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@mountaintoppufferkeeper I’m tempted to sign up for the mag just to get the issue you’re featured in! Breeder of the Year and a published article a few days later has to feel great!
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LET’S GOOOOOOOOO!!!!! So dope! And shout out to Aqua Imports for making it happen!
Also, they forgot CAS Breeder of the Year next to your name, lol
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I’m not signed up to receive the magazine, but does it feature you on that page?!
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I use the Ziss Brine Shrimp Hatchery and ACO brine shrimp eggs. Here’s what I do.
-Fill hatchery with water from the tap and DO NOT dechlorinate
-I add a dash of baking soda as my water is very soft
-2 Tablespoons of Fritz Aquarium Salt
-USB nano air pump hooked up to hatchery
-No heater; instead I use a clip on light with a standard fluorescent bulb pointed at the hatchery
I set up my hatchery the night before with water, baking soda, salt, air pump, and light. I let it regulate over night to allow the salt to dissolve and the temp to regulate.
The following morning I put in 1 tablespoon of ACO brine shrimp eggs, and I let them go for ~36 hours before harvesting. Works like a dream for me!
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Another Wednesday means another day of maintenance. Have a couple fun things to share!
-I did a water change on every single tank. All 13 of them. Usually I do 12, but I went ahead and did a water change on the 20 long shrimp/crayfish/snail tank as it had been a couple weeks. Felt good to get everything in the house fresh. Now onto the fun stuff!
We have a pair of Panda Angels again! LET’S GOOOOOOO!!! I noticed the male had his “tube” out (I can’t remember the actual name for it) for a couple of days and have been excited. I’ve been waiting for the female to be ready and this morning noticed her tube was quite extended. I think the water change was just a coincidence, but STOKED that I paired these guys up again, and caught them in the act 😉. This tank is in the spare bedroom so after snapping this pic I shut the door to leave them be and focus on spawning.
This morning I told my girlfriend, “We have a Panda Angel pair again! I just don’t know where to hatch the eggs since the other 2.5 has the Julii Cory’s…”. She suggested picking up another 2.5 gallon, gave me permission to take up more counter space, and even picked this up for me while she was running some other errands while I did my maintenance. I’m so thankful to have someone that supports EVERYTHING I do and suggests another tank when it’s necessary. She’s the best!
Cory fry hanging tough (from what I see). BBS will be harvested in a couple of hours, and the new 2.5 will go next to this one. The heating pad will work just fine to heat both tanks. Thanks for the counter space to hatch and grow fry, love!
Cleaned up the 55 Angel community. Trimmed a bunch off the Amazon Sword on the left, including the 5 baby “Swordlets”. Baby swords got planted to the right, and I moved the Dragon Stone and spawning slate to the left of the tank in the hopes that the Marbled Male and all black female will use the slate instead of the Sword leaves. Probably won’t hatch any spawns from this pair as long as I have the Panda pair, but I’m hopeful they’ll use the slate so I can just wash the eggs off to bring harmony back to the tank.
Tomorrow I’ll pull the Panda spawn (fingers crossed the Bristlenose don’t eat the spawn over night 🤞) and will document hatching and raising them. This time, I’m going to leave the air stone under the eggs to continue to “fan” them with Methylene Blue. Both times the past Marbled spawns failed I said “this is my sign to focus on the Panda pair”. They’re a pair again and I’m gonna do everything in my power to make sure my third public spawn/hatch is successful!
This hobby is so fun, brings me so much mental help/calmness/clarity, and I love constantly playing and learning. Cheers, Nerms!
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You can obviously do whatever you want, but Angels prefer height as they are tall from top of dorsal fin to bottom of ventral fins. Consider a 55 gallon for the few extra inches in height
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@Aiden Carter Yes, Aqua Imports
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Those pics are from my LFS that I trade the fish I breed to!
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I use a Python to fill my bigger tanks (29 gallons and up). Me personally, I put the dechlorinator in as the water starts coming out of the Python. This way I can move on to draining the next tank as the one behind it fills.
There’s probably an argument for “put dechlor in once all the new water is in to ensure all chlorine is present and therefore eliminated”, but I’ve never had a problem putting it in as the water flow starts and honestly it’s just the habit I have and don’t want to change it and forget to dechlorinate. Forgetting to dechlorinate is obviously the worst possible outcome.
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I keep my Furcata’s at 76 with a group of Julii Cory’s and 2 Bolivian Rams. He’s probably just fine at 74.
If you think he needs some friends, try to find a female or two. That trio and 6 CPD’s should be fine in a 10 gallon.
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Like @nabokovfan87 said, you’re fine to remove the diatoms. It’s simply a good sign that your tank is moving in the right direction!
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This brown on the glass is most likely diatoms, which is a good sign that your tank is coming to life. All tanks go through a diatom algae stage in the beginning. It’s a good sign!
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I would most definitely space them out. Putting them on top of each other is just asking for trouble.
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I run C02 on 4 of my thirteen tanks. If I remember, I’ll just pull the power, do the water change, and then plug it back in. I’ve also completely forgotten to turn them off. Either way I’ve seen no detrimental issues, but I’m also not cranking to 30ppm.
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I used a Dwarf Gourami to help keep the Platy fry population under control and it worked well, and the Gourami was fun.
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I have multiple metal canisters that utilize the citric acid and baking soda mix and I like them. I also have a 5 lb tank with 2 outlets for 2 tanks, but I think the citric acid and baking soda route is a nice middle ground
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Home from work and transferred 15-18 little Cory fry to the 2.5 gallon from the tumbler. Also pulled the 5 or so little guys from the Tupperware. Probably 5 or 6 more eggs in the tumbler still waiting to hatch. I’m assuming tomorrow when I get home from work, but we’ll see.
Pulled some of the water out of the 2.5 to be able to transfer the fry easier. Squeezed the bulb on the turkey baster to get the air out, gently dipped it in the tumbler, sucked up the fry, quickly capped the open end of the baster with my finger, and then carefully moved the baster into the 2.5 gallon tank. Once my finger (acting as a cap) was underwater, and therefore the open end of the baster, I did my best to equalize the pressure between the baster and the tank, and slowly removed my finger so the fry could swim out. I put the rest of the water from the baster in the tank too, as there were copepods and microorganisms in that water which is good for the tank.
I’ll feed first bites for a couple days, and will probably plop a couple BBS in when my next batch batches on Thursday night. Once I confirm the fry are big enough to eat the BBS they’ll get first bites in the morning, and frozen BBS at night. Off to set up the brine shrimp hatchery! Cheers and thanks for coming along for the ride.
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Let’s gooooo! Cory babies all around!
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I quarantine with the trio for a week, do a 50% water change, and them leave then in the quarantine tank for an additional 3-5 weeks with normal water changes and monitor for any symptoms. But that’s just me!
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@nabokovfan87 Shined my phone flashlight in the tumbler before work and saw fry flying around. Fingers crossed the rest are hatched by the time I get home! Crazy how long these eggs took to hatch. I’m thinking it’s probably because that tank is kept cooler, but I don’t know that to be true.
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I keep:
The trio, Fenbendazole (might be incorrect spelling, but I’ve used it on Hydra twice), and salt. Salt is magical
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Came home from work today, and had 10 fungused eggs in the tumbler. Pulled those out, and noticed a newly hatched fry in the tumbler! Was definitely feeling defeated again until I noticed that little guy popping around. Sucked him out with a turkey baster and plopped him into the Tupperware with his 4 brothers and sisters.
There’s still 23 eggs left in the tumbler that look good, and 5 fry in the Tupperware. Once the rest of the eggs hatch everybody will be moved to the 2.5 gallon tank and it’s game on. Hoping for 28 Julii’s to raise! Which would be perfect as I’ll save 3 to boost the colony of 7 to 10, and have 25 to trade for credit to the LFS. We’ll see how many more fry I have when I get home from work tomorrow!
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@mountaintoppufferkeeper Rad. That’s always my issue, too. The restaurant industry is brutal and I never get weekends off. PM me when you plan to attend next year! Would be cool to link at a meeting!
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Congrats! So dope! CAS?
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Anyone get their jan/feb amazonas?
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@mountaintoppufferkeeper is this your first published article? Frame it and put it next to your BOTY award in the fish room!