le micstarz de journalei

micstarz · 12-31-2005, 03:30 AM

LMDJ (le micstarz de journalei) will be a log of my journey through the adventures of fishkeeping, but will be more of a photo blog. please enjoy!

dont hesitate to post in my journal, you are more than welcome!

micstarz · 01-01-2006, 03:24 PM

ARGH! HOW DID FLAME JUMP INTO CALICO'S TANK AND GET BEATEN UP?

sorry! today my betta (flame, male) jumped into his neighbor's tank (calico, female) and was beaten up. his fins were all skewred off by Calico's jaws and he was at the bottom of the 5gal, gasping. anyone know a good med?
bettafix?

fishboy · 01-01-2006, 09:05 PM

melafix and coppersafe should help, hope he pulls through.

Chazwick · 01-01-2006, 10:13 PM

Oooh

Nasty!

micstarz · 01-02-2006, 03:17 AM

thanks I'll try and get my hands on them ASAP.

Today I went hiking and I landed some sorta livebearer...... looks like Gambusia Affinis, I will post some pics soon and try to identify them.

I also caught some shrimp that look like Cherry shrimp, as well as what seemed to be minnow fry which I later released.

Other bounty include ghost shrimp, a prawn and some Greater Pond Snails, which shouldnt occur in HK right?

I caught this 'loach thing'..... when I post piccys please
identify!

phew! I almost introduced some caddisfly larvae into my tank...

I spotted some sunfish swimming past, and something that looked like a pupfish..... maybe I'm physco.

I fish some endlers soon, so pics ahoy!

micstarz · 01-02-2006, 06:58 PM

well I added three female gambusia into the tank, so far my betta ignores them. It looks like one of them is pregnant. I also added the loach thing, which I figured might be a darter. The ghost shrimp and the 'cherry shrimp' were added. I think the 'cherry shrimp' are just ghost shrimp fry. I also found some driftwood in the stream that I liked, so I soaked them overnight and added it this morning.

But arhhhhgggghh! The big piece floats! Anyone can teach me how to tie it succesfully to a stone please? Or can I find a tutorial in the DIY section?

I added one Greater Pond snail and left some in a pot with some lettuce, hopefully to breed so I can get my Figure eight puffers and set up a new tank. Are greater pond snails' shells still too hard of them?

I would appreciate tips in how to get the gambusia to eat anything except for worms

thanks for reading all my blabber!

fishboy · 01-02-2006, 08:39 PM

You catch all this wild? You're so lucky, the smallest fish i can catch wild is a pumpkin seed sunfish(from what i know). Female gambusia are very territorial so watch them. You'll know if your loach is a darter if it never leaves the bottem, darters have no swim bladder, so they sink. Ghost shrimp fry are brackish. Your new Figure 8 (which if i remeber you can also capture wild, correct?) should eat the snails if they are very small unless they are super thick like MTS. I can't wait to see these fish and I'm really want to see if your endlers are pure strands or near pure.

micstarz · 01-02-2006, 10:12 PM

fishboy I think they are near pure, only bits of coloring here and there but not aquarium standard definately. Can endlers cross with gambusia?

ok here goes:

I just realised that although gambusia are a plainly coloured fish, they look super in any aquarium.

Darter:

The jar with the fish, labeled unclearly gambusia, caddisfly and ghost shrimp.

AHHH! I AM TERRIBLY SORRY FOR THE STRESS YOU GUYS HAD TO UNDERTAKE IN THAT JAR!

here is a video of the 'darter' which is resting on a coconut cave.

micstarz · 01-03-2006, 02:12 AM

Quote:

Your new Figure 8 (which if i remeber you can also capture wild, correct?)

no, I get scat fry wild, but I have spotted some GSPs and F8Ps but they are not easy to catch and I only caught them twice. Both of these occaisions were before I came to fishforums. So I had no fishforums to enquire, thus I let them go to avoid having them die off in my hands.

Living in HK is only lucky cos of the wild fish and cheap fish, otherwise not really so.

If you go to my post OMG READ THIS REPORT! you can see that I can find black paradise fish.

(I once saw what looked like bubblenests in the marshes, but I thought it was only the mostquitos driving my crazy.

micstarz · 01-03-2006, 05:56 AM

Today I went to the FishStreet and got some plants and additions. Along with the driftwood and moss, it looks fab, possibly more than half as good as the tank in Simpte's avatar.

The inhabitants of the tank are:
1 Veiltail Cambodian Fighter (Male)
1 ghost shrimp
5 cherry shrimp
4 Either Aplocheilus panchax or Golden Killi
1 'loach thing'
6 juvenile peppered corydoras
3 mosquitofish, which look something like the Aphyosemion abacinum, or they could actually be.
1 singapore wood shrimp
6 MTS (at the moment, lol dont breed! dont breed!)
1 Greater Pond Snail

Ornaments, Rocks and Plants:
1 piece of rough marble
3 pieces of driftwood
2 Bits of moss
1 bunch of java moss
Err some plants I cant identify
A coconut cave

I noticed the killies batting each other with their tails, hard. Is this spawning/territorial/ get-out-of-my-sight behavior? I will get some Blind Cave tetras with eyes for dithers, the tank looks empty.
I will show a pic of the whole 10gal, will I need a C02 diffuser?

micstarz · 01-03-2006, 06:50 AM

Here's the pics, overveiws of the tank and pics of the mozzie fish:

Trio power!

Huh? one left.

Pose!

So whos the gang boss?

I put some sorta effect on the following pics; thats why the colors are so pathetic.

angle shot.

k...

bpswim90 · 01-03-2006, 05:37 PM

Nice tank.

micstarz · 01-03-2006, 05:54 PM

thank you

micstarz · 01-03-2006, 08:12 PM

I figured that the gambusia are the western mosquitofish. thx peeps!

micstarz · 01-05-2006, 03:05 AM

Today I got some endlers, but I forgot to bring my camera along. So sorry, only pics of the fish but no pics of their habitat. I think I saw some really big fish chase a few endlers and snap one up.

BUT HECK! after I introduced the endies into the tank, I said $h*t! I forgot to quarantine them! So I removed all the crustaceans and endlers, medicated the main tank and tucked my endlers safely away in the quarantine tank. I took no chances and put some sorta thick weeds in for the pregnant females to
'discharge their loads'. I think I also discovered something that looked like red nosed shrimp, maybe this is what they developed red nosed shrimp from? hope I can get good pics to post.

The crustaceans are now in a 2.5gal bowl with air pump.

to the t10gal in my room, foundation since 2003!

micstarz · 01-05-2006, 05:01 AM

lol i just had a break from the computer and took a peep at my 10gal aquarium... one of the cories is super hyper and is chasing the endlers around lol

micstarz · 01-05-2006, 10:02 PM

haha wot a fool I am! I added the red nosed shrimp and my darter just finished them all off lol.

micstarz · 01-07-2006, 10:07 PM

the endlers have settled down in their new tank and have quit schooling , now drifting in and out among the plants.

micstarz · 01-11-2006, 01:28 AM

Because my cories caught popeye, I washed the substrate and cleansed the filter. I know I shouldnt have done, but I canged half my filter medium to get rid of the build up.

Everything is back to normal and the tank is back to norm. Will post pics soon, but they are almost identical anyways.

Once again, feel free to post in my journal! In fact, I would love you doin that

micstarz · 01-14-2006, 08:27 AM

Got something called Speed Clarifer... what on earth is that? I added some to my tank and I am now waiting for results.

12-31-2005, 03:30 AM	#1
micstarz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hong Kong Age: 14 Posts: 658	le micstarz de journalei LMDJ (le micstarz de journalei) will be a log of my journey through the adventures of fishkeeping, but will be more of a photo blog. please enjoy! dont hesitate to post in my journal, you are more than welcome! __________________

01-01-2006, 03:24 PM	#2
micstarz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hong Kong Age: 14 Posts: 658	ARGH! HOW DID FLAME JUMP INTO CALICO'S TANK AND GET BEATEN UP? sorry! today my betta (flame, male) jumped into his neighbor's tank (calico, female) and was beaten up. his fins were all skewred off by Calico's jaws and he was at the bottom of the 5gal, gasping. anyone know a good med? bettafix? __________________

01-01-2006, 09:05 PM	#3
fishboy Custom User Title Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 17 Posts: 1,656	melafix and coppersafe should help, hope he pulls through. __________________ It is only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything

01-01-2006, 10:13 PM	#4
Chazwick <3 Break it... Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Inside Your Skull <3 Age: 17 Posts: 404	Oooh Nasty! __________________ In my dreams I’m dying all the time, As I wake it’s kaleidoscopic mind, I never meant to hurt you, I never meant to lie, So this is goodbye, This is goodbye, Tell the truth you never wanted me, Tell me, In my dreams I’m jealous all the time, As I wake I’m going out of my mind, Going out of my mind... ♥

01-02-2006, 03:17 AM	#5
micstarz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hong Kong Age: 14 Posts: 658	thanks I'll try and get my hands on them ASAP. Today I went hiking and I landed some sorta livebearer...... looks like Gambusia Affinis, I will post some pics soon and try to identify them. I also caught some shrimp that look like Cherry shrimp, as well as what seemed to be minnow fry which I later released. Other bounty include ghost shrimp, a prawn and some Greater Pond Snails, which shouldnt occur in HK right? I caught this 'loach thing'..... when I post piccys please identify! phew! I almost introduced some caddisfly larvae into my tank... I spotted some sunfish swimming past, and something that looked like a pupfish..... maybe I'm physco. I fish some endlers soon, so pics ahoy! __________________

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01-02-2006, 06:58 PM	#6
micstarz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hong Kong Age: 14 Posts: 658	well I added three female gambusia into the tank, so far my betta ignores them. It looks like one of them is pregnant. I also added the loach thing, which I figured might be a darter. The ghost shrimp and the 'cherry shrimp' were added. I think the 'cherry shrimp' are just ghost shrimp fry. I also found some driftwood in the stream that I liked, so I soaked them overnight and added it this morning. But arhhhhgggghh! The big piece floats! Anyone can teach me how to tie it succesfully to a stone please? Or can I find a tutorial in the DIY section? I added one Greater Pond snail and left some in a pot with some lettuce, hopefully to breed so I can get my Figure eight puffers and set up a new tank. Are greater pond snails' shells still too hard of them? I would appreciate tips in how to get the gambusia to eat anything except for worms thanks for reading all my blabber! __________________

01-02-2006, 08:39 PM	#7
fishboy Custom User Title Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 17 Posts: 1,656	You catch all this wild? You're so lucky, the smallest fish i can catch wild is a pumpkin seed sunfish(from what i know). Female gambusia are very territorial so watch them. You'll know if your loach is a darter if it never leaves the bottem, darters have no swim bladder, so they sink. Ghost shrimp fry are brackish. Your new Figure 8 (which if i remeber you can also capture wild, correct?) should eat the snails if they are very small unless they are super thick like MTS. I can't wait to see these fish and I'm really want to see if your endlers are pure strands or near pure. __________________ It is only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything

01-02-2006, 10:12 PM	#8
micstarz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hong Kong Age: 14 Posts: 658	fishboy I think they are near pure, only bits of coloring here and there but not aquarium standard definately. Can endlers cross with gambusia? ok here goes: I just realised that although gambusia are a plainly coloured fish, they look super in any aquarium. Darter: The jar with the fish, labeled unclearly gambusia, caddisfly and ghost shrimp. AHHH! I AM TERRIBLY SORRY FOR THE STRESS YOU GUYS HAD TO UNDERTAKE IN THAT JAR! here is a video of the 'darter' which is resting on a coconut cave. __________________ Last edited by micstarz; 01-02-2006 at 10:16 PM.

01-03-2006, 05:56 AM	#10
micstarz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hong Kong Age: 14 Posts: 658	Today I went to the FishStreet and got some plants and additions. Along with the driftwood and moss, it looks fab, possibly more than half as good as the tank in Simpte's avatar. The inhabitants of the tank are: 1 Veiltail Cambodian Fighter (Male) 1 ghost shrimp 5 cherry shrimp 4 Either Aplocheilus panchax or Golden Killi 1 'loach thing' 6 juvenile peppered corydoras 3 mosquitofish, which look something like the Aphyosemion abacinum, or they could actually be. 1 singapore wood shrimp 6 MTS (at the moment, lol dont breed! dont breed!) 1 Greater Pond Snail Ornaments, Rocks and Plants: 1 piece of rough marble 3 pieces of driftwood 2 Bits of moss 1 bunch of java moss Err some plants I cant identify A coconut cave I noticed the killies batting each other with their tails, hard. Is this spawning/territorial/ get-out-of-my-sight behavior? I will get some Blind Cave tetras with eyes for dithers, the tank looks empty. I will show a pic of the whole 10gal, will I need a C02 diffuser? __________________ Last edited by micstarz; 01-03-2006 at 06:33 AM.

01-03-2006, 06:50 AM	#11
micstarz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hong Kong Age: 14 Posts: 658	Here's the pics, overveiws of the tank and pics of the mozzie fish: Trio power! Huh? one left. Pose! So whos the gang boss? I put some sorta effect on the following pics; thats why the colors are so pathetic. angle shot. k... __________________

01-03-2006, 05:37 PM	#12
bpswim90 hola Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Missouri Age: 17 Posts: 101	Nice tank.

01-03-2006, 05:54 PM	#13
micstarz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hong Kong Age: 14 Posts: 658	thank you __________________

01-03-2006, 08:12 PM	#14
micstarz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hong Kong Age: 14 Posts: 658	I figured that the gambusia are the western mosquitofish. thx peeps! __________________

01-05-2006, 03:05 AM	#15
micstarz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hong Kong Age: 14 Posts: 658	Today I got some endlers, but I forgot to bring my camera along. So sorry, only pics of the fish but no pics of their habitat. I think I saw some really big fish chase a few endlers and snap one up. BUT HECK! after I introduced the endies into the tank, I said $ht! I forgot to quarantine them! So I removed all the crustaceans and endlers, medicated the main tank and tucked my endlers safely away in the quarantine tank. I took no chances and put some sorta thick weeds in for the pregnant females to 'discharge their loads'. I think I also discovered something that looked like red nosed shrimp, maybe this is what they developed red nosed shrimp from? hope I can get good pics to post. The crustaceans are now in a 2.5gal bowl with air pump. to the t10gal in my room, foundation since 2003! __________________ Last edited by micstarz; 01-05-2006 at 03:17 AM.*

01-05-2006, 05:01 AM	#16
micstarz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hong Kong Age: 14 Posts: 658	lol i just had a break from the computer and took a peep at my 10gal aquarium... one of the cories is super hyper and is chasing the endlers around lol __________________

01-05-2006, 10:02 PM	#17
micstarz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hong Kong Age: 14 Posts: 658	haha wot a fool I am! I added the red nosed shrimp and my darter just finished them all off lol. __________________

01-07-2006, 10:07 PM	#18
micstarz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hong Kong Age: 14 Posts: 658	the endlers have settled down in their new tank and have quit schooling , now drifting in and out among the plants. __________________

01-11-2006, 01:28 AM	#19
micstarz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hong Kong Age: 14 Posts: 658	Because my cories caught popeye, I washed the substrate and cleansed the filter. I know I shouldnt have done, but I canged half my filter medium to get rid of the build up. Everything is back to normal and the tank is back to norm. Will post pics soon, but they are almost identical anyways. Once again, feel free to post in my journal! In fact, I would love you doin that __________________

01-14-2006, 08:27 AM	#20
micstarz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hong Kong Age: 14 Posts: 658	Got something called Speed Clarifer... what on earth is that? I added some to my tank and I am now waiting for results. __________________

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