Author Topic: Bought a fish tank. (Read 34615 times) 143 replies

Puffin · « **Reply #120 on:** June 18, 2014, 09:34:57 AM »

Quote from: ColinB on June 18, 2014, 08:39:09 AM

Good lookin' tank. I see you're still posting sideways piccies...

I thought it was an improvement on upside down Colin!

Puffin · « **Reply #121 on:** June 18, 2014, 09:36:05 AM »

Thanks both, I'm very proud of it. Although I keep having to fight temptation to put more stuff in it!

Diz1 · « **Reply #122 on:** June 18, 2014, 09:48:38 AM »

OK, despite spending part of last night and this morning so far trying to figure out what CPDs are, can someone please enlighten me now that I've confessed to my total ignorance?
Puffin, love the decor (she wrote, looking sadly at her few unrealistic and a bit pathetic plastic plants - going to get some live ones this weekend though). Would you mind telling me what the stones/rocks are and where you get them? I'd thought about adding a few to my aqua nano, but wasn't sure which we're safe.

ColinB · « **Reply #123 on:** June 18, 2014, 10:15:58 AM »

Celestial Pearl Danios.... AKA Galaxy Rasbora.

Diz1 · « **Reply #124 on:** June 18, 2014, 10:30:53 AM »

Thanks Col, they're very pretty. Would they get on with a pair of honey gouramiis, do your think?

Puffin · « **Reply #125 on:** June 18, 2014, 10:36:02 AM »

Quote from: Diz1 on June 18, 2014, 09:48:38 AM

OK, despite spending part of last night and this morning so far trying to figure out what CPDs are, can someone please enlighten me now that I've confessed to my total ignorance?

CPD stands for continuing professional development.
Or celestial pearl danno as Colin has said.

Sorry Diz, I thought I'd written the while name out the first time I mentioned them, but I see I haven't! Too excited.
You can see why I don't want to write the whole name out every time.

Thanks for your compliments on the tank.
I'm probably going to get told off for this, but the stones are ones I found in nature! I put them in a tank of water for a few weeks to see what effect they had on water hardness though (none).
There were some absolutely lovely pink rocks that I now know are called pink alabaster and are soluble in water lol so I couldn't put those in.

The twigs are heather, found on a hillside, already all dried up. I looked into it and heather are apparently fine. I tied some Java moss to them.

There's a plastic plant pot in there too.

Other than that the substrate is soil under (and to a lesser extent on top of) aquarium sand.

I think I need some floating plants as the next species of fish I want to get, likes them. The plants I have are really easy, sometimes they float up to the top and I just stick them back in the sand. All except the cryptocoryne which is new so I've no experience of that yet.

Sue · « **Reply #126 on:** June 18, 2014, 10:37:34 AM »

I have ember tetras and neon green rasboras with honey gouramis. Those two are similar sized fish with similar water requirements to cpds so they should also be OK with honeys.

Cpds have had various names since their discovery. They were rushed into the trade before taxonomists had chance to decide what they were and name them, so not only have they had several common names, they've had several latin names too. The fish profiles on here have not kept up! The latin name on there is the very first one and they've been though another couple since then. You'll also find them listed in places as firework rasboras.
Their official names are now celestial pearl danios and Danio margaritatus.

Diz1 · « **Reply #127 on:** June 18, 2014, 10:41:45 AM »

Thanks Puffin and Sue.
Puffin, heather should be very easy for me to get, I live in Scotland! So plenty of it around. Will maybe try your idea of testing some stones to see if they're suitable.
Sue, thanks for the tip re: honey gourami tank mates. Will see if I can find some this weekend.

Puffin · « **Reply #128 on:** June 18, 2014, 10:42:27 AM »

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I have ember tetras and neon green rasboras with honey gouramis. Those two are similar sized fish with similar water requirements to cpds so they should also be OK with honeys. - See more at: http://www.thinkfish.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,930.120/topicseen.html#sthash.FsCCks3D.dpuf

Ah so they are danios then?
I thought they were Microrasbora kubotai or something. That was from seriously fish, so they are behind too.

Puffin · « **Reply #129 on:** June 18, 2014, 10:48:27 AM »

They are really beautiful fish when looked at close to. But very small, and not much to look at from a distance. Also they colour up better in a more suitable environment than a fish shop... I hope.
So they are easily missed. I couldn't find them in the shop when I was looking yesterday and I'd walked past them and looked in their tank several times.

Sue · « **Reply #130 on:** June 18, 2014, 11:43:50 AM »

Quote from: Puffin on June 18, 2014, 10:42:27 AM

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I have ember tetras and neon green rasboras with honey gouramis. Those two are similar sized fish with similar water requirements to cpds so they should also be OK with honeys. - See more at: http://www.thinkfish.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,930.120/topicseen.html#sthash.FsCCks3D.dpuf

Ah so they are danios then?
I thought they were Microrasbora kubotai or something. That was from seriously fish, so they are behind too.

Sorry, you have me confused

Galaxy rasboras, now known as celestial pearl danios, are danios. Latin name Danio margaritatus.
Green neon rasboras, Microdevario kubotai, are not danios.

But both fish were at one time classed as microrasboras.

Puffin · « **Reply #131 on:** June 18, 2014, 12:39:05 PM »

Lol. Sorry Sue it's my memory that's the problem. Getting the two mixed up.

dbaggie · « **Reply #132 on:** June 18, 2014, 06:50:50 PM »

Quote from: Diz1 on June 18, 2014, 10:30:53 AM

Thanks Col, they're very pretty. Would they get on with a pair of honey gouramiis, do your think?

My CPD's live happily with a Dwarf Gourami so I'd imagine they should be fine with Honey's.

Quote from: Puffin on June 18, 2014, 10:36:02 AM

I'm probably going to get told off for this, but the stones are ones I found in nature! I put them in a tank of water for a few weeks to see what effect they had on water hardness though (none).

As long as you check their effect on water beforehand (which you did) then using natural stones is fine. You just need to do the usual checking that they aren't likely to have been contaminated by anything harmful to fish, such as pesticides.

Puffin · « **Reply #133 on:** July 19, 2014, 10:22:59 PM »

I've been trying to get some decent photos, then make them small enough to go on this site!
Here goes...

Puffin · « **Reply #134 on:** July 19, 2014, 10:26:26 PM »

The little fella on the right in the first picture is a real beauty but he won't pose for the camera!

Sue · « **Reply #135 on:** July 20, 2014, 10:01:01 AM »

Nice fish

I love the colour of ember tetras, they really stand out in a tank despite their size.

And they'll enjoy all those plants

ColinB · « **Reply #136 on:** July 21, 2014, 09:00:26 AM »

That looks really good.

Puffin · « **Reply #137 on:** July 21, 2014, 09:42:15 AM »

Thanks both. The plants just keep growing! So much for specialised substrate and co2!

dbaggie · « **Reply #138 on:** July 21, 2014, 08:36:42 PM »

Quote from: Puffin on July 21, 2014, 09:42:15 AM

Thanks both. The plants just keep growing! So much for specialised substrate and co2!

Your plants look like they're doing really well - in fact they're probably part of the reason why you've been having difficulty photographing your fish as the plants seem to be 'pulling' the focus of your camera! Although CPD's are a nightmare to snap regardless owing to them darting around the place so much (I've tried!).

Puffin · « **Reply #139 on:** August 04, 2014, 09:44:12 PM »

Going to try again with the fish photos, just cos I cropped some of the full tank photos I took, and think they look better now.

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