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    Spong filters coated in bba now not filtering as well.

    in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers

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    I have 2 large sponge filters in my 75 gallon South American tank that’s been up for 2 years. It was previously an African cichlids tank. I sold them and bought South and Central American cichlids. Then I had of fighting a diatom algae filled by black beard algae. The filters are coated with bba. And there filtering ability is compromised. Should I just replace the filters or is there a way to fix my problem. At this point I only have 2 medium parrotfish, one adult angel, a small pleco and a Raphael catfish. I don’t want to get more fish with all the crap floating in my tank. Ideas please.

    Amano shrimp

    in General Discussion

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    My Amano shrimp are about 3 years old and are attacking any new fish I put in my tank. I recently put a baby polar parrotfish in my 29 gallon platty tank to help him grow out before going in my angel tank. Every shrimp (5) attacked him. Should I move the shrimp to my 55 gallon angel fish tank?

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    Duckweed’s Nemisis

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    I have about a dozen variatus platties in a 30 gallon. I also have duckweed that covers the entire surface, so much that it makes feeding difficult. Besides goldfish is there another fish I can put in my tank that will be cool with my beloved platties and will devour the duckweed. My parrotfish will eat it if I net out a bunch from the 30 and drop it in the 75.  But in a month I’m back to square one in my duckweed battle.

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    Alternative substrate

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    Near my home in the Michigan Upper Peninsula, the iron mines dump dark brown stamp sand on the shoreline on Lake Superior. Stamp sand is the by product of take iron from iron ore. It’s the surrounding rock. It’s about 1/16-1/8” in diameter. It doesn’t rust because the iron is removed. Do you think it would be fine as substrate?

    Below is a picture of the difference in color from normal sand and the stamp sand.

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    Variatus platties

    in Fish Breeding

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    I’m planning on setting up a 20 gallon to intentionally breed variatus platties. How many trios should I get. Will they breed more if I use a heater. Which plants are better for the babies?

    My water averages a pH of 7.4. Do they prefer hard or soft water?

    Should I source them from Aquabid? My lfs sells sick fish.

    Valisinaria

    in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers

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    I hope I spelled that right. I live in northern Wisconsin. I recently collected at my local lake a Val that is red. It starts at the bas as green but quickly goes red. I know val Americana that I get in Green Bay is all green and gets about 3 feet long. This is much shorter, only a foot long. Is this a different variety? I'm going to try to propagate it in my 75.

    Unidentified plant

    in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers

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    I live in northern Wisconsin, I’m surrounded by natural lakes. Today I harvested some hair grass and a short red plant that resembles val. But it’s only 6 “ long at the tallest. It grows in rocky substrate. I would like to know a couple things. Does anyone know what it’s called? I will post a picture. And how do I clean it so I don’t get hitch hikers getting into my tank. There were red worms about 2” long nestled in the root that I tossed. Any guidance would be appreciated.ACE23EC6-0611-46EA-A5CC-E0DB23802485.jpeg.534ae4d08d758e10df2394db248ebc49.jpeg

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    I have had my tanks for 5 months now

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    On 6/5/2022 at 11:32 PM, GuppyMan said:

    In January i bought my first tank which was a ten gallon i got a nice hang on the back sand fake plants and the other basics. I even used some many i had saved up to by guppy grass which ended up dying in less than a week. I have sense been donated  a 29 gallon for a friend and have lots of fake sand and rocks but no substrate. I use the tank as a grow out for the 4 batches of fry my two female guppy have had. I now have a good deal with the local fish store for 1 dollar for each guppy over 3/4 of a inch. Now i have some spare money i want to really get some live plants live java fern and some flouting plants for the 29 gallon along with substrate. Am concerned that i will have to fertilize and use root tabs. If anybody has experience with the plants feel free to reply. I don't have a lot of money and on a very tight budget i was wondering if anybody had any ideas for the tank.   

    I started with one crypt in a 55 gallon. I put a couple root tabs down by the roots and in a matter of 9 months one crypt turned into 25 crypts. Each over a foot long. My lfs gave me $5 in trade for each plant. I took one baby to start the process over again. Now my 55 gallon is a grow out tank for my plants. They’re cheaper to feed, take longer to grow out but worth 5 times as much as guppies.

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    Swapping filters

    in General Discussion

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    I have been running a small sponge filter in my 55 along with a large sponge filter to season the small filter for my soon to set up shrimp tank. I’ll be replacing both filters with two medium co-op sponge filters because the large filter is a fine sponge and I have to clean it so often.  The 55 gallon tank has been set up for 5 years. It’s planted and only has two angels two tetras and 5 panda corys. So the bio load isn’t that much.

     

    Heres my question. Should I put fresh sponge filters both at the same time, or just replace one filter at a time? And when I start my shrimp tank, and use the small filter, should I squeeze out the sponge into the tank to spread out the bacteria?

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