Think Fish Keepers Daily News. [2016-2019]

I'm so jealous right now 

Do cory ever stop laying eggs?

Apparently not! 

 

We currently decorating. We've sealed off the archway that connected the dining and sitting room and opened up the doorway between my sons room and the dining room (bizarre place for a door I know). Effectively this has given my son 2 connecting rooms, one for a bedroom and one as his own sitting room. These 2 connecting rooms need redecorating and new carpet fitted throughout.

My side of the sitting room currently has a plasterboarded wall thats going to need skimming with plaster and unfortunately its a wall that makes up the corner my 200l tank sits in. I was hoping we'd get away with using filler like we have on my son's side of the wall but it's not going to work out.

I've been delaying my tank rejig because I knew I'd need to empty it completely to move it and I was going to do it then BUT it looks like I'm going to have to move my tank twice. We cant plaster that wall with the tank in the way    Also my son's tank will need to be moved so we can paint behind it AND again when he has a carpet fitted.

I was thinking if we empty the tanks to move them the first time but don't add more than a sprinkling of substrate and then add the plants and the larger bits of hard decor he fish shouldn't be stressed too much. There will probably be a week or two between moves and I just can't think of any other way of doing this.

Can anyone think of an easier way of doing this?

I think 2 moves are unavoidable but I hadn't considered putting my son's tank elsewhere to avoid a 3rd move. Where to put it though  my bedrooms currently full of bookshelves and other furniture. Hmmm...

Ta Sue.

you must be able to find somewhere for the tanks 

Unfortunately its a small 2 bedroom flat. A lot of the furniture that was in the dining room is now in my bedroom, some of my son's stuff is also in there, I have to squeeze past the dining room table and move chairs to get clothes out of my wardrobe. The front room contains the rest of furniture which is being stored in front of the kitchen access to the front room.

I had to get rid of a floor to ceiling bookcase and all the books because there was nowhere for it to go and I think I'll probably have to get a folding dining room table and chairs to replace the one I have now.

The problem is it took a lot of planning to get the number of tanks we do have into our little flat so there really is little room to work with   

Hey @Fiona this is what part of my living room has looked like for over a week, and will continue to do so until the MA guys come back to deliver the other tank - have asked them to put the 340L tank onto the cabinet for me.
That will teach me to prepare the space prior to delivery. 
The rest of the room is no less cluttered with tanks. 

The tanks in the fireplace are temporary. The tank on the left contains Sherbon and Humbug, and the tank on the right contains Harry the BN.
Working clockwise around the room for next pics:-
340L tank will go on cabinet in corner of room.
Other side or armchair is another collection of tanks - betta tank, South American tank, and temperate tanks.
Other end of dining table are the puffers and tiger barbs.

When the 220L tank arrives, and as the juvenile axolotls are starting to mature and I work out which ones are male or female, there will be a big tank reorganisation, which may not be in line with original plans. 

I can see lots of empty floor space for more tanks, Donna. You're really not trying hard enough!

I was cleaning the quarantine tank yesterday and suddenly heard a frog! Then realised it was my croaking gourami croaking!!!! I didn't realise it was that loud and as I had the lid up all day because of the heat I heard him several more times.

I think they're limbering up to spawn again as I saw the male displaying like a loon at the female. None of the fry from the first spawning seem to have survived so I'm thinking about setting up a small 30l tank I have as a spare for the fry this time. I quite fancy a tankful of little croakers.

Updating the pygmy cory birth rate: 3 of the larger fry have matured into fish, I don't know what happened to the rest of them  and yesterday I spotted another really teeny tiny fry.

There's always pygmy cory eggs in the tank, I've got 3 females and they seem to take it in turns to spawn, thank goodness all the fry don't make it to adulthood.

The croakers are a lot prettier than the sparklers, although they looked completely unimpressive in the shop as they were mainly white.

I've just discovered I can hear the croaking from the kitchen in the front room over Bargain Hunt on the tv!!!!!