What did you do with your tank(s) today?

[DMD123]

If you end up breeding, I’d love to buy some culls for my peacock bass. He’s a true hunter, but still refusing pellets and I won’t don’t goldfish since they are kept in less than desirable conditions. Plus frozen krill can get a bit expensive , haha

I will let you know how that goes, still on the lookout for a female polar parrot. Likely that will be a Petco/Petsmart fish. I really think I spent too much on mine at $20 for the one when I can get then for half that at the big box stores if I remember correctly but I like the shape and pattern of the male I picked up so I felt it was worth it. I was getting a bit tired of buying silversides for the puffer so likely a good food item depending how long it takes to grow the fry out

 

[DMD123]

Fishroom looking good @fishguy1978, like the new tank placement

 

[sir_keith]

Received six ~2" Botia dario from The Wet Spot last week to test whether their reputation as MTS-eaters was warranted, and was it ever! I put them into a 75g with a significant MTS infestation, and they got to work on the snails within minutes. Less than a week later, and I haven't seen a live MTS in that tank for days. Finally, a 'catfish' (not really: Botia are actually Cyprinids) that actually earns its keep! Today I received 8 more of them for another tank, and plan to keep them around, just in case. If you keep live plants, sooner or later snails will come along for the ride. I don't mind most of them, but the MTS are just too much.

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[DMD123]

Cleaned 2 Aquaclear filters in the fishroom. This involved getting my new style lid installed along with new style u-tubes and one new leveler. A few more random parts and the good features of the new filter will be on my old filters.

 

[DMD123]

Cleaned an Aquaclear filters and did gravel vac’s and water changes in the garage fishroom. Nothing exciting, just normal stuff.

 

[DMD123]

Started scrubbing down the 300 a little since the tank is getting a bit of algae growth on the rocks, plants and glass. Im putting in short cleaning sessions to get the tank looking good. The lack of UV on this tank has been seen with an increase in algae growth and a tinge of green water when tank is viewed from the side. I need to get my new Fluval UV installed but Im rebuilding filters as I go and I still need to work on the final filter before I install it.

 

[DMD123]

A couple hours working on my 300. Cleaned a FX 6 filter and redid the plumbing on it to add new Fluval UV and pulling out all the plumbing for the old setup. The filter was rebuilt with new impeller, gaskets, hoses and aqua-stop valves. Many of those parts were running for years and it was just time to replace for peace of mind. Had noticed a little green water since I havent had a UV, so hopefully the new unit helps with that. Now to sit back and enjoy the tank for a bit.