Another newbie

Hey I am new to the forum...

but not so new new to fishkeeping...

I have kept freshwater fish since I was 8 .... 17 now lol
Breed Guppies (obviously) and mollies ... and apple snails by accident a few times...

I have have also kept a Reef aquariums (with inverts, coral etc) a 1.2 m and a 120 liter ... which I will be shutting down shortly, unfortunately things are getting to expensive

My current freshwater system is a Jebo R3100 (210 litre)

it has been running for approx. 1 and a half years ...

Recently there was ich in the tank and did not have the money to replace the fish lost

Livestock

1 Neon tetra
3 Scissor Tail Rasboras
1 Half Beak ??
1 Panda Cory
1 Bristle nose catfish

Not much left unfortunately

There is also a massive snail pest in the tank so today I move all my fish to my other Jebo (R331) its quite small... I will treat my other tank with some off that snail stuff and let it run overnight

Tomorrow I will drain all the water and clean the tank thoroughly ... I wont be using the substrate that is currently in the tank ever again so it wont be a problem ...

What I want to do is try and breed more corydoras but this time move the eggs from the community tank and see what my success is with that....

i also want to breed the half beaks I have but seems the guy selling them to my lfs only sells them males ...

Anyway I am looking forward to sharing experiences with you .. as I did on the sister site

Brandon

 

Welcome to the forum Brandon! Enjoi your stay!

 

Thanks corylyle

 

Welcome Brandon

 

Hello and welcome BrandonB.

You can add 1 table spoon of aquarium salt to every 50L of water to get rid and prevent most parasites.(not table salt and not marine salt just pure salt with nothing added)

 

Thanks I will keep that in mind for next time ... unfortunately I already added the snail stuff... the salt would have been a much safer option too

Thanks

 

Welcme

 

Edit: http://www.aquaworldaquarium.com/Articles/TonyGriffitts/Adding_Salt_to_a_Freshwater_Aquarium.htm

 

Welcome Brandon

 

Welcome to TASA, Brandon. Good luck with the cory breeding (they are one of my favourite fish)!

 

Thanks Stormer I just read through the page has a lot of valuable info on it..

 

Hello and Welcome to TASA.

Please update your profile with your location.

 

Hi Brandonb and welcome

I read somewhere that snails love lettuce leaves and that if you leave a leaf in the tank overnight you should be able to collect a lot of them by taking out the leaf the next day. Just repeat the process until the pest is under control.

I have not tried it myself but it sounded like a nice safe thing to try.

 

Hi and welcome

 

Yes viskop I have tried that previously and it worked ...but unfortunately its only a temporary solution ... the problem is to get rid of the eggs...

Thanks for all the welcomes and advice

Brandon

 

Hi and Welcome to the forum

 

Hello And Welcome To TASA.

 

Hello and Welcome!
:bigsmile::bigsmile::bigsmile::bigsmile::bigsmile:

 

Hi there and welcome

 

Thanks every one for all the welcomes!!

I just finished filling my tank ... finnally.... now to cycle...

I will start a different thread on my tank ...

Brandon