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One more question....
Would any insecurity felt by the cacs be triggered more by tank size or bareness? For example, if I added some gravel and plants, would this help?
Matthew Clark
Neon eggs are indeed light sensitive.
Like Neil said, if you want a shot at raising the fry, you're going to need almost 100% RO water filtered over peat. pH should definetly be below six; i would even say it wouldn't hurt to push it below 5.
Matthew Clark
Pardon the abruptness, but I'll dispense with a prelude.
Pair of cacs in 5.5 gallon. Bare excpet sponge filter and flowerpots. Each time female has eaten eggs after 3-4 days tending. Based ontiming, I assume the eggs didn' hatch, so she ate them.
Temp 82, RO water mixed with a little tap...
Z-Man, Neil,
Thanks! So far she is keeping them, so I'll kep my fingers crossed...
Tank contains two flowerpots and a sponge filter.
Is BBS suitable as a FIRST first food? Or should I start with something like infusoria or egg yolk?
What about the male? She hasn't been beating on him...
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The majority of the literature I have read suggests that a tank should pretty much be confined to one species of apisto unless it is very large, as the different species will scrap for the same territory. Yet just recently I saw a post here suggesting that in a tank as small as 25 gallons you...
I am currently using pure RO water revitalized with Kent RO Right in my apisto tanks. Although it seems to be a good receipe for apistos, the same has not hel true for plants. Val never really caught on, my crypts were doing great for a little bit but now have started to "melt," Ludwigia...
I had some nasty stuff in my tanks before I started quarantining. I don't claim to be an expert, bt here's what's worked for me:
1. 5.5 gallon tank.
2. Bare except for a flowerpot or two.
3. Sponge filter/50 watt heater.
4. Inhabitants introduced into tap water(which is fairly close to...