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  1. Daniel
    Attaching files and photos is easy! @Lizzie Block shows you how here:
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    It is generally impossible to sex young discus. Large male discus might develop a pointy dorsal fin over time. Males are often a bit large than females, but not always. The only conclusive way I have for sexing my discus is while watching them breed. Invariably the one laying the eggs is the female. And I am not being sarcastic as that is the most reliable way to sex your discus.
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    My guess is that it looks like this: This is very common after the introduction of new wood to an aquarium. The good news is that it is harmless and will disappear on its on. Apparently shrimp feast on it, but I didn't see you mention any shrimp in your aquarium. It is easy post images, here is a a good tutorial from @Lizzie Block that will have you posting images in no time:
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    Just make sure your neighbors cannot see that part of your yard.
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    Saw a new one today for Pogostemon Stellatus 'Octopus' PSO
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    Does it look like this? If so, it is a hydra.
  7. Daniel
    One of the places I frequently find baby shrimp hiding in is mulm.
  8. Daniel
    And speaking of cool video, the forum's very own @Aubrey recently posted this video of an adult brine shrimp, which is soo cool that it deserves a reposting:
  9. Daniel
    I kept this heavily planted community tank a while back:
  10. Daniel
    I am just as curious as when they spawn the least, look for that also.
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    Could be. Is the moon closer during a full moon? Turn out the time the moon is closest (also called perigee) or furthest (also called apogee varies randomly and is not connected to whether the moon is full or not. Could it be the moon is brightest on the night of a full moon? Is this the source of the effect? Maybe. If this is it, the day before and the day after a full moon should also be busy times for breeding as the moon is nearly as bright on those nights. What if it is cloudy on the night of the full moon? Does this decrease the effect. What if your fish are indoors (most of mine are) and are influenced by indoor lighting. If there is increase of spawning during a full moon, then there is an extremely strong logical implication that there is a decrease of spawning at other times during the monthly lunar cycle. Is that during a 'new moon' that is those nights when the dark side of the moon is facing us? @Fish Folk not only breeds a lot of different kinds of fish, he also keeps good records of spawning dates. What do the records show for the times of the most spawning and just as interestingly the times of the least spawning?
  12. Daniel
    Freshwater clams in my big aquarium. I have had this colony for several years now.
  13. Daniel
    I think this is the sand in question, CEMEX's Lapis Lustre #60:
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    I know what you like. It is the symmetry.
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    They really like live foods like baby brine shrimp and mosquito larva, but they will eat prepared foods.
  16. Daniel
    Depends, because it’s reproduction it can be almost impossible to stop them. But if I give each hive enough careful attention sometimes I can manipulate the swarming instinct and end up with additional colonies instead of a swarm. But I always lose a few each season swarming. So far this winter was very cold and very late, and there has been no swarming so far. Last year and the year before, the swarms started in mid March.
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    47 currently, will probably be closer to 100 by mid May. I have a really bad case of MHS (multi hive syndrome).
  18. Daniel
    Honeybees in slooow mootion! It so relaxing just to watch my bees lazily flapping their wings and wobbling in for a landing. Very satisfying!
  19. Daniel
    I agree with @anewbie in my past experience cardinals and neons on average have been equally as hardy. I say on average because occasionally a particular batch of either kind may experience some mortality.
  20. Daniel
    Do the ones on the glass with the jerky motions look something like this. If so those are cyclops:
  21. Daniel
    Also in my experience, mulm tends to be the place where the tiniest of shrimp hang out.
  22. Daniel
    Looks normal to me, I wouldn't be concerned.
  23. Daniel
    Pygmy sunfish are really cool, but I wouldn't do them first. They are very hardy, but they are 'ambush hunters' meaning they stay stock still until they lunge for food. My wife used to call them the 'fish you never see'. Breeding time is awesome, but feeding time is everyday and that requires getting on the livefoods treadmill. I have been trying to think of an analogy with a non-fish item like wine or food, but the best I can come up with is keyboards. I am typing this post on a high end German keyboard with totally blank Cherry MX Blue mechanical key switches on factory lubricated stabilizers. But would I have wanted Das Keyboard as my first keyboard? It would have been frustrating and I wouldn't have appreciated its tactile feedback and audible clicky-clack. Start with something that will build your confidence and skill and then as you become more capable and discerning go for the more sophisticated challenges.
  24. Daniel
    That is pretty cool. I would grow that any day!
  25. Daniel
    I have Neptune Apex monitoring system with a variety of probes: Feeds the data through a web interface: It can control just about any device and record data for about 1/2 dozen different kinds of probes. And then I can graph any of the data. Or feed the data back in as input for canned or custom programs that can 'make decisions'.
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