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    Apistogramma piaroa A165 not doing well

    If you had a 10 - i would fill it with ro water; throw in a bunch of cappla leaves (or similar) wait a day and then move the fish. This presume you have a to keep the water appropriate warm and a mature sponge filter.
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    My Apistogramma borellii

    It is almost cetainly tank raised as borelli haven't been exported for a while - i don't think they are scarce but certain areas of Brazil won't allow exports for various reasons - also then there was a long strike - i've been looking for wild caugth borelli for about 4 years; though in truth if...
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    Apistogramma piaroa A165 not doing well

    But does the water being harder not contribute to the pathogen density? (this is a question).
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    My Apistogramma borellii

    yes and no; i doubt your fish is wild caught so it is probably use to harder water but i would think anything in the 50-100 range would be excellent. Having said that just remember i am new and kind of clueless.
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    Apistogramma piaroa A165 not doing well

    Difference species have different tolerance; the plants might like hard water but the fish might not.
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    My Apistogramma borellii

    Just remember borelli are not a blackwater fish and can tolerate (prefer?) slightly harder water.
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    Apistogramma piaroa A165 not doing well

    I presume this is a wc blackwater fish and your water is way hard.
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    question on water hardness and leaching

    No both were ec; i only use my ec pen these days (hanna). If i wrote tds somewhere i should have been ec.
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    question on water hardness and leaching

    I'm not sure i could measure gh or kh at ec 26 (tds 13).
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    question on water hardness and leaching

    Could be but not sure how i can measure the 'biological' activity. Still i will see what happens in another week ;) I suppose i could open a fresh bag and get some out of it before doing something drastic like tearing down the aquarium to replace the substrate.
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    question on water hardness and leaching

    I don't follow you - I measured 17 and yesterday i measured 26 so it raised from 17 to 26 sitting idle in the cup for a ~week.
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    D39

    So do you think i should remove the 10 tetra or the 15 n. epesi ?
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    Wanted Dicrossus Maculata females

    They have wild caught ones in stock: https://www.wetspottropicalfish.com/product/dicrossus-maculatus-2/
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    Wanted Dicrossus Maculata females

    If you are in usa you could check with wetspot or aquaticlarity (both have them in stock) and see if they have one they can identify as a female - of course shipping for one fish would be quite expensive but maybe there are other things you could add to it.
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    D39

    In theory I picked up 6 young D39 and put them in a 29: My wild inaccurate guess is these two are females this picture is for @Mazan who will understand it: I don't have any good pictures of the other 3 but will work on them - i think they are likely too young to sex at this point. Also...
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    apistogramma agassizii tank mates

    They were sold as Vallisneria Nana Daly River and seem to grow better than some other vals i've tried in blackwater.
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    apistogramma agassizii tank mates

    Two other comments - you can turn the spray bar into the glass so the water bounces off the side and that will reduce flow; also quite a few plants will grow excellently submersed in blackwater as demonstrated by this aquarium: (3 pictures showing progression): near setup: may 2023 sept 2024...
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    question on water hardness and leaching

    From the tank; i do have a new bag that i will eventually open but if there is 'stuff' in the substrate leaching i would expect it to reach quick equilibrium.
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    question on water hardness and leaching

    Well today it was ec 26 so i guess it is leaching; of course the substrate to water ratio in the cup is higher than the aquarium but still ... i can't tell how bad this is but i'll give it one more week.
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    Colour form of nijjensi

    Do you think the colour is a natural form of some sub population or should i be suspicious of something else happening with this species (such as local breeding by farmers or whatever) ?
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