Chuckie Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 I have now finished stocking my small blackwater community tank. It is a tall 2' ex-shop tank with a thick planting of giant val around the 3 sides of the perimeter, a tangle of driftwood in the middle, coarse river sand and small gravel over a bed of potting mix. There are some random clumps of java moss as well, and some duckweed that's going gangbusters in the soft water! I am just running a sponge filter on it. I don't feel that it needs a lot of filtration due to the dense planting. Inhabitants are: * about 12 kribs, a family of babies I adopted from a friend who moved house. They grew up together so I feel less ridiculous about having so many in 1 tank. I expect to have to thin them out in due course. They have been in there a week and have coloured up spectacularly. I never actually intended to put kribs in this tank but I have always loved them, so everyone wins. * 10 harlequin rasboras added today (not the normal ones, some more colourful strain I should have written down the name of!) The intensity is something like this (not my photo) http://www.thegoldfishbowl.co.uk/images/ar.../A-CYPR-617.jpg * 10 glowlight danios added today (yes danios, not tetras) http://www.transfish.de/news/Danio.JPG (not my photo) I hope to be able to post some photos soon. It is an extremely hard tank to photograph because when I say blackwater, I mean it is BLACK water . It's basically tea coloured. The fish are loving it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Fantastic!! I really really would like to see photos!! even if I can't see anything. They will love it in that tank :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted May 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 I read that in a pH under 7, all krib fry will be female - it would be interesting to see if that happens. I'll try for photos soon. We probably just have to re-shuffle USB ports. I just came home one day and they were all taken, and I can't be bothered pulling the hrad drive out and dealing with wires right now :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Damn, i should of got some of those danios!! they were nice in the shop but i didnt know they would look that good. The rasboras you got are Rasbora hengeli. Lookin forward to the pics :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted May 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Thanks Phil. The danios actually don't look like that, now they're settled in. They're quite similar to glowlight tetras. These are more representative photos: http://www.danios.info/Images/Choprai1.JPG http://www.danios.info/Images/Choprai3.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callatya Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 I think they had the wrong name on the rasboras, the latin name they had is just the standard one for harlequins. Is is Rasbora espei? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 Crapish shot from today: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted May 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 I was teasing them with the promise of food. They don't normally all hang out together like that yes, I think you're right Ab. Here is what they look like: http://allabout.co.jp/pet/aquarium/closeup/CU20030819A/1.jpg http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/img/Trigo...gma_espei_1.jpg Thanks for finding that out :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 Aww look at them! Gee it is a black water, loving it :wub: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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