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Tom's Bucket O' Mud - The End
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Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Licorice gourami pics page 14
Wow the tank is going from strength to strength. I have to ask though, are the Pits on the gourami faces just along the upper lip normal. As I don't remember seeing them on mine when I kept them.
Wow the tank is going from strength to strength. I have to ask though, are the Pits on the gourami faces just along the upper lip normal. As I don't remember seeing them on mine when I kept them.
Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Licorice gourami pics page 14
Thanks. As for the 'pits', must admit I never even noticed them until you mentioned it. They seem to be present in the same place on both sides of the face on several individuals in the photos, so I can only assume they're normal.
Gill said:
Thanks. As for the 'pits', must admit I never even noticed them until you mentioned it. They seem to be present in the same place on both sides of the face on several individuals in the photos, so I can only assume they're normal.
OllieNZ
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Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Licorice gourami pics page 14
Awesome tank BigTom
As for the pits I've kept a few species of gourami and these small pits seem to be a common trait.
Regards
Ollie
Awesome tank BigTom
As for the pits I've kept a few species of gourami and these small pits seem to be a common trait.
Regards
Ollie
Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Licorice gourami pics page 14
Thanks for the responses, very helpful! I suppose there would have been room to hide a refugium sump underneath the tank in the stand (stack of pallets), but I suppose that would have detracted from the simple beauty of the system, that and sumps can be a noisy pain in the ass...
If you found your tank was running out of nitrogen, which it will eventually as it offgasses, then you could always plant some nitrogen fixing plants, such as sugarcane (or legumes) and grow those as immersed species. The simple floating plant Azolla would fix atmospheric nitrogen as well for your system as the little plants grow and die off, but they might become a problem as well and I'm not sure your system lends itself to growing floating plants which you might have to cull. I picked some up yesterday to use as such, (which came with a good supply of Daphnia and other little things, so I'll be able to seed my little trial from those now).
Thanks for the responses, very helpful! I suppose there would have been room to hide a refugium sump underneath the tank in the stand (stack of pallets), but I suppose that would have detracted from the simple beauty of the system, that and sumps can be a noisy pain in the ass...
If you found your tank was running out of nitrogen, which it will eventually as it offgasses, then you could always plant some nitrogen fixing plants, such as sugarcane (or legumes) and grow those as immersed species. The simple floating plant Azolla would fix atmospheric nitrogen as well for your system as the little plants grow and die off, but they might become a problem as well and I'm not sure your system lends itself to growing floating plants which you might have to cull. I picked some up yesterday to use as such, (which came with a good supply of Daphnia and other little things, so I'll be able to seed my little trial from those now).
Alastair
Member
Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Licorice gourami pics page 14
those gouramis look lovely, were they easy to come by? might add some to my shoal of chocolate gouramis if i can find any. love the tank though bigtom
those gouramis look lovely, were they easy to come by? might add some to my shoal of chocolate gouramis if i can find any. love the tank though bigtom
Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Licorice gourami pics page 14
Got mine from Colin over on the BCA forums, I think he has 2 or 3 types in at the moment but you can often get paros of one type or other (usually sold as P. deissneri) from MA and other decent retailers.
They are lovely fish but very reclusive, so don't expect to see huge amounts of them. Should work well with chocs though.
Got mine from Colin over on the BCA forums, I think he has 2 or 3 types in at the moment but you can often get paros of one type or other (usually sold as P. deissneri) from MA and other decent retailers.
They are lovely fish but very reclusive, so don't expect to see huge amounts of them. Should work well with chocs though.
Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Licorice gourami pics page 14
I got myself a new toy last weekend (Panasonic GH2), and decided to point it at the tank whilst figuring out what all the buttons did. As a crash course in videography it actually made a very useful subject.
The footage is pretty rough because it's so dimly lit that i had to shoot at about 10fps and interpolate the extra frames, but I know some people have been asking for a video of the tank and inhabitants, so here you go!
Welcome to the premiere of my debut film, "Parosphromenus: A love story (in 2 parts)"
I got myself a new toy last weekend (Panasonic GH2), and decided to point it at the tank whilst figuring out what all the buttons did. As a crash course in videography it actually made a very useful subject.
The footage is pretty rough because it's so dimly lit that i had to shoot at about 10fps and interpolate the extra frames, but I know some people have been asking for a video of the tank and inhabitants, so here you go!
Welcome to the premiere of my debut film, "Parosphromenus: A love story (in 2 parts)"
OllieNZ
Member
Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Licorice gourami pics page 14
Love it BigTom, absolutely awsome.
Love it BigTom, absolutely awsome.
Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Video! (page 15)
I'd go as far to say that is the most enjoyable aquarium video I've watched to date
I hope you don't mind, I am going to cross post it over on LFKC so that members there can enjoy it too.
I'd go as far to say that is the most enjoyable aquarium video I've watched to date
I hope you don't mind, I am going to cross post it over on LFKC so that members there can enjoy it too.
Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Video! (page 15)
Classic, gouramis are amazing!
Thanks tom
Classic, gouramis are amazing!
Thanks tom
Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Video! (page 15)
Thanks for the comments all
Darrel, I'm very pleased with it now that it's matured. Given that it was all a bit of an 'experiment' it's managed not to hit any major pitfalls, and survived the earlier shrimp wipeout and various other tricky bits. Everything now looks properly old, and hopefully the gouramis (which I'm still completely besotted with) will manage to breed soon, which will be the icing on the cake.
Thanks for the comments all
Darrel, I'm very pleased with it now that it's matured. Given that it was all a bit of an 'experiment' it's managed not to hit any major pitfalls, and survived the earlier shrimp wipeout and various other tricky bits. Everything now looks properly old, and hopefully the gouramis (which I'm still completely besotted with) will manage to breed soon, which will be the icing on the cake.
Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Video! (page 15)
Inspirational and incredible, Tom. Love the video as well. You're a natural.
Inspirational and incredible, Tom. Love the video as well. You're a natural.
ghostsword
Member
Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Video! (page 15)
I really like the tank, and think that it is one of the best tanks in the forum, especially as I like emersed plants.
The whole setup is just magical.
I really like the tank, and think that it is one of the best tanks in the forum, especially as I like emersed plants.
The whole setup is just magical.
