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FINWIN said:
Update and yes, pics.

First, the "acara mafia in the sun" time appears to be over. I don't know what happened or exactly when, but Rocky and Jazz are no longer shooting out when fish swim by. In fact they pretty much stay hidden in their area behind some plants. My mom joked that maybe they had been eaten by (you know who) I didn't want to even think it! ? To make matters worse I saw Brick near the back moving his mouth like he does after eating a nightcrawler. I was relieved to see the acaras this evening after not seeing them for almost two days. In any case somebody has put a stop to their nonsense.

Everyone else is doing well. Corn is a character, but he has a sense of his place in the heirarchy. He and Boss get along well. Still goes after Pepper for whatever reason. He's back and forth with Pip but generally gets along reasonably well with the HRP. Pip's color is really showing now, the blue circle and face patches. He's even got an 'electric blue' line going along his top fin. Roams the whole tank and doesn't give a hoot about tank mate size. He darts, scoots, and glides all over the place. When Corn messes with him he messes right back.

I continue to make adjustments to increase floor space but keep 'get away' areas, privacy and sight breaks. Its a tricky thing/balancing act that's a work in progress. Right now some of the territory lines have blurred a bit. But if a fish stays too long out of his turf he gets run out. So more tolerance, but everyone still wants their space. The adjustments have helped the synos too, they've calmed down from their mania. Cash is sitll missing a chunk of skin on his right side. Bobo's one millionth cracked lip is healed again.

I had to do a major clean of the big tank today. Stuff and gunk in areas that was...ugh. Increased space along the back wall, too. Brick and Boss took advantage right away (its over in Bobo's area). Corn has made a home over on Bobo's side. Pip pretty much sleeps over there too but during the day he gets 'out.' Same with Pepper. Brick just loves swimming between and through stuff.

Its pretty cool to see everyone go from high activity to that 'calm zone' that happens in early evening with the magenta lights go on. Its like a tonic or something. Then later under blue light everyone starts disappearing into hidey holes. Well, not Brick...he rests on the bottom with his head on his rock pillows.

The floating plants arrived today! Red Root and giant frogbit. Very healthy with thick roots! I'll do a weekly pic on their growth.

Pics of the floaters below. Not a bad one in the bunch! You can see some of them have solid roots already. I'd say the longest ones are like 1 1/2" and thick. Under high light and I've added two tablespoons of ammonia to get the party started.

My phone is now working reasonably well but I'll still need a new one. Seems as if going to Wifi Calling has stopped the insane battery drain I had. I did resolve the charging issue but the drain was bad. Still can't get updates for compatibility/function of apps because phone's past two years old, the magic built in obsolete year. My 'up to date' phone last had a patch in 2018!

The floaters, all nice and pretty. I love the way they just flip right side up because the roots are heavy:

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I do well with most floaters just not red root, they always die on me. Good luck!
 
MinuteMan said:
Lots of great tanks and info in the thread. Thanks
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I figure fishkeeping is educational and mostly fun. I guess I'm an 'underwater news reporter!' I try to keep it fresh and entertaining.

Pics of Pip will be coming soon, if he can stay still long enough. I ordered some more nightcrawlers from a different company because I didn't want too many at a time (min 50). These things look more like snakes than worms...I wasn't impressed with the packaging, they were bagged instead of boxed. The heat packs were liquified and melted which tells me they were in transport too long. About 5-6 were bad or going bad (yuk). I moved the tub into the garage in case I had a few escapees. I'll be curious to see if my Oscar will eat these giant worms. If not they'll go out back when its warmer. I may go back to the original company, their worms just seemed a lot 'fresher' shall we say. Nightcrawlers Brick usually knows are from 3-5". These things are around 6-8 inches long!

So I check the garage this morning and sure enough there were some jail breaks. But they were from the baby/juvie worms already in there. The new arrivals hadn't moved.

Patch must be getting her mature size because she's really bulking up, and it isn't from eggs. I can't even tell anymore when she's gonna lay by looking at her. Kong is going through all kinds of color phases now. She's a patchy orange/peach/white, piebald or frosty orange. She nearly went all orange before going light again. I have no idea what this is all about. Plus, she's started banging the glass lid nonstop. You can hear it in the next room.
 
Welp, so much for wondering if Brick could eat a 'snake.'

The crew got dinner about an hour ago...I decided to see if my Oscar would eat one of the giant nightcrawlers. WHY DID I EVEN WONDER?? He grabbed it sideways, spat it halfway out to get it straightened up then DOWN THE HATCH. He happily chewed away and polished it off in two seconds. But wait.

I put some blackworm/spirulina cubes in for Pepper and Corn. Before they could grab a piece Brick gulped those down too. I put mealworms in for Bobo. Brick banged the chocolate out of the way and gobbled. The only thing he didn't eat were the pellets, which the other fish piled on. So greedy @ss swims a bit then sinks down on the sand like an overstuffed whale.

So while he lay there I was able to get cubes to the others.
 
Pics today! My phone is still kinda messed up but I'm plodding along.

A few community shots. Kind of hard when everyone is shoaling. Managed to catch Pip the Honduran Red Point. You can see his blue patches and pinkish body spangles at times. I love the blue lip! Sometimes he's deep blue and sometimes like a gray blue.

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