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Re: Trinituner Fish Keepers, Aquarists & Aquascapers...

Postby death365 » January 18th, 2022, 3:59 pm

OK I will ... thanks
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death365 wrote:Who have local guppies? I want to end up with a red white an black variety but trying to increase liveliness which I feel I can get via new local dna
I have a good bit of guppies.Gimme a holler when you ready.

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Postby Ripe Chenette » April 5th, 2022, 9:27 am

Thinking about getting back in the hobby. Planning a 5 or 10 gallon for a betta, duckweed and java moss could live without soil but debating which, both to go with. Same thing with tank mates: snails might feck up the plants, shrimp will get eaten, crays mash up plants and get bullied or will kill the fish. Suggestions?

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Postby timelapse » April 5th, 2022, 9:40 am

Ripe Chenette wrote:Thinking about getting back in the hobby. Planning a 5 or 10 gallon for a betta, duckweed and java moss could live without soil but debating which, both to go with. Same thing with tank mates: snails might feck up the plants, shrimp will get eaten, crays mash up plants and get bullied or will kill the fish. Suggestions?
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Postby VexXx Dogg » April 5th, 2022, 9:49 am

Snails don't eat plants. I have a couple mystery snails and a handful of Malaysian trumpets. (The goldies keep the population in check). My goldfish eat plants like food, but I like live plants and it helps the tank ecosystem, so I just pick up new plants every few months. Amazon Swords last the longest with them tho - current batch of swords going on 2 years.

For a 10G, I would have done a nice male betta, a couple mystery snails and possibly some shrimp (once you have lots of hiding places)

Pet Essentials in Couva has a lovely 5G cube fully planted at the moment, but you can build it yourself for a lot cheaper.
Discus Den TT has lots of plant varieties, including red crypts that you can mix/match to build your ideal tank.

My community tank is not shrimp friendly, so I want to so a shrimp tank reallllly bad with a lot of plants/natural aquascaping

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Re: Trinituner Fish Keepers, Aquarists & Aquascapers...

Postby Ripe Chenette » April 5th, 2022, 2:47 pm

VexXx Dogg wrote:Snails don't eat plants. I have a couple mystery snails and a handful of Malaysian trumpets. (The goldies keep the population in check). My goldfish eat plants like food, but I like live plants and it helps the tank ecosystem, so I just pick up new plants every few months. Amazon Swords last the longest with them tho - current batch of swords going on 2 years.

For a 10G, I would have done a nice male betta, a couple mystery snails and possibly some shrimp (once you have lots of hiding places)

Pet Essentials in Couva has a lovely 5G cube fully planted at the moment, but you can build it yourself for a lot cheaper.
Discus Den TT has lots of plant varieties, including red crypts that you can mix/match to build your ideal tank.

My community tank is not shrimp friendly, so I want to so a shrimp tank reallllly bad with a lot of plants/natural aquascaping
Checking out the Discus site. Yh man eyeing shrimps but I need go need to dirt it to keep all them plants for them to hide individual betta temperment have to do with it too. Still iffy on the snails, I seen some that know how to gather floaters. Go have to modify a sponge filter to break up bubbles and make it less disruptive for the bettas and duckweed.

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Postby VexXx Dogg » April 5th, 2022, 9:42 pm

Some plants don't need substrate, and can pull nutrients from water column. Just need to attach to various parts of hardscape like rocks/driftwood.

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Postby timelapse » April 6th, 2022, 7:18 am

As he say that,I now remember.You can super glue java moss to things like coconut shells.Java ferns too.

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Postby timelapse » April 6th, 2022, 7:38 am

Looks like this after a while
moss_coconut_husk_fish_betta_d_1648544099_c810670a.jpg

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Postby Zim » April 6th, 2022, 1:20 pm

I hv aquatic plants & ghost shrimp as well as some live bearers, no fighters tho, small $

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Re: Trinituner Fish Keepers, Aquarists & Aquascapers...

Postby Ripe Chenette » April 13th, 2022, 11:59 pm

Studying to go for a 15g instead of a 10 for stability and space. Starting to visualize how I want it set up. Have some nice rocks as hardscape and to attach rhizomes to, patches of moss here and there on the subatrate using these two pics and rivers as inspiration.

Still have the 8 gallon contained I used for breeding livebearers as sacrifice to the shelled ones as a backup/breeder for the shrimp. Divided between ghost and cherries.

People with thermometers average water temp in a room? How does it relate to the air temp?

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Re: Trinituner Fish Keepers, Aquarists & Aquascapers...

Postby Ripe Chenette » April 14th, 2022, 12:02 am

timelapse wrote:Looks like this after a while
moss_coconut_husk_fish_betta_d_1648544099_c810670a.jpg
Wouldn't the coconut breaking down add to the ammonia?

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Re: Trinituner Fish Keepers, Aquarists & Aquascapers...

Postby timelapse » April 14th, 2022, 6:53 am

Ripe Chenette wrote:
timelapse wrote:Looks like this after a while
moss_coconut_husk_fish_betta_d_1648544099_c810670a.jpg
Wouldn't the coconut breaking down add to the ammonia?
The shell takes a zillion years to dissolve, and the java moss will eat up all that yummy nitrate
It adds to the acidity though, which is good.

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Re: Trinituner Fish Keepers, Aquarists & Aquascapers...

Postby Ripe Chenette » April 14th, 2022, 2:22 pm

Ripe Chenette wrote:Studying to go for a 15g instead of a 10 for stability and space. Starting to visualize how I want it set up. Have some nice rocks as hardscape and to attach rhizomes to, patches of moss here and there on the subatrate using these two pics and rivers as inspiration.

Still have the 8 gallon contained I used for breeding livebearers as sacrifice to the shelled ones as a backup/breeder for the shrimp. Divided between ghost and cherries.

People with thermometers average water temp in a room? How does it relate to the air temp?
Forget the pics
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Re: Trinituner Fish Keepers, Aquarists & Aquascapers...

Postby mazdamig » May 28th, 2022, 10:55 pm

I make a java moss coconut cave
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Postby meccalli » May 29th, 2022, 5:31 am

Looks cool!

My recent project, brackish tank.

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Postby mazdamig » May 30th, 2022, 2:42 pm

timelapse wrote:As he say that,I now remember.You can super glue java moss to things like coconut shells.Java ferns too.
I make a few
20220508_104035.jpg

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Postby timelapse » May 30th, 2022, 3:59 pm

mazdamig wrote:
timelapse wrote:As he say that,I now remember.You can super glue java moss to things like coconut shells.Java ferns too.
I make a few
20220508_104035.jpg
With super glue?

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Re: Trinituner Fish Keepers, Aquarists & Aquascapers...

Postby mazdamig » May 31st, 2022, 6:40 am

timelapse wrote:
mazdamig wrote:
timelapse wrote:As he say that,I now remember.You can super glue java moss to things like coconut shells.Java ferns too.
I make a few
20220508_104035.jpg
With super glue?
With glue and and some I tie on with string

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Re: Trinituner Fish Keepers, Aquarists & Aquascapers...

Postby Strugglerzinc » March 5th, 2023, 2:09 pm

Anyone knows where has pond liner in stock or where i can call tomorrow. I urgently need a piece about 15x15, my plastic premade liner has developed a major crack today.

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Postby Chimera » March 5th, 2023, 2:29 pm

How much that does usually cost?
A 15 x 15 piece

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Postby Strugglerzinc » March 5th, 2023, 5:12 pm

Allied website listing a 7x10 piece for $300 and another unspecified size for $450 but chances are neither in stock because Allied.
Peakes lists a 15x20 for $3k+. Probably gold lined, I dunno.
QPSL FB says $158/running ft@13 ft wide but that is a post from 2016 so i will see the actual price tomorrow.
Online is $40-60 USD plus heavy shipping but might still work out cheaper but i doubt them fish will survive the 10ish days to get that.

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Postby Kasey » March 5th, 2023, 8:03 pm

Strugglerzinc wrote:Allied website listing a 7x10 piece for $300 and another unspecified size for $450 but chances are neither in stock because Allied.
Peakes lists a 15x20 for $3k+. Probably gold lined, I dunno.
QPSL FB says $158/running ft@13 ft wide but that is a post from 2016 so i will see the actual price tomorrow.
Online is $40-60 USD plus heavy shipping but might still work out cheaper but i doubt them fish will survive the 10ish days to get that.

Depending on the amount, and size of the fish, I can lend you an IBC tank to temporarily house them.

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Postby Strugglerzinc » March 6th, 2023, 10:35 am

Thanks man.

Nowhere has pond liner. Going to use a few layers of construction plastic as a temporary liner and just buy it online.

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Re: Trinituner Fish Keepers, Aquarists & Aquascapers...

Postby foss » March 6th, 2023, 11:32 am

anyone mind sharing their tank set ups?

In the process of setting up my 4ft tank after years of down time.
Not sure what fish I'm planning on getting just yet, but looking at maybe some local fish plus some others for a community tank.

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