Final Tank Setup
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Hey y'all! I'm inches away from the stocking I've been looking for, and today I got the final (for real, I'm done with buying more stock, I know I keep saying that, but I'm seriously done) fish for the tank. Here are the newbies to the group:
Skipper the Blue Phantom Pleco:
New Dwarf Gourami (haven't named her/him yet):
Moonlight Gourami (I have a few name options, but don't know which one to choose. Also, I've had this guy for a couple of weeks, just haven't posted about him yet until now):
This is the current stocking: 2 Discus, 1 Geophagus Redhead Tapajos, 2 Dwarf Acaras, 2 Striped Raphael Catfish, 2 Dwarf Gouramis, 1 Moonlight Gourami, and 1 Blue Phantom Pleco. In total, 11 fish. There will be one more fish in this stocking, which is a grow out; I will talk about that in a different thread.
I plan to redo the decor of the main tank, which I know I've said I will do, but I seriously intend to do it. I will start that process over the next few months. My goal is that by the next school year, I will have both tanks set up completely and how I want them.
Yes, I spilled the beans about the other tank: I have finally gotten rid of the discus in the 10-gallon tank, therefore leaving room to be my current growout's tank. I will post about that in my shrimp tank thread and make that the official thread for the 10 gallon.
Stay tuned for more content over the next few weeks and months!
P.S. If y'all have some names ideas for my unnamed fish, that would be super helpful! I need names for the two new gouramis and my geo.
Skipper the Blue Phantom Pleco:
New Dwarf Gourami (haven't named her/him yet):
Moonlight Gourami (I have a few name options, but don't know which one to choose. Also, I've had this guy for a couple of weeks, just haven't posted about him yet until now):
This is the current stocking: 2 Discus, 1 Geophagus Redhead Tapajos, 2 Dwarf Acaras, 2 Striped Raphael Catfish, 2 Dwarf Gouramis, 1 Moonlight Gourami, and 1 Blue Phantom Pleco. In total, 11 fish. There will be one more fish in this stocking, which is a grow out; I will talk about that in a different thread.
I plan to redo the decor of the main tank, which I know I've said I will do, but I seriously intend to do it. I will start that process over the next few months. My goal is that by the next school year, I will have both tanks set up completely and how I want them.
Yes, I spilled the beans about the other tank: I have finally gotten rid of the discus in the 10-gallon tank, therefore leaving room to be my current growout's tank. I will post about that in my shrimp tank thread and make that the official thread for the 10 gallon.
Stay tuned for more content over the next few weeks and months!
P.S. If y'all have some names ideas for my unnamed fish, that would be super helpful! I need names for the two new gouramis and my geo.
Ya know...there's something almost eerily familiar about this thread. Hard to put my finger on it, but it just seems like something from the dim shadowy past...
Hey,
esoxlucius
! You'll probably be able to tweak my memory here. I should be able to remember it myself, but for some reason the memory is somehow masked from view. Help a buddy out? 
You meanYa know...there's something almost eerily familiar about this thread. Hard to put my finger on it, but it just seems like something from the dim shadowy past...
Hey,
The Masked Shadow
who could he mean??Ya know...there's something almost eerily familiar about this thread. Hard to put my finger on it, but it just seems like something from the dim shadowy past...
Hey,
An Update:
Yesterday I did a tank cleaning so I decided I would take some pictures. The fish have been doing well. The main thing I wanted to update about was the tank decor; I took out all the live plants. Why? Well, they weren't doing well, they were just algae manufacturers at this point, and they were ugly, sooo I replaced the real plants with fake.
I believe I've said before that I highly dislike the look of plastic plants, which I still do, but I need them right now since my decor is sparse and my fish like hiding places. Once I get the money to update the tank decor, I thoroughly intend to put in real, actual, aquatic plants in the tank (no more pothos and the like). I also intend to get some new stones—not sure what kind yet, but probably something tan/brown like the 10 gallon's stones. Maybe Maple Leaf Stone again and keep the decor in both tanks cohesive? Let me know down below (why the heck do I sound like a youtuber...*sigh*...anyways).
Here are those pictures:
Also, one last question, how do I heal messed up fins? Y'all will probably notice that the BPP has torn up fins (he was in a tank with African cichlids), should I just leave him alone or try to fix em with meds? He is not the only fish in the tank with messed up fins (my original dwarf gourami, Gardener, has messed up fins as well.)
Yesterday I did a tank cleaning so I decided I would take some pictures. The fish have been doing well. The main thing I wanted to update about was the tank decor; I took out all the live plants. Why? Well, they weren't doing well, they were just algae manufacturers at this point, and they were ugly, sooo I replaced the real plants with fake.
I believe I've said before that I highly dislike the look of plastic plants, which I still do, but I need them right now since my decor is sparse and my fish like hiding places. Once I get the money to update the tank decor, I thoroughly intend to put in real, actual, aquatic plants in the tank (no more pothos and the like). I also intend to get some new stones—not sure what kind yet, but probably something tan/brown like the 10 gallon's stones. Maybe Maple Leaf Stone again and keep the decor in both tanks cohesive? Let me know down below (why the heck do I sound like a youtuber...*sigh*...anyways).
Here are those pictures:
Also, one last question, how do I heal messed up fins? Y'all will probably notice that the BPP has torn up fins (he was in a tank with African cichlids), should I just leave him alone or try to fix em with meds? He is not the only fish in the tank with messed up fins (my original dwarf gourami, Gardener, has messed up fins as well.)
If conditions are good, it will heal on its own.
That is true, but the problem is is that you have to find expensive, highly realistic ones, and they don't provide any benefits other than hiding spaces and looks.
