my first ADA 120P planted tank journal

[finfan]

Re: my first ADA 120P planted tank journal

myjohnson, i just got the puffers yesterday, they are in a small tank with 4 platys and a random kribensis, i can't really tell if they are eating or not yet, i need to observe closely, i might move them to this 65gallon (where i have noticed some snails), i don't think there are any snails in the tank they are in currently

btw, for some reason or another i have never cories until this batch that i just bought, they are awesome, i love the way they school and foriage, can't believe i have never kept them before, very cool fish, they seem a little dumb though with food, i have scattered some sinking pellets for them all around the tank, they seem to miss the pellets even when they are foriaging closeby, hopefully they will find the food in the tank, they are going all around but seem to always miss the food laying there!

[finfan]

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my tank is cycled :)))  i could not resist sharing a little update with the new inhabitants

here's cycled tank



updated full tank shot



another angel updated full tank shot



close up of the val nana - love the way it looks



nasty algae - have to share the bad with the good



another nasty algae - but good news - most of the nanas have a new leaf - look in this pic



ok here are the awesome puffs (wall-e & eva) - they are curious about the snail - does not seem like they know how to eat it



how does this work?



where is wall-e?



the cories - three stooges



following the leader



another try at the tree



the loaner - she/he is sometimes with the other three - otherwise by himself!

[naps]

Re: my first ADA 120P planted tank journal

looking really nice! 8)

[Mzungu]

Re: my first ADA 120P planted tank journal

:clap:  Congrats on the cycled tank!

I, too, absolutely love cories.  

[edmlfc]

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I have to get some cories.    Your tank is looking really great. When I would feed my dwarfs snails I would usually crush them first and then they would tear it apart. Of course my snails were usually twice the size of the puffer.

[finfan]

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thanks guys, i am really enjoying the cories and the puffs, i just hope the puffs figure out the whole snail eating thing, otherwise i don't know how else to make them eat, i need to start a snail factory :)

i can't wait to put my angels and checkerboards, i am thinking angels go in sometime this week/weekend and the checkers next weekend

but i might get some amanos in the next few days and put them in to eat some of that nasty algae

the good thing is that it seems like the algae growth has gotten slower in the last couple of days as the tank got closer to being cycled

[Mzungu]

Re: my first ADA 120P planted tank journal

but i might get some amanos in the next few days and put them in to eat some of that nasty algae

I think that's a great idea.  :)

[Zulaab]

Re: my first ADA 120P planted tank journal

finfan -- you are making me need to go out and get one of these tanks -- its beautiful :)

[edmlfc]

Re: my first ADA 120P planted tank journal

You can feed your dwarf puffers frozen blood worms & freeze dried blood worms. Also frozen brime shrimp, mysis shrimp or frozen clams. I don't suggest krill, it can give your puffer lock jaw.

[finfan]

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came home from work and my calaqua stuff is here  

i can't wait to put these in the tank (july 4th weekend project)

looks really nice (was not impressed with the packaging though)

here's a pic

[HoustonFishFanatic]

Re: my first ADA 120P planted tank journal

They look nice dude.
Bhushan

[finfan]

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thanks bhushan, they are nice, not quite ADA, but it will do just fine for me, but the scary thing is that i don't even want to start adding up what i have spent on this tank so far, and i know it is not the end, i am just acting like i don't know what i spent!

[naps]

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8) very nice

[JStrider]

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just now saw this thread... looks really good...

just out of curiosity... why didnt you take some dirty filter media from one of your existing tanks to get the cycle jumpstarted for this one?

at the luis Navarro talk he said to put the shrimp in as soon as humanly possible... maybe they're tough enough to survive the cycle? *shrug*

looks awesome!

I'm off and on tempted to try a real planted setup...beyond my just tying low light plants to things and hoping they dont die...

[thomas]

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Look good, finfan. Why don't you install the calaqua and post pic up tonight? It won't take lots of time, just be careful not to break them when inserting.