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Lots of fish will eat snails if you crush them first, including westies. Just crush the snail against the glass and let it sink. Free snack for the fish and the snail is history!
Question from an apisto beginner... I recently purchased a pair of "orange flash" that I don't think is a pair. I have a nice male but the "female" looks like a smaller double red male. It has the red spotted coloration in dorsal and tail fins. It does have a yellowish tint but I know that...
I think I have just learned the answer to this question. I just bought several apisto and west African species at the Atlanta Aquarium Club fall auction a couple of weekends ago (had a great time!!!). This morning a female A. pertensis greeted me at the front glass of the tanks next door to the...
Thanks cedartree. I plan to "keep it simple". Maybe you can help me with something. My tanks are set up on homemade racks in my basement. I have a row of standard 4' "shop light" flouresent fixtures over the tanks. I'm trying to determine if I need plants that require low light, medium, high...
OK, so duckweed, water sprite, frog bit...all floating. No other plants. Driftwood, leaf litter, caves etc. I will have a constant drip water change system, about 10%/day. Vacuum gravel once a week. Feed (live as much as possible). Nothing added to water. Sit back and watch em breed. Sounds...
Thanks guys. Yeah, I am proud of the water. That's why I'm interested in apistos. I like all fish, but why not make it as easy as possible. Pick the fish that fits your water instead of the other way around. I'm just getting back into the hobby after a few years away so I am still setting things...
My tapwater has a ph of about 6.8... TDS (Hanna Instruments TDS1 meter) is about 80. GH and KH are less than 50. I can't get anymore accurate than that with my API hardness liquid test kit.I'm getting several tanks cycled now and am pondering what fish. DW1305 has advised adding plants and...
OK.. plants. I've never had much luck with plants but maybe I can do water sprite or something. Do I need to get fancy with CO2, special lights, etc??? BTW, my tap water is pretty good- nitrate measures 0. I have been playing around with an automatic drip water changing system using tap water...
Hi Darrel. Thanks for that post. That helps my understanding. So I'm pretty much wasting time trying to cycle. So how do I get to the "established" aquarium with the bio-film. Do I understand that the frequent water changes in black water tanks are necessary to dilute ammonia?
I'm trying to get up and running again after several years... I'm cycling now and trying to keep up with what is going on chemically. I have soft water, my PH is crashing (down to low range of my current test kit...6.0) I can't fine a liquid test kit that will measure below 6.0. Any...
Might I offer a suggestion... I use a clear plastic tube larger than a air line tube. Its about 1/2" in dia. Start a syphon into a bucket. Start the syphon in the tank away from the fry and when it gets to going good and there is a gal or so of water in the bucket, move the tubing to the school...
KH is actually less than 50ppm. Its more like 20 or so. Its hard to tell from the test and it is already crashing. I'm at day four of the cycle. PH started at 6.8 and is down to 6 or lower. 6 is the low end of my test kit. If I buffer now, what happens at the end when I remove the buffer? My...
Hi all. I'm getting back into the hobby after several years. Local water has very little buffering capacity. GH and KH are both less than 50ppm. Great for apistos so that is my aim. But first I need to cycle. I am somewhat familiar with this process with normal water conditions. I also am aware...
lifalili
I have many H. lifalili. Both fry and adult breeders. The strain is from Charles Ray ( Auburn University ). It is the same strain that Ken Davis has. They are very prolific. If anyone is interested, trades are always welcome.
The dorsigera are probably not spawning because they are being intimidated by the geo's. I have a group in a 4' tank that wouldn't spawn until I removed a pair of Nannacara.