Obsidian's 100 Gallon Tank

[Obsidian]

The Green Terror hid too well and died. I am pretty sure that was the problem anyway. He would not come out, even to eat.

I cannot catch the JD's. I even tried seeding the net with food, but they are too fast and there are too many places for them to hide. I have no idea what I am going to do. I stood over them with the net for an hour. There was just no way.

[trashion]

Try two nets? Then you can kind of herd them with one, and catch with the other.

[Obsidian]

Well they run and hide in the rocks, no herding can solve that. Then they swim around the back of the rocks to the other side of the tank. Something will work out eventually. So far they are being gentle so I am not massively concerned ATM.

[Obsidian]

Well the Honeymoon is over. The big JD is already terrorizing the little JD and won't let it eat. The little one is now hiding. He leaves the danios alone though.

What does it mean when a JD tilts almost completely on it's side to another fish?

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Originally Posted by Obsidian

Okay I ordered things from Big Al's which really helped a lot. I ordered a Rena XP3 and an aquaclear 70 HOB for the filtration. I ordered 2 visitherm 300 heaters, one for each side, and a python 25. I bought one from Petsmart but I am going to return it because the price difference is mega huge.

I need to pick out what my substrate will be. They didn't have many options at Big Al's, but one option is a Cichlid sand they have. I will consider that. I need to figure out where to get some rocks from as well. I am thinking I can get those locally and boil the heck out of them.

Now to wait for the goodies to arrive!

hey! 'big al's' i ordered MY HEATER from there, it worked good!

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Originally Posted by trashion

Try two nets? Then you can kind of herd them with one, and catch with the other.

good idea...!!!

[Obsidian]

Well after the roll back I lost a bunch of the pictures i had placed on this thread. I am putting those back up now.

Starting with catching my Jack Dempsy's. That was an undertaking let me tell you!




HELLO??? HELLO?? IT SEEMS MY TANK HAS SHRUNK? COULD SOMEONE HELP ME OUT?

[Obsidian]

And moving on to what the tank has become

My Manzanita before be prepped to go into the tank:








For size reference:

[Obsidian]

Floating Manzanita:


A little dark, but here it is once waterlogged.

[Obsidian]

Well the stock has gone up and down a bit as I have had some trouble with getting fish to make it past acclimation. Most of the problem probably comes from my high Ph, which is created by all those pieces of awesome granite. I have taken to using the majority of an entire day raising the Ph in the container I use before putting fish in the tank. That seems to help but is an awful lot of work. They are worth it

German Blue Rams (These are just not going to make it. I am down to 2 now)


Some horrible but functional pictures of my giant danios:




My Rosy Barbs:


My mystery snail (who didn't make it, but once I find a way to supplement calcium I will try again. I loved this little guy)

[Obsidian]

Here they are





No comments on horrid photography please. I know it's bad. I need a camera that can focus in the tank. It either does not focus or it washes out or it makes it too dark. It has no manual settings. Between my horrid skills and a POS camera for fish tanks this is the end result. (The camera does work well outside, so at least it is not a total loss).