24 Litre Tank

[MewMew42]

red mosquito larvae is blood worm and artemia is brineshrimp, mine love artemia =]

he sounds lovely! =]

 

[sorgan]

they will take artemia? job done then, sadly artemia is a pretty poor diet so i will have to get some other foods.

 

[BethK]

red mosquito larvae is blood worm and artemia is brineshrimp, mine love artemia =]

he sounds lovely! =]

See, I didn't know that either

I am terrible at this food thing lol

 

[sorgan]

ok got up this morning to find my tank looks like its full of week tea, arnt i glad i didnt know you had to soak bogwood you dont need to soak LR, i thought this freshwater lark was easy compared to marine lol.

will a few big water changes effect my cycle or does it really matter?? in marine water clarity isnt the same as water quality, does this hold true in freshwaer?

 

[BethK]

Yup, bogwood in any tank, you gotta do the whole soaking thing

 

[sorgan]

So my tank water is looking very much like weak tea, will the stuff that's come from the bog wood do a fish any harm?
The wood sunk and hasn't really leached loads into the water, it's only tannins right?

 

[BethK]

Yup, only tannins, I don't think it will do your fish any harm

 

[silverrabbit]

Really, as long as the wood was at least washed first (to ge rid of any contaminants/dirt), I don't bother soaking. The tannic acid will lower your pH a little, which is beneficial to bettas, and they like the "blackwater" effect. Indian Almond Leaves do the same thing. I think it'll be fine

 

[sorgan]

Water tested fine today so George came home with us and 2 more plants.
He is just floating about ATM but here's a pic

will post a tank shot later.

 

[BethK]

Ohh he is lovely

 

[MewMew42]

I adore cambodians

 

[sorgan]

Just a quick one, George is doing well and has a new friend (panda cory) he also seems to have a pet snail that he likes to follow.
No pics sadly as I've been busy with my reef but will post new pics soon.

 

[Assaye]

I'd get at least 2 more panda corys.

He's very pretty!

 

[sorgan]

Put an albino plec in to control algae (wish it was this easy in marine tanks lol)
recent pic

dunno if I am going to put any more fish in as it's a small tank.

Ps I do weekly 25% water changes is this enough/to much? It's a bit different in my main tank as corals are so sensitive to water quality.

Pps could I bung a few shrimp of some kind in or would George eat them?

 

[Jonty]

What kind of plec? I don't think any are suitable for a 24l.