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  1. davidjp1982

    first spawn and first free swimmers!

    Will also be interesting to see how my "sneaker male" decides to present himself now he is the only apisto left in the community tank
  2. davidjp1982

    first spawn and first free swimmers!

    Cacatuoides as they seem to thrive in the moderately hard water we have locally - already set the tank up just finished - was prepping myself for the waiting game of trying to net the male and female out of the community tank but they were both hiding by the heater together and actually swam...
  3. davidjp1982

    Lighting options for breeding tank?

    I might just leave it unlit in that case as it won't be for display purposes - other than water changes I don't plan on cleaning the substrate or glass and will leave it to get nice and ugly hopefully for the benefit of any fry :)
  4. davidjp1982

    first spawn and first free swimmers!

    Reading all these spawning threads has enticed me into setting up a 10 gallon breeding tank again - the obsession continues...
  5. davidjp1982

    Lighting options for breeding tank?

    Hi all - I am going to set my old 10 gallon up tomorrow as a breeding tank for my cacatuoides and I was wondering about my lighting options - I have a "cool blue moon" night light or can use one of the "bright white" bulbs from my community tank. Other than that I have some very orangey 2700k...
  6. davidjp1982

    Britta water filter = good source of soft water?

    Just did a 50 percent water change after making the decision to cull the other 3 black neons 1 of which in particular was looking quite lumpy which led me to suspect neon tetra disease although my neons are all doing fine. Hope this isn't the start of a drawn out battle against some disease!
  7. davidjp1982

    Britta water filter = good source of soft water?

    Well after two water changes of 5% Britta and 5% tap spread over 2 weeks I have had 2 black neons pass on. Water parameters are unchanged regarding pH and hardness and standard tests remained good so can only assume it is something else in the Britta water that caused the deaths. The first a...
  8. davidjp1982

    Trying to find ideal weekly feeding schedule for Cacatuoides / Tetra tank

    I guess the common advice of frequent small feedings is good if you can be disciplined in not overfeeding (something I struggle with). Also the answer was right under my nose in the form of a turkey baster - I tried this earlier and found it very easy to spread the food around in small doses for...
  9. davidjp1982

    best foods to grow on Apisto fry

    I think Cacatuoides are extremely slow growers, at least the ones I've bred have been.
  10. davidjp1982

    Trying to find ideal weekly feeding schedule for Cacatuoides / Tetra tank

    OK so I having a bit of trouble ensuring my 3 Cacatuoides get a good varied diet without the neon / back skirt and black neon tetras becoming obese! At the moment I have a fairly regular schedule of 2 feeds daily alternating between a couple of pinches of Aquarian flake and NLS Cilchlid pellets...
  11. davidjp1982

    Let's see your cacatu's.....

  12. davidjp1982

    My kribs

    Very pretty I quite fancy kribs on my never ending list of projects ;)
  13. davidjp1982

    How Do You Make Coconut Shell Caves?

    * Knock through one of the soft eyes on top of the coconut and drain * whack in vice and drill a 1 inch hole in side of said nut * cut in half * scrape out the flesh - think about a health kick and taste some, spit it out and carry on * be a girl and boil / scrape off fibres or just chuck...
  14. davidjp1982

    Share favourite guitar solo

    Always good to convert some new buckethead fans :) awesome melodic shredder at times if you like that sort of thing check out stuff like worms for the garden and coats of Claude before plunging into his more jarring "outside" playing ;) Or something more conservative on notes per second:
  15. davidjp1982

    Share favourite guitar solo

    Well if we're going down the Spanish guitar route I'd have to go for something obvious like Asturias - Isaac Albeniz - played by John William…:
  16. davidjp1982

    URGENT! Strange apisto behaviour

    Standard methods?
  17. davidjp1982

    Share favourite guitar solo

    Couldn't find any reference to 95 takes the cake but listened to some of his stuff reminds me of local "Bristol pub blues" and a guy in particular called Tommy Allen I think his band was called Trafficker
  18. davidjp1982

    Share favourite guitar solo

    Very nice - and makes me want to watch Withnail & I tonight :)
  19. davidjp1982

    Is this cacatuoides juvenile male or female?

    Now my female juvenile has been in her brooding colours for the last week or so it seems crazy to think I was holding out hope this fish was a female! I don't have another tank to move him to but as long as his dad still tolerates him I will keep him. I'm quite attached actually as I have my...
  20. davidjp1982

    Nitrite spike after rescaping tank

    Everything is going fine now - I think it was as simple as disturbing the substrate that caused the spike. I also failed to mention that I used to use root tabs when the tank was planted and I'm pretty sure that disturbing the sand released not only large amounts of fish waste but also large...
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