Part 2 ... Stunning Guppies ... Newbie to my fish room

Addition to my Fish Room.

ATFG RREA Russian Red Lace

These fish are vigorous and have patterns that are clearly defined, and their finnage (dorsal and caudal) is fabulous in length and shape. They have not fully colored up, yet. They drop fry whose color ranges from shades of orange to red, but all are beautiful. The chain-linked pattern is fluorescent against their skin and when it catches the light, it is magnificent. This line can be crossed with the Russian Red Lace line and the babies will be a mixed batch of albinos and solid Russian Red Laces.


The Parent




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Stunning Guppies ... Newbie to my fish room

I've been waiting for this guppies in a week now and finally it arrived last night. It was well packed by the seller and it comes with a heat pack. It just means that this is an important strain that needs to be protected.

Let me introduce them:

First is one gorgeous trio of RREA Red Moscow when I was looking at it on AB I was stunned by the solid red color of the parent. Like almost 3/4 of the body is covered in blood like color.
I really hope the juvy's will get the parents color as it mature.


The Parent:




8 weeks old Trio:







Short Video of the puppies:






Next group is one stunning fish, first time I have seen Russian Red Lace Snakeskin and was pysche. I was amazed on how the lining on the tail coincide with the body. Most of all the full high dorsal fin.


The Parent



8 Weeks old Trio




I was lucky on this batch all the female were ribbon fin!


Short video of the puppies:

DIY Bucket Light

I was checking my preggy females on my bucket drop off one night and one idea came to my mind. Oh! this bucket will have a usage on my tank. I decided to create my own bucket light for my 10 and 20 gallon. I gathered all the materials I will need and did a check list.


Here they are:

• Plug In Outlet Socket Adapter Plug To Light Bulb - Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes
  
• Cable Tie - Dollar Store
• Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb - Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes
• 6ft Electrical Extension Cord - Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes
• Quick Dry Glue - Dollar Store
  
• Aluminum Foil - Dollar Store
  
• Bucket - Dollar Store
  
• Tie String - Dollar Store
• Circular drill or Knife
  

Some visual so you know what I'm talking about.

Socket Adapter, Cable Tie, Quick Dry Glue



Bucket, Extension Cord, Compact Flourescent Bulb



Aluminum Foil




Steps:

1. Drill holes on top of the bucket.
2. Once drilled connect the extension cord from the hole outside the bucket to the socket adapter
3. Drill small holes on top of the bucket between the extension where you will put in the cable tie to lock the extension cord outlet.
4. If all is lock tight put aluminum foil inside the bucket to cover all the area and put some glue to hold the foil.
5. If it's all dried up plug the CFL bulb to the socket adapter.
6. Get the string to tie the bucket light to hold the piece together.
   
7. Now you need to test the setup.

Look at that for $7-8 you now have your own light with a DIY hood.





Hope you like it!

Inspired by this article "Killing them with Kindness"

I read an interesting article on an informative website about treating your fish with too much kindness. It's like how you treat your own child, when you baby them too much they tend to become weak.

This is part of the article I was so intrigue.

http://www.fancyguppies.co.uk/page68.htm

"One of the biggest hurdles the guppy hobby needs to clear today is that of loving them to death. Expensive trios that die when moved to a new environment with good water parameters before fry are dropped is, to me, totally unacceptable, as are fish that need constant medication to stay alive. A lot of eager first time hobbyists are lost forever after a bad experience with expensive fish. I was an experienced guppy keeper and was disgusted when I re-entered the hobby and found fish difficult to keep alive."

by Anthony Fischinger

That's when I got so excited to try on my tanks. I have a few 10 gallon tanks which are bare bottom and guess waht no plants! I started first on buying some substrate or gravel and you know me the cheap guy I decided why not check it at Walmart.

I also found some sale gravel on Petco when I was roaming around the Seekonk area. I saw this
CaribSea Midnight Black Floramax Premium Aquarium Substrate, I think this was 12lbs which was sold on original price of $19.99 guess what how much I got them $5.99. So I grab 2 bags for my project.





I also bought some plants from my friends I was able to grab some nice hornwort and java moss. Not the java moss you buy on ebay that they will say oh it's a golf size ball but when you received it it's a size of a grape or quail eggs...LOL. I also created some DIY lights for some of my tanks for this project which I will discussed on a separate post . I used CFL lights, socket adapter and a few 3-in-1 extension. You will really need the lights for the fish, specially the plants so they will stay green and grow fast.

I also grab those 2 sponge filter on ebay which are sold for $2.49 shipped but you have to wait a few weeks it's all coming from Hong Kong but it's worth the wait. A triangle sponge filter which was $3.49 each shipped also on ebay.





Well here's the result of this small project of mine after few weeks running on green environment.








Guess what this 2x15 gallon rubber maid clear tub is been running for a month now without water change this has Full Black Moscow, HB AOC and Blue Delta fry and they are enjoying the water. All the helpful bacteria colonized on the tank with the help of the substrate, sponge filter and the mulm. All the water parameters on my project are reading 0 Ammonia(NH3), 0 Nitrite(NO2) and 20-3o ppm nitrate(NO3).



Here's some points that helps my green water environment with the help of my helpful bacteria friends!

Ammonia, nitrites and nitrates are all byproducts of waste breaking down in an aquarium, and all are toxic at some level to your fish and plant life. A significant amount of fish and plant waste can accumulate in any tank, as well as uneaten food, algae, and bacteria. As in all environments, this waste needs to be broken down and either eliminated or turned into something which can be utilized by another organism. In an aquarium, there is a population of bacteria that is responsible for this process. The breakdown of waste is a four-part process:

1. First, the waste from fish, plants, and food breaks down and releases ammonia.

2. This ammonia is very toxic to fish and must be converted to nitrite by bacteria.

3. Nitrite is also toxic to fish, and must be converted to nitrate by bacteria.

4. Nitrate is not nearly as toxic, and is used by plants or algae to help them grow.


And yeah the article really works! Thanks to Anthony Fischinger and http://www.fancyguppies.co.uk/.