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i'de just like to say the the article in the current buntbarsche bulletin, "i have a new apistogramma. what do i do now?" by mike wise is a great read. keep up the great work mike. i always learn alot from everything you write.
ok, i have been using the same unit for all my tanks for about 1year. the tap water is as follows ph 10+ , tds 190uS. after the ro/di filters it the ph is 5.5 and tds 2uS. i just replaced the di resin cartridge and now the filtered water still has a ph of over 10. i am using the same brand di...
can anyone give me some information about this fish. currently the tanks in my fish room almost all house sa dwarves but i am interested in trying my hand with so wa dwarf spp. the only ones i have had before are p. pulcher. an lfs in the area has p humilis and n. nudiceps. i know a little...
is this A. caetei? i have my doubts but that is what it is being sold as. i bet you can guess what i think it looks like!
http://img2.uploadimages.net/963181fwcichlids1113721309.jpg
example: if my water tests at 85 ppm then what is the reading in microsiemens or is ppm and microsiemens a different reading altogether, like apples and oranges. i have always used chemical tests for hardness (2dkh and 2dgh)but i just got a tds meter which gives me the reading in parts per million.
i just found that my daphnia culture has been invaded by hundreds of little creatures. at first i thought they were baby daphnia but they're not. they are very small, maybe half the size of 1 day old m. ramirezi fry. they are "tube" shaped with what looks like 2 tentacles or heads on one end...
i am in the process of writing in my journal about my experiences with this fish. i am having trouble finding info (in english) on these fish. i.e. where it occurs in the wild, first collected, etc.anyone that has this info or can point me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
i have a small r/o unit (35gpd). i also use an add on di unit with it. my tap water isn't very hard 4dgh/4-5dkh but the ph is over 10. after going through the r/o and di, the water is as follows: 0dgh, 0dkh, and ph 5.0. the thing is that if i don't use the di unit the ph remains above 10 but the...
currently there are almost 20 tanks in my fish room. i am going to eventually expand to 25 tanks as that is what the space i have available will fit. i am using small pumps that handle 2-4 tanks each. i was talking to ken of www.kensfish.com on sunday about purchasing a linear pump possibly...
i just got a pair of keyholes at my clubs yearly auction. i've never kept them before so i don't know much about there spawning behaviors (cavity spawner, substrate spawner, ??) currently i have them in a 29g with the ph at 6.2 and no detectable kh/gh. there are also a dozen harlequin rasboras...
about 3 days after laying eggs all had either fugussed or been eaten. the pair had returned to business as usual. after moving the pair to a new home i was cleaning the gravel and found 6 what look like partially hatched eggs that i assume had been rejected by the parents. i caught them with a...
i have used this alot with my cichlasoma octofaciatum and aequidens rivulatus with great results. my pair of m. ramirezi has had almost 1/2 of the eggs fungus and not hatch the last 2 spawns. they just laid eggs again and i am thinking about using it to help the mother out a little in keeping...
does anyone know where i can get a new culture of grindal worms. i let my culture die by accident. i have been feeding cbw's and brine shrimps alot lately and neglected the grindal culture.
these guys usually have them but they don't right now.
www.livefoodcultures.com
i'm in the process of adding more tanks to my fish room. i have everything necessary except heaters. i'm looking for the best deal on 6 75watt heaters for the rack of 10's. does anyone know the best place to purchase heaters. the lfs' in my area are too expensive and i have already asked them...
i have had a group of six f0's (3m/3f) in a 20 long for almost 6 months. the tank is well planted with a fine gravel substrate. i have had them in straight r/o with a ph of 4.5 all the way to ph 6.5 and 2dgh and 2dkh. so far i have one pair that staked out a cave but no spawns. today i moved the...
this issue has never come up before but now that i'm working 2nd shift i have been doing alot of water changes at night when i get home. i never gave it much thought until now but would it be less stressful on the fish to leave the tank lights off and work by the ambient light in the room or...
well i guess the proper term would be fridge life. normally i go to my lfs every monday or tuesday, depending on my schedule, and buy enough CBW's to last the week. the problem is that the store is 30min away and it's hard for me to make the time to go every week and also they are a bit...
i just wanted to hear some thoughts on the use of play sand or filter sand as substrate instead of the traditional stuff sold at the fish stores. the lfs' in my area only seem to have white, black or crazy colors like red and purple. i normally use white sand or very fine natural color gravel...
ok, i have never had any trouble with them before but i can't seem to get a "reculture" to start. i have tried the same way as always: plain oatmeal, a pinch of yeast and a glob of the old culture and nothing happens. i read an article about cuturing them using a slice of bread and a pinch of...
i just got a pair of panduro's from apistodave. ive had them about 5 days. i have them in straight r/o water with a ph of about 5.0-5.3 and practically no kh/gh. my test is rather vague at ph this low. the fish seem happy. they are showing good coloration for there age. they have been taking...