tolstoy21

Thanks for the reply. I'm not worried about getting rid of them, just trying to grow the population a tad in my larger tank. I did a weeks worth of daily, manual removal in the shrimp tank and then decreased the feeding a bit and that's all under control. Honestly, I think the use of Mineral Junkie caused my spike (probably feeding too much of that) because before that, their numbers were low and they didn't do well in the low Ph of the tank. I'm going to guess the addition of excess calcium and other minerals that they could scavenge helped them thrive, whereas before that they were barely getting a foothold. As for the 125, something must be feeding on them because there is plenty for them to eat and thrive on in that tank.

Do clown plecos or kuhli loaches eat pond snails? I ask because my shrimp tank is full of them to an annoying degree, and they live in the sump on my 125. But the display main 125 itself has almost none. I was hoping to get some pink ramshorns populating in the 125 to clean the anubias, but now I'm wondering if something in the tank snacks on the young RHS before they grow. Thoughts?

Dorkula, I just got one of those the other week, along with a lamacorn! However, our lamacron is a rainbow variant.

That happens to me with Zerba Danios and Salt and Pepper Corys. I'll go to set up a new tank, transfer some java moss, next thing I know, there are babies. I Oops spawned about 25 danios while cycling a crystal red shrimp tank. I also had a single cory fry hatch and grow out large enough for me to see and transfer it while I was doing a month long fishless ammonia cycle. I neglected this tank a lot, restarted the cycle once and let the nitrates hit 100ppm. I have no idea how this little guy endured the prolonged ammonia and nitrite spikes, and lack of food (must have survived on infusoria and melting java moss) but lil' guy is in the community tank now with relatives and thriving.

Couple of questions about the Apistogramma cacatuoides . . . What is a 'super red'? is that another way of saying either double red or triple red? Or is it some other red variant? Do they have a specific substrate requirement, or are they more or less happy in any substrate as long as they have plants and wood and a cave and leaf litter etc? Or do they require sand or a small pebble size for a specific reason?

Yeah I'm just thinking about this for 20 gallons, not larger tanks. I could cut another piece of plywood, but I'm looking to avoid a Home Depot visit and spending more money if the difference of an inch overhang is negligible for a 20 gallon.

I believe the Seachem nitrate test requires no shaking at all.

From time to time, I see videos of fishrooms where there are aquariums in racks that don't have their frame supported fully underneath. In these instances, the frames may stick out from the edge of shelf rack by an inch or two. I'm guessing this is OK to a certain extent? The reason I ask is because I wanted to fit some 20 talls on an approx .22-inch deep shelf, which means the front and back will stick out past the shelf by maybe an inch. The tanks will be fully supported by 1/2 plywood sitting on top of a wire rack capable of holding a ridiculous amount of weight (meaning its sturdy, level shelving). Is this anything to be concerned about? or will the tank be adequately supported? Any advice by anyone with experience in these regards would be greatly appreciated.

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Which Repashi would people recommend for otocinculus? Super green or solvent green (or something else)?