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Unless you are very very experienced this is a fish that belongs in a 40b; though some would argue a 20 long is more than enough. The males can be a bit larger than your average apistogramma male and the female a bit more aggressive when she has frys though individual fishes have different behavior.
This is mostly for @dw1305 and @Ben Rhau
A water softener for well water uses ion exchange to remove hard minerals (calcium and magnesium) and often iron, replacing them with sodium (not salt).
Alternatives: If you need a sodium-free option, you can use potassium chloride in the brine tank...
You can but you can also bind with the kh (or maybe it is gh) to form more complex elements - i was dealing with some information on hard water from a well (500+ tds) and how water softner work on them. I didn't take the time or had the desire to understand the chemistry of the claim but either...
This is an over simplification i think though it depends on the volume of water you need to produce. First there is maintance on ro unit primiarly in the form of membrane and filters. Then there is waste water to consider - the better units are more expensive but will be 1:1 or 1:2 (1 good 2...
My vague understanding (@dw1305 can correct me) is that you can remove kh by converting it to salt; though this is probably even worse for the fish. At the end of the day ph is an artifiical number and what you want to do is remove kh from your water (and for that matter gh if your fishes are...
This is another interesting tetra i picked up recently called
Hemigrammus sp."Yurimaguas" "Peru Orange Tetra":
It has some interesting behavior - when i first received it they hid under driftwood and leaves much like dwarf cichild. After 4 or 5 days it began to realize i was feeding it and...
I grind up my pellets - all my dwarf cichild will eat them - i have a couple that seem to go a bit more bonkers on frozen brine-shrimp day but in truth it is only a little. I find grinding it up makes it easier esp for smaller fishes.
In truth i read about how fishes are 'picky' but ever dwarf...
Mr. Google indicates some were sold 6+ years ago; sounds like they come from near guyana which rarely export fishes these days due to lack of interest in the industry ? Are yours wc or tr ?
Here is an updated picture of the lipsticks - them males have a lot of flare - i've been told they are closely related to n. trifasciatus if not the same species:
Hum. Only been a few days but the frys might be doing ok. I took these two pictures but they aren't very good. There are a lot of 1 to 1 1/2 inch cubbyholes where driftwood join that are partly obsecure by plants - In addition it appears the parents have dug a network of tunnels as they can move...
test with
So i tested it and here we can see control-v works fine but in the 1:1 message nothing happens so i will presume perhaps incorrectly that administrators have super powers that us mere mortals lack.
When i click the picture thingy to insert an image like i do on a forum post but in a message to someone i can't actually upload an image i have to post a link.
Well if you read more of the text he uses it with other things anyway i'd focus more on the design high and low points then what some crappy fish might have been used with it.
In truth it is just a sad play on fish GBR and i have no clue if his German friends live in Germany or USA.
But i do like at least on paper the idea of them floating (never used them); the biggest complaint i have with the ziss box is i have to slide it down during water changes and then back...
The big difference i see between your box and some store boxes is that most of the store boxes either use screening and fit inside the tank using tank water or use air to push water into the box and have a method for the water to overflow back into the tank without the frys escaping. The key...
Not yet. The ones in the 29 i see the female about once a month and the male about 3 times a year - and we are talking about glances not out and about views. I suppose they could have spawned and i would never know it because they would never show the frys.
In the 40b i ahve a male with about...