Any fishkeepers here? Saltwater or freshwater

[Silock]

Starting to get the 30g on the right track.

Put the dirt in a couple of days ago. Used:

Miracle Gro Organic Choice for the dirt
Got some dry red clay powder from KC Clay
Also got some dolomite from there
And some potash from Suburban Lawn and Garden
Capping it off with some black blasting sand I got from Tractor Supply Co.
Total for all this was MAYBE $60, and I have enough to last a lifetime.

Put the potash and dolomite in the bottom, covered it with the dirt. It's ready for the cap and water now, but I'm waiting on some driftwood to come in so I can put that in there and plant without having to go back in and disturb the soil.

Also picked up some clown loaches to take care of my snail problem in the 10g. Will transfer them to the 30g when it's ready. The girl at Petco screwed up and gave me 5 clown loaches for $8. Score.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Silock

Starting to get the 30g on the right track.

Put the dirt in a couple of days ago. Used:

Miracle Gro Organic Choice for the dirt
Got some dry red clay powder from KC Clay
Also got some dolomite from there
And some potash from Suburban Lawn and Garden
Capping it off with some black blasting sand I got from Tractor Supply Co.
Total for all this was MAYBE $60, and I have enough to last a lifetime.

Put the potash and dolomite in the bottom, covered it with the dirt. It's ready for the cap and water now, but I'm waiting on some driftwood to come in so I can put that in there and plant without having to go back in and disturb the soil.

Also picked up some clown loaches to take care of my snail problem in the 10g. Will transfer them to the 30g when it's ready. The girl at Petco screwed up and gave me 5 clown loaches for $8. Score.

5 clown loaches are gonna need more than 30G.

[Lumpy]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

5 clown loaches are gonna need more than 30G.

This is true, but he has some time before they outgrow the tank. I now have 3 in my 55 gal, (I was bad and got 2 more a few months back). My oldest has been in the tank for almost 2 years and he's only 4-5 inches long. He was hiding a lot up until I added the other 2. It's great to see him swimming around again!

A few nights ago, I dumped about 50 pond snails in the tank and they enjoyed the feast! It sounds morbid, I know, but it's beneficial to the CL's health for them to consume a variety of foods.

Speaking of which, if anyone needs any free pond snails, shoot me a PM.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Lumpy

This is true, but he has some time before they outgrow the tank. I now have 3 in my 55 gal, (I was bad and got 2 more a few months back). My oldest has been in the tank for almost 2 years and he's only 4-5 inches long. He was hiding a lot up until I added the other 2. It's great to see him swimming around again!

A few nights ago, I dumped about 50 pond snails in the tank and they enjoyed the feast! It sounds morbid, I know, but it's beneficial to the CL's health for them to consume a variety of foods.

Speaking of which, if anyone needs any free pond snails, shoot me a PM.

Be careful with the snails. Many loaches will get lazy over time and you'll end up with an overpopulation problem.

There for a while I was removing 200-300 PER DAY from my daughter's 14G.

[Lumpy]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Be careful with the snails. Many loaches will get lazy over time and you'll end up with an overpopulation problem.

There for a while I was removing 200-300 PER DAY from my daughter's 14G.

Damn.

My CL's devour 50 or so within an hour or 2 and luckily very few strays are found afterwards. I'm breeding the snails purposely for food, (in my 5 gallon along w/ a growing colony of RCS). The snails are reproducing pretty well, but not to the point of having a few hundred per day. Again...

Did you get an Assassin Snail to take care of the problem? I heard those guys are ruthless on the little buggers!

[Silock]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

5 clown loaches are gonna need more than 30G.

Yeah I know. I will get rid of them before that happens.