paulypaul182
Fish Crazy
This is my 20 gallon tank. Its planted with Vallis, Water Wisteria and Telanthera lilacina. I have 3 substrates; bottom layer of Tetra Plant Substrate, middle layer of very fine gravel and a top layer of aquarium sand. I have a number of rocks, slate and stones in there which I have made a wall of caves and some sand lying rocks out of. The filter is a Sicce Shark Filter 400 ADV which was already matured when I had it. The heater is a 150 Watt Visitherm Heater/Thermostat and the light is from a 20 watt white light. Between the light and the plant substrate, the Wisteria and Vallis are growing abundantly (I have to prune at least once a week) but the Lilacina is not doing so well. I have no CO2 injection.
The livestock at present is 3 Bolivian Ram who are excellent fish. They watch me all the time and are beautiful fish. I bought these from Tri-Mar. They have their scraps every now and then but are peaceful most of the time. There are 7 zebra danio in there. 3 are from on LFS and the other 4 are from Tri-Mar. The 3 from my LFS are alot smaller than Tri-Mar's, theyve been in the tank now for over a month and haven't grown. I have one three lined cory at the moment. Originally, I had 3. 2 got stuck behind the original rock wall I made and died. The wall has been changed now as it also killed 5 Cherry Shrimp. These Cherry Shrimp hid from the Rams (Tri-Mar told me that the Rams would ignore them and the Shrimp would live happily with them). It seems, after moving the rocks to find a lost cory, that the Shrimp simply grew out of the space that they hid in and basically squashed themselves on the rock. The tank was a right mess after that discovery and the smell was appalling. After a few huge water changes, things have settled and the fish are much happier. I plan to up the Cory stock as soon as funds allow me too although Im worried about overstocking so may leave things as they are. I have 4 Oto in the tank as well. They were bought from Tri-Mar and seem very happy. Theyve been in there a month now and have grown a great deal from their tadpole looking size when I first got them. They are a lovely looking fish and much better than plecos in my opinion. The fish are fed on Aquarian Fish Flake once a day, Tubifex once a week and Tetra Variety Wafers three times a week. The Rams love the wafers and actaully swim around sucking them in their mouths which is comical to say the least. I also put in some cucumber once a week for the oto.
Finally, 5steady is sending me some Malaysian Trumpet Snails which should arrive by the end of the week. No doubt Ill be hunting for homes for their offspring in the coming months.
All in all, Im very happy with the set up. I came back to fishkeeping after 3 years off. I kept fish for 5 years before that and made all the timeless mistakes we all make in this hobby. Im still making them now!!! This is definatley the best set up I have and I am now considering getting another tank to house inverts or amphibs.
These are pictures of the tank and some of the fish. Unfortunatly, the Cory is very shy and the Danio are just impossible to catch.
Sorry about the long winded post, just have jack all else to do today lol.
The livestock at present is 3 Bolivian Ram who are excellent fish. They watch me all the time and are beautiful fish. I bought these from Tri-Mar. They have their scraps every now and then but are peaceful most of the time. There are 7 zebra danio in there. 3 are from on LFS and the other 4 are from Tri-Mar. The 3 from my LFS are alot smaller than Tri-Mar's, theyve been in the tank now for over a month and haven't grown. I have one three lined cory at the moment. Originally, I had 3. 2 got stuck behind the original rock wall I made and died. The wall has been changed now as it also killed 5 Cherry Shrimp. These Cherry Shrimp hid from the Rams (Tri-Mar told me that the Rams would ignore them and the Shrimp would live happily with them). It seems, after moving the rocks to find a lost cory, that the Shrimp simply grew out of the space that they hid in and basically squashed themselves on the rock. The tank was a right mess after that discovery and the smell was appalling. After a few huge water changes, things have settled and the fish are much happier. I plan to up the Cory stock as soon as funds allow me too although Im worried about overstocking so may leave things as they are. I have 4 Oto in the tank as well. They were bought from Tri-Mar and seem very happy. Theyve been in there a month now and have grown a great deal from their tadpole looking size when I first got them. They are a lovely looking fish and much better than plecos in my opinion. The fish are fed on Aquarian Fish Flake once a day, Tubifex once a week and Tetra Variety Wafers three times a week. The Rams love the wafers and actaully swim around sucking them in their mouths which is comical to say the least. I also put in some cucumber once a week for the oto.
Finally, 5steady is sending me some Malaysian Trumpet Snails which should arrive by the end of the week. No doubt Ill be hunting for homes for their offspring in the coming months.
All in all, Im very happy with the set up. I came back to fishkeeping after 3 years off. I kept fish for 5 years before that and made all the timeless mistakes we all make in this hobby. Im still making them now!!! This is definatley the best set up I have and I am now considering getting another tank to house inverts or amphibs.
These are pictures of the tank and some of the fish. Unfortunatly, the Cory is very shy and the Danio are just impossible to catch.
Sorry about the long winded post, just have jack all else to do today lol.
. Very nice and love the plnats. 
