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  1. Tony s
    Yes, both above are correct. But I know Cory has the cute planters. And I believe they leave things like crypts in there. So don’t think it will harm the plant. But, yes, optimal long term is planted. It’s going to escape anyway, so ….
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    Yeah, I have young lake aytinjo boesemani. Females are olive green in color(still very pretty), they don’t show the red/orange yours do. They may color up a bit with age, I’m not sure about that. Another way to check, both dorsal fins overlap on the male. Females have a bit of a gap between dorsal fins.
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    I believe you can leave it there. Mine is planted in the substrate. It does send out roots and will spread throughout the tank. So if you want it to be contained, it’s probably not going to be
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    Should not be a problem. Emperors shouldn’t be fin nippy. And you have a lot of room left
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    I’m honestly impressed. I didn’t think females were that available.
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    I think the best filter is what you happen to be comfortable with and consistent with. You’re used to taking care of your hob and know what to do with it. Sponges are also great, but they are going to a different set of skills. It’s really all personal preference. They both have pros and cons. the difference being right now you have a hob. And would have to buy and learn the sponge, and add an air pump, airline, and check valve. For cartridges, they can be washed out In either tank water or tap water (you’re not going to kill bacteria with a quick rinse). Usually mine last up to 6 months. You can add poly fill behind the cartridge to capture extra fines. The other thing that has been mentioned is space. Sponges will take up floor space. In a 10 you already have limited floor space Really hobs are fine. I have them in all 14 of mine because mine are scattered throughout my house. The energy use isn’t all that horrible
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    Really. Actually never had that happen. Assuming you’re talking about pest snails. Have mystery snails everywhere. Only 1 tank with pests.
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    The other thing to think about, 6 white clouds are close to capacity for a 10 gallon. Not that you couldn’t overstock a bit, but would require slightly more water changes. And careful watching parameters. Maybe just a few male endlers or fancy guppies (guppies can be harder to get started)You could also do a gold mystery snail.
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    For white clouds, the thing is to find other cold water fish. Something like celestial pearl danios , zebra danios, male guppies , male endlers, maybe even a hill stream loach. I am assuming you don’t have a heater in the tank. Your white clouds like it cold. So do these others. They even make different forms of white clouds like the gold white clouds.
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    Yeah, for platys, it's usually just add water and .... babies just happen. you may need another male or two. they're usually not aggressive toward each other but will tire the females out. I once separated the males and females, the females continued having fry. so, I gave up that plan.
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    Fin rot

    Tony s replied to FishQween's topic in Diseases

    Sometimes platys can hold off birthing new fry if they don't like the water conditions. Mine stopped for a bit while I got the water in order. I use hornwort to help me keep their tank nitrates under control. It also gives the fry a place to hide out and not be snacks
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    Kuhli loaches should work. my lfs had some dwarf chain in. they looked really cool
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    Dwarf Chain loaches
  14. Tony s
    Correct. I should. But often don’t. Got out of the habit. Not much dust in mine. And don’t use it much anymore. For my 36 gallon black glow fish tank, I use small pouch of purigen. Which does get rinsed
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    Not sure about the frogbit, but the rest of these don’t need much light at all. I have them in several tanks with just kit lights, and they’re doing okay.
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    I actually wasn’t trying to feed my snails at first, the wafers were for the corys. But sometimes the snails got there first. As for the nerites, I think it was a case of that was all there was, so they ate it. Kind of like how you’d train a picky fish to eat
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    Ooh, you have very soft water. Possibly too soft for cherry shrimp. Optimal gh for cherries is about 140. Optimal kh is close to 60. On the other hand, you have almost perfect water for caradina species of shrimp like crystal reds. Possibly also too soft to adequately grow the shells on your snail. I’d keep an eye out for small cracks. That’s a sure sign of not enough calcium in your water. the other thing to watch for is ph fluctuations. Kh act as a buffer to prevent swings in ph. Your ph could swing rapidly if you’re not careful. if you’re set on the cherry shrimp instead of the crystal shrimp. You may need to add small amounts of crushed coral to increase your gh and kh to optimal levels.
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    Didn’t say anything about a bacterial bloom. It does help with fine particulate
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    Ya know, sometimes I think this is key. We all want to fix fix fix our issues. Sometimes we just need to relax and let the issues fix themselves. like the bladder snail, I have a 20 with them. Not really causing me much trouble
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    Yeah, I suppose that would work fine Yeah. I put it in an empty hob cartridge. As long as I’m not covered in black dust and it doesn’t bleed into the water, it’s good.
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    It works best when put in flowing water. either a cannister or hang on back is best. just putting it in the tank won't work. Its porous nature is what traps the fine particulates, It doesn't dissolve at all
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    When i use carbon, I use the Marineland available at PetSmart. seems to have less dust than most.
  23. Tony s
    Stunning. Still, one of the fish I'm absolutely intimidated by.
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    Sera makes one of the best kits for dGH and dKh. Counting droplets into a water tube. I like coop test strips for everything but the higher levels of dGH and dKH
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    Yeah, that's not really a thing. Wonder shell and crushed coral absorb into the water up to a certain point. Then they slow down and no longer dissolve. Usually up to a 12 dGH. Snails do wonderful in this hardness. the extra calcium is easier to absorb into their shells. Without enough dGH you can see thin crack lines in the shell. Both types of snails should be easily trained to eat things like algae wafers. Never had a problem with picky snails. They readily consume anything organic in the tank. dead plants, algae, dead fish. where I've had an issue is not giving them enough to eat. I have a betta/ rasbora tank where not enough food was left for them and lost a few. now they get half an algae wafer a couple times a week. and are fine. Snails are great. mine roam all over the tank. Sometimes they're really goofy. I've had them at the top just floating, taking ride on floating plants, climbing up just to float down. Haven't had nerites in a bit, but the mystery's have bred and now I have about 40 of those.
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