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Hi all,
Two females has always been a recipe for disaster with me as well.
It will tell us a lot more <"https://apistogramma.com/forum/threads/sexing-please.23154/#post-107826">.
cheers Darrel
Hi all,
I have Malaysian Trumpet Snail (Melanoides tuberculata) in all my tanks where the water is hard enough for them.
I use very fine "play sand" and I've never had any problem with it <"https://apistogramma.com/forum/threads/hth-pool-filter-sand-for-agassizii.25838/#post-128536">.
cheers...
Hi all,
I haven't kept Dicrossus filamentosus for a long time, but I think they are a black water fish? This was a thread from 2012 <"https://apistogramma.com/forum/threads/1st-d-maculatus-spawn.12389/#post-69282">.
cheers Darrel
Hi all,
Black water fish are very prone to infection if kept in harder water without tannins etc. They also can eat themselves to death if overfed.
Yes, that is the point, clear water has plenty of food available, but black water is food poor and the fish that live there are extremely...
Hi all,
Blackwater fish are often difficult to keep long term, but Mike is right feeding them isn't usually a problem, as they eat whatever they can fit in their mouths.
cheers Darrel
Hi all,
You don't need that much dGH, a lot of plants will get by on "petrol fumes".
Have a look at the "Duckweed Index", it is a technique for adding nutrients when the plants need them, rather than by rote.
Cheers Darrel
Hi all,
You don't need to, that is an incredibly small amount of ions, so they are both (dGH & dKH) less than one.
Conductivity is temperature dependent as well, higher temperatures cause increased electrical activity.
Likely.
That is it, it is a tiny addition of ions.
cheers Darrel
Hi all,
An advantage of a floating plant is that they always have access to atmospheric CO2 <"https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/"> and they have <"relatively little structural tissue">, so that they can respond to changes in nutrient levels relatively quickly.
Pistia stratiotes ("Water...
Hi all,
It is not just a "pretty face" you can use it as indication of nutrient levels in your tank as well, have a look at: <"https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/what-is-the-“duckweed-index”-all-about.73647/">.
Amazon Frogbit (Limnobium (Hydrocharis) laevigatum) is actually my "Duckweed" of...
Hi all,
You should find it propagates pretty readily, there are images in @Tom C 's article: "Collecting in Pebas, Río Orosa and Río Shishita 2008" - <"https://www.tomc.no/page.aspx?PageId=64">.
cheers Darrel
Hi all,
Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) is biotope appropriate.
I think it depends on your sense of scale, I see the riverine and "flooded forest" trees as amphibious plants.
Cheers Darrel