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On 5/4/2023 at 6:00 AM, Flying fox 6523 said:
"As a general rule" rules are made to be broken, with the 2 I have they have
been getting along with no problem, they work the tank either together or
they go their own way to search for food, I have plenty of hiding places for
them. They have a certain place in the tank where they hide together for hrs.I picked them for the snails where they didn't take over the whole aquarium
none of those you talked about doesn't do that, I know how big they get &
that's another reason why I got just 2 of them for a 75 gal tank & when I get
a 65 gal tank I'm getting 2 more & I'll have them some hiding places too.I'm going to disagree here but i've kept them for years and years and not a short period. Come back in 5 years and lets talk about it.
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What is special about eleocharis montevidensis as compared to other grasses ? Btw I really liked my Blyxa novoguineensis until it got eaten; the texture is quite nice though you have to be fairly close to see it.
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On 5/4/2023 at 1:40 AM, nabokovfan87 said:
What are the dimensions! I could only imagine a 10+ foot aquarium and how epic that would be to aquascape.
@EastTN37922 Welcome to the forums!You nailed it. 10 feet long; 4 feet wide; 23 inches high - and it will be a pia to aquascape due to my lovely short arms. My hope is to make the scape similar to this:
I will use a nicer substrate as i'm not a fan of coarse eco-complete and quite frankly it is not the best substrate for my stocking - though it does age well i will admit that much (this substrate has been in used for 5 years). The festy will move into the 450 as they are a bit harsh on the angels - though things might work better with the improved foot-print. The loaches will go into the 550 with the angels.
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Gonna be a lot of work to set them up... and a lot of substrate - though thankfully i can move the substrate stone by stone if i have to as oppose to all at once.
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What I can now say first hand is a 550 gallon glass aquarium is one heavy thing - even with 12 guys carrying it. I strongly recommend you not try this by yourself.
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UGF work well when they work but over years they can get clogged as 'junk' gets trapped below the plates and there can be bacteria issues - i had one a long time ago but by the time i moved - 4 years later it was causing problems. I think they work better with coarser/large substrate than smaller fine substrate - but of course 90% of the fishes i keep want fine substrate so there is that conflict. I've seen something similar to UGF that is home made with drilled pvc lining the bottom of an aquarium - the guy who posted about it (it was on one of the monster forums for very large aquariums) said it worked quite efficient but i bailed on that idea - as one problem i have with larger aquariums is the work it takes to 'fix' a problem at the substrate level.
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As a general rule like most boita they should be kept in a group of at least 5 (the more the better) and they can develop bad social behavior if not kept in a group. Unfortunately yoyo do get fairly large over a couple of years and would require a decent size aquarium. zebra loaches are much smaller (not as small as dwarf loaches) but are also a lot more shy; dwarf loaches are still smaller - a group of 10 in a 40B is a sight - and they are not very shy and extremely active. Clown loaches are wonderful but a group of 10 would require at least a 180 and 240 or 360 would be nicer (though opinions differ here).
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The time to become very concern is once she lay eggs; generally speaking borelli are fairly peaceful and the male is usually not overtly aggressive towards females when they are not ready to breed (unlike some other species); however she can be a little fire cracker once she has laid eggs and despite her small size she knows how to seriously damage or kill the male so that is the time you have to be most careful. Given the small size of your aquarium you might consider removing him once she has eggs/frys.
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I have 6 panda garra in a 40B and yes they do fight - i once watched a pair fight for 10 minutes; why they fight i don't know - there wasn't too much obvious damage to each other but they simply would not sep - after a while one swam off. Their colouring also changes a bit when they are in a fighting mood. I do not believe they will kill each other but they do fight. In some way they are a bit of a 'fun' fish but in other ways quite annoying. They are extremely aggressive eaters and have no problem pushing everyone else out of the way while trying to grab food - this can create issues with less aggressive eaters - the only fish you have that approaches being a shy eater are the kuhli and i doubt tehy will be overly upset.
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When i move and tear the tank down - they will be kept in the 40 with the guppies; but the other sa fishes have will all get the new 110 - i think overall for the environment i'm creating i prefer otto over panda garra. For kids and stuff panda garra are great -they are friendly - robust - always active et all but my delicate eaters are getting really upset by them.
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On 4/30/2023 at 12:18 PM, Guppysnail said:
Thanks for the info. I’m intimidated by kribs but you make them sound irresistible. Maybe I will do kribs as a future project.
Kribs are an incredibly easy fish to raise as long as your water is not too hard; some of the less common species do require softer waters (by nature they are a soft water fish); they also do better on a soft sandy substrate and if deep enough will happily dig a cave under a piece of drift wood or large rock. Because they are such good parents you need a source for their off spring as they will quickly over-run your aquarium. Generally speaking kribs are fairly inexpensive fish and your lfs might or might not take them (lower profit margin). They would make an excellent class room fish as their behavior is quite interesting and they are not skittish and kids love to watch frys.
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On 4/17/2023 at 10:30 AM, Guppysnail said:
I was so fascinated with bath time I did not see them swim back out until you pointed it out 🤣
@jwcarlson at what point do I need to remove the fry from the parent tank? Or can I just let them in there and get them out to sell/ give to friends before they are sexually mature?
I'm not @jwcarlsonbut what will happen is she will be attentive for 4 to 8 weeks depending on a number of factors. At some point she will start ignoring them they will ignore her. She will then spawn again - at that point she will be hyper aggressive towards them; if you have a nice bushy plant near the top (I have floating hornworth mess) they can hide in that or whatever though over time she will kill a few. That is probably when you want to remove them if you wish. Make no mistake kribs are more robust and to a degree the parents are less aggressive towards the off springs of a previous generation than cockatoo so there is a greater chance of more being killed with cockatoo than with kribs. Truth be told not only are kribs better parents (and you really don't have to add any food for the frys like cockatoo); they are true pairs with both male and female working together to guard the frys and territory.
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I've done this on a 29 and 10; in both aquariums i used sponge filters - i put the fishes and plants in a 5 gallon pail; with a sponge filter; removed all the water and substrate; put in the substrate - put in conditioned water (i always condition the water before adding - conditioned water for me is tap water with prime added to neutralize cholorine); make sure the temp is correct - re-add the plants and fish - i also leave a little room at the top of the aquarium so i can poor the old water in the pail into the aquarium with the fishes. top off the aquarium if i left too much room at the top.
For me i had zero issues all three times - the 29 which is heavily planted took about 2 hours - not sure if others have had issues; the 10 took less than an hour - maybe 30 minutes.
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Not helpful but i had one confirmed female hongsloi the same size as a male. The others were significantly smaller. Having said that it is not too difficult to find female hongsloi if you want to buy a few (of course if they aren't local shipping $$$ is a kicker).
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On 4/25/2023 at 12:45 PM, TeeJay said:
Hello fellow nerms. The new adventure begins now!
As you can see the name for this journal has changed. I have had my Cory's for about a year now. A group in the 10 gal tank by themselves. Then another group in the 29 killi tank. The more I thought about it the more it occurred to me that I didn't need a separate tank for just them. So I decided to turn the Cory only tank into a new adventure.
So I found a friend that wanted a crew of Cory's for a 30 gal he had. There are plenty of new fish I would like to try but these guys made the short list of what I wanted the most.
I knew I didn't have room for another tank and since I'm at 5 already it probably wouldn't be a good idea to start another. As my partner in crime @Guppysnail told me. Stick with what you have and don't burn yourself out with another new tank setup. Work within what you have. She was right. I can still have my Cory's in the 29 and have a new adventure with the same amount of tanks.
So I was able to pickup a trio of apisto borelli to put in the 10. I added some rerra cotta pot caves some more wood and plenty of free floating have moss for plenty of cover so they feel safe. A new fish friend brought them to me a couple of hours ago. I let them get settled in for a bit before the tank lights came on.
there still being shy and staying mostly to the back of the tank. As to be expected. Hopefully I can get them to come out a bit when I feed them this evening. I was only able to get a couple of pics for now.
As adults the general rule is a pair of borelli would require a min. of 15 gallons and a trio 20 to 30. The issue is (and this is somewhat individual fish dependent) but when the female has eggs/frys she will become hyper aggressive and more than one person has tried a 10 only to discover a dead male in the morning. Your fishes looked like they were a bit young and not yet ready to breed but once they hit breeding age I highly recommend a larger aquarium.
Also while the picture wasn't very clear in one of them it almost looked like you had two males.
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On 4/21/2023 at 5:53 PM, Odd Duck said:
I’m not sure, but rainbows have always seemed to be fairly jumpy, somewhat easily stressed fish. Especially the smaller species. I’ve not kept luminatus but I did have threadfins for a while years ago, and those suckers would leap out of the tiniest gap in the lid.
Edit to add I’ll be following along to see how you find success. I’ve been debating between adding luminatus, gertrudae, or try threadfins again as a top water species in my 100 G nano tank.
The only rainbow i've ever kept was Pseudomugil furcatus (forktail blue-eye rainbow); and these did not jump - well one female might have out of 12 in a 40B without a lid. After a year i gave them all away but one male but 3 years later it is still swimming around being forky. Having said that i have no clue about other species.
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On 4/23/2023 at 9:53 PM, gjcarew said:
I have the original WRGB. I like it but it's not big enough for this tank.
Is that the aqua illumination blade?
Yea - the freshwater version; I have the 30 for testing that i picked up around feb 15 - it is more netural and stronger than the plant 3.0 and balances better than my wrgb2. There is a wrgb2 pro that adds white lights but it is a bit pricey and there have been some issues with wrgb 2 blue-tooth controllers failing. Mine haven't failed but it is definitely on the flaky side of things. Also if you like the blade it comes in a variety of lengths - nothing really suitable for 36 inch aquarium (40B) but otherwise quite flexible for those longer aquariums.
I've never been a fan of tubes given their short life span - i think you are suppose to replace them around 4 to 6 months.
I haven't noticed a big difference in plant growth between the blade and plant 3.0 - and I'm not really sure how i would measure such - also 2 months isn't really long enough - certainly algae hasn't been an issue but it has never been an issue over the past 3+ years in this aquarium. Pictures certainly come out better 😉
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On 4/22/2023 at 8:59 PM, Mmiller2001 said:
Like @gjcarewsaid 5 to 13. I was always under the impression softer was better. I stand corrected.
I believe it depends heavily on the species; i know some species of plants require acidic water and other harder alkaline water; I've also read that some plants are sensitive to too much nitrate. Not sure if any plants care about the GH being too high; though I suppose it depends on specific species.
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On 4/23/2023 at 2:36 AM, gjcarew said:
Still have some rearranging and water changes to do, but here are three full tank shots. First is with the T5, second is with the chihiros, and third is with both. It really underscores how poorly lit the tank has been since last year.
I will have more plant closeups later, but I picked up hygrophila serpyllum, a tiger lotus, didiplis diandra, bacopa salzmanii sg purple, and some subwassertang.
Which chihiros; I have the wrgb 2 and overall i hate the balance. So far I'm liking the new blade a *lot* better and it is less expensive.
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On 4/22/2023 at 6:24 PM, Odd Duck said:
I’m certain mine was transfer from a moss ball. It started where the moss ball was touching the wood and spread from there.
I think so too and it spread to the sponge filter. However i'm curious what it grows this way as the balls themselves don't seem to do much. Do you know if the balls are artifical (that is if they grow as balls in their native area or if they take a bunch of moss and 'ball it up'; I really love how it grows on the drift wood and I think i'll try to reproduce it in my other aquariums - though in truth this is the only one it has done it to date so there might be more involved.
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On 4/22/2023 at 6:40 PM, Mmiller2001 said:
I find it interesting, while looking through the NBAT article, most are keeping slightly higher GH than I would expect. I was under the impression lower was better. I think I will raise mine up to 5 or more. I wondering if this could be the cause of a few unhappy Crypt species I have.
What GH are they keeping it at? Also not all GH is equal. I.e, i think it depends on the mineral content that composes the GH.
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On 4/22/2023 at 3:37 PM, Mmiller2001 said:
Between all my aquariums, I have all but 4, just ordered those 4 though.
But I won't be using all of them. I'll have to widdle them down. I've been wanting Nymphaea Micrantha for a long time. Glad I finally found it. It's definitely making the list.
Is there a particular reason you prefer Nymphaea Micrantha over Nymphaea stellata ? After my experience with Nymphaea stellata I'm reluctant to try another lily. Don't get me wrong it was fun at first but over the years it has gotten to be a pia esp in co2 injected environment. I guess i maybe i shouldn't curse it too much since the fishes love the cover but still....
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On 4/22/2023 at 1:20 PM, Odd Duck said:
I’ve had this happen before and it’s lovely. Mine didn’t survive the move to a different tank, but I enjoyed it while I had it. It stays short, velvety, and deep green. Really beautiful.
Is it actual leach from the m. moss ball or something else - and I agree it is extremely lovely. I hope it survives when I move. Historically my moss balls break down over time - so if it is grown on the driftwood ....
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On 4/22/2023 at 1:57 PM, Mmiller2001 said:
Current plant list so I have a known reference.
Crypt Lucens
Crypt Retrosperalis
Crypt Wendtii India
Unknown Crypt
Crypt Sporalis Red Tiger
Vallisneria Contortionist
Hygrophila Difformis
Hygrophila Corymbosa
Eleocharis Vivipara
Nymphaea Micrantha
Limnophila Rugosa
Ludwigia Rubin
Phoenix Moss
Monte Carlo
Hygrophila Serpyllum
Java Trident
Java Fern
Jave Trident mini
Gjcarew Java Fern (get name if lives)
Anubias Bert.
Anubias Nana
Anubias (unknown)
Bacopa Colorata
Bacopa Salzmanni
Bacopa Salzmanni purple
Ludwigia Ovalis purple
S. Spatulata
Crypt Pink Flamingo
African Water Fern
Alternanthera Reineckii
Blyxa Japonica
Echinodorus Quadricostatus
Hygrophila Pinnitifida
Echinodorus Aflame
Echinodorus Red
Myriohyllum Aquaticum
Hydrocotyle Japan
Nymphoides Hydrophylls Taiwan
Rotala super red
Hygrophila Augustifolia
Echinodorus Tenellum
Mixed Buce (Unknown)
enough to make me dizzy. do you have all of these in your aquarium; or have you decided some just don't work.
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I did the usual water change on my 10 and a little maint (which amounted to thinning the hornworth and replanting the anubia).
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There is something interesting that has happened with the drift-wood as it is now completely covered by either moss or algae. the stuff really looks similar to a m. moss ball which is just behind it and i'm wondering if it has 'leached' onto the driftwood - either way i like it. The tank is doing fairly well - been setup for a while - I think over a year (it used to be a 5 and most of the plants were transplanted. The crypts are doing well. It is hard to see in the picture but it has a fair number of fishes in there - the little critters up in the hornworth are a combination of a. pucallpaensis frys and shrimps. The parents are down in the lower area but they decided not to come out for a photo opportunity this time. I used to have a lot of pearl weed; but the snail ate most of it. There is still a bit up in the hornworth near the top and it is regrowing. This is what the aquarium looked like around 5 months ago so you can see there has been quite a bit of change with larger crypts and the pearl-weed.... Fishes have not changed other than more frys.
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On 4/20/2023 at 11:11 PM, Jacob Hill-Legion Aquatics said:
I finally got guppies!!
@Cory‘s videos made me really want guppies for the longest time now but I didn’t have a tank for them. my tank is finally ready for them so I found a guy local to me that was selling them so I got 2 males and 4 females. I’m really excited because whenever I see fry from my white clouds I get so happy and now I’ll see tones of fry with these awesome guppies!
I also tried xtreme flakes for the first time today. my fish act like I’m giving them frozen food, they really love it 👍
Having kept guppies for years i'm mixed on them; I think the thing i like best is putting a bunch of different types together and seeing what the frys turn out to be - over the years individuals have been amazingly spectacular others not so much but it is still fun to see all the random patterns that have formed over the years.
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Has anyone had or is keeping Panda Garras?
in General Discussion
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I have 6 in a 40 (basically 2 aquahuna packs); i've had them for a while now - 5 months - they are like otto on steriod - instead of being eclusive and shy they are extremely aggressive eaters and disrupts other fishes trying to eat - they are fearless - they will fight among themselves but it seems infrequent - other than the aggressive eating they have left other fishes alone. They do eat bba which is a bonus. I think overall i prefer otto but otto can be more fragile and less entertaining if that matters.