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[tranced]

i was talking about tulips!!!!!

[Blakey]

Calvus coming tomorrow....
and i changed the layout again...

arghhh

expect some photos

[Blakey]

thats after been in the tank for about 3-5 minutes

[cichlid4lyf]

looks good blakey,
how many did you grab?

any new photos of the new tank layout?

cheers,
Phil!

[Blakey]

i had my 50mm on the camera so didnt get any of the layout yet but will do soon
i got 5 calvus
Still probably pick up a couple of occies.... in a few weeks and maybe some lepto's see how we go and then as the fish get bigger ween a few out probably.
Tank is still onyl fairly new this is the first lot of fish in the tank so dunno how big a bio load 11 small fish have on a 2ft cube so monitoring my water carefully atm

[Blakey]

[dazzabozza]

Almost looks like an Apisto tank with all that greenery Blakey

and welcome back.

[Blakey]

Thanks mate!

Got the new lights put on today HEAPS BETTER

like 150% better according to Juwel.. ahaha anyway here is a better picture



trying to simulate a shoreline somewhat.... the left is about 2-3 inches deep with sand so a little shallower with the sand and ribbon weed and rocks are basically on the bottom shallow sand with a bit of wood all dark and still... it is only a 2ft tank so it is hard to get it right but the fish seem to love it. Only been setup 3 weeks and i think the juldis have spawned already the biggest one which im assuming is female is pretty agro and keeping a close eye on the rocks.

[Blakey]

Notied today the caudos acting weird after getting along so well since bene in the tank they are now fighting quite aggresively.... am hoping they have spawned and the girl is guarding the eggs... will know in a couple of days if i see any fry.

[cichlid4lyf]

hey blake.
any new updates,pics?

phil

[Blakey]

will get some up soon... java moss is gone and replaced with xmas moss.... layout changed.... more fish added

[Blakey]

[Blakey]

slowly figuring out my new camera.... got new footage coming with better white balance.... better footage and a couple of photos too.

[dazzabozza]

Close the curtains too! lol

Vid quality is pretty smick though! Also get a full tank shot if possible.


Daz

[Blakey]

ahaha ok full tank shot 5 mins away new footage (inc closed curtains, correct WB and better music) is about 45 mins away.

[Blakey]

ok make that 2 hours to upload 2.30mins of full HD footage ahahaha will bang it up in the morning

[Juls]

How's the moss goin?

Juls

[Blakey]

as you can see in that pic there it is starting to branch out now... not at any rapid speed as im assuming it has only just started to accept the changes in conditions. There are no dead or brown spots at all. It definately needs shrimp on it, but the calvus ate all 15 of them. I have to manually give the moss a 'dusting' every few days but turning the powerhead jet on to it to blow the crap off.

[Juls]

Argh lol yeh bit of a bugger would be interesting to see if some larger glass shrimps would survive they get up to 4cm+ sometimes but harder to find.

How long ago did i drop it off? 4 weeks?

Usually takes about 3-4 weeks to really get going again after being moved.

Hopefully it won't brown off like your java had.

I got some other cool stuff to put in my new tank should have excess in 3 months hopefully :-)

Juls

[Blakey]

dude not even ahaha i think you dropped it off like a week and a half ago... 2 weeks tops ahahaha. Unless im losing my mind?

im getting some more caudos soon so once they start breeding i might sell the calvus and then the shrimp should survive ok... will keep my eyes peeled for some big daddy shrimps though