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A quick update, I put some of the peat in old tights in a large tub of water about three days ago, the pH is now 6.5, same as the in the tank. It was about 6.8 to start with. I wasn't sure how much peat to add and I don't have any circulation through it. That peat is very messy producing a lot...
Just posted at the. same time, the Sera pack costs $30. I might be tempted to get one to start with and will still look for sphagnum peat, with but will see what happens with this peat anyway..
So I was worrying unnecessarily about the female she is fíne now.
The tank is 240l but real volume is less due to branches and substrate. Anyway that would get expensive...
Ok so I put a small amount of that peat in a fine mesh bag (old tights) in the filter, and have another container apart...
Things looking more positive now, the femaleisout and about eating mosquito larvae, the male sometimes chases her but she is not usually running away now, the male is also displaying to her - fins up, body in S shape etc....
What if I just pick that white stuff out first??
I should have clarified that these are fish that spend a lot of time hiding under logs and roots etc., in the big tank they each had their favourite place where they would spend most of the time. The male tended to be out and about much more than the female, but both would always appear for...
The female is ok, I was concerned as I had another female that died, the first thing was that she didn’t appear for food, then she appeared looking pale and bloated, but didn’t eat. A friend lost all his with the same symptoms, so I had a horrible feeling the same was happening again. I moved...
Ah right, I haven't used any yet, or looked for anything else, I was not at home all day yesterday and too busy before that, it may all be academic anyway as on Saturday afternoon the female pike cichlid failed to appear for food, and I have not seen her all day today either, I am worried that...
Nice, I didn't have time to look at these properly last night. I already had the checklist, didn't send it before as I thought it was too general, but it does at least specify whether fish are from the Amazonian or Orinoco drainages or both. The Apistogramma one is nice, though mostly...
Mmm maybe, the tap water I left in the cup has gone down to pH 5.5 overnight (it was about 6.8 before). But yes I was concerned seeing those white things although it says no added chemicals...
Well that's typical with aquarium products here...
So on the packet it says no chemicals added. It says its made from almost completely decomposed vegetation, doesn't mention sphagnum...
Also something strange, it says its high pH makes it one of the components of substrates most used in...
So I found some peat that just says peat "Turba" in Spanish, I suppose as nothing else is listed on the package it should be OK? I was hoping to find one that said "Turba Sphagnum" but it just says Turba...costs just over $2 for a large pack.... otherwise an aquarium shop had a very small pack...
OK, so it is worth using them anyway, I have actually tried using a variety of leaves from round here, none have done any harm but none produced visible tannins. However they do provide enrichment for fish...
Yes, I can always get Eucalyptus pods any time...
So here are a few of the trees I can think of that we have close to the house:
Nogal - Juglans neotropica
Capulí - Prunus salicifolia
Cedro- Cedrela montana
Aliso - Alnus acuminata
There are a lot more, especially just a little higher up where there is more native vegetation, but I honestly...
N. mortenthaleri are from Peru, but never mind it should be a nice setup anyway, everything else seems good....
Edir - posted at the same time as rasmusW!
Thanks for all the replies!
To be honest these have always been my opinions too. I think leaving a long period between water changes then doing a large one can sometimes trigger spawning, but might be difficult in my case to have enough water at the correct pH to do this.
Thank you, I think I...
Just rereading this and linked threads as I am finally ready to start the project. It took a while as I first had to catch and sell the baby Guianacaras (relatively easy with bottle traps), but then catching the remaining small fishes was more problematic - I had to take all the wood and...