Time for aquarium maintenance
By rsa101
@rsa101 (40456)
Philippines
February 27, 2021 4:43am CST
It’s been sometime that l haven’t post about my aquarium. This is it after several months of learning so many things about my tank. It literally has grown big especially the plants which has established themselves and l just trim them every other week since they grow fast and spread fast. Algae in the tank cannot be avoided you just need to remove it when they are growing fast but l allow them to stay there as they help in cycling the tank and making the tank balanced.
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@Sam_graphixer (2465)
• India
3 Mar 21
awesome ... long back we used have a aquarium .... small one though
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@rsa101 (40456)
• Philippines
3 Mar 21
@Sam_graphixer Iy has pros and cons of course. But for as long as your enjoying it I guess you are fine with it.
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@Sam_graphixer (2465)
• India
3 Mar 21
@rsa101 Dont have any for now but i can understand the stress
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@lazydaizee (6732)
• United Kingdom
27 Feb 21
You have some lovely fish. There used to be an amazing pet shop down the road from where I live and they used to sell lovely fish, including tropical and marine fish. I used to go there just to watch the fish, but unfortunately the shop closed down years ago. Probably due to customers like me who only went there to look and not buy.
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@louievill (28847)
• Philippines
27 Feb 21
Your tank is beautiful, I see you breed guppies, is the black fish a Molly? I also have a tank but I keep it as simple as possible for easy cleaning because of my busy schedule.
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@rsa101 (40456)
• Philippines
27 Feb 21
Not a full time breeder just love collecting those fancy guppies but l was able to have the female guppy bear about three frys. Yes the black one was molly. This one was born from the tank when l bought some mollies and gave birth on the tank her parents passed away some time ago. Now that molly gave birth to one.
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@jobelbojel (36791)
• Philippines
15 Mar 21
I wanted to have aquarium but I am too lazy to clean and maintain it.
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@rsa101 (40456)
• Philippines
15 Mar 21
@jobelbojel I know and understand that. I on the other hand really enjoy doing this thing. It is hard sometimes my back aches already after doing the weekly maintenance but I enjoy watching them after cleanup and the fish swim happily around the tank every week.
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@rsa101 (40456)
• Philippines
23 Mar 21
Oh, that's nice. When I was young my mom gave me one too which I had for many years until I finish college and finally work away from home. To this day that aquarium is still back home but not used anymore. How I wish I could get that one and used it but it's just hard to transport it here.
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@kaylachan (80245)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Feb 21
The tank does look pretty cool all things considered.
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@Letranknight2015 (52550)
• Philippines
1 Mar 21
Those rocks looks kinda heavy. But at least the fish enjoyed it.
Out of three tanks I have, this one had excessive algae which I removed some of it this afternoon. I was also advised to get an armano shrimp, but I just don't have the budget anymore. I used to have combined the last of my mollies and danios to the guppies. But at the end they became somewhat stressed. When I bought new set of mollies they will be set on a new tank. not so new though. My mistake then was not cycling the tank and put the fish immediately.
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@rsa101 (40456)
• Philippines
2 Mar 21
They say that when your tank has algae it is imbalance of something in the tank. It could be that there is an excessive nitrates that make algae bloom. But in my experience my fish looks healthier when there is the presence of algae. Algae becomes a nuisance when they are in abundance and they make the plants unhealthy anymore. But when they are not that many just a few on the rocks or driftwood it helps balance the water parameters.
@Letranknight2015 (52550)
• Philippines
11 Mar 21
@cacay1 you should check my post about my recent fish tanks.
@hayyusophana (187)
• Indonesia
27 Feb 21
Your tank looks so eye catching. I get relaxed when i see the photos.
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