G$'s 29 Gallon GBR tank

**Gmoney** · 10-15-2009, 12:19 AM

Tank specs:
29 Gallons

filtration: AC 70, Tetra Whisper 30
light: 18w
heater: 100 w
substrate: flourite
decor: slate pieces and plants: java fern, swords, java moss, moss ball

stocking:
15 cardinals
3 amano shrimp
2 GBR's

*adding 8-10 panda corys in a few weeks

heres what it looked like in late july
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fish...=14190&cat=894

and here is an updated version
(haven't done that much to it since cept add some plants, shrimp and gbr's)
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fish...=14883&cat=916

**Girl Got Mojo** · 10-15-2009, 12:22 AM

Looks great. I love the Phish sticker! lol

**Northernguy** · 10-15-2009, 12:23 AM

Nice tank!
I like the phish bird! lol

**rich311k** · 10-15-2009, 12:31 AM

Very nice tank.

**Hailey** · 10-15-2009, 07:09 AM

Nice tank and GBRs! they do any breeding?

**Gmoney** · 10-15-2009, 03:16 PM

Thanks everyone! i appreciate the comments and welcome any suggestions or thoughts!

and yes hailey they have been breeding:)...in fact they just got done eating their second batch of eggs this morning.

how often do u think they will lay eggs now?

i also saw the shrimp around the eggs too...i am thinking i should remove them

how many times before they usually get it right? or do i have to remove the shrimp to ease the stress?

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fish...=14843&cat=916

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fish...=14857&cat=916

**Taurus** · 10-15-2009, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by Girl Got Mojo

Looks great. I love the Phish sticker! lol

Phish was and is a locally grown (yes right here in Vermont) alternative rock band. Kewl sticker.

**Gmoney** · 10-19-2009, 09:21 PM

welp i took the shrimps out and put them in a 10 gallon temporarily..hopefully there will be no stress for the rams now.

taurus...vermont also has magic hat and long trail mmmmmmm

**Gmoney** · 01-09-2010, 08:38 PM

Update..

Well the female ram unexpectedly died a month ago which left me discouraged with this tank because it took me awhile to finally get a pair and have them spawn.

Two weeks ago I added 6 panda corys and I still wanted more....so i went back to the lfs and asked for 3 and they gave me 5. I couldn't turn down 2 free pandas. I also got 3 zebra snails for the heck of it.

So the current stock looks like this

11 cardinals
11 panda corys
3 amano shrimp
3 zebra nerite snails
2 cherry shrimp
1 male GBR
1 CAE

**Taurus** · 01-09-2010, 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by Gmoney

Update..
Well the female ram unexpectedly died a month ago which left me discouraged with this tank because it took me awhile to finally get a pair and have them spawn.

Don't be too discouraged. Rams purchased from retail sources often have short life spans. As long as you kept your nitrates at or under 20 ppm and water temps around 79 - 80 degrees F, that's about all you can do. Some of them just die no matter how careful you are about your water parameters.