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Recent content by _bsafarijoe

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    Apistograma Community 45

    Thank you again Mac. I really appreciate your honesty and patience with me. I only have one pair (A.c) and I don’t want to mess up their breeding or hurt my community. I think it’s a good idea to just keep them separate!
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    Apistograma Community 45

    Hey y’all! I have a 45 gallon tall tank that I have had forever, it’s currently being used as a grow out for my Jaguar cichlid, but he is now 4 inches and is being moved to a 125 in the upcoming months. I would like to upgrade my current 10 gallon community tank to that setup, I am also thinking...
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    Apistogramma viejita from LFS?

    Oh no! Sorry! Didn’t even look at your location!
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    Apistogramma viejita from LFS?

    You do you man, I'm just saying, species like Canadian red oak and scrub oak have humic acids for days.
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    Apistogramma viejita from LFS?

    Trusty me when I say, oak quickly turns any tank into blackwater.
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    Apistogramma viejita from LFS?

    Best for tanins are alder. that and oak
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    Apistogramma viejita from LFS?

    You definitely do want it to deteriorate, but slowly, if it's too fast it will cause a bloom. I do a lot of these setups and I find that if you pair faster decomposing materials (live oak, dregea pods, or soft stems) with hard materials (suraleca pods, alder cones and twigs, and guava leaves) it...
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    Apistogramma viejita from LFS?

    Check out his stuff and get yourself some guava leaves! I love them because they hold up and don't deteriorate!
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    Apistogramma viejita from LFS?

    If you are ever interested, https://bettabotanicals.com/ is amazing. I'm not affiliated with them or their sales but I love to plug Ben when I can! I love his stuff.
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    Apistogramma viejita from LFS?

    Botanical style aquarium
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    Apistogramma viejita from LFS?

    Thank you man! I have a 20 tall that I can use and I’ll maybe set that up this weekend! I definitely love the idea of biotope and I have good access to botanicals (My friend owns Betta Botanicals, an awesome company if you haven’t checked em out) so maybe I’ll do a BSA with undisturbed...
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    Apistogramma viejita from LFS?

    I have a bad case of MTS the tank they are in is a 10 community planted with Blackline rasboras, two baby alb bn plecos (temporary) I have too many tanks… the setup is a 10 planted with 9 blackline rasboras, 5 ember tetras, 2 baby alb BN plecos (temporary cleanup crew that I move around to...
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    Apistogramma viejita from LFS?

    For breeding also, is there something I should be focusing on with the perameters?
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    Apistogramma viejita from LFS?

    I’ve seen those and honestly I think they are ugly. Cool colors but they look sad. Like skinny and I always think something is up with their fins.
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    Apistogramma viejita from LFS?

    Amazing! Should I build a biotope or would it be better to keep them in the community they are in?
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