56 gallon.

[Trixie]

Well. You get what you pay for. The center brace on the frame of my "free" 37 gallon snapped. I heard it. It was loud enough that I thought that something had fallen off my desk and unto the floor. The front glass was bowing out a little more, so I replaced the tank. I got a 56 gallon so that I could transfer the filter and light strip quickly and easily. I took the contents of the 37 gallon and a 15 gallon and combined them. Now that it is all done I am delighted. And pooped. All the inhabitants seem pleased.
Please forgive the aquascape - or lack thereof. I just threw all the plants in there to get it done. I will redo it soon. The only casualty was the big anubias. It got a bit dried out. Oops....

Rasboras Het and Espei, Diamond tetras, Rummynose tetras, 2 albino cories, 3 Julii cories, 5 otos, male betta (Bela) and female betta (Elizabeth), 7 mystery snails, cherry shrimp.

[DirtyDawg10]

Sorry to hear about your broken tank but what a good excuse to get a bigger one. You're off to a great start...the tank looks very nice. Congrats on the new tank.

[joephys]

Nice job of avoiding that disaster. I can just picture that bowing glass giving way.

[Trixie]

OMG. You should have heard the noise of the brace snapping. It snapped on the edge where it connects to the back of the frame. Irrepairable. Ack.

[mostlycichlids]

Sucks you lost a tank but the replacement is very nice! ...and bigger

[Trixie]

Well. Each and every time I start to think that I know what I am doing, that is exactly the time that something goes terribly wrong. Ack. I woke up, looked over at the new 56 and noticed that every fish, shrimp and snail was up at the surface gasping for air. I moved the spraybar and lowered the water level to get more surface agitation. I tested the water and the Ammonia is 0, the Nitrates are 20 and the Nitrite level was raised. I didn't sit long enough to see how high it was because I ran for the bucket and started to do a massive water change. (60 to 75%) I added more gravel from the cycled 15 gallon that I am in the process of taking down and added the HOB filter from that tank, too.
Yesterday I had added the first dose of plant ferts and Excel.

Poor fish! They look better now.

Adding to the problem, my dad took a turn for the worse. I think it has to do with some new meds.

Ack.

[sarcare]

That is terrible susan--I'm glad you caught it in time--things sometimes are just more complicated then they need to be! I'm sorry about your dad as well--I hope that they figure out his meds.

[Trixie]

Thanks, Sarah. I really appreciate it!

[DirtyDawg10]

Glad to hear you found out what the problem was in time to change out the water. How are the fish doing?

So sorry to hear about your Dad not doing well.

[Trixie]

They look OK for the most part. I did lose one Rummynose. I am assuming that since they are the most fragile, I expect to lose more as time goes on and the result of the raised nitrite level shows up. I am going to test the water again later and probably do another wc if need be.
Dad is a little better this afternoon as well. Yay!