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Thanks! This is super helpful.
I assume pH meters are more accurate than trying to read colors in a vial lol.
@Mike Wise do you have the Hanna HI98129 or HI9813-6N?
Hey y’all, I’m looking for some TDS meter recommendations. Don’t really have much more to say, but I’m in the US, so it’d be a plus to be available here.
Here's a wild question: could she be stressed because she can't breed?
I did a water change today, and she came out to explore the tank for a little bit afterwards, and hung out with the male for a couple of minutes. They were pretty chill. She then went inside one of the "apisto caves" I...
I am an extremely bad photographer. Hope this helps!
Thing is, she doesn't hide at the top often. Like I have no idea where she is right now, but it's not at the top of the tank. I definitely think she might be stressed for some reason, but I'm not sure why. I could move her to a different...
Hi all,
I have a female Macmasteri that has just recently started hiding and has a clamped tail fin while not eating. She still eats well, but she's been hiding almost constantly. Sometimes she just hangs out between one of the HOB filters and the aquarium glass close to the top of the tank. I...
@MacZ I received a shipment of 10 n. Marginatus today. This is the first time I’ve kept pencilfish and I gotta say that I love these little guys. I’m now as excited about them as my Apistos.
Good to know. I'm not in love with black neon tetras by any means, so I'm just going to wait until I can get some pencilfish just to be safe.
There's nothing super appealing to me about neons that I can't just observe in my harlequin rasboras in another of my tanks, and most pencilfish are...
Well, I've removed the six black neon tetras from this tank, which taught me a valuable lesson about making sure that I'm critically reading before making a decision. I never want to remove six tetras from a planted 40 gallon breeder again...
These two will have the tank to themselves until I...
Fair points! I guess I got caught up in seeing what I wanted to see here. I can remove these to another tank in favor of something else for sure.
I saw marble hatchetfish as an option. Have you ever worked with those?
Interesting! I did a lot of research here and know that nannostomus are the best options, but I couldn’t find any online or within 40 miles of me.
A << few >> << threads >> << suggested >>black neon tetras were also acceptable.
Thanks so much for the input! The one on the left looks clearly female to me, and the right is maybe a little more questionable. The flank spot and coloration of the potential male kind of threw me, which is why I was asking. The right fish only has a spot on one side.
I've read other posts...