So, I was looking at the journals and I decided I would do a journal for my tanks.
Just bear with me here- I know the photos leave a lot to be desired- my digital camera is really slow.

Here we have a picture of the tank:


Info:
-29 tall
-Marineland Penguin Bio-Wheel filter 200gph
-Marineland heater
-Aqua-culture dual outlet pump running 2 airstones in corners
-Fluorescent hood with splashguard

To be continued ...

Maybe I can take some better pictures :huh:

It says in your sig that you have


---5 rummy nose tetra, 6 neon tetra, 3 panda cories, 2 peppered cories, 2 spotted cories


however I can't see any fish in that picture?

I can see two rummynoses!! :D

I just spotted some. Down to the left near the bottom?

Okay, now that there is a picture of the tank, I'll move on to the fish- the fun part.

We'll start with Rummy Nose tetra: close-up (there are little specs, not ick just bad quality)


group shot:


My camera doesn't do fish well because there is a delay between when its focused and when the picture actually takes, usually when the picture takes, the fish are gone!


It is very difficult to get the entire school in one picture! You can also see a few neons


Rummy nose are really fun because once you have them for a while, their faces get really red! When I first brought them home, their faces were a pale pink. They are very sensitve to water quality- their faces lose some color if the water is bad or they are stressed.
They are an excellent schooling fish- not bashful at all! (Once they discover that there are no big, scary fish in the tank) They eat like pigs off the surface with the neons. Some of them eat faster than others and develop a little pot-belly! After a couple hours of swimming their belly goes back to normal size. Its an easy way to make sure everyone got plenty to eat. (I am careful not to overfeed, though.) :D

I want more, but they are hard to find. Do y'all see them a lot at your fish stores?

Coming soon ... catfish pictures! :D (and hopefuly some pics of the neons playing)

I'm so glad I figured out how to use ImageShack

I see them all the time at my LPS a very nice fish if I ever do a community they will definetely be included.

The fish really blend in with their surroundings because of the red. I bet that is one reason they show their red color more too! You have alot of red tones to make them stand out more. Good idea, especially for a better pic!

that is part of why I chose the red decor for their tank.

I found my single rummynose in a tank full of zebra danios. I caught him out of the corner of my eye and had to have him. I'd love to have some more. Whenever I get my RO filter I will definitely get some more.

I figure I should have one in a few months if I am lucky.

Sorry, I'm sure this is really obvious, but what is a "RO filter" Does he school with your danios and display colors okay? The more you get the more fun they are to watch! :D

Just found RO in the jargon dictionary, so never mind that question.

That is a very pretty setup you have there CatLover. :)

Catfish time! Here they come for breakfast. I feed them sinking foods in the morning and they all come out to feed. (they don't seem to know that they are supposed to be nocturnal) they love to eat.


Center is my "BIG BOY" peppered cory- much bigger than all the other cories and eats massive quantities ... and still growing!

You would be very surprised how much food the little pandas can put away. They are always on the move - day and night. I call their scavenging "detail work" because they get every little crevice and cover every inch of the aquarium!

Here is one of the spotted cories playing against the back wall. He is being chased, unfortunltely the pursuer is not in the photo. They love to play tag and "dance" along the back wall of the aquarium. Lots of fun to watch.


They all play together and intermingle between species. They are lots of fun to watch!
:D

Great pictures CatLover. :)

:D :up: Nice pics man . WTG

How fun! They are cute little buggers!

I love the size differences! Cories are the best. :D

I love cories!! And the rummy-nosed are sooo cute! I love tetras too, but I don't think I've actually ever seen the rummy-nosed at a LFS at all!

I dream of having 7.0 or lower pH water. Mines coming out of the tap at 8.3 I was lucky to be able to keep the rummynose that I had. It was odd that he did, in fact, school with the zebra danios just like he was part of the gang. I had 3 danios and the single rummynose, and they swam all over the tank together. Made me feel a lot better because I couldn't find any more of them, lol.

I believe he was one of the few exceptions to the rule. When I finally get the Reverse Osmosis filter, it cleans out the water and makes 'pure' water that you can use in your tanks. It usually has a pH of around 6.5-7.0.

I found one on petsolutions.com for 100 dollars. It's a 24 gallon per day model. The replacement filters are only 60 dollars, and only need to be changed out every 6 months to a year, depending on how hard your water is and how often you do maintenance.

Right now my ph in the 29 is 7.8 When I originally bought the rummies I used some special water that I bought at WalMart to gradually adjust the ph to acclimate them. Then, with water changes I let the ph gradually go back up. They are very sensitive fish.

The whole process was a big pain in the butt. The rummies are worth it, though. :wub:

I may consider trying the peat method to lower the ph gradually again and try to keep it down. I would really like to get some more, but it is not a good idea at all taking into account my current ph. The RO filter sounds like a great product. I just don't have the cash right now.

Have any of you all tried to use the peat method to lower ph?

Once you baby the rummies through the first few weeks, they are a total joy to watch. I have had absolutely no health problems since they have been acclimated.

I have found them to be the most active of any of the tetra I have kept. Close to the activity level of danios, but not quite. And they aren't as nippy as danios, in my experience. (I kept the long-finned blue danios a while back)

When the light first come on it takes them a few minutes to come out, color up, and become active. I've noticed the same with neons, except the rummies become alert a little faster than neons do.

Rummy Nose tetra are probably my very favorite fish.

I've not used peat directly to lower my pH, but I have used Tetra Blackwater Extract. A new piece of driftwood will lower the pH as well.

I have to agree. I just got 3 albino cory's and they are fun to watch.