50 gallon tank page.
I have taken a few photos since I renovated the tank on 4/7/2025 but have yet to process any of them because
it is time consuming, and my web site is near maximum allowed byte usage.
I renovated the 50 gallon aquarium on 4/7/25. All the rosy barbs had died off, and it was time to downsize. Only the two
clown plecos remained in the 50 gallon. They had been moved from my
65 gallon aquarium on 2/19/22.
I took everything out of both the 20 and 50 gallon aquariums. I threw out most of the java moss and cleaned things very well.
I drip acclimated the fish back in.
I moved all the fish from the 20 gallon aquarium to the 50 gallon aquarium. There were 11 panda cories.
They had all been born in the 20 gallon tank and were getting old with cataracts for example. Details of their history can be
found on the panda cory and 20 gallon tank pages.
I used the 20 gallon to quarantine 26 fish of 3 species for the 50 gallon. Only 7 made it out alive. Details can be found on the pages for those species.
Current 27 fish in the 50 gallon tank:
- 2 clown plecos - bought 2/23/21, moved to 50 gallon 2/19/22
- 9 panda cories - born in 20 gallon, moved to 50 gallon 4/7/25
- 2 albino longfin zebra danios - one male and one female, bought 4/7/25, moved to 50 gallon 5/10/25
- 1 longfin blue danio - one female, bought 4/7/25, moved to 50 gallon 5/10/25
- 6 longfin zebra danios - four females, two males, bought 5/29/25, moved to 50 gallon 6/23/25
- 3 regular fin zebra danios - two females, bought 5/29/25 as longfins, moved to 50 gallon 6/23/25
- 3 white cloud mountain minnows - two males and one female, bought 4/7/25, moved to 50 gallon 5/10/25
- 1 albino white cloud mountain minnow - bought 4/7/25, moved to 50 gallon 5/10/25
Record of 4 fish losses by date after 4/7/25:
- 1 albino white cloud mountain minnow - one female; bought 4/7/25, moved to 50 gallon 5/10/25 (injured during move), died 5/16/25; tank was
treated with erythromycin
- 1 albino longfin zebra danios - one female; bought 4/7/25, moved to 50 gallon 5/10/25, died 5/17/25
- 1 panda cory - moved to 50 gallon from 20 gallon on 4/7/25, died 5/17/25
- 1 panda cory - moved to 50 gallon from 20 gallon on 4/7/25, died 5/30/25
Some small ramshorn snails and Malaysian trumpet snails came from the 20 gallon during the renovation on 4/7/25. The snails
never seemed to be a problem but are now eating more of my plants than I would like.
Some plants from both the 20 and 50 gallon tanks were put back into the renovated 50 gallon aquarium. I have no idea
what the species are at this point but my best informatino follow.
From the 20 gallon tank, I moved java fern, floating fern, and duckweed as well as a few small maybe Anubias plants. I used
two styrofoam floating hoops (one square, one round) to hold the floating fern and duckweed in mostly two areas.
From the old 50 gallon, there was Anubias barteri, crypts, java moss, and a huge plant that is also Anubias I think.
Filter - Emperor 400 filter installed 5/11/19.
Heater - On 12/12/20, I put in a new Aqueon Pro 150 W heater.
Lid and Lighting - Glass lid with Aqueon Modular LED 36" aquarium light with three removable "bulbs". I changed to the LED
lamps on 8/8/20.
Gravel - Natural colored gravel- reset up with Flourite under the gravel for new setup on 5/12/01.
Aeration - Air bar run by half an Airpod (which has battery backup when the power goes off).
A few knick knacks!
Two pieces of slate holding a big piece of driftwood, a small piece of driftwood, petrified wood,
and a small clay pot.
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