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    Garren's Aquariums

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    My little hitchhiker fry is doing well. Growing but still cannot tell what it is yet. 

    Tank Nitrite was all the way up to 5.0 PPM for 5 days and now it just dropped to .25 PPM today. I think it is just about done cycling. 

    Interesting thing is that the one fry and the 3 cherry shrimp I had in the tank did very well through the cycle. 

    All my plants have had some growth. The chain sword is starting to really spread. 

    I will load some pictures later.

    First planted tank up and running!

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    3 minutes ago, Betsy said:

    I don't know if you've done this already...but the Static Cling Total Blackout Window Film is SO legit for a black background.  You just cut to size, spray the back of your tank with water and squeegee it on! 

    I agree with Betsy. Love the static cling blackout. I used it on 2 setups now. Nice thing is if you ever change your mind you just pull it off plus no harsh paint smells. 

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    PH during med trio?

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    Ph can be different from tank to tank. Many factors can cause this to happen. Different substrates, plants, no plants, water changes, and etc. I try testing at least 2 hours of lights being on every time. (I am about consistency)

    I have seen my ph fluctuate while using the med trio. However, I cannot contribute that specifically to the med trio. 

    Help with Celestial Pearl Danios

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    2 hours ago, Rick M. said:

     I thought about ordering the CPDs from Aquahuna but I have never ordered livestock online before. Any thoughts or suggestions on websites for these little guys would be considered and appreciated. I am feeling a little reserved about ordering more CPDs though with the info from Streetwise

    I have ordered several times from Aquahuna. My Shrimp and CPDs are doing great!! I highly recommend them. 

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    Help with Celestial Pearl Danios

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    I have CPD's and had them shipped to me. They were small and stressed out. I did similar acclimation that you did. The issue I found out right away and with other fish I have shipped in and even from the LFS is that sometimes they are under feed for shipping to reduce their stress and ammonia level spikes during shipping. I let fed my on 2nd day with high quality food (brine shrimp). Then waited a day feed again 4th day. Then I started the med trio treatment to make sure they were cleaned out of any disease. 

    You never know when the LFS got them in and they could have been stressed out from shipping to the store then you got picked them up and that added more stress. This movement is somewhat normal in the hobby and sometimes some fish just don't handle it well. They can also could have something eternally going on as well. 

    Tank parameters seem fine to me. Also, nice looking tank. 

    Sorry for your loss. Sometimes LFS will give a couple day guarantee on the fish. I know mine does it as long as the water parameters are within range. I hope this helps a little. I am sure someone else will also chime in on what their experiences have been. 

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    Petrified Wood

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    The petrified wood looks good. I have that in one of my tanks and love the look. 

    Never had Guppies but have had live bearers with just 1 female and 1 male. They mated like crazy then those babies had babies. You will find great joy in raising your own babies. 

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    sparkling gourami hatchlings

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    @Hobbit I would agree it takes some time to get the best yields. I started a culture about 3 days ago and I have a little concentration. But have had to use it at the low concentration right now just to get some to a hitch hiker fry. 

    I would recommend putting a light directly on it 24hrs. It seems to help speed the process up. I started one culture and another 2 days later then put a light on them and the 2nd culture is caught up already to the first. I am just using a daylight led bulb with a desk lamp. Would have used a window but it has been cloudy here for a few days. 

    Nitrates Plants

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    Posted · Edited by Garren

    The plants will have a hard time up taking nitrates if you don't have proper lighting and other building blocks for them to uptake the nitrates plus grow. I find if any of these building blocks are out of balance my plants struggle and my nitrates go up. I am sure others will chime in as well to help you out.

    Recommend reading this article if you have not done so already.

    https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/which-aquatic-fertilizer-is-right-for-you

    What light are you currently running? This may help out it determining if it proper lighting.

    Garren's Aquariums

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    Tank is coming along good so far. Today I put in a few cherry shrimp that I needed to re-home.

    I have been dosing with seed bacteria starter and put in some filter floss behind the rock from a established tank. Parameters have been good. I have about .50 nitrite right now and between 0-20 ppm nitrate. The ammonia level is below .25 hardly detectable. Hoping this week the nitrite will drop off. 

    I did find out two days ago that a egg or two was in the filter floss. I saw this little swimmer in the tank. He is still going strong. Been feeding it infusoria and now some Sera fry food. Way to small for baby brine at this time. Can be only be a CPD or neon tetra baby. Be interesting to what it is. 🤔

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    Suggestion Box

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    Posted · Edited by Garren B

    I am sure they are working out some issues with the new layout but is anyone else having issues when you go to the bottom of a topic it does not show the button or arrow to move to the next page. 

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