UncleWillie's 46 Gal
#1 Guest_UncleWillie_*
Posted 19 September 2008 - 10:24 AM
To begin, they are in a 46 Gal bowfront. It is heavily planted with Lugwigia sp, coonstail (hortwort) and some moss attached to some cork floating around. Substrate is playsand mixed with pebbles. Has a lot of driftwood and mussel shells.
Current stock: 6 spotfin shiners (Cyprinella spiloptera), 2 blacknose dace (Rhinichthys atratulus), 8-12 eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki), 1 Florida flagfish (Jordanella floridae), 1 redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus), 2 unIDed crayfish.
Okay, here we go.
Crayfish
Blacknose dace
My very nice Spotfin shiners
Redbreast sunfish
#2 Guest_Clayton_*
Posted 22 September 2008 - 02:30 PM
#3 Guest_UncleWillie_*
Posted 22 September 2008 - 02:41 PM
Oh yes, sorry. Hear are some full tank shots. I am over-loaded with hornwort, but I just hate throwing it away. You can also see that I have 4 pieces of driftwood, but one is not water-logged yet. So I have the other pieces and a large stone holding it down. Afterwards, I will move around the wood a bit to give more room in the back.
#4 Guest_UncleWillie_*
Posted 22 September 2008 - 02:43 PM
Southern studfish (w/ a creek chub in the background). Caught in Raccoon Creek (Etowah basin)
Yellowfin shiner in the creek behind my house (Middle Oconee tributary.
Enjoy
#5 Guest_Clayton_*
Posted 22 September 2008 - 04:50 PM
The tank looks very nice. The hornwort looks even happier than the fish.
#6 Guest_blakemarkwell_*
Posted 22 September 2008 - 04:58 PM
Blake
#7 Guest_UncleWillie_*
Posted 22 September 2008 - 08:00 PM
Clayton, the best way to get decent pictures is take a lot of them. After dozens of blurry pictures, one is bound to be alright. Plus with a crappy digital camera with autofocus and fast fish - it is a bit time consuming.
Blake, thanks for the scientific name on the hortwort. I have know that many people call many different plants 'hornwort.' It's nice to finally nail it down. Thanks!
#8 Guest_blakemarkwell_*
Posted 22 September 2008 - 08:07 PM
Blake
#9 Guest_jimv8673_*
Posted 09 October 2008 - 07:52 PM
Edited by jimv8673, 09 October 2008 - 07:55 PM.
#10 Guest_UncleWillie_*
Posted 27 October 2008 - 02:09 PM
#11 Guest_UncleWillie_*
Posted 27 October 2008 - 02:13 PM
More updates:
Okie dokie. I went out to collect some plants, and these are what I came home with:
Elodea canadensis
Lemna minor
Myriophyllum (spicatum)?
Vallisneria (americana)?
Potamogeton (crispus)?
The duckweed (L. minor) and moquitofern was loaded with daphnia and cyclops, so it went into a container outside to see if I can get any reproduction.
The rest all went into the 46 Gal. Here are the pics:
Two Val plants with two Altamaha pocketbook shells
Elodea with some G. holbrooki sneaking around
Curly-leafed pondweed
The watermilfoil - I couldn't get a clear pic except when trying to focus on something else.
Speaking of which, what would an update be like without new pics of my favorite fishy:
Here is my redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus) begging for food. The last pic is my favorite - after some photoshopping this pic is now my avatar. He is showing off in these pics by getting rid of his reds, brightening his blues and standing up his spines - he was quite ready for some food and didn't want anyone near him!
As you can tell, he has grown quite a bit since those first pics. In those earlier pics, he looked to be all head and eyeballs. He finally started eating pellets (which helped him fill out).
#12 Guest_UncleWillie_*
Posted 27 October 2008 - 02:17 PM
Not much going on. Most of my Vals have been torn to shreds from my female flagfish, but they are starting to put out again. The pondweed is completely gone, and I don't have enough light reaching the bottom of my tank for the Elodea to thrive,. and my ludwigia is dropping leaves . So, I threw out over half of my floating hornwort, but has done very little. I may end up scrapping all of it.
Anyways, here is what it looks like.
What is an update without my favs: Redbreast is doing great, but colors fading because of the temperature dropping here and in my apartment. His nest stays quite clean.
Badonkadonk
Badinkadink
Exoskeleton
Here is crayfish studying his own exoskeleton. A few hours later he ate some of it.
Two Bluefin Killifish and a Seminole Killifish were in a batch of ghost shrimps - being sold as feeder - so I took them both home for 30 cents each.
Edited by UncleWillie, 27 October 2008 - 02:22 PM.
#13 Guest_UncleWillie_*
Posted 27 October 2008 - 02:20 PM
Sorry there were so many updates at once, I just figured I would post some pics for everyone's enjoyment.
#14 Guest_fishlvr_*
Posted 27 October 2008 - 04:06 PM
#15 Guest_nativeplanter_*
Posted 27 October 2008 - 04:22 PM
#16 Guest_wolfie8000_*
Posted 27 October 2008 - 04:57 PM
Sorry there were so many updates at once, I just figured I would post some pics for everyone's enjoyment.
Tank looks great.
You can never have to many updates on a photo thread.
#17 Guest_jimv8673_*
Posted 27 October 2008 - 05:39 PM
Tank looks great.
You can never have to many updates on a photo thread.
Willie, anyone that could scan through those pictures and not want to keep natives must be nuts, The potography is great, and the story that goes with the is both entertaining and informative, It was a joy to look thru and hear your story. Thank you for your time
#18 Guest_UncleWillie_*
Posted 27 October 2008 - 08:39 PM
Steve, thanks! I love that redbreast. I will be moving soon, and I intend to get at least a 90 G so I can get a few more redbreasts (If they don't get too aggressive). So far, he has grown so fast and only chases the mosquitofish (which is fine by me). He is my first sunfish and I am hooked.
Nativeplanter, I should have clarified. The crayfish was moved into my 13 gallon a few months back because of his tendancy to pull up and snip plants. The bluefin and seminole killies are also in the 13. I may end up moving the flagfish in there as well.
So the total stock in the 46 gallon is 1-redbreast sunfish, 1-1.5'' bluegill, 3-spotfin shiners, 3-eastern mosquitofish(and dropping)
wolfie and jimv, thanks a lot. I won't be so tardy on any more updates, haha.
#19 Guest_joshuapope2001_*
Posted 28 October 2008 - 09:11 PM
#20 Guest_UncleWillie_*
Posted 28 October 2008 - 09:32 PM
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