My 27.5 Uk Gallon

[mikster]

ok i had a thread somewhere showing my oringal tank, then i got whitespot, now ive got rid of it and made some changes to the tank, new bogwood, took out slate and rearranged plants. heres what it looks like now

Only two fish that i have it in are the two that survived whitespot, male gourami and male bristlenose.

Any comments welcome. Also here is a video of my bristlenose cleaning my plants.No algae for me

Bristlenose video

 

[geo7x]

nice tank that video is really cute too

 

[helsekia]

like the video,tank looks great

 

[mikster]

Ok i got myself some kind of inca statue type thing today and some stones. Not so sure about the stones yet, i may rearrange them or take them out. Let me know what you think. Also i have just got three corydoras sterbai which are currently in my little holding tank.

Tank

Statue (some kind of inca design maybe?)

New fish (corydoras sterbai)

Best photo ive got of the corys, was getting dark and the camera isnt very good.

 

[blue acara]

nice tank the new stones and statue are good... i like the video also

 

[RESGuy]

Nice tank I like the statue and stones

 

[SPLiSH]

Ok i got myself some kind of inca statue type thing today and some stones. Not so sure about the stones yet, i may rearrange them or take them out. Let me know what you think. Also i have just got three corydoras sterbai which are currently in my little holding tank.

Tank

Statue (some kind of inca design maybe?)

New fish (corydoras sterbai)

Best photo ive got of the corys, was getting dark and the camera isnt very good.

Sorry to hear about your fish.

On the upside, the tank looks great!

That is an Easter Island Statue, based on a design from an island of the coast of Australia.

 

[millym]

looks good. i dont usually like 'ornaments' but i like that one!!!
sorry about your other fish & good luck with it.
ps: like the bristly video

 

[mikster]

thanks every one, yeah its sad about the fish but i have a quarantine system in place now and am buying from better shops. Yeah i actually saw it listed as easter island statue yesterday on a website, i dont normally like non natural stuff in a tank but i saw it in a tank in my lfs and it looked pretty good so i thought why not was only about £3.

Think im gunna get some amano shrimp in the near future as my bristlenose hasnt cleaned my plans for a while, he loves cleaning the glass as its always spotless but only goes for the plants when he really hungry i guess, amano shrimp will do a better job at cleaning the plants i reckon. Also i got some hairgrass, javamoss and fluitans(cant remember if i spelled that right) on order so then i should have enough planting to reduce the algae levels etc.

 

[mikster]

ok bit of an update, cories in QT were breathing a bit heavy today so i did water tests again and got .25 of nitrites, i guess i didnt clone my filter properly, i did it for about a week, probably should have done it longer and it isnt the best filter so it kept clogging.

As my cories have shown no sign of disease so far and may have developed it in the future if i kept them in the QT i decided to release them into my main aquarium, they went and hid immediately, after about 4 minutes they were all out and are currently playing under my resin tree root, dont know if theyve noticed my bristlenose attached to the roof off their little playground yet. Will post some pics of them in my aquarium when im fast enough....

Also my gourami wont stop trying to eat me lol maybe i should feed him more or maybe hes just greedy.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Nice tank, i like the planting a lot !

 

[mikster]

Heres a vide of my gourami trying to eat a catfish pellet...without much sucess.

Gourami vid

 

[geo7x]

Lol thats hilarious, and cute too

 

[mikster]

ok got a few new plants in.

Phyllanthus fluitans, Lilaeopsis brasiliensis, Vesicularia dubyana. made myself a moss hill type thing with my java moss and a lump of slate.

tank

mossy hill

new shrimp, ghost shrimp i think, only labelled as shrimp in the shop. Hard to get a good photo.

camera shy cories, havent got a good photo yet.

 

[mikster]

I got another shrimp the other day so now ive got 3 and already they are coming out and about more, here is an amusing video of one of them at feeding time, just goes to show shrimp can look after themselves pretty well.

Shrimp vid