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I developed a nutrient imbalance that screwed up my plant growth. I solved it by discontinuing my old fertilizer and moving to a new one. Perhaps the new one is better, or maybe it just hasn't had a chance to run to imbalance yet.
The old fert was a collection of kent products. The new one...
That's what I was sorta fearing on the loaches, thx for the confirm. Bait n remove is my next idea, if I can find a bowl small enough to fit into my aquascaping. Cooked broccoli? thx for tip.
A
Well, my main tank is really starting to develop a lot of snails. They're the trumpets, so they hide out during the day but man, they're all over the place as soon as the lights go out. They seem to be harming the plants a bit. So I think of some loach or another to eat 'em up, but my apistos...
I used the aquarium pharmaceuticals unit for a while.
I ended up switching to buying RO water from an aquarium store.
The unit performed ok, but the plastic faucet fixture tended to spray water if the tap was turned on too high. As a result it really needed to run for a long time in order to...
If you want more flexability with media than a sponge filter, or if you want something quieter you could use something like the ZooMed Turtle 501 mini canister filter. I've got one, I'm pretty happy with it.
It sounds like you want something air driven, so this probably isn't your solution...
I've got a 55ga. that I'm building up a population of apisto trifasciata in right now. At the moment it houses 7 juviniles and adults, and from watching it looks like many more could get in there as well.
I have covered the bottom of the tank with lengths of PVC. I initially read on this...
I have come to like a bed of sand / gravel that has some substance for my fishtanks. The most recent tank I set up has about an inch of play sand covered by maybe 4 inches of fine gravel. Smaller tanks have just play sand. The sand has done fine for me. Remember, if you try to layer, that...
Hmm, looking at your other fish...
4 Tiger Barb Puntius tetrazona
2 Green Tiger Barb Puntius tetrazona
I know a number of people who have had tiger barbs prevent them from having more delicate fish (they're aggressive fin nippers). I haven't tried to keep them, myself, for that reason...
I haven't done peat. I'm curious about it. How long can you use it for before it's used up?
I had a problem with sex ratio skewing in offspring. Ph can effect the ratio, but evidently tempurature (easy to change, at least easy to raise) has a greater effect. See here...
I've heard that the bitaenifehfsisomething tend to stake out a large territory, and that it's hard to keep many of them together. Thas just hearsay, tho.
-A
Well, me and a friend ordered the "True Aqua Power" bulbs. They came in the mail just fine. Powered 'em up and everything seems cool. The bulbs seem a little blueish, but maybe that's just in comparison to what I was taking out. I'm looking forward to seeing the plants perk up with the new...
Don't apologize for those videos, they're great!
Are you just gonna leave the baenschis in the holding tank, or will you get some dithers to help them relax in the other tank? People love the pencilfish around here for dithers, but I wonder what other fish are favorites for this job? I've...
I had a tank with a bubble wand in the bottom back. In front of it was some driftwood and plants. There were about 4 neons in the tank. Sometimes they'd decide to have some fun and they'd all dissappear around the driftwood near the bottom. A moment later they'd all come flooding up through...
I would say 5 ga is a little small to get a pair of apistos breeding, though some have done it.
Personally I've got some that breed in a community tank, and then I siphon out 15-30 of the babies when they become free swimming. I raise 'em up on BBS in a 5 ga.
Of course, they outgrow the...
I use a 3/4 inch hose as a siphon. Smaller hoses (like on a gravel vac) don't flow fast enough to catch the little buggers.
Don't plug the hose with your thumb! The resulting decompression will kill any babies still in the hose.
I do this when mom has a whole batch of babies and I want...
What kind of killifish? I had a fundulopanchex gardneri in with some apistos for a while. Nothing bad happened, but I eventually moved the killifish out, cause he always seemed to be looking to scrap with the dominant apisto male. Over a month or 6 weeks I didn't spot any damage, but there...
Look out! I tried panduros for a while, but my male kept killing females. Eventually he went back to the store. I dunno if they're generally violent toward each other (mine were in a planted 30ga), or if I just got the psycho one.
Adam
I'm breeding Apisto Trifasciata. I don't breed them intensively, and I generally only get 5-10 adults from a spawn. And it seems I'm getting mostly females. Sometimes I spot fish that look like they're going to go male, but nobody ever seems to color up to male form.
So I think it's time...