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Hey all! Did a complete overhaul of my parents' tank since I've been visiting them in Cali for the weekend. They had only 4 fish (a male guppy, 2 platies, and a molly), all of which were born in the tank at some point in time. It also houses a piece of driftwood that is about 15 years old (and has been submerged that entire time), and the tank sits on a stand that I've had since I was 9 (over 20 years ago!). They had also had 2 clown loaches (which are now sold-- see "loach violence" thread 
), and a red sailfin pleco that I bought as a baby about 4-5 years ago. Turns out they hadn't opened the canister in about a year, which was REALLY fun for me. 
And the entire tank was covered in diatoms and other smut. 
So I tweaked the filtration a bit, did some water changing and some scrubbing, and added plants and more fish. It now houses the gentle giant sailfin pleco, 3 otos, 3 baby panda corys, 8 priscilla tetras, various platies, various mollies, and the male guppy from before. The pleco has been hilarious-- it even let one of the little pandas sit on one of his pectoral fins for a while today. LOL! Hope you enjoy the pics! It's definitely an easily maintained community aquarium now. 
Nite shot:
Day shot before the new fish:
Sailfin:
Sailfin face:
Priscilla tetras:
A couple of the pandas kickin it together:
The disowned clown loaches! :
Where's Waldo (the oto):
A couple of the platies and the male guppy from before:
), and a red sailfin pleco that I bought as a baby about 4-5 years ago. Turns out they hadn't opened the canister in about a year, which was REALLY fun for me. And the entire tank was covered in diatoms and other smut. So I tweaked the filtration a bit, did some water changing and some scrubbing, and added plants and more fish. It now houses the gentle giant sailfin pleco, 3 otos, 3 baby panda corys, 8 priscilla tetras, various platies, various mollies, and the male guppy from before. The pleco has been hilarious-- it even let one of the little pandas sit on one of his pectoral fins for a while today. LOL! Hope you enjoy the pics! It's definitely an easily maintained community aquarium now. Nite shot:
Day shot before the new fish:
Sailfin:
Sailfin face:
Priscilla tetras:
A couple of the pandas kickin it together:
The disowned clown loaches! :
Where's Waldo (the oto):
A couple of the platies and the male guppy from before:
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