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On 12/26/2020 at 10:36 PM, AquaticJ said:
Is there a reason you want to lower those? Most species will be totally fine in that current water. The reason I ask is because it becomes a huge headache just to do a water change. You’ll have to mix the right amount of RO with tap to achieve the desired Gh, Kh, pH, and then use that mix everytime you change the water.
Yes, i am trying to breed apistogramma and they need significantly lower water hardness and ph.
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Yes, i am trying to breed apistogramma and they need significantly lower water hardness and ph.
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22 minutes ago, Daniel said:
Kribensis breed readily and are good parents not prone to eat eggs thereby giving you more stock to sell more quickly. Local markets vary, but Kribensis are probably a bit more marketable to the general public. Someone specifically looking for Apistogramma (like me for instance) might want a wild type or more rare form of Apistogramma.
But you never know. The way to find out is to ask your prospective customers what they would be interested in buying. Ask how big the fish need to be and what they are likely to pay. This will give you the information you need to make a decision.
Ok, thanks for the info!
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If not kribensis I was thinking about apistogramma macmasteri gold/red. Why would a kribensis be more profitable over say an apistogramma or gbr?
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So, I have a newly cycled 29 gallon that I would like to start a breeding project in. Im down to either gbr, apistogramma macmasteri, or albino kribensis. In your opinions, what would be the most interesting, easiest, most profitable, etc to breed. Thanks!
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22 minutes ago, gardenman said:
Slower is always better (well almost always.) The exceptions to that would be if your fish were in dire distress or you're trying to encourage a fish to spawn. Then sometimes you want a more drastic change in water temp/chemistry as if it were the rainy season and they were having a downpour. Even then a somewhat more moderate pace isn't bad. On some of my tanks I'll set up a bottle full of replacement water and then just let a length of airline tubing drip it into the tank. I'm doing that now with my twenty high as my breeder box full of baby plecos is on that tank and I don't want to unduly shock them.
Ok, i think ill do that then.
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When using ro water to replace, would you slowly add it as not to shock any of the fish and shrimp?
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7 minutes ago, tolstoy21 said:
As far as I’m aware, topping off the water with rodi only has the effect mitigating the upward climb of some of your measurable water parameters if you have nothing else in the tank to actively reduce them, as water evaporation will tend to concentrate things. To dilute the water you need to replace an portion of water with rodi.
Thank you so much
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9 minutes ago, gardenman said:
When water evaporates, the minerals and whatnot stay behind. That why in marine aquariums you top them off with fresh water. To effectively lower your numbers, you need to swap out your water with RO or distilled water. In a water change both the water and the minerals suspended in it leave. In evaporation, just the water leaves, the minerals and whatnot stay behind.
Ahhh, ok thank you very much.
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7 hours ago, AdamTill said:
Replace some of it. That said, I’m breeding otos and cories in basically that same water
So basically do a water change with rodi water instead of tap, what about just topping it off with rodi water?
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Hey everyone, my water comming out of my tap is currently a ph of 8.4 with gh of over 300 and kh about the same. How would I use rodi water to lower this? Thanks!
Breeding Cherry Shrimp
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Hello all! I was wondering what is the maximum hardness, ph, tds, etc. that you could breed cherry shrimp in successfully as I am debating getting some and my water is very hard, thanks!