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10 gallon Tiger Endler Tank

Discussion in 'Freshwater Aquariums & Fish Photos' started by MasterBlue, Apr 8, 2010.

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Well, I do have a few still alive... IF they make it till tomorrow. Both the heaters seem to no longer work.... darnit!
So I need new heaters..... It'll take me eons to rebuild the population, and even still, the desirable males all died >.>; I'm starting to think the fish tank god doesn't want me to have Tiger Endlers....

MasterBlue, May 26, 2010

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Fish:
just do it simple...don't worry about "perfect" fish and just get yourself some nice colorful looking ones.
Let them interbreed which will be interesting to you since you'll never know what you're gonna end up with.

heaters:
heaters you can get off ebay cheap..it you tell me the wattage your looking for I can even keep an eye out for ya!

just focus on cleaning out the tank REALLY well and making sure everythings disinfected..then grab yourself a bottle of the tetra safestart and a bottle of prime.

MOD_Dawn, May 26, 2010

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lol, but perfect fish are what I's striving for =P If I just let all the tanks do as they please like that then I would go mad. I've an obsession with breeding the "best". Back when I was a kid, I raised several animals. But only because I wanted to breed them. Kinnda something deeply rooted into me I guess. I selectively bred Wood Lice (rolly-Pollies) a while ... Till my dad threw away the bucket...

So, thats why I'm so strict on my stock. I do want to cross different populations, but only so I can breed better looking fish to line breed to true breeding fish.

Like the fish I got from the pet store the other day. I gave one male away, and and greatly thinking of doing the same with the other one. Leaving me with just one fish. I'll then breed him with either a Tiger Female or a BB Endler and start working on father daughter crosses till I get what I want. Then Sister x brother. Then I'll get a true breeding stock to reverse back into to create my own line.

I think I need medication.....

MasterBlue, May 26, 2010

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lol, I agree on the medication...that sounds almost obsessive compulsive to me.
But regardless as I was telling you a good place to get quality plants are off Cory-->
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Fish:
check out Lotsoffish (pete)

As for a heater-->
[*] (Can lay across the back wall of tank) <a class="postlink" href="http://cgi.ebay.com/150-WATT-Visi-Therm-Stealth-Premium-Aquarium-Heater-U-/110538081672?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19bc954588" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://cgi.ebay.com/150-WATT-Visi-Therm ... 19bc954588</a>
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MOD_Dawn, May 26, 2010

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the plants:
I bid 20 USD on both of the plant packs XD IF I win them then that'll be ALL the plants I'll need for all three 10 gallons, lol

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Updates:
I still have 2 males, 3 females, and bout 7 fry. So far so good.
I scrubbed the tank down and treated the Java moss again. So far the Stag is still red overall... I can stt it's going to be a pain to treat fully.

I set the tank back up and have only the surviving snails (I was surprised so many MTS made it!) and the java moss (well it's on a log ...) in the water with the filter running.
I'll likely go purchase pool filter sand tomorrow, if our pool store even sells it... (it sells wine for sure tho >.>; )

Hybrid tank is a mess. With all the death around it seems to have become clowdy. Then again, there is no sand and nothing to help keep the tank clean... So yea. Also I'm not sure the filter is working. I mena, it's running water, but it's a whisper filter and isn't as nice as the other type I've been using. Might upgrade to the same type the other two tanks have.

MasterBlue, May 26, 2010

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Group of dieing shrimp

The glory that once was.

The remains of the end of time

Survivors (best fish image I ever did take >.>; )

MasterBlue, May 26, 2010

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Aww :C Makes me really sad that it had to be like this... your tank was so beautiful! :'c

But I guess, you could see it as a new start, more or less

nossie, May 26, 2010

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Oh well. If I win the auctions I'll have plants to work with, if I don't then I'll just have to find another way, you know?

Survivors are looking good =3 Tank's doing good too. Filter's running well, and the snails seems to be trying to come back to life. Will remove any that aren't moving tonight after work. Updates when they come.

MasterBlue, May 26, 2010

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That's good to hear at least!

nossie, May 26, 2010

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Off to go get some l=pool sand ^^;

MasterBlue, May 27, 2010

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I must have missed it... What happened ?

Anthony, May 27, 2010

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XD I killed everything in the tank with H2O2 Anthony...

Pool sand look very natural. I just hope it's not going to poison the tank further! =/
Adding to empty tank. Once settled I'll add a Triops and a fish.

MasterBlue, May 27, 2010

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UPDATE
Added the fish and a Triops. Both seem very hungry XD
I guess I'll feed them...

I might have killed my moss. Wonderful. But the other tank does have plenty, lucky for me ^^;

MasterBlue, May 27, 2010

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Couldn't sleep, so I did the middle tank. With that said, I had to eh ... Dump my fish into there tanks. So far so good =P

How it's looking today:

MasterBlue, May 28, 2010

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wow, what a difference...looks REALLY nice!

a terra cotta diy cave would look super in there...and of course more plants (which I know you're working on).

MOD_Dawn, May 28, 2010

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lol
For now things are as they should be, Doing a water change and then feeding.
I need to go get more fish food =C

MasterBlue, May 28, 2010

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A few fry were dropped today, but I also lost two females to the siphon while doing a water change... >.>;
If this spell of bad luck keep going like this I'm switching to breeding snails only!

MasterBlue, May 30, 2010

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i'm not even gonna ask about the females (musta been small).

MOD_Dawn, May 31, 2010

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No, they both thought it was a good idea to play next to it... One got sucked in length ways and damaged right behind the gill and broke her tail. In my frenzy to save her, the other also got pulled in and broke her spine too... The shrimps tore them apart before I could even fathom what just happened.

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wow, with my python I get the occasional curious one but they swim against the current and back into the tank...if I ever see them gettting to close I simply pinch the hose (faster than flipping the switch) and pull it out of the water (which drops them back into th tank).

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