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Since I am not a friend of wild caught fish in tanks, I ran into another question.
Do captive-bred fish have problems with soft water? And how would you go about introducing them? Drip method?
Not that it's relevant right now, but I'd rather find out in advance.
Thanks again.
One more question about the substrate.
If I use fine quartz sand (0.1–0.3 mm), how thick can the layer be? Do the leaves and botanicals need to be added in sufficient quantities to cover the entire substrate? How thick can or must this layer ultimately be?
I understand that the...
Thanks, that's helping a lot for now.
Just two more quick questions:
When you say tea-extract... What do you think how long I got to cook it? Really long to concentrate it or just a few minutes to sterilize?
And what kind of substrate would you recommend? I was going for fine silicate sand...
Hello Apistogramma Forum,
I’m new to the community here, although I was a silent reader a few years ago.
Due to various life circumstances, I had to put my aquarium hobby on hold for several years. Now I’m finally returning and have set up a 180-liter aquarium (100 × 40 × 50 cm), in which I...