Thanks for your tips...I like your voice and attitude. One thing I've noticed about neons is they like a minimum of 15 to feel safe enough to come out and enjoy swimming. Just a thought. Don't you just love all the learning that comes with this hobby. Thank goodness for people like you and TH-cam! 🙂
Cheers mate, yea everydays a school day when it comes to fish keeping :). I'm looking at getting a dedicated tetra tank next year and move them over so they can feel safe and I can increase their numbers.
I recently started this hobby thanks to your 40g community tank video that i watched and Im already over 1500$ deep into this hobby thank you lol my neon tetras were showing similar behaviors when i had harlequin rasboras with them and the water flow from my fluval 307 (i have 30g) seemed to scared the tetras just from the sheer force so I switched the direction of the water from towards the bottom of the tank, still have surface agitation and switched out my rasboras with white cloud minnows. that seem to do the trick for me
I had a really bad blackbeard algae outbreak once. My driftwood literally looked like they were covered in hair. I drained the water and applied liquid carbon to them. Then refilled after a few minutes. In a few days they turned white and the snails and cherry shrimp started eating them. Then they just disappeared completely, leaving my driftwood clean as a whistle. I had casualties though. One cardinal died, probably because he was right below the driftwood when I applied the liquid carbon.
haha, yea mate, focusing on this niche from now on, been thinking of doing a monthly update on that channel to track this one but I just can't be bothered after doing all the videos for this one.
I added a fluval moss ball for phosphate control and seemed to work well. Ps: I have the exact same stocking as you in my 20 gallon minus the cories. They’re all doing good 😊
Those are normal for newly setup tanks. I highly suggest that you mix your substrate with pumice rocks (good for garden) and for super crystal clear water. 3 or 4kg of pumice rocks good for 40g tank
While I don't like aquasoil unless people hide it under sand, 5 is relatable as I had some cories manage to dig down to my soil layer & caused a nitrate/ite spike that lasted for a month until I discovered their bottomed-out, hidey hole at the back, behind some rocks.
Utiliza arena como substrato, tu acuario tiene demasiados nutrientes, dale tiempo para que madure y se establesca, saca las plantas que no funcionan y conseva las que si, nu luches tanto, el acuario te mostrara con tiempo lo que se adapta y lo que no.
Personally I think Tetras can be rather skiddish. Mine got scared when I left bagged fish acclimating in my tank. For weeks they were hiding after that episode. After that I rather drip acclimate new fish in a different container so as to not spook the fish in my main tank.
Yea I agree mate, mine were fine until my cories and harlequins started swimming all over spawning and they just seem scared now. Might actually put them in their own dedicated tank to try keep them calm.
@@sasfishadventures9729 - So many variables in this hobby. With often the biggest difference being the specific fish themselves. For instance you can say you have never had this problem. But for all I know you have no hiding places for the fish to go.
10:56 oh my god that cory 🤯😳 What led your cories round like that ? In their biological perspective they dont look like this in nature sometimes they do eat alot of food but majority of the times their belly remains flat or slightly curved but that isnt healthy for them And im glad you solved the issue
The two females are full of eggs as they are still spawning, each day there's batches of eggs somewhere in the tank then my Siamese Algae Eater goes round and eats them all.
Los tetras prefieren los acuarios con vejetacion alta que cubran parcialmente la soperficie y que produscan zonas de sombra junto con algunas plantas flotantes.
Rowa Phos or Seachem Phosguard will control high phosphate levels short term or even Seachem Purigeon. There's a few solid options out there, but all are just plasters.
Hi, great video. May i ask how you got your black beard and staghorn algaes under control? I too have elevated phosphate levels, i just started using Seachem Phosguard to see if that helps.
Cheers mate :) I tried a bunch of stuff at the same time. Reduced the lighting from 10 to 8 hours per day, increased weekly partial water changes from 25% to 50% until it was done, and started working on lowering phosphate. The phosphate levels in this tank are low like all the other ones after switching to deep cleaning my canister filter once per month so I'm going to stick with it. Hope it helps :)
Surprised that your Echi Reni is doing poorly, from my experience they mainly feed from their roots so aquasoil should keep them happy for a long time, if your anubias, buce and ferns all show no deficiencies i doubt its lack of water column nutrients. Mine only lost some of its initial leaves it arrived with, all the new growth does fine. Stocking slowly always has worked the best for me, initially i only keep amano's and ramshorn snails in a newly planted tank, to clean up any decaying plant matter when the plants are melting and adapting to their new parameters, this way the tank doesnt get overloaded with organic waste from decaying plant matter and fish that would result in an algae bloom. I know people tend to dislike ramshorns due to their ability to overpopulate quickly but i havent found a snail that so readily eats up any decaying plant matter, every tank ive kept them in ive never seen a spot of algae.
Thanks for the tips mate, yea I thought it would do a lot better in here, I'm going to trim the outer leaves off next water change and see if that helps :)
Annoyingly non relatable. 🤨 All my mistakes result in fish dying. They seem fine one day but die immediately when something is wrong with the tank. Algae is not a problem. Fish dying constantly is.😩 I have learned the hard way what not to do in a tank. Mostly fish that do not sit well with each other in a community tank even if google say they should be fine.😡
Yea Google is ranking some really bad advice right now. I prefer to try find TH-camrs or people on social media who show they actually keep the fish species to try get advice from them if possible.
Thanks for your tips...I like your voice and attitude. One thing I've noticed about neons is they like a minimum of 15 to feel safe enough to come out and enjoy swimming. Just a thought. Don't you just love all the learning that comes with this hobby. Thank goodness for people like you and TH-cam! 🙂
Cheers mate, yea everydays a school day when it comes to fish keeping :).
I'm looking at getting a dedicated tetra tank next year and move them over so they can feel safe and I can increase their numbers.
I recently started this hobby thanks to your 40g community tank video that i watched and Im already over 1500$ deep into this hobby thank you lol
my neon tetras were showing similar behaviors when i had harlequin rasboras with them and the water flow from my fluval 307 (i have 30g) seemed to scared the tetras just from the sheer force
so I switched the direction of the water from towards the bottom of the tank, still have surface agitation and switched out my rasboras with white cloud minnows. that seem to do the trick for me
haha, yea this hobby gets expensive quickly mate :).
Thanks for the tip, I will try adjust the water flow direction from the filter.
I had a really bad blackbeard algae outbreak once. My driftwood literally looked like they were covered in hair. I drained the water and applied liquid carbon to them. Then refilled after a few minutes. In a few days they turned white and the snails and cherry shrimp started eating them. Then they just disappeared completely, leaving my driftwood clean as a whistle. I had casualties though. One cardinal died, probably because he was right below the driftwood when I applied the liquid carbon.
Thanks for the tip mate, I will give it a try if it ever comes back :)
Bizarre. I thought I knew your voice. Hi SEO friend. 😂
haha, yea mate, focusing on this niche from now on, been thinking of doing a monthly update on that channel to track this one but I just can't be bothered after doing all the videos for this one.
I added a fluval moss ball for phosphate control and seemed to work well. Ps: I have the exact same stocking as you in my 20 gallon minus the cories. They’re all doing good 😊
Thanks for the tip mate :) Its a great stocking option, plenty of colors.
Those are normal for newly setup tanks. I highly suggest that you mix your substrate with pumice rocks (good for garden) and for super crystal clear water. 3 or 4kg of pumice rocks good for 40g tank
Thanks for the tips :)
While I don't like aquasoil unless people hide it under sand, 5 is relatable as I had some cories manage to dig down to my soil layer & caused a nitrate/ite spike that lasted for a month until I discovered their bottomed-out, hidey hole at the back, behind some rocks.
Yea, I love my Corydoras but they are a bit of a pain at times :)
Utiliza arena como substrato, tu acuario tiene demasiados nutrientes, dale tiempo para que madure y se establesca, saca las plantas que no funcionan y conseva las que si, nu luches tanto, el acuario te mostrara con tiempo lo que se adapta y lo que no.
Thanks for the tip :)
Personally I think Tetras can be rather skiddish. Mine got scared when I left bagged fish acclimating in my tank. For weeks they were hiding after that episode. After that I rather drip acclimate new fish in a different container so as to not spook the fish in my main tank.
Yea I agree mate, mine were fine until my cories and harlequins started swimming all over spawning and they just seem scared now. Might actually put them in their own dedicated tank to try keep them calm.
I haven't experienced that at all. Maybe you didn't have enough dither fish so they got scared
@@sasfishadventures9729 - So many variables in this hobby. With often the biggest difference being the specific fish themselves.
For instance you can say you have never had this problem. But for all I know you have no hiding places for the fish to go.
@@ThermicLight I have plenty of hiding places so I don't think it's that
I’ve been looking at iron levels…apparently plants need a fair amount of iron and leaves that develop holes is an indicator for a deficiency
Yea thats a good point, I might get a specialist iron liquid fert to give it a try.
Could you try a touch of soda water for your plant issues
Never heard of that method but I will look into it this weekend :) thanks for the tip mate.
10:56 oh my god that cory 🤯😳
What led your cories round like that ? In their biological perspective they dont look like this in nature sometimes they do eat alot of food but majority of the times their belly remains flat or slightly curved but that isnt healthy for them
And im glad you solved the issue
The two females are full of eggs as they are still spawning, each day there's batches of eggs somewhere in the tank then my Siamese Algae Eater goes round and eats them all.
@@GlassBoxDiaries and here in my tank the serpae tetra releases tons of eggs on plants and all the cories goes mad to eat them 😂
Los tetras prefieren los acuarios con vejetacion alta que cubran parcialmente la soperficie y que produscan zonas de sombra junto con algunas plantas flotantes.
Cheers mate, looking at setting tetra specific tank up for them sometime in the future so I will keep this in mind :)
Could the tetra be hunting fry and baby shrimp?
Thats a good point actually mate, theres countless baby shrimp in here now so that may be it.
Rowa Phos or Seachem Phosguard will control high phosphate levels short term or even Seachem Purigeon. There's a few solid options out there, but all are just plasters.
Thanks for the tip mate :)
I’ve had just 4 neon tetras in a 40 litre tank for months and months and they also are hiding most of the time
Its a shame because they are great looking fish.
Hi, great video. May i ask how you got your black beard and staghorn algaes under control? I too have elevated phosphate levels, i just started using Seachem Phosguard to see if that helps.
Cheers mate :)
I tried a bunch of stuff at the same time. Reduced the lighting from 10 to 8 hours per day, increased weekly partial water changes from 25% to 50% until it was done, and started working on lowering phosphate.
The phosphate levels in this tank are low like all the other ones after switching to deep cleaning my canister filter once per month so I'm going to stick with it.
Hope it helps :)
I am assuming you are feeding different food for the different fish.
Yea, I add 4 foods a day, top, mid, bottom, and shrimp :)
Surprised that your Echi Reni is doing poorly, from my experience they mainly feed from their roots so aquasoil should keep them happy for a long time, if your anubias, buce and ferns all show no deficiencies i doubt its lack of water column nutrients. Mine only lost some of its initial leaves it arrived with, all the new growth does fine. Stocking slowly always has worked the best for me, initially i only keep amano's and ramshorn snails in a newly planted tank, to clean up any decaying plant matter when the plants are melting and adapting to their new parameters, this way the tank doesnt get overloaded with organic waste from decaying plant matter and fish that would result in an algae bloom. I know people tend to dislike ramshorns due to their ability to overpopulate quickly but i havent found a snail that so readily eats up any decaying plant matter, every tank ive kept them in ive never seen a spot of algae.
Thanks for the tips mate, yea I thought it would do a lot better in here, I'm going to trim the outer leaves off next water change and see if that helps :)
That Cory is chunky 😂
Yea mate, they have been constantly spawning the last couple of months :)
I think the amazon sword needs higher NPK tabs
Thanks for the tip mate, I put another one under it recently but I'm going to order more next week.
@@GlassBoxDiaries I don't think the ones you are using are that high in NPK tbh, mostly micros
@@sasfishadventures9729 Yea, its the Seachem ones, I will research some others and see what I can find out :)
@@GlassBoxDiaries osmocote pond tabs is a good option
just add a lot of floating plants. your welcome
Thanks for the tip :)
Anything but f/duckweed. ;)
Salvinia grow moderately quickly, won't grow down to the substrate like some other floaters & aren't intrusive.
Annoyingly non relatable. 🤨 All my mistakes result in fish dying. They seem fine one day but die immediately when something is wrong with the tank. Algae is not a problem. Fish dying constantly is.😩 I have learned the hard way what not to do in a tank. Mostly fish that do not sit well with each other in a community tank even if google say they should be fine.😡
Yea Google is ranking some really bad advice right now. I prefer to try find TH-camrs or people on social media who show they actually keep the fish species to try get advice from them if possible.