Kenny's new 10gal Dwarf Puffer Tank

[kENNY]

Here is my newish 10gal[the other planned DP 10gal turned into a betta's tank[doubletail halfmoon plakat to be more specific] of course since I've got 7 bettas now and wanting more...lol]



Inhabitants are probably a few more then a dozen red cherry shrimp[my friend just collected basically whatever he saw in his shrimp bowl since he wanted CRS in there] and some snails that I wanna move to another tank before I get the dwarf puffer[mainly so I can keep them going as a continuous food source, but I don't want the mini ramshorns dying]...plants are low light and floating fern, duckweed, java ferns, java/Christmas/flame/Taiwan moss, & anubias barteri 'nana'...

Other equipment is standard...3WPG from 2x 15W spiral 6500k CF bulbs, AquaTech 5-15[established], Mopani driftwood, deep river[dark brown] gravel, & gonna get a tetra 50W heater when I can afford it...

Anyways, my plan is to get a black background, more mosses/ferns, & a heater...

[FrogSplash]

looks great!

[kENNY]

Thanks!

It looks kinda blah right now:


I don't mind some tannins but that's crazy...lol It'd probably be better if I did a WC but I don't wanna shock the shrimp[pH crash from 8.2 water mixing with lower]...I'll just get a new activated carbon filter cartridge, I guess...

[xrayjeeper83]

wow thats a lot of tannins and what ever floating plant that is

[kENNY]

lol Floating plant is floating fern[very close relative to water sprite, but not the same]...it was basically a cushion for my HMPK when I was cycling the tank with him[didn't intend on getting him[he was $4 when they are normally $15] and it was better then his cup] but I *LOVE* the stuff...turns the tank into a jungle in 3...2..1...

Oh, I counted 12 of the 13 RCS today[it's hard to count 7, so 12 is better then nothing] so close enough and I'm gonna take a guess that the tannins probably aren't hurting them[in fact, lots are saddled/big/showing the best colors I've seen]...still, I'll clean up the tank sooner or later and get it photo ready...

[xrayjeeper83]

if you wanna get rid of some of that plant growth, or some cherries give me a shoot

[kENNY]

k, no problem...I'll let you know when I have extra shrimp, plants, and such...You need to set up a new SW tank, BTW! Green star polyp is going CRAZY! lol

[xrayjeeper83]

waiting for a coworker to bring me an extra 10g they dont want anymore

[kENNY]

Just a random update...I counted 15 adult RCS a few days ago...2 or 3 are berried so I guess when those babies are grown alittle, I'll add the dwarf puffer...

Tank is still overgrown[poor anubias is completely deprived of light between the tannins/floating fern...lol]...I'll do some work on it soon enough...

[hadla]

id also love some of the floating plant if you want to mail some to me!

[kENNY]

Ooops...once again, I've dropped the ball for checking my threads...lol If you'll PM me your address, I'll send them soon[where xray has to wait until he gets a SW tank setup[and yes, I'm that evil...lol]!]...

Tank is as bad as ever, BTW...lol

[xrayjeeper83]

spending the money this weekend. Going to get the live rock, water, and pump

[kENNY]

Well...that worked...

This is my other 10gal full of crap I'm gonna send you too[well, it's more grown in now....why the hell am I so good at growing plants?! I epically fail at fish! lol]:

[jeromecarlyoung]

If you maybe up the water changes, this would decrease the nutrient levels in the water so less plant growth and happier fish.
You could well know this already though.

-Jerry

[kENNY]

I'm sorry I missed your reply...yeah, I do plenty of WCs...things are generally ok...sometimes I just rescue sick fish that pull through only to die a few months later from something stupid like dropsy with no explanation...sometimes I think I make them suffer by "making" then live a few more months/weeks, but they seem happy/healthy until their death day... :S I have pretty mixed feelings about rescuing sick fish at this point...like one of my bettas, Element was bought without a tail[they were *NOT* gonna keep him...poor guy had enough crap wrong...he needed a home whether I paid or not] and he's 100% healthy and it's regrowing...Arc was bought with simple fin rot and just never recovered/pulled through...

Anyways, this tank's update:
This is the tank as of today:


It's been looking like this until I got fed up with it...


BTW, floating fern is impossible to propagate in my tanks...I can't send any to anybody else unless the want a giant plant of it...lol

I still need to get a dwarf puffer at some point...I'm kinda focusing on the shrimp at the moment tho...lol Kijillion babies...