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    Male Agassizzi not interested?

    I think Mike summed this up pretty well. Sometimes tho doing mirror therapy can make the male feel all proud and bad ass and can help him get interested in spawning. You just put a mirror in or just outside the tank and the male with display to his reflection. After a few min when the male swims...
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    Apistogramma agassizii or cacatuoides

    Ya, iv been using a 10 gal plastic tub (plastic grade 5, food safe) for pre treating water for my tanks, figured id get a larger one with more length and width then hight to give me a bigger blueprint. Figured putting in pvc pipes for hiding places with floating plants should provide plenty of...
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    Apistogramma agassizii or cacatuoides

    Quick update for everybody. Was supossed to get the fish this weekend but the guy im buying from had missed the overnight shipping and the overnight saterday shipping. He is giving me 6 pencil fish for free for the mishap. However iv discovered (after lots of testing) that my Silica Sand (pool...
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    Low PH test Kits??

    its a new tank so there is no fish, i did a test using a glass beaker. put water in and tested then added a handful of sand. About an hour later it was 10 tds higher. But it is a valid point to keep in mind that food and fish waste can even effect TDS (its obvious when you think about it yet iv...
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    Acclimating. Which way is really best?

    So i am getting my trio of metallic blue double red A.Agazi next week and have been looking into best way to acclimate fish bought online. Normally i do a drip, however i have never bought online and figured i would look into it. Im seeing lots of people including Ted Judy (big on youtube for...
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    New guy with 30-40 Linkei fry

    Ya with living in an apartment i cant have stuff outside like that. Id have to do it inside and with the space that takes up i can have another intresting fish tank. when ever i move into a house tho i will probably give them a try. Im also upsessed with flowerhorns but thatll have to wait for a...
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    New guy with 30-40 Linkei fry

    Ya for sure I just keep the micro worms going since I do feed them to my pencil fish often and my adults eat the a little(they obviously prefer the blackouts tho). Iv thought about doing daphia but that looks like much more work and testing then anything else lol
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    New guy with 30-40 Linkei fry

    yes, BBS start up faster and are amazing fry food. However they do take more upkeep then micro worms. I can toss a pinch of yeast and a thin layer of wet oats on top of a culture every 3 days and split the culture around 2 weeks in. I work 12 hour shifts at the hospital then go to the gym for...
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    Low PH test Kits??

    ya I know Ph wont be stable due to low dKH. knowing the ph is more of a mental thing for me. I full well expect it to shift slightly(slowely lower over time as nitrifying bacteria work and more tannins leach out). Water changes will keep it in the range I prefer as well as keeping the TDS in the...
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    Low PH test Kits??

    I have a ph meter and it is a hassle. I perform a 4.0ph cal and it reads 4ph, I perform the 7.0 ph cal and it reads a 7ph. I test my RO water that I know using liquid tests is a 6.6-6.8, but the damn metter reads a 7.6-8. Maybe I need to read the instructions again lol.
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    Low PH test Kits??

    So iv been using API ph and high ph test kits for a long time. I just set up a 20 gal long black water tank and my ph measures 6 possibly lower(ph kit only tests down to 6. So what PH test kit do yall use for lower then 6ph aquariums? Please note no fish are in this tank, just set it up and ph...
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    Apistogramma agassizii or cacatuoides

    ya well the bit I have does grow its leaves vertiacally out of the water so it is most likely Spongia. Iv planted it up in my 10gal planted tank that has some bamboo shrimp, they like the added high areas that put them closer to the current on the water surface, there happy with it so it wasn't...
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    Apistogramma agassizii or cacatuoides

    DW1305 I believe is correct. I called the company and they confirmed in is Limnobium spongia. I have found a person selling 20 plants for 5 bucks on craigslist where I live. When I return ill probably just get them then.
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    Apistogramma agassizii or cacatuoides

    Yes, I found the filters look almost invisable in the back, I have the out puts pointing in oposite directions making basically 2 half circles on each side with current then the currents combine and push straight back to the filters. (its a very light current and seams to be sweeping debris...
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    Apistogramma agassizii or cacatuoides

    Well tank is all planted except for frogbit plant for now. Iv added some jungle pods, savu pods, casulo pods, and light leaf litter. Plants Melon sword Java fern Crypt petchii Brazilian penny worth Jungle Val various Americans
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    Apistogramma agassizii or cacatuoides

    Here is a pic of the plant sold to me as frogbite
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    Apistogramma agassizii or cacatuoides

    I always see you talking about Frogbite so i figured your a good bet for this question. My understanding is that it is a floating plant. i got my plant order in today and the 3 frogbite plants they sent me are rooted and about 6inches of stem to the leaf. Kinda look like a weird amazon sword. If...
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    Apistogramma agassizii or cacatuoides

    I always make a massive mess with mosses, I have some Subwassertang which is classified as a fern but is moss like. Ill try putting it on some of the wood. I just bought these half circle holders to put moss in that grows it like a ball ( uxcell Plastic Aquarium Shrimp Fish Tank Moss Ball Holder...
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    Culturing live foods?

    I agree the whole drawer setup is a little more work then im interested in. I still haven't gotten this started. To busy getting a new tank set up, however since I only have like 6 fish to feed blackworms I wouldn't need to feed to many only feeding every other day. I will give it a try and see...
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    Apistogramma agassizii or cacatuoides

    Well guys let me know what you think. This is my hard scape. I will be planting it medium density. Jungle Val in back right, stem plant in back left, Amazon sword kinda in the middle area. Crypt plants will be planed in the front to mid ground on the left and right. Leaf litter will be used...
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