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  1. H.K.Luterman
    I'm so jealous! ❤️
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    Yeah I heard you can sometimes save them but I have no idea where she is, I can't find her. But I did go ahead and buy some more Bloody Marys, this time from a different seller. Hopefully these guys will do better! I'll update this thread when they arrive.
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    I used them for a bit, and followed the Co-Op's directions. I eventually just decided to use crushed coral since it buffers up your Kh over time. But when I did use them I was pleased with the results. I still have a stash of them somewhere.
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    I have a hard time with numbers too. Reading "9 inches" means nothing to me, so I keep a tape measure beside me so I can pull it out and actually see what 9 inches is. Before buying any aquarium I look up the dimensions and just measure, measure, measure until I'm absolutely certain the space I have is right. X3 I feel like the hardest part of keeping shrimp is waiting long enough for the tank to be seasoned enough. But they're so much fun to keep!
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    As long is it isn't buried it should be fine. But they do like to grow on top of wood or rocks. Regular old superglue will do the trick.
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    I've had to stick a little spare heater in the tank over the winter, since its located in a not very insulated outer room, and many nights I've also tossed a blanket on it to keep it in the low-mid 70s range. I've had some extra money trickle in though, and so today I ordered an Inkbird thermostat, and on my next Petco run I'll get a proper sized heater. Today I pulled a bunch of plants out, as the tank was getting stuffed full, though I didn't take any pics - the glare is pretty bad atm. I did a water test out of curiosity, and the stats are 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite and 0 nitrate; I guess that's to be expected since I doubt the snails produce much bioload. The Ph was hard to read on the test strip, but it looked a bit higher than 7... I should do a liquid test just to see better. Hardness is very hard, though the Kh isn't very high. I think I need to add a cuttle bone, because even though I feed crab cuisine, it looks like the ramshorns are munching on the mystery snail shells. I'm sure I have one somewhere. I haven't seen ANY shrimp, not the mama or the papa or any babies, and I'm feeling a bit disheartened. I had really bad luck with this batch, and I usually don't have any problem getting a neocaridina colony started. I'm starting to get the itch to add nano fish; I've been eyeballing endlers. This tank may soon include vertebrates!
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    Make sure the rhizome isn't buried on your anubias. If those broad leafed plants in your photos are anubias, they really need to be glued to something and not planted.
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    Every time I've ever seen biofilm develop on an anubias rhizome like that, it's been damaged/rotting. The only way I've been able to save it, is once the rot is apparent, cut off as much as you can, and hope the unrotten part recovers. I hope yours doesn't come to that.
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    Hello friends, My 75 currently houses a blood parrot cichlid (who is the Queen and High Potentate of everything), two male senegal bichirs (a big wild type and a little albino), and a small ctenopoma (bought as an adult and it never grew much bigger; I think it was turned in from a pervious owner at the store). Here's a video to show what kind of room I have going on. The tank is kept at 79-80F, so whatever I add needs to like it toasty. Because of the plant load, nitrates are never over 50, and I think they only get that high because I add Easy Green. Ph is 7.2. I feel like I want to add something that swims midwater. Obviously they have to be big enough to not be a snack - 3in is usually the recommended size to cohabitate with bichirs and ctenopoma. A school of congo tetras is an option. But what would YOU add? I'm open to ideas. I've been agonizing over this for 6 months to a year, lol! Edit: Forgot to mention that cichlids are probably out, since the blood parrot kept starting fights with my blue acara that was previously living in there.
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    I've had snail hitchhikers, but I like snails. Never seen anything else.
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    And here's Pooka's tank. I did add some more anubias recently from clippings; my betta tank is full of it. I managed to get a pic of Scruffy: And here's a short video. Pooka was being shy last night. If you look carefully, you can see platy fry.
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    Looks like I'm late to this thread, but both the Petcos in my area usually have more plant variety in the water filled aquatic plant tank (if yours has one of those). I've seen hornwort, bacopa, wisteria, and hydrocotyle tripartita there a few times. However they're often not labeled so you have to know what you're looking at. It's something I check on every time I'm there. I've had pretty good luck with the tube plants. I have a giant amazon sword I got from Petco, several anubias and a windelov variety java fern.
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    Wow! I love the look of that. Beautiful!
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    I bet Feo's going to change colors once he's settled in! I had a King betta from Petco for 2 yrs. He was my absolute favorite betta. Just a big gentle giant.
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    Diatoms are the worst phase to a new tank I swear, makes everything look dirty. It's my least favorite part. XD The tank looks great! What do you plan to stock it with?
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    Sorry to hear what happened to the tank, but I'm so glad you're enjoying its reboot! Mollies are great fish. So colorful and so much personality!
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    Hello! What do you have living in the bowl. if anything?
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    I'd think you could put a centerpiece fish in there, like a honey gourami. What types of fish interest you?
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    Corydoras seem easy to breed, as I would get surprise babies from time to time when I kept them. Several species need cooler temperatures, like panda cories. They're more hands on though, if you want to yield more babies; you'd need to collect the eggs and put them in a separate container to hatch, as well as treat them with anti-fungals I believe.
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    Hanging out, watching Cory's last live stream (I missed it when it was live), and decided to take pics/film the tanks. Here's about 6 minutes of Igor aggressively gardening and working on her new excavation project, Gertrude watching me, and Dragon annoying Dinky.
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    She definitely has an attitude and is "the boss." I wouldn't ever put another cichlid in with her after she started locking lips with the blue acara, but she tolerates the ctenopoma and bichirs fine; she just chases them away if they get near her vase. She's the most aggressive with me, I get a beating whenever I do anything in the tank. XD I wouldn't discourage getting a blood parrot, but have a back up plan in case you end up with a bossy one.
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    Do you have enough spare equipment to set up a plastic bin as an extra quarantine? If no, I'd just throw the odessa barbs in with everyone else in the tank you have, and just quarantine them all together. I also just monitor and only medicate when I see reason to.
  23. H.K.Luterman
    Can't go wrong with livebearers, and there's several species to choose from. Guppies and platies are the most common, and are very colorful. There's also swordtails, mollies, limia, and even endangered ones like goodeids. Hard water is a must, with lots of floating plats for the babies to hide in.
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    In case you want to figure out which is your female; their anal fins are triangular, while the males have a skinny, pointy specialized anal fin (they usually hold it tucked against their body).
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    Amano shrimp are great and seem pretty hardy as shrimp go. They won't be able to reproduce in freshwater - the females will carry eggs, and they will hatch, but the babies need brackish water to survive.
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