Jump to content

redfish

Members
  • Posts

    480
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Feedback

    0%

4 Followers

Recent Profile Visitors

The recent visitors block is disabled and is not being shown to other users.

redfish's Achievements

Experienced

Experienced (11/14)

  • One Year In
  • Reacting Well
  • Very Popular
  • First Post
  • Collaborator

Recent Badges

352

Reputation

  1. I hate seeing our little buddies not feeling well. You have been a champ for Spike.
  2. I've been needing to add some lids to my tanks. The bubbles pop everywhere!
  3. He is a beauty. Congrats. We just lost our male betta this week. We need to figure out what to replace him with.
  4. We keep ours on gravel also they have been fine. Just make sure they have lots of hiding spots to get under since it's harder to dig in gravel. They hide under the sponge filter, wood logs, rocks, etc.
  5. @beastie I'd follow the QT advice above and treat for any illnesses. You clearly have better luck keeping multiple rams. Our two, one was dominant and didn't let the little guy eat regardless of what I did. The small one would hide like yours all day long. The big one would hunt down and chase the little one. I bought them at the same time from the same tank. Even after I separated them the little guy never really recovered. The big one lives in the community tank and doesn't bother any other fish.
  6. Awesome. I know they are great table fare but raising them as pets would be really cool too!
  7. Welcome aboard! This is a great place to learn and share with fellow enthusiasts. Nice username. Have you raised them or something else?
  8. ACO recommends root tab fertilizers too. I noticed my swords seem to like root tabs. Maybe it's lack of nutrients in the water but they do well with root tabs.
  9. I use the outside hose through a window when filling tanks over 30 gallons. I have one 55 Gal tank next to the window so when I was filling and rinsing the gravel, etc I just ran the suction hose out the window also. No difference in inside or outside water for me on city water.
  10. Awesome. My little tubs are ready for fish I think I just need to figure out what to put in them. It's been so hot though I'm worried they won't last long. My tubs have plenty of mosquito larva to for anything to eat too. So many, if I don't add fish soon, I want to drain and refill to kill the mosquitoes.
  11. I know it's frustrating watching your plants go through this. It could be they are experiencing the same melting/dying back like your other plants. I have some java fern that turns dark brown/black when it's dying but eventually new growth begins again. This normally happens when the tank gets out of balance with fertilizer and lighting schedule, etc. It will usually recover once you get everything balanced again but it takes a couple weeks to see any progress since it's a slow growing plant. Sometimes it just takes a while for plants to grow in a new tank. I've experienced melting for several plants. Some grew back, some didn't. You are correct that java fern primarily feeds from the water column and doesn't need root tabs in the substrate. Here is a pic of a java fern going through some die back. You can sorta make out the brown/black spots on the leaves and some new leaves forming. It's hard to pin point exactly what is happening with your plants but don't give up. We have all been there.
  12. Do you think it's something growing on the leaves or do you think they are blackened themselves?
  13. Water parameters are all similar between tanks. Lighting would be my best guess. The first tank didn't have good lighting so it never took off I suspect. I've had other bad experiences with "Easy" floating plants so I'm happy this finally seems to be something that grows well in my tanks.
  14. I had similar issues with mine at first. I ordered a few times and it just melted away. I finally had a couple little pieces left and moved them to a newer tank for my guppies and it finally decided to grow. I floated it and it decided to grow it's own "roots". Even the parts I moved took root in the gravel in a different tank. It's now in a few tanks.
  15. Welcome. That's jumping back in with both feet on the 75G. Don't be afraid to ask for help. Lots of great people here.
×
×
  • Create New...