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White Cloud Mountain fish.

Frank


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They are native to the USA if that helps.

I do have whiteclouds in the tank but they are not my new fish. See pictures again....

55G Planted tank thread
19G Container Pond
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The new fishes are not rasboras. They are native to the USA if that helps.

hmmm... Lucania goodei, bluefin killifish?

G_T

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

Lucania goodei, bluefin killifish

I'm slow on the draw these days hehehe, ya beat me to it GT !!

GT - That is correct! You jut earned 10 points in the name that fish game. It is a good thing the points don't matter!

These fish were wild collected out of South Carolina. I hooked up with Charlotte, NC aquarium club in late march to do native fish collecting around the area I live. All the fish we caught would have not have done well in my tank as they prefer much cooler water but it was still a great learning experience. The guy that ran the trip is from SC and he mailed me the killis a few weeks later.

55G Planted tank thread
19G Container Pond
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Wingsdlc/Ric

Congratulations Wings. So this time, the purchase worked out for you. Nice to know the place is yours, isn't it?

Are your latest pics of the tanks in your new house, or from before they were taken down for the move?

Cheers
TW

hey Wingsdlc,
could you tell me more about the Charlotte, NC aquarium club?
Ive been living in charlotte for a couple years now, but i had no idea that there was an aquarium club here

TW - Everything has worked out really well with the house. Everything except for the tanks are not moved. Most of the stuff has not been put away yet though. My plan is to move the tanks next Saturday. To answer your question about the tank pictures, they are from the old place as the tank has not been moved yet. Guess you probably could have figured that out.

zachf92 - To tell the truth I don't know much about it either. I am not a member or anything. I just hooked up with them for that one outing. Here is a link to their website/forum that will be helpful for you.

55G Planted tank thread
19G Container Pond
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Wingsdlc/Ric

Thanks
Ive been looking for a aquarium club around here for a while now, but the only one I could find was the reef aquarium society, but i dont keep saltwater aquariums.

but anyway, the tanks look incredible, as well as your new bluefin killies. I know most people advise against keeping coldwater fish with tropical fish, but bluefin killies are typically resilient and should do well.

zachf92 - I also noticed that there is a club out of Hickory too. I think they meet the last Thursday of the month at the Catawba Science Center. I might check them out next week. They are a little closer to home than going into Charlotte.

Not all of the fish in my tank are tropical fish. The whiteclouds are more of a simitropical.

55G Planted tank thread
19G Container Pond
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Wingsdlc/Ric

Last night the tank went into distruction zone. I started by removing the killifish, white clouds, and what I thought to be many of the cherry shrimp. Next came the plants. Each grouping was taken out, wrapped in paper towels and placed in a LARGE fish bag (the ones they line fish boxes with). The only group that was not wrapped up in the paper towels was the mass of anubias. After removing most of the plants came bottom feeders (rainbow shark, skunk loaches, plecos, and + or - at least 200 more cherry shrimp. It took my wife and I at least an hour to get of most of the shrimp. By 9pm we were kind of wiped out and called it a night.

The plants will remain in the large bag wrapped up until this weekend. They completely filled a large fish box. The fish are in in a 10G tank that was filled 50/50 with new water and old water and then placed with an over sized filter seeded with a filter pad from a running tank. Lastly the shrimp are in a 5G bucket with java moss and an air stone running. I thought it might be a bad a idea to dump that many shrimp in with quite a few fish in a 10G tank and no real hiding places.

Tonight I plan to remove the shrimp we didn't get to, drain the tank, removed the gravel and transport the set up to the new house. The 2x4 stand is going to go though some modifications to make it a little more presentable in the house. Hopefully I won't have to move it for a long time.

I will hopefully post pictures of the set up process.



55G Planted tank thread
19G Container Pond
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Wingsdlc/Ric

I know how exhausting a tank move can be. Sounds like you have a good plan though. Good luck, I hope it continues to go well! BTW that's a lot of cherry shrimp

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Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients

Whew, sounds exhausting.

Wow, so many shrimp surviving around your fish. How many shrimp did you start off with?



Cheers
TW

I think I started out with a batch of 10 or so. Sometime later I added another 10 or so to mix up the gene pool. That was all back in Michigan before the big move down to North Carolina a couple of years ago. I am not sure how many shrimp made it down here. I would have to guess 50-100? I gave away tons of shrimp before I left Michigan.

This weekend I modified the stand so that the long brace pieces rest on notched out 2x4s instead of bolts. I also shortened the legs by about 10 inches. When I first made that stand it was for my 40G long a much shorter tank than the 55G. The last year or so I have had to stand on a chair to do anything at the bottom of the tank. I had been a real pain. The stand got a coat of black rustoleum paint yesterday from my wonderful wife. It might look a little more presentable in the house now.

The fish and shrimp seem to be doing well in their small hotel rooms. I have not checked on my plants that are still wrapped up in paper towels in bag. I think most of them should be alright though.

The tank will probably go up late tonight or tomorrow.

55G Planted tank thread
19G Container Pond
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Wingsdlc/Ric

Here is the new set up. The plants still need to fill in a bit and then get trimmed up nicer. Overall I a pretty happy with the setup up. I just have to be careful with the driftwood.








While planting the ET I learned that my little bluefin killi fish will bite! Little stinkers!

55G Planted tank thread
19G Container Pond
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Wingsdlc/Ric

I like the new layout! Going for the valley look instead of the island look? I can't even tell if that's the same DW or not. Oh, and is that potomageton?

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Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients

I like the new layout! Going for the valley look instead of the island look? I can't even tell if that's the same DW or not. Oh, and is that potomageton?

Matty! Thanks for stopping by!

I have been wanting to do a valley scape for a while now. Instead of doing the normal beach look using sand I am going to try for a meadow with the ET.

Same DW, it is in individual sticks so the layout possibilities are endless.

potomageton?? Where?




55G Planted tank thread
19G Container Pond
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Wingsdlc/Ric

Well done, that's one sweet set up.
Is it me or are the small plants in the foreground blooming?

TTFN --->Ta-Ta-For-Now
Kelly ;o}

Is it me or are the small plants in the foreground blooming?

Kellyjhw - thanks for stopping in!! The foreground plants do flower but the flowers are very small and you probably can't seem them in the photos.

55G Planted tank thread
19G Container Pond
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Wingsdlc/Ric

Oh, looked like potomogeton in the front left running up into the rocks.

Never liked sand myself so I like the decision to go with ET.

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Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients

Oh, looked like potomogeton in the front left running up into the rocks.

Never liked sand myself so I like the decision to go with ET.

I can see what you are talking about now. I think sand would be a little bit of a pain. Besides that this is a planted tank not a sand box...

55G Planted tank thread
19G Container Pond
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Wingsdlc/Ric

Hi,
I'm enjoying the "rebirth" of the tank. Looks terrific.
Frank


-->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--

Thanks Frank! I had a lot of fun setting up the tank again. All of the plants seem do be doing well except the Elatine Americana. It seems to be melting away. Maybe it will come back.

55G Planted tank thread
19G Container Pond
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Wingsdlc/Ric

I think the scape has potential to grow out into something beautiful. I wish I could such pieces as wood as you're using in your tank. Here in Finland the wood is imported from other countries and goes for ridiculous prices. the small pieces I have in my tank cost about 20 to 30 EUR a piece (40 USD), something like what you have would go for over 100 USD, as much as I love the wood, it's not worth that much to me

I'm looking forward to seeing what your tank looks like in about a month time.

Martin

Nice driftwood arrangement Wings. Like it a lot.

Forgive my ignorance - what does ET stand for. I think I follow that it is the little foreground plant, but what is it's full name.

Cheers
TW

Hi
I think the "ET" is Echinodorus tenellus.
Frank


-->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--

Frank - ET very well could stand for that.... I do have it in the tank but it is not the plant I was mentioning. ET ment Elatine triandra. I guess I shouldn't be so lazy with my typing and using acronyms.



55G Planted tank thread
19G Container Pond
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Wingsdlc/Ric

Hi Wings,
Neat! A North American plant for the foreground.
http://www.aquaticplantnews.com/apn/propagating-elatine-triandra/

Frank


-->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--

ooh.. I like the choice of Elatine It should give you a nice lush foreground pretty quickly without being as fiddly or fussy as HC or glosso. I've seen a few tanks recently that have used Elatine gratioloides (native Australian species) to great effect.

The rest of the tank is looking great too.. I'm envious of your ability to produce a great looking newly set up tank. Whenever I plant a tank it always looks odd and unfinished for weeks after setup until everything settles in, recovers from transport shock and starts growing again.

G_T

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.