Alrighty, I thought I'd start one of these to keep you and me in the know of what's happening in my tanks. :)

I'm going to back track a bit to start off with, because I want to post picture's chronologically...

17th December 05 ish

5ft:

9 harlequin rasboras
2 bristlenosed catfish
1 siamese algae eater
1 sailfin molly
1 guppy
1 bronze corydoras


21st December 05 ish

3ft:

1 sailfin molly (from 5ft)
1 guppy (from 5ft)
1 bronze corydoras (from 5ft)
3 white cloud minnows (from Jebo)
1 zebra danio (from Jebo)
1 leopard danio (from Jebo)
3 black widow tetras (from Jebo)

Jebo taken apart and set up again. A bristlenose fry was added.


23rd December 05 ish

I got 5 baby corydoras for the 3ft tank.


24th December 05 ish


Piece of wood taken from the 5ft and added to the 3ft. Clam also added.


29th December 05 ish

Added 8 guppies to the 3ft tank.


1st January 06 ish

Hot spell. Prettiest guppy boy dies.


3rd January 06 ish

A guppy girl dies.

Plant added to the Jebo:



6th January 06 ish

A guppy girl gets a fungusy thing on her back and dies. :cuss: Won't be getting guppies from there again!


8th January 06

Added wood & a cave to the 5ft tank. Took out tunnels.



9th January 2006



Added plants!! :D


18th January 2006

Got my pond! $155 plus a 89c bucket for the filter. ;)





19th January 2006

I decided to test the temperature in the position of my outdoor pond. I got a thermometer from one of my tanks, took it out and placed it in the pond (though there is no water in the pond). Came inside, watched a segment of telly and went out to the thermometer. the 'red stuff' is as high as it can go (past 50, which it wasn't, but whatever). It's well and truely rooted now. It wasn't a good one (perhaps obviously?), but still... The start to my saga.

Later, I was sitting right here in the lounge room. The couch is next to the fish tank. I was watching telly. I suddenly hear violent splashing. The 'safety switch' in my tank (which is supposed to switch the trickle filter pump off) had, for some unknown reason, not worked! Water was running all down the side and corner of the tank.
Good thing I was right here! I lept up so quick (never seen me move that fast before!) and ran around in circles twice before switching it off at the switch. Water got all over the powerboard, but not inside it. There was probably about 5 litres of water, if that, on the floor. I'm so glad I was home!


20th January 2006

This morning I got up and, when my tank light switched on (it's on a timer), I realised a harlequin rasbora was trapped in the overflow section. No worries, I thought... Nope. Not even my spesh little catcher thing was working (the guy was very stressed and just sitting there). Argh!
So I decided to turn the pump off so I could then take off the cover of the siphon (so rasbora wouldn't get sucked down) and then catch fish. So I opened the cabinent door and switch off the siphon (a valve). The tank fills up, safety switch cuts the pump off and we're good.
I don't know what I did next. I went to the loo. I got a drink. SOMETHING.
I came back in and heard a splashing sound... I open the cupboard doors and realise that water is siphoning from the tank into the filter via the hose connected to the pump. About 20 litres of water was sitting in the floor of my cabinent! ARGH!
So I spent the rest of the day mopping up the water and blow drying it. I used about 4 towels, I think, mopping up the water. It's a 43C day and I was carting buckets of water everywhere and chucking towels and the carpet (that sits around the filter to lessen noise) on the line. All before I had even gotten dressed... And then I couldn't have a shower because I had !@#$ from inside my tank drip drying in the bathtub!

THEN!!! As I was feeding them, I dropped one of the containers on the ground. Shrimp pellets everywhere... Luckily it wasn't flakes... Not the worst, but still - how bad days are sure to end. I laughed, and tried to fend off the dog who eats anything. I saved most of them, thankfully!


23rd January 2006

3 clown loaches! Added to my 5ft.


24th January 2006

One of the clowns:

28th January 2006

My 5ft plants have grown a bit:




10th February 2006

Got a new pump to replace the one in the 5ft trickle filter - it's great! Ehiem 1000. EXCELLENT. It's silent.


14th February 2006

Got 4 blue rams. :D I wanted 2 boys 2 girls, but got 4 boys.


17th February 2006

Set up my pond today!

Here's some shots of my pond. No fish in it yet, but it will have 3 shnubkin goldies, 10ish white cloud minnows and 7 hillstream loaches, when the time comes. (It's about 50 gallons give or take.)

We still need to work out a better way for how the plants are... The big papyrus kept blowing over. So it's all bricked up.

18th February 2006

Some pictures of the blue rams:












19th February 2006

I got some more pebbles ($4) and some smaller terracotta pots ($1.90) today, for my pond.

21st February 2006

Re organised the pond. Still no fish.


















23rd February 2006

Got a new plant in my 5ft. (Will plant it some time.)

25th February 2006

Trimmed down the plants in the Jebo. Here's pics after the fact:



Made over the fry tank. Here is it before the renovations:


Prepared the fish bowl for shrimp!:





26th February 2006

Algae in my pond:

27th February 2006

Got 4 ghost shrimp (2 for pond and 2 for a fish bowl). However, the ones in the bowl died (and so, too, I assume, the ones in the pond). I tested the ammonia to try to find the source, and had wowsomely high figures. I also had high figures in the fry tank. I found that old terracotta pots were the source.

:( RIP:




6th March 2006

Well, not sure on exact dates, but by this date I had 50 bristlenose fry captured from my 5ft, sitting in a guppy tank waiting to be moved to the fry tank. There were 50 more in the 'main tank'.


7th March 2006 ish

The one bristlenose fry ("Survivor") moved from fry tank to 3ft tank. (This fry survived ammonia levels of 6.1+.)


8th March 2006

Bristlenose fry moved from 5ft tank to fry tank.Here are some pics of the fry. ^_^
They're about 1 week out of the cave.


In the guppy tank in the 5ft, waiting to move to the fry tank.


I like the composition of this pic, even though it's out of focus for the most part.


They're eating shrimp pellets. They LOVE them. They never last long.


Ruler along the front shows that they're each about 1cm long from nose to tail tip.


In the fry tank - waiting for release.


They're much easier to count in a picture! I count 48. There are still more in the 5ft.


Poor picture of one of the babies.


10th March 2006

I had a bronze corydoras in my 3ft died. :(


11th March 2006

Two more bronze corydoras died.

11th March 2006

Leopard Danio and Zebra Danio moved from 5ft to 3ft.

Did waterchanges today, and found this in my pond:



12th March 2006

Leopard Danio, Zebra Danio and 3 white cloud minnows moved from 3ft out into the pond!


16th March 2006

Today I went to get white cloud minnows (11) for my pond, and ended up getting goldies too.









18th March 2006

Routine waterchanges. Discovered the filters in the 3ft weren't working. Cleaned and fixed one. The other doesn't seem to work now. Got electrocuted for the first time. ;)


19th March 2006

Bought an Ehiem 2013 for my 3ft tank. $21.50.


20th March 2006

Got piping and other fittings for setting up the Ehiem 2013. Attempted to set it up but failed. Got some terrestrial plant cuttings from my mother and am attempting to grow them in my tanks and pond.

21st March 2006

Here's the tanks/pond/bowl as they are today. Some of my additions/deaths have not been included in the above, so here's the lists. :)

Bowl - 1 gallon

Occupants: None
Future occupants: 2 ghost shrimp

Fry Tank - ~7gallons

Occupants: ~50 BN fry
Future occupants: Possible sailfin molly babies...

Jebo - 10gallons

Occupants: 1 sailfin molly, 1 bristlenose catfish.
Future occupants: 10 hastatus cories. Dwarf gourami?

Pond - ~50gallons







Occupants: 10-14 white cloud minnows, 3 fantail goldfish.
Future occupants: 7 hillstream loaches.

...continued

3ft Tank - 55gallons

Occupants: 3 black widow tetras, 1 sailfin molly, 3 bronze corydoras, 2 bristlenose catfish.
Future occupants: Dunno.

5ft Tank - 80gallons

Occupants: 9 harlequin rasboras, 8 blue rams, 3 clown loaches, 2 bristlenose catfish, 1 siamese algae eater, numerous bristlenose catfish fry.
Future occupants: ~10 Ember Tetras, 2 more siamese algae eaters...

Very nice, keeping a very good track on what is happening with your tank. :)

Looks like you had some time here to post! It turned out great. I remember reading all of these in other areas! :P
I like how it is all organized. I need to do something like that. I can't wait to get my pond up and running. :rolleyes: You did a nice job with the pics too, we all love to see the pics!! :lol:

It took me a few hours to complie them, but hopefully I can keep things up to date now. ^_^


21 March 2006

Moved Sailfin Molly girl from 3ft to Jebo for some peace and quiet from Sailfin Molly boy.


22 March 2006

Babies in the Jebo! :o Approximately 20 fry, predominately dark coloured.

25 March 2006

34 sailfin molly fry (33 pictured). 8 moved to the fry tank to experiment different conditions on fry growth.

Wow! You've got quite a fish operation going there. beautiful work! :D

I have to agree with cat lover there. nice job.

Thanks. :D The babies were quite a surprised - I thought she was sick not in labor! :o

Cool tank you have there. Did you put your goldies in your pond yet?

Yep, goldies in the pond. They went straight in - I just took pics in the bag and bucket before they disappeared! :up:

Oh. Kool. Take some pics of the pond next time :up:

They're too scared of me! :lol: