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Okay, here's the deal. I find myself googling this site too often... so I figured, why not join? Afterall I use the plant finder constantly. Good info there. It usually helps me decide IF I want to purchase a plant or not.
Then comes the frequent vists I make about shrimp or hydra.. or shrimp and hydra, add to it panacur and planaria and I am set.
So yeah, I may end up making myself a fixture here as I wish to learn all I can learn about Aquariums.
I have had fish all my life. Goldfish and the occasional community fish. Now I seem to be more wiser in fish handling and whatnot. So when my last goldfish died of dropsy, I decided to research what I have always wanted, a planted Aquarium.
So I started to cycle with amazon swords, added danio, got a few other plant species and so far, so good. Except the hydra.
I have One 25 gallon Aquarium Set up. it currently contains 6 Zebra Danio, one is a youngster I raised from a fry. 3 Adult Platy, two are Sunburst wags and one is rainbow platy. I have 4 baby sunbursts, 4 baby rainbow and a baby probably of mixed heritage. My sister dummped two young mollies on me so I have them... and a Zebra nerite. OH I keep forgetting my Thai Flying Fox.
I have several shrimp in the tank, including just born baby cherries, and some orange bees.
My plants are
"Coffee Leaf" Anubias (Anubias barteri 'coffeefolia' )
American Val (Vallisneria Americana)
Amazon Sword (Echinodorus amazonicus)
Tiger Lotus (Nymphaea Lotus (Zenkeri) 'RED' )
Sunset Hygro (Hygrophila polysperma 'Rosanervig' )
Glossostigma (Glossostigma elatinoides)
Dwarf Sagittaria (Sagittaria subulata)
Chinese Ivy (Cardamine Lyrata)
Java Moss (Vesicularia dubyana)
Weeping Moss (Vesicularia ferriei)
Pellia (Monosolenium Tenerum)
Riccia (Riccia fluitans)
Java Fern (Microsorum pteropus)
Windelove fern (Microsorum pteropus 'Windelov' )
Cryptocoryne (Possibly: wendtii 'Green Gecko' )
Cryptocoryne (Cryptocoryne cordata var. blassii)
Aponogeton ???
Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes)
Amazon frogbit (Limnobium laevigatum)
My 5.5 gallon has Java moss on a piece of driftwood and a peice of hygrophilia sunset. And a Mondograss in a pot hanging off the back.
The only occupant in this tank is a blue macro brachium philimanus "chamelon shrimp" She's a coward, but she likes being fed by hand.
Both those tanks have hydra issues.
the 3rd tank, a 5 gallon hexafun, is currently cycling and will be the home of my other cherry shrimp, which are currently living in bowls and jars until the hydra situation is resolved and that tank has cycled. Also in one of the jars is some baby ghost shrimp.
That tank has some javamoss, amazon swords and some Apongetons.
My other interests are Transformers, I am a collector of the character Starscream, Warhammer, and cycling.
My other pet is a pigeon, Chase, I raised from a hatchling. He's pretty sweet.
Any Questions?
Then comes the frequent vists I make about shrimp or hydra.. or shrimp and hydra, add to it panacur and planaria and I am set.
So yeah, I may end up making myself a fixture here as I wish to learn all I can learn about Aquariums.
I have had fish all my life. Goldfish and the occasional community fish. Now I seem to be more wiser in fish handling and whatnot. So when my last goldfish died of dropsy, I decided to research what I have always wanted, a planted Aquarium.
So I started to cycle with amazon swords, added danio, got a few other plant species and so far, so good. Except the hydra.
I have One 25 gallon Aquarium Set up. it currently contains 6 Zebra Danio, one is a youngster I raised from a fry. 3 Adult Platy, two are Sunburst wags and one is rainbow platy. I have 4 baby sunbursts, 4 baby rainbow and a baby probably of mixed heritage. My sister dummped two young mollies on me so I have them... and a Zebra nerite. OH I keep forgetting my Thai Flying Fox.
I have several shrimp in the tank, including just born baby cherries, and some orange bees.
My plants are
"Coffee Leaf" Anubias (Anubias barteri 'coffeefolia' )
American Val (Vallisneria Americana)
Amazon Sword (Echinodorus amazonicus)
Tiger Lotus (Nymphaea Lotus (Zenkeri) 'RED' )
Sunset Hygro (Hygrophila polysperma 'Rosanervig' )
Glossostigma (Glossostigma elatinoides)
Dwarf Sagittaria (Sagittaria subulata)
Chinese Ivy (Cardamine Lyrata)
Java Moss (Vesicularia dubyana)
Weeping Moss (Vesicularia ferriei)
Pellia (Monosolenium Tenerum)
Riccia (Riccia fluitans)
Java Fern (Microsorum pteropus)
Windelove fern (Microsorum pteropus 'Windelov' )
Cryptocoryne (Possibly: wendtii 'Green Gecko' )
Cryptocoryne (Cryptocoryne cordata var. blassii)
Aponogeton ???
Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes)
Amazon frogbit (Limnobium laevigatum)
My 5.5 gallon has Java moss on a piece of driftwood and a peice of hygrophilia sunset. And a Mondograss in a pot hanging off the back.
The only occupant in this tank is a blue macro brachium philimanus "chamelon shrimp" She's a coward, but she likes being fed by hand.
Both those tanks have hydra issues.
the 3rd tank, a 5 gallon hexafun, is currently cycling and will be the home of my other cherry shrimp, which are currently living in bowls and jars until the hydra situation is resolved and that tank has cycled. Also in one of the jars is some baby ghost shrimp.
That tank has some javamoss, amazon swords and some Apongetons.
My other interests are Transformers, I am a collector of the character Starscream, Warhammer, and cycling.
My other pet is a pigeon, Chase, I raised from a hatchling. He's pretty sweet.
Any Questions?