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I have had really good experience as of late with copper sulfate. I did see someone mention that your shrimp will be lost but that was not the case with me.
I was fighting Ich and trying to save as many plants as possible so my outlets were slim. I used metronidazole for a while with...
I work for a mom and pop lfs and we have ordered and received some very nice cacs recently.
We received only 6 and 2 of them were full grown males. They are white-gold with all orange-flash type fins. The first 5 rays of the dorsel are blue and the ventril are blue/yellow. They seem very...
I had a trio of checkerboards for quite some time (8 months or so) in my 75gal "community" dwarf tank. They have all recently perished. They spawned multiple times without ever reaching a hatch. They even spawned 2-3 months back while treating for ich and after with carbon running (PH...
Hey all,
Just to give a bit of a follow up on my experience with keeping C. Compressiceps. I kept the pike from september through early december in my 75gal "community" dwarf tank.
The single unsexed pike took well to the tank although the adult male A. Viejita didn't like it and pushed...
Hey all,
I am looking for a little experience from you all on this fish's aggressiveness. I've read numerouse things, but only about the aggression during breeding.
I am keeping a single unsexed fish of about 2 - 2 1/2 inches (55 cm or so) in a 75gal tank with a few other dwarfs (A...
Absolutly amazing pictures!!!
The day to day sequence of the fry is outstanding.
What is this "turba"? Is it peat or something else?
BTW your english is better than you think.
Congrats!
-Kyle
Hey Rick,
I've pushed the water down to 6.8 by peat treatment and a little C02. I have a nutrifin C02 injector that is good for a 20gal tank on the 75gal. I tossed out the bubble knocker that came with it as it gets a fuzz on the outlet and the bubbles don't actually make it into the...
About a month ago I finally got rid of ALL of the algae in my tank. It was very simple in the end but I guess I wanted to make it harder than it needed to be.
I reduced the lighting to 8.5 hrs per day and cut fertilization completely for 1 week. I started then with a WC (35-40%) and 1/3...
Currently I'm keeping all my dwarfs as pairs/trios as more of a collection than wanting to breed. None of them are in the breeding tank, all are in grow out or community tanks. If they DO breed I'd be happy but it would just be even more work than it is now. I would just be happy if they...
I purchased a single Anubius Lanceolata a couple weeks ago for my planted tank. A couple days later I noticed a tiny speck of black aglae on the tip of one leaf. I removed the whole tip of the leaf and now it is on the rocks and leaves around the infected plant.
The hair algae came to me...
Is there a simple way of doing this?
All of the D. filamentosa I see at the LFSs are small and do not show any signs of sex (that I can tell).
One of the LFS that I work for placed 3 juvies in a 10gal shallow open top show tank. One showed male within days and the other two showed...
I currently have a nice male A. agassizii 'Alanquer' or 'Blue' and have had a really hard time finding a mate. I found a female A. agassizii 'Double-Red' yesterday so I picked her up on a whim. The male is really sweet on the female and isn't being aggressive at all. He seems like he just...
Hello all,
I've been concerned lately about feeding bloodworms in my 75gal community tank. I have a large male A. viejita among a lot of other fish. I would like to feed bloodworms (frozen) as I have two flat packs in the freezer. The first time the viejita ate bloodworms I noticed the...
I'm swapping the store for one of the females today. They had quite a few small females as well as the two males I picked up. I guess the smaller male I picked was just faining female. When the lfs guy and I were looking for a good mate the smaller males fins were not out and his color was...
I picked up a beautiful male and what looked to be a female a couple of days ago. The male is obviously male but the "female" doesnt't look like a female. The "female" was the largest female looking one in the lfs and both the lfs guy and myself though it to be female. Now it seems that she...
I REALLY need to get some new pond products! The formalin I have on hand has never been opened but it expired 3 years ago. Nice eh?
My wife and I take care of koi & goldfish ponds where we work (plant and tree nursery) and we have acess to all sorts of pond supplies but no aquarium...
Thanks to both of you guys for your responses.
Randall,
I've been keeping a log on water quality, water changes, filter cleanings/changes, addition of fish, and such. The ammonia and nitrite levels have not risen for the duration of my fishkilling spree.
I lost the smaller of the clown...
Been lurking around the forum for a while but finally registered. Much respect to to knowledgeable and well mannered people here.
Here is some background info on the tank in question.
It is a community tank with 8 live plants and 4 fake. 3/4 of the tank has rough gravel and 1/4 is fine...