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Philip

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  1. In fairness to most people, and to the LFS, those little jars are not intended for the fish to spend their life in. Just as a way to display many fish on the least amount of Real Estate. Buying one then setting it up at home with a ten gallon or more is hopefully the norm.
  2. So true. Sump pumps, heaters and parts for your toilet. Not only will they go, it will be on Christmas Eve when all the stores are closed and 28 people are at your house.
  3. Seeing your photo makes me want to get some.
  4. Thanks for the info. Always happy to hear from people who are actually doing. You can learn so much.
  5. Please let us know how it works out. It is my understanding that it is a difficult to breed species. Only laying eggs in very shallow water.
  6. Big proponent of live foods. I culture many different things and by far the easiest is Vinegar eels. I'm not saying it's the best or easiest to harvest (that would be either the White worms or Grindal worms). Your question was easiest to keep. You can have a jar of Vinegar eels you forgot about for months and you still got a zillion of them going strong.
  7. Welcome. Handy with the camera, I see. Nice photo of some great fish.
  8. I saw that video and was shocked at the amount of air they use. I crank mine up now.
  9. Sir, Thank you for calling attention to the website. I went over to check it out and found it hard to leave. So much great information I can't wait to explore the rest of the content. R/ Phil
  10. Had a Geophagus jurupari once and it was one of the best fish I've ever had. Got a little bigger than I expected and is the red heads are similar that 90 is about minimum. Mine did not tear up plants but was also a bit shy. Loved to have a place to hide. Was great with Discus.
  11. Agreed. It might be the last thing Rainbow Geek would like to do, but the poor fish that is getting beat down might be forever grateful to get a new home. On an aside, the photo Angelfishlover posted above is just stunning.
  12. If it bugs you, you might consider a SeaChem Tidal HOB filter. It has a surface skimmer. Nice filter in it's own right. Good luck.
  13. Daniel, I totally agree with you. Just raising the flies for fun and it's a great treat for some fish. The baby brine shrimp, you can't live without. Way more bang for the buck and much more reliable. If a culture crashes you are back in business in a day.
  14. You guys don't hold back, those are some very impressive setups. I would be happy with a 29 gallon tank with some CPDs and a few other little critters. Sit in my chair smoking my pipe and watching the little biotope progress.
  15. As the wise Barney Fife use to say "nip it in the bud . . . IN THE BUD!"
  16. Medium should work quite nicely. Although, if you have a rather deep tank, like a 55 or bigger, you might consider the larger one if your intake doesn't go down too far to begin with.
  17. I've always got my flies from Josh's Frogs (same website name) and they carry Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila hydei which is larger. These are the flightless varieties and are wonderful to feed fish. I've never seen fish go as crazy for food as they do these. The larger hydei is the kind I've always chosen since their life span is a little longer and if I want to feed smaller fish, I just feed younger flies. Although they don't fly, they are super fast. You have to get the knack of banging the container on the table to get them in the bottom, open the lid real fast and shake a bunch out onto the water, then quickly put the lid back on. Removing the lid while just on the table is a mistake you'll only make once. Personally, I would go for ease of care and culturing. Good luck and let us know how it turns out. Respectfully, Phil
  18. Sir, Just out of curiosity, can you see which type of plastic your container is made of? If it is in a position where you can see the three arrow recycle symbol and read the number in the center. Like a number 2 or 5, for instance. Most should be safe for your fish and it's probably way out there that it isn't, but it would be nice to know if you have a mystery to solve.
  19. Socqua, What you say makes a lot of sense. I've been thinking about it a lot and decided that what I might do is take two similar tanks and try different approaches on each. See what happens over time. Nothing like a good science experiment to get the blood flowing. Thank you for your thoughts. R/ Phil
  20. Fellow Aquarists, What are your thoughts on a dosing schedule for general fertilization in a planted tank? For example if I have a 100 gallon aquarium and the packaging says "dose 1 ml per 10 gallons" " . . . twice a week for medium light tanks", that means each week the tank gets 20 ml. Even though the packaging says twice a week (and I know the "correct" answer is to always follow packaging instructions), but would it be better to give it a few ml each day, or 5 ml every other day? Is giving it a big shot every once in awhile or dosing it steady the best strategy? Thanks Phil
  21. Sharp substrate was touched upon during an Aquarium Co-Op video. Using that as a guide I don't think that Flourite is especially sharp like cracked sand and would fall into the "It's OK" category. The limiting factor here might be which plants you might have and/or how many. Those little critters might enjoy digging up your carefully placed plants.
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