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7 days, 35% water change, redosed based on volume of water removed/added back in. After 7 days, BBA on the edges of the leaves of the swords was beginning to recede. Luxurious mats of algae on driftwood and rocks began to fall out in clumps.
Another 8 days, followed by 35% water change then...
Just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience:
My 125 gallon N. Christyi tank is lightly planted with several varieties of sword, and some wisteria. I have basically taken cuttings from my planted tanks and gotten them going in the tang tank. The lighting is low at 6700K and 130...
Randall:
Thanks for the quick reply. I spoke to the LFS. They apparently got the T. Brevimanus from the local Aquarium.
I'll probably pick up a male and a couple of females tomorrow and see if a pair forms in my 125 gallon tank.
My LFS got a shipment of these in some time ago. They were intially placed in a 125 gallon planted in-store tank that had serious hair and brush algae problems. Within about a month, the brevimanus had done an admirable job of completely ridding the tank of algae.
Last time I was in the...
Any information helps. Apistos have the same sort of rep that tropheus have - beautiful but hard to care for.
My pH (in this tank) runs about 6.4 to 6.6. I have been using boiled oak leaves atop the substrate for a while (I have a seemingly unlimited supply), run peat in the canister filter...
I have an established 37 gallon (24.5"W x 18.5"D x 21.5"H). It is heavily planted with rotala, cogensis, barteri, wisteria, and lutea. It also contains driftwood, caves, etc. The substrate is a gravel/pfs mixture.
Until now, I have been keeping a mated pair of honduran red points in the...
The 125 was actually "cycled" by using additional filter pads from my XP3 and 2128 and moving them into new filters. I am finishing the rest of the cycle by establishing the plants. Some dithers and about fifty ghost shrimp are also in the tank to keep the biofilter fed and the plants free of...
I have been keeping hemichromis elongatus for quite a few years, and have recently acquired a male fasciatus.
I will not claim to be an expert with the elongatus since I have owned only two (and their offspring), but I have found them to be no more aggressive than similar sized CA species...