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    how to deworm wild caught discus

    I'm quite late to this thread but I dropped by to say hi to Larry. You may or may not remember me but we've communicated before on simplydiscus many many years ago. For what it's worth, my wild discus quarantine process is more or less identical to Larry's. Granted I haven't kept wild discus...
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    RO water - is remineralizer required?

    I can understand the desire to replicate natural water conditions as much as possible. I have always tried to do so myself. However for this tank I'm honestly trying to go with a no hassle automated setup. I'm getting old and I'm tired and trying to replicate natural water conditions gives me...
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    RO water - is remineralizer required?

    I'm in the midst of resetting my 600 gallon tank, moving back to South American cichlids after 2 years of dabbling with Tanganyikans. I have an auto water change system set up that changes about 5% - 8% of water daily using RO water. Several years ago when utilizing this system (without...
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    Reptile substrates for biotope beds?

    I understand, I was wanting them for the looks. The 600 gallon tank is the showpiece of my house so i wanted it to look authentic as a flooded river biotope for discus and other south American cichlids. I've used just leaves (and experimented with Rooibos tea) for over a decade with good...
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    Reptile substrates for biotope beds?

    I'm from Singapore, so not many uncontaminated leaf litter around - I buy my cattapa leaves from an Indonesian source, but I'm looking for more diverse types of botanicals than just leaves
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    Reptile substrates for biotope beds?

    Thank you all very much for your responses! I will avoid these reptile substrates and find ones that are specifically for aquarium use. I'm setting up a 600 gallon tank so I'm just trying to find ways to lower costs if possible
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    Reptile substrates for biotope beds?

    I know many of us simulate biotope style tanks just using leaves and wood decoration, but for a more realistic look and feel, the substrate in such areas typically contain much more than just leaves - seed pods, tree bark, etc. Tannin Aquatics offers a curated selection, but they are always out...
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    Apistogramma from Colombia

    Thank you very much! It's unfortunate that the various uaupesi complex species cannot be differentiated from observable traits. I was hoping that I managed to get Apistogramma lineata, as it would be something new for me (I've kept Apistogramma uaupesi from the Rio Negro before). I'm not able...
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    Apistogramma from Colombia

    Thank you! So there's nothing distinctive to identify it as A. lineata or otherwise? How are the 6 species/forms distinguished from each other?
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    Apistogramma from Colombia

    Any of these photos help? They're not all of the same fish, snapped what I could from the tank containing 10 fish that came in as 5 pairs of Apistogramma lineata
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    Apistogramma from Colombia

    Cool thank you! I'll head down to the importer's facility with my camera sometime this week to try and get some shots. Anything in particular I should make sure that I capture?
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    Apistogramma from Colombia

    Is it not unusual to have an apisto from Colombia with that tail shape and spikey front dorsal rays? I thought they all had smooth sailfin dorsals
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    Apistogramma from Colombia

    I recently ordered some Apistogramma lineata from a Colombia shipment, as they have been particularly hard to find here in Singapore. The fish are still at the importer's facility so I don't have good pictures, but the importer just sent me a video of 2 males flaring at each other. What...
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    Question about A. Bitaeniata Mamuri

    What conspecifics would be biotope accurate for this locality?
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    TDS

    Most RO remineralizers include K, Mg and Can but not the other ions. Would dripping in some comprehensive plant fertilizer like Seachem Flourish put these ions back in the water in a form that is available to the fish?
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    Rio Negro biotope for Ivanacara adoketa

    Lots of changes to this tank! Everything except the I. adoketa succumbed to a serious bout of white spot, and I removed the Glaser juveniles as well to replace them with a trio of wild caught I. adoketa adults. Also added some Otocinclus sp. to replace the bristlenoses and some Nannostomus...
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