Turtle's Fairy Tale

[SashimiTurtle]

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love hearing overstocked tank stories lol. The only thing my tank is good at growing is hornwort. 4 of my angels are around that massive size but the 5 I kept are about quarter to silver dollar size. I also am trying to breed Bn plecos.

Bristle nose are something I looked at... they are Amazon native but still not sure tho. Don't they get around 5-6". I think I'm just going to go with a ton of cory cats.

 

[Bayareareefer18]

Bristle nose are something I looked at... they are Amazon native but still not sure tho. Don't they get around 5-6". I think I'm just going to go with a ton of cory cats.

Love corys. sterbai and emeralds were always my go to. Mostly because I started with them in my discus tank and they could handle the high temps. Large group of pygmy corys make a really nice effect also

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Love corys. sterbai and emeralds were always my go to. Mostly because I started with them in my discus tank and they could handle the high temps. Large group of pygmy corys make a really nice effect also

Emeralds are probably what I'll be going with. I already have two, and like you said they can handle the heat where other corys prefer things a bit cooler.

 

[Bayareareefer18]

Emeralds are probably what I'll be going with. I already have two, and like you said they can handle the heat where other corys prefer things a bit cooler.

My emeralds got pretty big. Lots of good food to eat in a discus tank lol

Love the group aspect of corys. Makes them fun to watch

 

[SashimiTurtle]

My emeralds got pretty big. Lots of good food to eat in a discus tank lol

Love the group aspect of corys. Makes them fun to watch

Absolutely horrible pic, but it's the only one I have. Their tank is disgusting, once the Blackwater is cycled I'll move them over and get better pics. They are at least 5ish years old.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Reef stuff... because, yea...

Elkhorn monti continues to show growth. I think it finally settled in. Starting to get a little more color also.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

One of the tri color frags... has already encrusted the glue, about to touch down on frag plug.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

If only the planted tank was a 72 bowfront and not a 36. Just popped up on the freshwater divers den. That bad boy is pretty... pretty expensive.

 

[Bayareareefer18]

If only the planted tank was a 72 bowfront and not a 36. Just popped up on the freshwater divers den. That bad boy is pretty... pretty expensive.

There are some very high well respected importers in the us that receive their discus direct and run them through QT prior to shopping out. That's what I recommend. All of mine were from Kenny Cheung. Can't say enough about him or his fish.

I believe he is still the sole importer of Forrest's discus as Hans is to Stendker

That is a fine looking specimen though. Some sort of albino pigeon blood strain

Few of my babies grown out from 3" juvies

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Albino red melon is what they called it.

 

[Bayareareefer18]

Albino red melon is what they called it.

Oh yeah. My man Kenny brings those in and there is always a huge waiting list for them. His are much more vivid red though

 

[NY_Caveman]

Love Corydoras. I have had several. I remember calling my wife over once when they were mating. I gave play by play explaining what was going on, how they make the “T” and how the male “spits.” Her reaction was basically “EW!” LOL

 

[Bayareareefer18]

Love Corydoras. I have had several. I remember calling my wife over once when they were mating. I gave play by play explaining what was going on, how they make the “T” and how the male “spits.” Her reaction was basically “EW!” LOL

Always liked how one would shoot to the surface and cause a chain reaction and all the rest would follow

 

[SashimiTurtle]

FTS friday.... day late and a dollar short. Story of my life. Oh well I didn't get the blackwater finished until today when I could get to the LFS for driftwood.

 

[NY_Caveman]

Rummy-nose Tetras. Nice. Came out great.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Rummy-nose Tetras. Nice. Came out great.

Yep! One of the two or three tetras I've picked out... one may not happen because of how easily they die.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Test this morning;
Calcium 487ppm
Alk 8.8dkh

Backed dosing pump to 1ml a day to keep from dropping too low. Calculated consumption is 2ml a day.

Pictures of very few acros that have made it. Actually these guys are growing. All encrusted growth has occured in my tank. That last one 4 of the 5 tiny tips have encrusted together. That last one I think is because of how it was oriented on the rack and that corner was shadowed. These will get glued or duplicates traded off.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Pics of all acros together. Suharsonoi only one not pictured. Most of those are frags of the same tricolor colony.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Sure glad I decided to try and save this one. It hasn't done much other than color up, but it definitely looks healthy.

Anyone got an idea on what it is?

 

[Janci]

Pics of all acros together. Suharsonoi only one not pictured. Most of those are frags of the same tricolor colony.

That is a nice pack.
Looking good.
And with the higher consumption, something must be eating that Alk