Chick-In-Of-TheSea
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On 8/6/2022 at 10:20 PM, redfish said:
In my short time with plants, I've not had good success with stem plants. I tried pogostemon stellatus octopus. It is not taking off like I hoped. Now I have new water sprite but it's going through the initial shock/melt phase I think. Leaves are browning. My new swords and anubias are in the shock phase I think also. I'm interested in how potassium helps your situation.
The water sprite should not be all the way in the substrate; make sure to leave the crown out. If you see an area where the leaves connect to the roots, that should not be buried. Or you can float it.
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Might want to try a nerite snail @nabokovfan87 if the RR isn’t killing the stuff. They love algae and biofilm. They are not livebearers and they do not result in many snails. Also, if you get a female and it lays eggs, the eggs cannot hatch. They can only hatch if the water is brackish.
Keep trying on the RR in the meantime.
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Maybe different types of shrimps eat different stuff? Idk
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@Katherine plant weights are great for holding veggies down for snails!
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On 8/6/2022 at 9:42 PM, redfish said:
ah, thanks. I was reading that temps need to be in the 80's for them. I don't have sand but my temp would work for some.
She’s quite active and has a lot of personality. I wonder if the 80 degree recommendation is for spawning.
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On 8/6/2022 at 8:17 PM, TeeJay said:
They haven't cared for the fresh veggies I have tried either so far
Do you boil them for a good bit (almost mushy but not quite)?
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On 8/6/2022 at 5:58 PM, Patrick_G said:
Another trick for water sprite is to attach a small plant weight to the stem and let it sit on the substrate but not planted in it.
I read something on a thread the other day that the “crown” of the water sprite should be above the substrate. Whatever that means. 😐
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On 8/6/2022 at 8:57 AM, Guppysnail said:
@Chick-In-Of-TheSea it’s dead unless the lands floated up underneath the plate into a giant air pocket. I doubt that happened so it’s dead. Diatom is aerobic so the lack of oxygen alone would kill it. They look better. I’m hoping you share the progress over time.
Oh forgot to mention, after a few hr I flipped the plate over to prevent any air pocket. 😊👍
On 8/6/2022 at 5:11 PM, nabokovfan87 said:wood. I doubt it'll do ANYTHING to this frickin' algae, but I'll mention that for the sake of anything weird happening with this piece of wood in future.
Have you tried reducing your light duration?
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On 8/6/2022 at 3:48 PM, redfish said:
@Chick-In-Of-TheSea What temp do you keep the tank for your Ram?
She’s in a 78 degree community tank.
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On 8/6/2022 at 2:02 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
I'm also going to take the dremel and drill some holes in the intake base
Um… you wanted the intake to suck up LESS stuff, yes? 🧐
On 8/6/2022 at 4:22 PM, nabokovfan87 said:The big female cory and one of her children
That female is a big ol’ chonker, isn’t she! Do you have the light on red setting or do their backs have red coloration? I like their gray color - very sharkish.
On 8/6/2022 at 4:22 PM, nabokovfan87 said:Luigi is front and center up top there, my first clown pleco. The other one is unnamed.
Luigi is an Italian name. They could be mob bros. Well, you said Luigi is the [mob] boss. The other one could be the henchman. Vinnie or Antonio or something. Unless it’s a girl! Also Meatball is an Italian name, and I’m pretty sure it’s gender-neutral and a very clowning-around name. 🤣 (I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a clown pleco before - they are awesome!)
On 8/6/2022 at 4:22 PM, nabokovfan87 said:Mr. Amano trying to do the hard labor of cleaning this frickin' algae
Does he have helpers?
Thanks for humoring me with fish (and shrimp!) photos. You’ve bought yourself some rights to post more pics of gunk and slime and stuff. ⭐️
P.S. How is the weight of the ceramic media important?
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I second that. Thank you for your service @mountaintoppufferkeeper! ⭐️
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I wanted to take the eye away from the cord so I added this beauty. Anubias coffeefolia. It’s in great health. I took the lazy way out and attached it with a plant weight.
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I saw Dodger eating cichlid pellets so I fed some to the babies. They seem to like them, and it’s a food I have too much of. Guess I will integrate that into the rotation.
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I see improvement, but still see some brown clinging to the leaves. Could be dead diatoms? Overall leaves appear “shinier”.
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I heard hornwort is exceptional for clearing cloudy water.
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Agreed! A great stress reliever! I’m studying for my CPA exams. There are 4 that I have to take in an 18 month period, otherwise the oldest ones expire, one by one, and I’d have to retake them. So. much. material. 😬🤯
Aquascaping, watching fish, and raising snails has helped me with relaxation in this stressful time.
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On 8/5/2022 at 9:46 PM, PineSong said:
Well, it's been about twp weeks since I added Seachem Potassium to my 2x per week ferts dose and I wanted to show progress so far. One rhizome that was reduced to just root fibers has begun to put out new leaves that look green and healthy, you can see it on the wood here:
Others have some new growth and I am going to cut off all the old brown stuff so I can track progress there better.
Interestingly, although I've bough java moss three times in the past year, I've not been able to grow it at all and as far as I knew, there was none left in this tank. Since dosing the Potassium, I see it starting to grow and take off, looking green and vigorous.
The tank is a little sparse on plants at the moment because I removed a large sword and the bulbs I put in to replace it and my old aponogeton haven't really picked up steam yet. But I'm liking the new wood I got at Sandy's Pet Shop when I was in Louisville for the ALA.
This is great news. I have Java fern and some of it developed spots which then turn the leaves totally brown eventually. Also my Java moss was brown. Could be diatoms so I’m over on the reverse respiration thread for that.
This past week I dosed Green Leaf aquatics potassium for the first time. I chose this product because there are no other ingredients, and I am already using Easy Green. And it was so cheap! A whole pound for only $5 and I use less than 1/8 tsp for my tank.
Fingers crossed!-
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On 8/6/2022 at 5:34 AM, Guppysnail said:
I love egg yolk. I even feed it to fish fry. In an unseasoned tank though it’s rough on parameters and causes me issues 🤗
Same happened to me, in a WELL seasoned tank!
But of course you know I overfed it. Which is suuuuuper easy to do with egg yolk.
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On 8/5/2022 at 9:15 PM, TeeJay said:
Guess I'll have to buy a tote all I have on hand is 2.5 gal tank.
Or a tank! Because remember with the tote you can only really watch them from above. The totes are not great for side viewing. Not clear enough. Just depends on your budget. Plus a tote can be easily placed on the floor.
On 8/5/2022 at 9:03 PM, Guppysnail said:you want to avoid egg yolk
Haha, you knew I’d say something about egg yolk! 😂😂
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On 8/2/2022 at 9:31 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
Weight results on the "mech" type of ceramic media that can be used in the bottom of the tidals.
Note: Viability of these is not proven or tested, this is simply to show the difference in weight. We do know biomax will not work well because it is too light.
Aquaclear Biomax: 0.9g per piece (This is not a mech type of media, but what I had available, it will easily hold air internally)
Sicce Bioker / Eheim Mech: 1.6g per piece (will not hold air)
Fluval "Fluval Pre-Filter Media" mech: 3.5g per piece (about 2x the size of the standard mech, slightly porous, but will not hold air)
The heavier the better then?
On 8/5/2022 at 7:13 PM, nabokovfan87 said:First time was due to the same reason (plants and moss in the water column, sucked into the pump housing)
A prefilter sponge is a great option to prevent this.
Also side note: if you’re going to post disgusting photos you need to follow that up with a photo of a cute fish or something! LOL 🤢+🐠
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Cool. Wasn’t sure. Thanks!
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Uh oh. I started a salt treatment but never took that carbon out. Will carbon negate salt?
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On 8/5/2022 at 7:44 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
when I had the tubs on the ground
Kind of what I’m doing for the QT tote. I use a plastic beer pitcher that I got at some festival to scoop water out and into my bucket. I don’t really vac unless I see stuff, in my case, dust from carbon. In which case I use a turkey baster.
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If you do end up having the cycle/bioload issues later, this is a thought too. I just did extra water changes because I wanted to see the little guys. The downside of the tote is you can’t really get a good look at them.
Oh my gosh, you’re going to have so much fun with this. Parasnailing everywhere and snail antics (one time I saw 3 snails stacked vertically on the 4th snail, like he was an Uber or something, and he was traveling right along.)
Also I had some floating plants but they would go up, grab one, and then parasnail down with it. No more floating plants but who cares? It was worth it to watch that craziness.
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Before I bought the ram I looked at 2:59 in this video.