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Hi Colu,
ammonia & nitrite - 0
nitrate 10 - 20 ppm
pH 6.4
KH 3dkh
GH 214
water temp 76 degrees
Breathing appears a bit labored but wasn’t hanging out near the surface - just weak, looks thin and is lethargic. No stringy poop. I have him in a 2.5 gallon bucket with an air stone. I started treating with ParaCleanse.
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I added 4 BRC to my 68 gallon tank about 3 1/2 weeks ago. This one is not doing well. Could it be parasites? I'm about to put it in a hospital tank.
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I was just about to post my own Bolivian Ram question. I added 4 to my tank - a heavily planted 68 gallon about 3.5 weeks ago. Initially, I would see three swimming around. The fourth one stayed hidden for the first 5 days and then joined the others. For the last couple of days, I’m only seeing two of them. They’re very active and one even follows me if I move from the front to the side. I catch the occasional glimpse of a third one - always rising from the same spot behind a rock and a thick forest of plants. I haven’t spotted the fourth one. Is this normal?
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Huh. I love the second suggestion. I have the flow on the canister filter dialed down as far as it will go. Splitter! This is the first truly problem solving solution I’ve found anywhere on the internet! Thank you!
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On 3/9/2024 at 3:06 PM, Tlindsey said:
It's amazing how fast they move you blink and gone.😆
I know!
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Is there a way to reduce water pressure output on a lily pipe so it doesn't blow fish from one end of the tank to the other? The fish don't seem to mid it - especially my albino corys that spend the day being blown about like they're on a water park ride.
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I have a black racer Nerite snail that goes on a walk-about at least 3 times a week. He's found a way to push the plastic piece of the lid that is used to cut spaces for peripherals and off he goes. I check around the base of the aquarium 3-5 times a day. I always find him in the same spot - in the back, stuck to the bottom of the glass. I gently slide him up, drop him back in the tank and withing minutes, he's sliding around again.
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On 1/14/2024 at 8:22 PM, Kleger86 said:
It is. It’s less than 2 months old. Thank you so much! The plants are the one thing I was pretty confident about when starting all this and if I messed them up I don’t know what I’d do!
I know the feeling! I got a 15 gallon tank going about a year and a half ago. It looked great for a few weeks. Then I noticed it was developing this fuzzy brown thing. I went away for a long weekend and when I got back, the entire tank was covered in the stuff. So of course, I totally freaked out about it. I did a water change and also picked off as much of it as I could. Then I googled, what is brown growth on plants and learned it was just harmless diatoms. I’d like to say that from then on, I would ask questions first before doing anything to the tank but it took some time and several more freakouts to learn that lesson.
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I didn’t know Amazon Swords flowered. I was away for almost two weeks and when I got home, I noticed stems growing from my anubias and sword. 10 days later, they look like this. The Pleco loves grazing on the flower.
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It looks like brown algae, which isn’t really algae. They’re diatoms. Is this a relatively new setup? Diatoms aren’t harmful and after a few water changes they usually go away.
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Success!
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On 1/13/2024 at 12:39 PM, jwcarlson said:
I'd call them orange, but if you kill the air you should be able to see something swimming around if they have hatched. Part way through they look like they're parachutes hanging out of their eggs. After that they will just sink to the bottom. Then they start getting their swimmerets or whatever they're called and can move.
Thank you! Now I know what to look for.
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How do you know when they’ve hatched? I realize this is probably a stupid question but as this is my first time hatching baby brine shrimp, I’m not sure what the hatchings look like. I’m seeing a lot of tiny brown eggs swirling around. I started with a very small batch - 1/8th of a teaspoon. I would have used less water but the heater isn’t long enough so I had to go with nearly 2 liters. It’s been running for nearly 24 hours.
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On 1/9/2024 at 1:13 PM, jwcarlson said:
Also, I ran into bad hatches when I wasn't scrubbing the hatcher out after each hatch. I was rinsing it really well, but wasn't using the brush. With small hatches the build up on the bottom isn't really visible, but now that I've built up to more eggs, it's really obvious that I wasn't getting it clean enough.
I'll have to channel my inner neat freak.
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On 1/9/2024 at 1:00 PM, jwcarlson said:
With the film (molts?) that coat the bottom towards the end of a hatch I would think the airstone would get yucky.
Yeah, that makes total sense.
On 1/9/2024 at 12:44 PM, GoofyGarra said:I use nets like these, but i have experienced that if you are trying to hatch large amounts of BBS the high walls of a sieve hold in the BBS much better then the net, where it is likely to overflow.
I only have 2 tanks so I won't be hatching large quantities, just small batches, part of which I'll feed live and then freeze the rest.
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On 1/9/2024 at 11:58 AM, TOtrees said:
he second one. These are from amazon.ca, but the same type is avail worldwide. I don't think a micron size is specified, but comparable ones are usually around 200.
Perfect, thank you!
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On 1/9/2024 at 11:35 AM, TOtrees said:
Another tip I rarely see mentioned is to let the hatched bbs sit for 5-10 mins without air before you pour off/separate the hatched bbs. With the brand that I use, that 5-10 mins allows all shells and unhatched eggs to float to the surface, so when I decant from the bottom I get virtually zero shells. Nothing but sweet orange goodness.
I’m so glad I asked questions before trying this out for the first time. Great tips! And now I’m back to my original thought - seems simpler to just go with the rigid airline tube connected to the pump than using the airstone. Do you use a regular shrimp net or one of those nylon food grade nets with a specific micron number (100 - 400)?
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On 1/8/2024 at 11:29 PM, Fish Folk said:
I like using the ziss air-stone, attached to a length of rigid (hard-plastic) air line
Thanks, I think I’ll go with this as well. And thanks for the thread - very helpful!
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I watched Cory’s video on hatching baby brine shrimp using the Ziss hatchery. The setup looked so cool I had to get one. I also watched a Prime Time Aquatics setup video for the Ziss. Jason set his up a little differently. I’m wondering if anyone has experience with this particular hatchery. Cory connected the airline tubing to the lid, then connected the rigid tube on the inside with a small piece of airline tubing to add some flexibility. He didn’t use an airstone - just pumped air through the tube. Jason used an airstone on the bottom of the rigid tube. Does it matter? Seems leaving out the airstone makes things a bit less complicated.
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On 12/29/2023 at 3:03 PM, anewbie said:
I just told you the aquarium has wc c. hastatus and b. cupido
Had no idea what those were but if you had said "both prefer the soft water with the b. cupido pretty much requiring it" in the first place, then I wouldn't have had to ask twice.
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Your gh is very low because of the RO. Is there a specific reason you're using RO, like your tap water is very hard?
180 - that's a lot of water! Cool. You could probably scale your water changes way back. I test fairly regularly for nitrates. As long as they're around 40ppm, I just top off. I'm only doing water changes like once a month now and mostly so I don't get a buildup of minerals but I also have wall to wall plants. In my shrimp tanks, I try to keep nitrates at around 20 ppm. Cory posted a great wc change video. I'll see if I can find it.
I know Amazons like a lot of light. I wonder if you could adjust the light by moving it so the swords get more of it. Honestly though, it doesn't look like you have a huge algae problem. And you could always get a pleco. I have a couple of Bristlenose plecos and they're always busy munching away at the algae.
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On 12/29/2023 at 1:23 PM, AllFishNoBrakes said:
In the tray is what’s get frozen. In the Tupperware is what gets fed live the day of.
This is brilliant! Thanks - I can't wait to try this out.
Do shrimp eat bbs? My Amanos got HUGE. And they're always hungry. I'm not sure they'd be able to catch them though.
The pics are very helpful, btw.
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On 12/29/2023 at 12:03 PM, Tlindsey said:
@Monkeypoint Newly hatched brine shrimp is highly nutritional after a day loses nutritional value. Yes you could feed every day. I suggest hatching small amounts of eggs but if you want freeze the rest. Not sure if large Angelfish will eat them but the tetras yes.
Don't have any experience with shrimp. Be careful of overfeeding bbs because that will definitely affect your water parameters.
Thank you,
The Angelfish, Molly, and SAEs are always ravenous - especially the angels. They’re a little over a year old now and not super big. They charge across the tank like missiles when I walk in the room and stick their mouths out of the water. I think they’ll go nuts for them.
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I just watched Cory's excellent video tutorial about hatching baby brine shrimp. I only have 2 tanks - well, 3 if I include the 3-gallon nano stocked only with neocaridina. The entire process looked so cool that I indulged in some retail therapy and bought the Ziss hatchery (total impulse buy). I have a few questions:
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How often do you feed fish bbs? Every day? My 68 gallon tank has Angelfish, Siamese algae eaters, one Molly, Neon tetras and a couple of Bristlenose plecos. I have a 15 gallon stocked with Amano and Neocaridina shrimp, Ember tetras and a Bristlenose pleco.
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Will Amano shrimp and Neocaridinas eat them as well?
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Is there a way to safely preserve uneaten shrimp, like dehydrating and storing in the freezer?
Thank you!
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Please help with sick Bolivian Ram cichlid
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Thank you. Unfortunately, he didn't make it, but I'll keep your instructions for next time.