Dielectric

nice looking fish

Chef

beautiful looking tank and fish

coralife205

Ill take more and better pictures tonight when the tank clears up. But I just wanted to show everyone that im starting to get FLOWERS! Last night I saw it , but it was only half way up to the surface, and I looked in the tank now, and now its opening up! And I have another one. Im not sure what plants there coming from however. And incase your wondering, I took out the piece of wood on the left because I wanted to provide more swimming room for the discus, im not sure I like it as much, but I got to do whats good for the fish… anways, now that they have flowerd, what ever plants they are, how the heck do I like…well, make the plants reproduce…like pollinate, like how is this done…I don’t know… *feels stupid* also, the cardinal plant is starting to grow out of the water!

coralife205

Okay, right now my tank looks very cloudy, and it’s because I rescaped it. I can live with the way it looks because hopefully over time the java fern will fill in and the Lotus will draw your attention more than the wood… we’ll see what happens… the glosso is starting to grow properly, which im happy about. Im sad I got rid of the Rotala but, it was necisary….oh, and notice the flower!!! sooo what do you think????

coralife205

werid organism in my tank. i would take a picture of it, i tried tried again, it just wont come out. so i drew a picture of it on paint. ive counted about 100 of thease little guys on the glass, plants, wood, substrate, filter, etc...they seem to have a little "mouth" that helps them stay on to surfaces, kind of like a suction cup. and they seem to move around and crawl up the glass...sometimes. since my mom is a micobiolgist, ive tryed to get some of them to put in a vial and let her take it to work to look at it under a micoscope, BUT, they seem to close up there legs and there whole body seems to turn into this shape --> * belive it or not that is actual size too. the whole organism is literly about the size of ! <--that ........why am i inspecting my tank this closely anway what is it? they harmless? are they a parasite?

rich815

Sounds like Hydra to me:

http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/f...archid=1210882

theblondskeleton

Here is a link to some microscopic stills and video of hydra. Based on your description, I'd agree that's what they are.

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/...3/dfhydra.html

hamsterman

if you have shrimp babies you'd better watch out! They have those sticky tentacles to snag them.

coralife205

my 90 gallon per day RO unit has turned in to a 60 gallon per every 5 days...... i changed out the sediment and carbon filters.... it dident help. in fact, overnight i the sediment filter was very yellow and looked cloged, again. looks the same as the old one did. the only thing i didn not change was the membrane or the DI....im not sure whats wrong. my pressure is just a little bit under 80 psi.... but it takes 5 days to fill up a 60 gallon trash can... this is not good for my water changes.... i want to do 2 water changes a week!!! like i was before...

coralife205

I was getting ready to do a water change and then, I looked at the tank. I was like, I should probably take pictures BEFORE a water change because the water will be cloudy for a little while afterword. So anyways, here are some really neat pictures!!! I know I took a lot, but that’s what happens when you’re finally proud of your tank! I moved the Sunset Hygro to the left-center. I know it looks kind of wild right now, but over time hopefully it will look neater as it re-establishes. In place I put another sword plant back behind the wood. I’m starting to get new flowers. I’ve been asked by quite a few people to add some moss to the wood, sooo I did. I’m not sure how long it will last but hopefully it will grow properly. I’ve never had much luck with moss in the past….