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    blackwater tank cycling?

    He is i hope they breed but they are also on the old side of things. The female is pretty ragged.
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    blackwater tank cycling?

    This is a 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 year old a. ladisalo; i moved him with the female i think he paired with to a 15 in hope they will breed (they were in a 40b with some other females).
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    blackwater tank cycling?

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    blackwater tank cycling?

    The power of leaves:
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    What species of pencil fish are these ?

    Yes i 'spoke' to someone on another forum who is far more knowledgeable these are likely a marginatus variant - he thinks they were previously known as 'picturatus' - i found this picture on a generman website: https://www.aqualog.de/en/lexikon/nannostomus-marginatus-4/ Mine has a more full...
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    What species of pencil fish are these ?

    Also so far they lack the aggression of trifs.
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    Ivanacara Bimaculata in the UK

    Shouldn't be - they pair and as far as i can tell the bond is pretty strong but as long as the tank is large enough for the other males to move out of the way she won't bother them. I had 5 males with a female in a 65 (48 long 16 wide). I even had a pair of a. ladisalo in there and she left them...
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    What species of pencil fish are these ?

    They look like some sort of variant of trifs but with more red esp next to the middle black line.
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    Ivanacara Bimaculata in the UK

    They are extremely tame but once a pair form the female is not fully tolerant of other females - she doesn't mind extra males.
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    Deficiency symptoms in H. leucocephala – magnesium or iron deficiency?

    There are two different type of FE fertilizer - i forget what they are but one does not work well in acidic water so you want the other type ;)
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    blackwater tank cycling?

    Another wc krib with different colours - the seller (jeff) tells me he has a way to go to fully colour up but nature does weird thigns:
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    German Blue Rams keep dying

    A few comments: a) The water is pretty darn hard for rams (domestic or wc) if it is 100+ kh/gh. Can they live in this water - i suppose they might but they won't be able to breed and they might not live. This is a delicate fish that does best with tds below 100 and 40 is better. b) The temp...
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    German Blue Rams keep dying

    If everything is all good why are they dying? Perhaps your view of 'parameters are all good' doesn't match what the fish expects or think is good. Are these frys, 1 inch or young adults. Is the tank cycled? The tails being clamped suggest either aggression or they don't agree with you that...
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    Why do sites report PH ?

    In truth water that is extremely soft will settle on a low ph. My discus tank claims to have 4.5-4.7 ph and a steady state of 20 ec; though enough decaying matter like leaves will raise the ec. It takes very little to impact ph and/or ec at the low end. Conversely it is very difficult to...
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    Why do sites report PH ?

    But again do chcoolate gourami require much lower ph or is that just what someone measured and was too lazy to check tds/kh/gh ? I've kept and bred fishes that others stay require ph 4.x at somehwere between 5.7 and 6.1 and had no problem breeding them and keeping them alive.
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