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1 hour ago, Gideyon said:
The livebearer fry do concern me. I guess you're saying that's food for the angel?
I'll look for the video, but I read up on the plant. I'm curious if it grows in gravel substrate, as what I read just said "silted".
Yeah, the angel ate the fry. If you ever want a few to live, you could give them hiding places, or just put them in a baby net on the side of the tank until they're big enough to be safe.
My vallisneria is growing in gravel.
If you opt for an African Dwarf Frog, do a ton of research first. They usually need to be in a species-only tank to really eat well, and must have a low water level so they can easily surface to breath. I've had 3 - down to 1 now - and I've found that they need a lot more observation than fish to make sure they're getting their needs met.
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On 3/12/2021 at 12:14 PM, Gideyon said:
Is there an alternative when you can get one type of fish (with color) in a community tank?
When I needed to simplify, I got 1 angelfish. He's a gorgeous light gold with blue "dangly fins." Angels are good solo or in groups. Since you're interested in color, I'd say to look up "koi angelfish." They're colored like actual koi.
Editing to add: Having many colors of one species can totally work. Someone's idea of platies is great because they're hardy. One catch with livebearers is that you'll need a plan in place to deal with the fry. (That's actually why I originally got the angel - to keep the livebearer fry in check.) Angels do come in a variety of colors and patterns too.
As for plants, Cory has a video about vallisneria, saying that if you only ever get one plant, get that one. So I did, they froze in transit, and are growing back! They don't need root tabs, don't need much light, and spread fast. I really don't want to bother with plants either, but this does seem to be working easily.
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I can't be messing with hatching brine shrimp, but I'm wondering if a few breeding cherry shrimp would supply my fish with an ongoing source of live food. I realize they'd be too big for fry, but could adult endlers eat baby cherry shrimp?
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3 hours ago, Volcano said:
Please help me keep everything alive for now.
Hi Volcano. I'm almost in the same situation. I just started learning about how to do this right a couple months ago.
Do some learning on water parameters - particularly ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate. I honestly found the info boring, and the test kits expensive, but it's stuff you'll need to know to keep both animals and plants alive. Super basically: Ammonia and nitrite are taken care of by bacteria you can simply buy in a bottle. Nitrate is mainly taken care of by water changes and plants. There's a ton more detail, but that's a start.
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Does that mean hornwort is particularly good at filtration and hard to kill?
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Great to hear! Do you guys do anything with solar power?
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I'm having fun thinking through how to have an outdoor pond, but I have no access to electricity outdoors. Anything powered would have to be solar. Is it always necessary to have powered filtration, aeration, water movement, etc?
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When I was very young, one of my parents surprised my siblings and I by bringing home a round glass bowl with a bunch of bright male guppies. Now middle-aged, I still have only been that elated a few times. It was the moment when joy and fish became closely linked in me.
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On 3/5/2021 at 9:47 PM, ererer said:
What's your gh and kh, and what were you hoping to get them to? What fish/plants/inverts are you wanting to keep?
GH 11. KH 3. pH 7.8.
Animals: 1 Angelfish, breeding Endlers, Malaysian Trumpet Snails. Nothing is wild caught.
An African Dwarf Frog has her own tank.
Plants: Vallisneria
My thinking is that breeding fish and snail shells both need hard water, and that all the species need the pH around 7.0-7.5.
I've found more people saying angels and endlers are good at a high pH. I know snails are. Is the ADF?
I'm still not confident that the GH/KH is high enough for breeding, and for snail shells.
(I'm not new to having fish, but certainly new to having knowledge about it.)
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Oh I hadn't even thought about plants softening the water. I just got my first live ones a few days ago (to help with Nitrates), so I guess that's info I needed too! I'll make notes on what I've learned here. It's really helpful.
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2 minutes ago, Kirsten said:
I'd rather boost the hardness if needed, with something gradual and stable like crushed coral, than mess with the pH. You can naturally help lower the pH with mopani wood or catalpa leaves
So I know ahead of time: Coral would cause the pH to be higher, right? And wood or leaves would make the water a bit tan?
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Thanks guys. It was just recently that I even learned that Nitrate levels need checked. My fish stopped eating about the same time someone pointed out that I should check. The Nitrates were through the roof, so I'm now nervous about messing up other things. I'm now learning fast, but there's SO much to learn!
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35 minutes ago, CT_ said:
even the allegedly sensitive fish usually do fine up to 8-8.2.
Is this the kind of thing where I should just watch the fishes' health and behavior, and "if it ain't broke, don't fix it?"
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I need to get my pH down, but increase GH and KH. Everything I'm finding online indicates that it's not possible to do both.
(For what it's worth, I used pH Down yesterday to get the pH from 7.8 to 7.3. Only 3 hours later, it was back to 7.8.)
Any idea how I can simultaneously decrease pH, and increase GH and KH?
Baby shrimp instead of baby brine?
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The only cherries I've found online are pretty expensive - particularly shipping. I think what I was finding totaled near $60 to order 6 shrimp. Do you know a cheap way to get healthy ones?
Any idea if the babies are small enough for an endler's mouth? Endlers are so little.