Hey guys!
A bit of a longer topic today, but after a lot of thinking, I have decided to down grade my fish room. (When I say fish room, its the room where I have 3 tanks lol). I just do not have the time to do water changes weekly anymore. I am wayyyy to busy to even get all three done on the same day. I was not able to do water changes for 2 weeks (until today). I really like my 10g and 5g tanks, but I think it would be best to take those down and transfer the good thriving plants and fish to the 20g long and to make the 20 long my only tank where I put all of my fishkeeping time into it to make it look near perfect (not really possible but you know) with all the variety of plants I have. To set contezt here is what I have. (Just to be clear, the info below may seem a bit unclear. I sometimes have trouble putting my thoughts into a message or post, apoligies)
20 Gallon Long aquarium: (The tank I intend to keep)
The fish:
8x Harlequin Rasboras
15x blue neo shrimp
8x ghost shrimp
4 peppered corydoras
1 nerite snail
Ramshorn snails
The plants:
limnofiimno wilsonii (LOTS of it)
Amazon sword
Lilly bulb plant
Anubias nana
Tiger lotus bulb
limno aramitica mini
Helanthium Bolivian quadrocostatus (This one shoots out runners but the main group of them are not doing as well as I wish, ok and alive but not thriving)
Obelia cardinals mini
Limno ragusa
And probably a few more, that I cannot remember lol.
Equipment:
2 Medium size Sponge filters (Aquarium Co-op)
1 Airstone with Tetra Air pump
Hygger light
top fin (cracked, will get new one soon) glass lid
Decor:
Dragon Stone
Spider wood
PFS (pool filter sand)
10 gallon tank (The tank that is thriving, but will take it down too)
Fish:
5 white cloud mountain minnows
1 nerite snail
ramshorn snails
Plants:
Amazon sword
lilly bulb
Water sprite (THRIVING, very lush green and massive)
Helanthium Bolivian quadrocostatus
Limno ragusa
limnofiimno wilsonii
Duckweed (very maintained and under control)
decor:
Large rock found in a nearby creek, very well cleaned
small piece of dragon stone and spiderwood
Equipment:
Topfin 10g Starter Kit filter
Topfin 10g lid
5 gallon tank
No fish
GH is high, cannot get it down
3 remaining ramshorn snails
2 anubias plants
dwarf sag
and all rock from a creek. Tank is not doing to good want to take it down anyways....
The ferts I use for ALL tanks is GLA ferts, Micro and Macro mixes.
So! That is the tanks. My goal is this: To break down both the 10g and 5g, get the thriving plants and fish out and transfer to the 20g long. Also forgot to mention anacharis plants that I got when buying the blue shrimp.
My question, how could I combine to the make the ULTIMATE 20g long? And can I keep the WCMM with the stocking above in my 20g long?
I will add more info later. Pics below. Thanks all!
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The 20g long (ABOVE) is the tank I will keep.
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Ignore the TOTM banner. That is the 10g above.
Do not have a current pic of my 5g. It looks bad anyways.
Btw, I did a water change today ONLY on my 20g. By next week I want those other 2 tanks gone and empty. Also, final question I just remembered, how to safely transport the healthy plants from tank to tank?
A bit of a longer topic today, but after a lot of thinking, I have decided to down grade my fish room. (When I say fish room, its the room where I have 3 tanks lol). I just do not have the time to do water changes weekly anymore. I am wayyyy to busy to even get all three done on the same day. I was not able to do water changes for 2 weeks (until today). I really like my 10g and 5g tanks, but I think it would be best to take those down and transfer the good thriving plants and fish to the 20g long and to make the 20 long my only tank where I put all of my fishkeeping time into it to make it look near perfect (not really possible but you know) with all the variety of plants I have. To set contezt here is what I have. (Just to be clear, the info below may seem a bit unclear. I sometimes have trouble putting my thoughts into a message or post, apoligies)
20 Gallon Long aquarium: (The tank I intend to keep)
The fish:
8x Harlequin Rasboras
15x blue neo shrimp
8x ghost shrimp
4 peppered corydoras
1 nerite snail
Ramshorn snails
The plants:
limnofiimno wilsonii (LOTS of it)
Amazon sword
Lilly bulb plant
Anubias nana
Tiger lotus bulb
limno aramitica mini
Helanthium Bolivian quadrocostatus (This one shoots out runners but the main group of them are not doing as well as I wish, ok and alive but not thriving)
Obelia cardinals mini
Limno ragusa
And probably a few more, that I cannot remember lol.
Equipment:
2 Medium size Sponge filters (Aquarium Co-op)
1 Airstone with Tetra Air pump
Hygger light
top fin (cracked, will get new one soon) glass lid
Decor:
Dragon Stone
Spider wood
PFS (pool filter sand)
10 gallon tank (The tank that is thriving, but will take it down too)
Fish:
5 white cloud mountain minnows
1 nerite snail
ramshorn snails
Plants:
Amazon sword
lilly bulb
Water sprite (THRIVING, very lush green and massive)
Helanthium Bolivian quadrocostatus
Limno ragusa
limnofiimno wilsonii
Duckweed (very maintained and under control)
decor:
Large rock found in a nearby creek, very well cleaned
small piece of dragon stone and spiderwood
Equipment:
Topfin 10g Starter Kit filter
Topfin 10g lid
5 gallon tank
No fish
GH is high, cannot get it down
3 remaining ramshorn snails
2 anubias plants
dwarf sag
and all rock from a creek. Tank is not doing to good want to take it down anyways....
The ferts I use for ALL tanks is GLA ferts, Micro and Macro mixes.
So! That is the tanks. My goal is this: To break down both the 10g and 5g, get the thriving plants and fish out and transfer to the 20g long. Also forgot to mention anacharis plants that I got when buying the blue shrimp.
My question, how could I combine to the make the ULTIMATE 20g long? And can I keep the WCMM with the stocking above in my 20g long?
I will add more info later. Pics below. Thanks all!
The 20g long (ABOVE) is the tank I will keep.
Ignore the TOTM banner. That is the 10g above.
Do not have a current pic of my 5g. It looks bad anyways.
Btw, I did a water change today ONLY on my 20g. By next week I want those other 2 tanks gone and empty. Also, final question I just remembered, how to safely transport the healthy plants from tank to tank?
