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jakefoster

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#365888 Some Pics Of My Tanks

Posted by jakefoster on 17 May 2018 - 02:56 PM

so got the new tank up and running. not for what i intended it for tho, its become a breeding tank for my acara pair. its a little small for them but they seem happy been able to raise their fry without having to defend them from any predators for once. which always ended in no fry left. plan to move them back to the other tank soon and grow out the fry in this tank. feel bad to take them away from their fry tho! so leaving it a little longer.
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the mrs insisted i add some greenery to their tank haha. hence the palm fronds and couple java fern offcuts.
once the fry get big enough ill add an eheim pickup filter. air driven sponges are great but create very little flow and dont suck up much debris (poop) so forever vacumning the tank. which is hard when u have to try not to suck up any fry!

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#365592 Some Pics Of My Tanks

Posted by jakefoster on 06 April 2018 - 07:03 AM

gone for a more ’natural’ look in the small tank with the use of some leaf litter

also added 8 sparkling gouramis. these guys are really cool, but really hard to get a picture of

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#365481 Some Pics Of My Tanks

Posted by jakefoster on 26 March 2018 - 11:06 AM

I used to feed my plecs and shrimp all sorts of crap, they love broccoli & cauliflower (blanched), eggplant, mushrooms, peas, carrots, capsicum, even mango. All very readily accepted and eaten

thanks i might try a few of those! i have done deshelled peas and they love that.

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#365431 Some Pics Of My Tanks

Posted by jakefoster on 21 March 2018 - 07:10 AM

Geez, loving that! Anything that can’t be fed to them??

not too sure what u cant feed them, i just know what u can haha. pretty sure u should avoid anything acidic. i tried apple once and they didnt want a bar of it. they love pumpkin, cucumber, zuchinni and watermelon. lettuces and brussel sprouts are also good.

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#365423 Some Pics Of My Tanks

Posted by jakefoster on 19 March 2018 - 07:54 PM

treat for the shrimp tonight. safe to say they enjoy pumpkin!

also fed some to the larger tank. the plecos, SAE, headstander and severum enjoy it.

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#365408 Some Pics Of My Tanks

Posted by jakefoster on 18 March 2018 - 04:19 PM

and the new project. scored a free tank! 750x30x35 (30”x12”x14”)

painted the rear wall an off white and the floor grey. this tanks going to be sleek, bare bottom with a single feature piece of driftwood. my L168 and L270 will be moving in and a couple more L numbers when i can get my hands on em. possibly my apisto too, and ill try get a female for him. and a school of something, some im considering are cardials, rummys, emperor tetra, cherry barbs... or maybe even a group of gbr’s or neon blue rams.
filtration will be an eheim pickup 200 internal filter that i bought today, and possibly a smaller wave maker if that isnt enough to circulate all the pleco poop back around to the filter.
the following pic is taken from a girl i follow on instagram, and its kinda my inspiration behind this tank, clean and sleek and showcases the fish and their colours

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#365407 Some Pics Of My Tanks

Posted by jakefoster on 18 March 2018 - 04:00 PM

and the shrimp/neon tetra tank (+1 stray endler)

monster crypt

this side view was taken a couple weeks ago. as u can see the java moss has had a huuge trim! it was going crazy.

i will never perform this inside the tank again! its insanely hard to try and vacumn up all the moss offcuts without sucking up the shrimps!

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#365406 Some Pics Of My Tanks

Posted by jakefoster on 18 March 2018 - 03:52 PM

90gal sa tank (mostly)

my acara pair

offspring of acar parents

removed all the wood from the tank today to perform a thorough clean so my sevs colours are still pretty washed out, shes such a wuss

buenos aires tetra. i want more of these but nobody sells them!

mr whippy

typical veiwing of my L270. he/she is starting to come out alot more lately tho

L168

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#362751 Indian Almond Leaves

Posted by jakefoster on 28 July 2017 - 08:12 AM

where did u get them? im keen on getting some

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#360227 Gumtree Ad

Posted by jakefoster on 09 March 2017 - 05:30 PM

now shes corrected it to frontosa and upped the price to $125 [emoji52]

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#360215 Gumtree Ad

Posted by jakefoster on 09 March 2017 - 09:02 AM

Lol. nice 'convict' [emoji23]

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#358980 Eba X Ba

Posted by jakefoster on 25 January 2017 - 08:03 PM

update... 3rd attempt at raising fry. not going so well haha. mum is moving fry from hole 1 to hole 2.... while dad is moving them from hole 2 to hole 1! and they have been going around in circles for a while now. in need of some communication! haha.

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#358036 Eba X Ba

Posted by jakefoster on 24 December 2016 - 11:56 AM

fry traps in place. and the fry are free swimming now.

they're being excellent parents

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#357969 Eba X Ba

Posted by jakefoster on 22 December 2016 - 08:45 AM

i've also since learned they share the same scientific name. i think at the time i was researching the blue acara on one website and the electric blue on another, one of which hadnt updated the name which led me to beleive they had different names!
well hood if they turn out nice and u do decide u'd like one for a display fish i'll deliver and u can pay me in chillies! haha.
quite an impressive selection u have grown!

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#357948 Eba X Ba

Posted by jakefoster on 21 December 2016 - 03:44 PM

thanks for that. i'll definately keep 1 or 2. and hood i know ur interested, and i only give out others on the forum i think. eggs hatched today so the mum has dug a nice little hole in the sand for the wrigglers.