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Since switching to RO water they’ve been getting better color and been up at the glass way more. And I finally got them eating vibrabites by feeding little frozen bloodworms and vibrabites together. That tank has 10 gallons on either side so maybe the guppies are too much movement on the other...
Currently 240 tds 8dgh 2 dkh 6.8 ph.
Other tank that’s just tap is at 500 tds and that’s after a 50% change yesterday. Before the ro water apisto tank had gh of 20 and kh of 15~ with tap so I figured it would help. Sorry for the glare but at least it’s clean glass lol
So Tap water which I was using came out like 350ish tds. I’ve been remineralizing RO to 130~ (Salty shrimp gh/kh+) 10% daily water changes the past week but I’ve read people using pure RO too so maybe still too hard/using the wrong thing. Also was told I could use baking soda and something else...
Honestly not sure if it’s really a proven pair guy at the lfs I’ve been going to for years said they were but who really knows if he just wanted to get rid of them. Just redecorated a few days ago and they’ve come up more to the front and not hiding as much but took out 2 plastic caves for this...
So I have a pair of apistogramma cacatouides double red. The female is a pale yellow almost tan some black spots but nice colored fins. Since I’ve had them (6 monthsish) they haven’t really showed any signs of spawning. Been feeding frozen bbs, regular brine, frozen blood worms, live black worms...