have a 120g 24x48x24 inch tank and I would like to re-design it by moving plants and building and installing a slate landscape. I cannot move the fish because this is the only tank I have. Any suggestions you may have would be appreciated. Robin |
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120 is a big tank... you could get a 30 gal rubbermaid container and fill it
with aquarium water. Catch and put your fish in that container and do your redesign. I have done this, keeping my fish in the rubbermaid for 2 days. Just run heater and airstone in the rubbermaid and the fish will be fine. Wash it first! HTH, DJay wrote in message ... On Mon, 09 Jun 2003 12:53:53 -0600, Chuck Gadd wrote: I've had a few emails from people inquiring about my recent absence around here. Nothing bad was going on, I just had a bunch of work and family stuff to take care of, and I wasn't feeling very interested in my tanks. For the most part, I just fed the tanks every day and that was about it. The 75g was left overgrown, and spot algae had covered most of the glass. Finally I gave the 75g some much needed attention. Pulled out every single plant, did a good cleaning on the gravel, and re-arranged the tank. I suspect the new look of the tank will jump start things for me. In the time the tank was neglected, several species of plants seemed to have disappeared completely from the tank. These include my Pearlweed, Baby Tears ( a tiny bit left floating, might recover), Hygro, and Windelov Java Fern. I had a big rock completely covered with Windelov JF, and now it's a rock with a few old roots attached. I did find one small windelov JF plant that was ok, so it might re-establish itself. Here's a picture of the tank. The water is still very cloudy, and I haven't even really cleaned the outside glass all the way, but it'll give a general idea of the new layout. In the next day or two, I'll actually get around to updating my website with new good pictures! http://dev1.cfxc.com/chuck/tank030609.jpg The piece of driftwood laying flat near the center of the tank just settled there while I was cleaning, and I noticed that it looked good that way. Chuck Gadd http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua Hi Chuck: I'm curious, and I was planning to post the question to the list, when one does a major cleaning/re-design of a planted tank it is necessary to remove the fish in order to do so? I'm asking because I have a 120g 24x48x24 inch tank and I would like to re-design it by moving plants and building and installing a slate landscape. I cannot move the fish because this is the only tank I have. Any suggestions you may have would be appreciated. Robin |
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Chuck Gadd
http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua I redid my 75 and swapped a Via Aqua Filter on it and I like it. I see you are trying for the lower mainteance plant groupings. Well with family and other things that suck your time, I think many would do well with a bit less light and slower growers. But I'm trying to stay true to my desgin and keep all locally collected weeds/fish for this tank. Damn Madtom cats eat my shrimps and anything else they get a hold of. They make me a mad Tom. Go figure. Still, one of the nicest little cats. The mollies are plentyful and do an okay job at hair algae etc but don't do much for glass algae etc. The ghost shrimp don't any any algae I can tell, I might have to get an a small pleco for an algae eater. Flagfish are fine but they are no better than the mollies. Otto's or Amano's are out since the cats will/have eat/en them. So are you going to build up any "hills" out of wood or rock for the tank? Cover those with ferns/moss etc? Regards, Tom Barr Regards, Tom Barr |
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