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  1. STOKER

    You can select your choice of board style

    Thanks Ted That makes it a lot better for the CRYBABIES that use the forum , even though some of use my not need glasses it makes reading the posts a lot more easy. Best MIKE :wink:
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    New skin

    Change it back to what it was , not easy to read. Whats wrong with black on white , may be a reason that books are printed that way mike :confused:
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    proper PH lowering

    Hi Ted Like Lars I use peat blocks , so can`t comment on peat granuals . I just soak them in rain-water drums . The water is ph 5.8 TDS 6 ppm , can drop the pH to between 4 and 5 by this method. Mike :)
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    proper PH lowering

    The best and easy way to do it is by the way that both Mike and Lars have said. I have done it this way for years with no ill effect , the main thing to remember is water changes and not to overfeed. Best Mike :)
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    Great Sponge Filters Cheap

    Try this link to show filter http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?filteration&1173507616 Mike :)
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    using peat as water softener, refill

    Hi Beleg You answer your own question there in saying that when you have water in a bucket the pH stays steady, and as Mike says you must have a source of carbonate in the Aquaclay, this is forcing the pH up , the best solution would be to change your substrate for another type; Silica Sand...
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    using peat as water softener, refill

    Hi Five, Just run a few airlines off my blower into a 45 gall drum, as I use peat blocks there is no chance of peat floating about in the water as the blocks don`t break up, finish up with peat stained water. Mike
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    ich white spots

    Use SEA SALT no iodine in it Mike:)
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    Apistogramma jurupari

    Hi Peter The list is from WORLDWIDE TROPICALS Mike :) :confused:
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    using peat as water softener, refill

    Hi Five Not that trade what I ment was someone who is a bio-chemist and would be interested in this reserch. Have used peat for years as I keep killifish but I use peat blocks and do top-ups with the water that it`s soaked in. After all apisto`s and killies use much the same type of water...
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    Borelli fighting

    I agree with Mike they are pair bonding as is common with cichlids. Mike :)
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    using peat as water softener, refill

    Hi Five You can get hold of the full text if you know someone in the trade , it`s a bit deep and takes a few reads to make sense , but one of the conclusions are that there seem to be anti-biotic properties in the substance. Mike :)
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    Food for 45 days fry - techinique to introduce dry food?

    Try HIGH PROTIEN TROUT PELLETS that sink to the bottom fry will start to pick at them Mike :)
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    using peat as water softener, refill

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    blue rams

    I think that KOTY is saying is that he can time the spawing by adding peat extract to the water , the peat extract has an effect on the fishes hormones and will induce them to spawn . You are very lucky to have a wild caught pair as at least they will know how to rear fry , as farmed rams seem...
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    Breeding A.cacatuoides, what size cave?

    You may be safer to remove the extra male , might even be worth setting up a second tank as a breeding set-up. As long as the females have a territory of their own ie at each end of the tank you should have no problems , in other words out of sight out of mind. Mike :) :)
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    Apisto breeding for busy people.

    Have done the same thing in breeding killifish , if they are delicate to breed instead of collecting eggs just leave a pair in a natural set up tank with plenty of floating plants a sponge filter and a few clumps of java moss with a good covering of mulm . There may not be a large number of fry...
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    Breeding A.cacatuoides, what size cave?

    congrats , one down and a few more to go . I also have females guarding eggs and another one going through the motions. Mike :) :)
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    Apistogramma magazine

    Nothing in Europe as far as I know , just general fishkeeping mags. Mike :)
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    Breeding A.cacatuoides, what size cave?

    The male does not need to be in the cave to fertilize the eggs, theory states that he fans his milt into the cave?? to fertilize the eggs , remember that in the wild they spawn in the leave litter so the CAVE is small in size with a hole that is only big enough for the female to enter . Some...
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