Rissa’s Aquatics

30/03/2024

Exciting day today!
My stickers have arrived and I can’t wait to share them with you 🙂

25/03/2024

My first babies are leaving.
🩶

20/03/2024

Coming Soon 👀

19/03/2024

My fish eat more veggies than I do 🌱

18/03/2024

L E M O N 🍋🌱

The Blue Eye Lemon Bristlenose Pleco (Ancistrus sp.), also known as the Blue Eye Lemon Bushy Nose Pleco, is a member of the Loricariidae family of South American suckermouth catfishes.
The Bristlenose pleco is one of the most easily and often-bred “pleco” species in the aquarium hobby. This fish is immediately distinguishable by its highly variable brown and tan marbled pattern, as well as the growth of many bristle-like appendages on its facial area beginning in sub-adulthood. Both s*xes grow the appendages, but the growth and length is much more pronounced in males. Many plecos, especially those that are wild-caught but are not yet properly scientifically described and categorized, are classified by the “L system,” with the L being short for Loricariidae, the family representing South American suckermouth catfish. It is widely believed that the “L144” classification of this fish is a misnomer and that the true L144 pleco is not bred or even seen in captivity, but might have initially been used in developing this color variety of this Ancistrus. Regardless, it is a very unique and beautiful tank-raised fish.
The Blue Eye Lemon Bristlenose Pleco is primarily nocturnal, but will often become active during daytime hours once established in an aquarium with plenty of driftwood, rockwork, and other hiding places. It is not known to eat wood heavily like some plecos (Panaque sp., etc.), but it may benefit from some supplementary wood (or bio-matter on driftwood) in its diet. The Blue Eye Lemon Bristlenose Pleco will not bother most plants, but it will eat plenty of algae in the aquarium, especially as a juvenile.
A generally peaceful and hardy species, the Blue Eye Lemon Bristlenose Pleco is an excellent, undemanding candidate for most aquariums. Unlike the widely-seen Common Pleco (Hypostomus plecostomus) and Trinidad Pleco (Hypostomus punctatus), which easily reach a monstrous size of 18 to 20+ inches, the Bristlenose Pleco grows to a size of only 4 to 5 inches (10 to 13 cm).

15/03/2024

Lemon & Ozzy 🍋🤘🏼

14/03/2024

Albino bristlenose ✔️
Spotted Rubbernose ✔️

14/03/2024

Before vs After ☀️ might make some more changes but nothing major. I’m pretty happy with the new look

14/03/2024

The worst part of redoing your scape is waiting for the water to clear so you know you didn’t mess up 🐠

10/03/2024

We’re home after a long journey. Ignore the floating particles, I moved stuff around and tomorrow am rescaping the whole tank.
The other male is a little shy and i won’t pester him until he settles in.
Scooped up some additional females too so my ratios are evened out 🩶🐠

10/03/2024

A few days ago I was contacted by a girl in one of the fish groups in apart of, she was sold these two fellas as Danio’s and was misinformed.
These two are both Sailfin Mollies and are males, which were harassing her other fish.
I have been breeding mollies for quite some time now so of course when she asked if I could take them on I said yes.
Name suggestions?
The white male has since gained some orange and yellow tones.
Stay tuned for the introduction to their forever home!

06/02/2024

Some recent changes:
Our Molly fry have become fish! They’re growing rapidly at this point and eating more than ever. They’re starting to show their personalities. I haven’t been able to properly s*x them yet, but we’re getting there! Soon they will need homes.. I’m not sure I’m ready but I can’t keep all 75!

We’ve welcome a new Male to the Molly crew for breeding purposes and I’m very excited to see the variations. He’s unnamed as of now, any suggestions?!

01/02/2024

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15/12/2023

Something about planted tanks 🤭

Beautiful new nature aquarium scaped by Gloria Ciriello 🌱🤩

15/12/2023

There will no longer be ramshorn infestation thanks to these assassin snails!

Assassin Snail Facts:
1. Under the right conditions, a well fed, mature Assassin Snail can grow to be upwards of 3 inches.

2. An Assassin Snail is a carnivore that buries itself in substrate, waiting for something to eat. Assassins are particularly fond of eating Malaysian Trumpet Snails, Ramshorn Snails and pond snails that happen to move by.

3. The assassin has a pair of tentacles, a translucent muscular foot, and a special appendage known as the retractile proboscis, which allows it to reach deep inside another snail’s shell and scrape away at its flesh.

4. Unlike most snail species, assassin snails aren’t hermaphroditic and have distinct s*xes. However, s*xing them is impossible because females and males share the same appearance, size, and shape

13/12/2023

The whole gang swarmed the snello.
The plecos,
Cory’s
Molly Fry
Snails
Love it!
The brown mystery hasn’t let go of it since I dropped it in 😦

12/12/2023

First batch of snail food is done! Time to see if my snabies love or hate it 🙂

12/12/2023

Did you know you can make snail food right at home for under $10?
My first batch of snello will be done in an hour or two.
Snail jello!
I used
Canned Green beans ( no salt )
Algae tabs
Shrimp pellets
Fish flakes
3 slices of cuke
Garlic
Unflavored gelatin.

09/12/2023

The difference 1 year makes. Motherhood at its finest, getting fat and not being able to lose the baby weight.
Sonny & Clementine last year when I brought Clem home vs now. Clem is HUGE and Sonny hasn’t grown at all. Clem has given me 4 rounds of Fry.

28/11/2023

27/11/2023

Everyone,
This is Lenny.
He in his own tank now and seems to be enjoying the space. This is my only male at home, so it’s exciting.

22/11/2023

Mr Kawaī is blowing all the bubbles today after transitioning to dark water. He seems much happier and active with all the tannins.

17/11/2023

Cleaning Kawaī’s tank today.
Check out the root systems on these plants!
No fertz, no CO2, just lots of snail wast

12/11/2023

There’s to many ramshorns and I can explain… but most importantly let’s look at how many babies we have!!🥳🥳
I’ve counted well over 15.

11/11/2023

Ignore the food waste, I just fed the entire community and I’m awaiting the snails to do their cleanup but we have at least 8 baby mollies!

10/10/2023

Last night I moved most of the Cory eggs to a separate area away from the caviar eating Mollies, just to wake up to 3 more groups of eggs laid 😅

09/10/2023

One of my adult Ramhorns hanging off the bamboo roots 🐌

09/10/2023

I’ve moved some eggs away from those who will eat them, and I’ve found more along the back glass.

3-7 days and we will have some hatched baby albino corys 🥺

09/10/2023

Surprise alert! My corys laid eggs 🥺