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  1. gcalberto
    So I recently tried to raise the eggs of an apistogramma agassizii pair i have in another tank. I used both methylene blue and acriflavine to try and prevent fungus from developing on the eggs. I used the maximum recommended dosage as well. It seemed to not have any effect. Less than 24h after the pair laid the eggs and I put them in a different tank I already started seeing fungus on the eggs. In 48h the fungus had spread and engulfed both non fertilized and previously heathy eggs. I started treatment with methylene blue, and then switched to acriflavine, when it didn't seem to have an effect Did I do something wrong? What can I do to prevent such an aggressive fungus infection on the eggs? I'm at a loss here, because in less than 48h all eggs were inside a cotton like ball of fungus
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    Stick the zucchini in a fork, and press it against the glass or a piece of hardscape. I do it all the time and it always works for me
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    Hyphessobrycon negodagua It's a tetra that inhabits a handful of rivers in the northeast part of Brazil and that was discovered a few years ago, but supposedly began being sold in the hobby only this year. I got a school of 12 for my 55 gallon planted tank with tons of plants, red rili shrimp, hastatus cories, reticulated hillstream loaches, l168 plecos and a few other fish species. This tank is working great so far. Less than 24h after I got these fish they started spawning and I got it on video. You can actually see the adults turning back and eat the eggs on the second video.
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    If you do keep a pair of angels in there, they will always be breeding. Mine lay eggs every 2 weeks, which is a lot more than I can deal with 😅 That could in turn "free" the 55 gallon for a tank with personable fish, and that in my opinion is already big enough for an Oscar, which is by far the most personable fish I've ever kept. Mine would stare at me, tilt slightly to their side and change colors every time he saw me. He would also come to the surface to be petted by me
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    A 29 gallon should be big enough for a breeding pair of angelfish if that's something you'd be interested in. You'd also need a grow out tank, but I'm pretty sure I recall Dean saying that one breeding pair of angelfish can finance a small fish room. You could start with 6 and wait for them to pair up. Keep a pair and sell the rest
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    The water comes out of my tap at 7,8 and I breed both cacatuoides and agassizii with ease. I do, however, put some Indian almond leaves and one piece of wood in each tank
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    Well, it has worked for me for the past year or so, but probably depends on the personality of the fish. Mine don't see grown shrimp as food. They usually don't bother with them as long as they don't get too close to their territory. If they do, then the pair will flare and try to bite them, but it doesn't seem to hurt the shrimp
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    Honestly those look like garden variety worms that make up what we call infusoria or aufwuchs. Really small fish and fry eat them, but other than that they are completely harmless
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    Are the non fertilized eggs developing fungus that is spreading to the healthy eggs/wrigglers? Is there too much uneaten food that might be spoiling the water? The water parameters seem absolutely fine, but are they stable?
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    What are you feeding them? They might be starving. What are the water parameters? Ph and temperature mostly. Are they stable?
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    I have a 55 gallon with shrimp and guppies (both have their numbers increasing every ever since I stocked this tank), and well as a few other schooling species. It is a heavily planted tank though. I think a school of any of these fish should do fine in your tank, so here is a list of what I have: 12 Cardinal tetras 12 celestial pearl danios 12 hyphessobrycon negodagua (a small tetra species, about the size of a Cardinal) 12 chilli rasboras 20 hastatus cories 6 reticulated hillstream loaches 6 albino longfin bristlenose plecos 2 l168 plecos As for a centerpiece fish, I wouldn't do angles. They can harass and kill adult guppies. Eu might want to try a pair of rams or apistos, or maybe a honey gourami or something like that. There are also plenty of other species that you could have. Any small (that stay under 2") tetra or rasbora that is not a particularly aggressive feeder should be fine in your tank. There might be a few more exotic wildcaught species that could struggle with your water parameters, but I see them working for 99% of all fish
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    Most water conditioners neutralize ammonia for 24h, so even if you get an ammonia spike your shrimp shouldn't die in this 24h period. You could do daily water chances and gravel vac as much as possible for maybe a week, while always monitoring the ammonia. There's a good chance most of your shrimp will survive
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    I wouldn't do anything other than small snails (nothing bigger than a nerite snail) if I wanted to breed the apistos. I also have a heavily planted 10 gallon aquarium with a pair of apistogramma agassizii and cherri shrimp. It's probably an exception, but they seem to get along just fine and the colony keeps getting bigger, so at least some shimplets are surviving. If, however, you don't plan on breeding the apistos, or at least you don't necessarily want to have as many fry as possible survive, then corys, otos, plecos and pretty much anything that won't eat or be eaten by the adult apistos should do
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    Another possibly viable option would be a paradise fish, which have an interesting way of eating snails. They bite on the soft part of the snail when it's out of the shell then then wriggle the snail until everything comes off. They are closely related to bettas and are usually very personable fish. They MIGHT be a bit to aggressive for your endlers, but I'm not sure at all if that will be the case
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    You will want to keep your breeding pair by themselves if you want to save as many fry as possible. Other than that your setup looks good
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    You might be successful with some Amazonian fish, like tetras and dwarf cichlids. Maybe even discus. They do enjoy very soft water. Another option would be to use a substrate like crushed coral, or maybe rocks/ a wondershell to naturally raise the water hardness and ph.
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    Yes, boiling helps removing tannins, but as far as I know, all driftwood loses stops releasing tannins after a while, so you could just keep it it in your tank and everything should work out eventually
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    Honestly, I'd do plecos. There are plenty of different plecos who grow quite large. Some really expensive, while others are not. Here are some that I'd have if I had a tank bigh enough: Commom pleco L113 L24 and l25 Panaque plecos (a few different species there) L114 and 600 L14 (sunshine) pleco L18 If you go down this rabbit hole you'll see that there are a lot more options than those I listed and that grow large enough to not be threatened by central America cichlids.
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    I have a 20 gallon container with a daphnia culture. It's great, because you can feed the smaller daphnia for the fry and pretty much any fish will eat daphnia. I even have plecos and otocinclus eating live daphnia
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    You could try something like chilli rasboras, exclamation point rasboras, which are absolutely tiny. Also celestial pearl danios could work, maybe pigmy corydoras too. The issue is that keeping the parameters stable in such a tiny tank can be challenging, but assuming you can do it, a small school of any of those fish could work
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    They are probably turning white due to advanced age and calcium deficiency. You could try putting crushed coral in the tank and feed them calcium rich foods. As I just commented on another topic, I feed mine kale, which is supposed to have a lot of calcium (never had calcium and never had this shell issue) . I boil a big amount for around 3 minutes and then freze it. I then dump a pinch or two every couple of days.
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    I boild them for around 3 minutes and then freeze it. I dump a pinch or two every couple of days
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    I give my snails and shrimp a lot of kale, which supposedly has a lot of calcium. My water is soft, but I've never had shell malformation or molt issues.
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    I have a heavily planted 55 gallon tank with red rili shrimp and several fish species. Despite the 50+ fish in there, I started with 20 shrimp and 6 months later I sold 100 back to my lfs. Here is my stocking: - Around 20 fully grown blue grass guppies (and around 100 more fry) - 15 cpds - 12 Cardinal tetras - 15 chilli rasboras - 20 hastatus Cories - 6 longfin albino bristlenose plecos - 6 reticulated hillstream loaches - 12 hyphessobrycon negodagua
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    I honestly don't think you'll be able to find a fish that will eat baby guppies, but not shimplets. Maybe (and that's a big maybe) some very top dwelling fish (like hatchet fish) might be more inclined to prey on baby guppies, since they usually hang towards the top.
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