fish profile: Tanichthys albonubes 'White Cloud Minnow'

White Cloud Minnows breeding tub.

I had 3 white clouds left over , they bred and I have 9 now. I know I have 1 breeding female good to go.



Keeping them with Java Moss , Hornwort , Bamboo .. they breed with heated tank but Im not heating the tank. Im gonna let them breed in the summer when it gets naturally hot. So by then my hornwort and Java Moss will be bigger , lots of goodies for fry to eat.

Plant profile: Mystery Plants

I bought some cheap plants from my LFS the other day , they didnt have them listed. Just pricing on them. They were bunched stems for the most part.

One of these stems came with a little BGA like algae on it. Had to clean it off.

This looks so nice if it can maintain this look. I love this look but I have a feeling this will be dying soon.

plant profile : Vallisneria Nana

I love this plant caz its so easy to care for and it looks nice. One key note: DO NOT USE FLOURISH EXCEL. It will melt and kill your vals.

From my first batch I had one root survive and it had a runner. After some time I finally decided to add a new single batch (3-4 roots) , within 3 weeks or so they are spreading like wildfire (see pic above). If you look at the pic you will see 4-5 baby runners stemming out , this is only 3 weeks in the making. I dont treat the water , I have regular flourscent low lighting and they are growing beautifully.

These are the mother of noob plants I would say. I only get into low tech plants and these are crazy easy to care for and to get new ones.

Remember NO EXCEL or any CO2 liquid supplement. They clearly dont need it anyways.

Fish Profile: Pimephales promelas 'Rosie Minnows'

Im keeping my rosies in a tub with java moss , hornwort , and a sponge filter. I will eventually move them to a slightly bigger tub if they ever start to reproduce.


Unheated tub of course , I still need to find a better spot for the tub.


rosie minnows are new to me , didnt realize the Petsmart near my house had them. 19 cents each. Affordable , its not crazy cheap but it is cheaper then some LFS' feeders.
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UPDATED Feb 20/10


I wanted to seperate my white clouds and turtle so I moved the white clouds into their own tub and moved the hornwort and moss with them. I put a breeding mop and a powerhead with the rosies. Rosies thrive in current waters so I figure the powerhead will do them good.

I lost a minnow this morning , my Ctenopoma sucked him down good.

plant profile : Ceratophyllum demersum 'Hornwort'

I've been looking for low tech floaters for awhile , well , considering I put zero effort into this "search" , I've been welcoming of floaters for years now. I finally did some digging and discovered a few common floaters that were available to me for some time. Hornwort was one of these plants.

Im anxious to see what I can get out of these guys. They are the natural floating version of Cabomba. I really love the look of needle plants like Hornwort and Cabomba.

I would love to have them exploding in growth and use it for various tanks and tubs for breeding especially. These are supposedly one of the best at absorbing fish waste and nitrates , hopefully these will really help stablilize all tanks/tubs.


Lots of dead needles i noticed. Nothing a good ol siphoning wont clean up.

Put one in the back and one in the front. In a tank with Apple snails and Amazon swords.

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Here's my other tub with Hornwort in it. I put my whiteclouds with them caz I figure the minnows would thrive breeding in them.

Project : Cabomba floater

scientific name : Cabomba Caroliniana

This will be my third attempt at green Cabomba. First time started fine , grew big , I pruned then it all died. Second time was straight death. Third time Im gonna free float it and grow and use it as a floater. See how this goes.

These guys needs lots of light , CO2 if possible but light is most important. 10-12 hours of medium-high light. They do get messy with falling needles.

Day 1: feb 17 wednesday

Cabomba 6" , as seen in photo below. I dosed with Excel and Flourish.

Marimo Ball Project : Feb 9 2010

DAY 1:



So I decided to finally tear apart my single Marimo Moss Ball into chunks to start colonizing them. See how this goes.