Noname, second hand, 40l

[chka]

in March I restarted my 40l tank.

Arcadia lights 1x24W mounted to the old tank top together with original 15W,
JBL CristalProfi e 401 filter,
DIY CO2 system based on citric acid and baking soda.


plants:

Pogostemon helferi
cryptocoryne wendtii
java moss
cuba
monte carlo
lilaeopsis mauritiana
eleocharis acicularis
anubias nana



at first I tried to breed there margaritas, but got only one fry and one älian" which later become killi. Probaby its egg come here with java moss from other tank 🙂

in 3 weeks it become like this:


which probably was very good for fry 🙂


in the beginning of June with help of Amano shrimps it become like this:


I put here Java moss "tree" from Stonehenge, 55l , added 3 adult killies.
eleocharis acicularis did very good - cuba, montecarlo and lilaeopsis mauritiana practically not visible...

and now it looks like this:

 

[Mr. Teapot]

That's a nice looking tank, love the wildness of it. Did your little baby fish grow into the fish under the spray bar in the picture second from the bottom?

 

[chka]

Did your little baby fish grow into the fish under the spray bar in the picture second from the bottom?

No that one was adult killie.
The baby now is 2/3 of adult size

 

[chka]

photo update:

 

[chka]

there was CO2 catastrophe (soda/citric acid DIY reactor) in November and all fish and shrimps was poisoned and died 🙁
So it was empty for few month and I got proper CO2 system here.

At the moment it looks like this:

Now I tried to breed tiger barbs in it and there are 5+ fry swimming 🙂




There are no any other fish here at the moment. But there are few cherries and asellus aquaticus:

 

[chka]

one week old tiger barbs fry:

 

[chka]

about 3 weeks old barbs 🙂

 

[chka]

 

[banthaman.jm]

Chka, nice tank. Never seen asellus aquaticus before, will look up on internet.

 

[banthaman.jm]

Where did you get asellus from? Me and my girlfriend are entomologists which means we're a bit strange (well her anyway 😉 )she likes the look of it and now wants one for our tank! Probs won't hear the end of it....

 

[chka]

Where did you get asellus from? Me and my girlfriend are entomologists which means we're a bit strange (well her anyway 😉 )she likes the look of it and now wants one for our tank! Probs won't hear the end of it....

http://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/asellus-aquaticus.34425/#post-367596

 

[chka]

I got them from local canal

 

[banthaman.jm]

They are very cool, thanks for the link

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Where did you get asellus from? Me and my girlfriend are entomologists which means we're a bit strange (well her anyway 😉 )she likes the look of it and now wants one for our tank! Probs won't hear the end of it....

You should be able to PYO, but I always have plenty spare if you want some.

I've been sending them out in a <"tub of damp Riccia">, and that seems to work quite well.

cheers Darrel

 

[chka]

this tank is currently used for breeding and growing fry. Here are some more or less recent fry videos from this tank:

 

[chka]

 

[tam]

Wow, what's your secret to so many fry? Are they breeding in that tank or are you growing them on.

The tank looks great too - I love the wild looking carpet.

 

[chka]

Wow, what's your secret to so many fry? Are they breeding in that tank or are you growing them on.

The tank looks great too - I love the wild looking carpet.

I am not sure how many fry I have got... maybe 40-100.... will try to count them when they free swimming.
I breed them in a tub and then moved to the tank...

 

[chka]

Anyway one female should produce about 150 eggs...

 

[chka]

Seems like it easily could be a hundred...