Dirty tank

[Chappy]

What's the first thing you're suppose to do before taking pics of your fish? Oh, right - CLEAN THE GLASS

This tank has only been going for two weeks today. I'm pretty happy with how quickly it settled in. Fish seem to be pretty happy and after all - that's all that matters

[Luke78]

They have grown quite a bit,FDBW huh ? Looks like either your cories or your filter is rearranging the substrate for you Got that little nusance going on in my setup as well! home decorators of my own! How much filtration you running Shelley ? Thanks for sharing!

[Chappy]

I thought they had grown too, but I wasn't sure. There seems to be a lot less room in the tank lately

I have a new 2217 running, plus a <one year old XP4. Once the 2217 has had a couple of weeks, I'm going to disconnect the XP4 and hook up a second 2217. I also have a JBJ 13 watt UV and a maxijet which I sometimes hook up to a sponge or cannister.

The sand is a combo between me and the corys. I have a bare spot in the middle of the tank. I keep the white sand out of this one spot - it looks like a skating rink The wilds are the most curious about what's undereath the glass.

[Luke78]

Was always curious as to how much water movement i should create within a discus setup.Does the maxijet create alot ? I got myself a hydor korlia pushing 550GPH,plus my filters doing the the other half but dont want my wilds struggling to make it across one side to the other.

[bonsai dave]

The fish are looking great Shelly. Keep Up the good work ..

[Chappy]

Was always curious as to how much water movement i should create within a discus setup.Does the maxijet create alot ? I got myself a hydor korlia pushing 550GPH,plus my filters doing the the other half but dont want my wilds struggling to make it across one side to the other.

I figure fighting the current is the only exercise they get so I might as well make it good, right???!!! It's pointed to the surface so they don't notice it much at all.

The fish are looking great Shelly. Keep Up the good work ..

Thanks, Dave Like Luke said, they seem to be going through some kind of growing spurt. 14 in the tank is VERY noticeable now.

[MELLO]

Dirty tank your right!
Nice collection of wilds you got there.

[Chappy]

Dirty tank your right!
Nice collection of wilds you got there.

I swear, I'm not kidding.....after seeing the post of your cobalts, I figured you would just CRINGE in horror after seeing how dirty my tank is And that's just taken 2 weeks. They are producing a LOT of slime coat. I've been wiping down the sides of the tank at least 2-3 times a week. The more I think of clearing out the Osaka just for the 4 heckels, the more I like the idea. You know that little runty/stuny yellow heckel with the red eyes - that's one of the two ica/heckel crosses I got from James just as he was shutting down. It's one of my favorites, but it's always going to be tiny.

[gmachine19]

Ewww!!!! Jk. Mine's just as dirty lol!

[Pamelajo]

Very Nice looking fish!