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On 10/31/2022 at 5:06 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
I don't know if you've seen it but for gravel I think ADA has theirs and it's a really cool pattern. It might catch your eye. See the image below.
The one I am using now is crystal river. It's not the same coloration but might have the particle size you're looking for. (It's a pure white large size sand)
crystal river is the same size maybe a tad smaller - i also have it in a couple of aquariums and it can be found on sale - i think i picked up 500 lbs for a decent price; but personally if i could find that jungle river stuff at a good price (or a generic) i'd much prefer it.
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On 10/31/2022 at 2:20 PM, Mmiller2001 said:
Sounds like the size is perfect. Let me look at the price. Hopefully I won't have a heart attack.
Thank you.
Holy cow, that's expensive.
same price as peace river; if petsmart sold the 40lb bags they would be cheap (their on-line is the only palce that sell carbsea cheap with free shipping (that I have found) but they don't sell it.
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You know i was just looking into that yesterday - there is a substrate by caribsea called jungle river sand that is approx 1/2 the size of peace river.
When i was a living in colorado a long time ago there was some generic cheap stuff (of course back then everything was cheap) - doesn't help you much but i would love some generic substrate like peace river at 1/4 the price as I want about 800 lb of the stuff. Anyway i hope someone has a less expensive option up their sleeve.
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I wouldn't. To be honest most domestic fishes could find a diet helpful; if it truely needs to put on some weight i would just feed it three times a day for a week or so - but no more than it will eat. Leading pollutant for an aquarium is decaying fish food. What to feed - well that depends on the species. For angels - i mostly give them fluval bug bites and a bit of algae max; after all angels gotta eat their salads to stay healthy.
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Now you just need to wait till it starts blooming !
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Even dwarf chain require a larger aquarium; they are very small but hyper active species also they require a large group. Well a 10 is ok for a a few months for the yoyo but eventually they will need to be moved.
As to what you should have done - well it is hard to answer that - the store should of course give you more than store credit as dwarf chain are more expensive than yoyo; also they might not be yoyo - they might be gold zebra or a few other species that look similar when young; as they age the pattern will change and the species will become more obvious.
There is a rosy loach but i'm not sure of the details of their requirement beyond being small; but a 10 is pretty small - probably the only loach that really fits in a 10 are Pangio shelfordii; most books recommend at least a 20 but they are not nearly as active as kuhli loaches and of course a lot smaller.
In any event if what you have are yoyo they are at least a year from maturity....
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First they must be pretty young to be in a 10; adult yoyo are going to be between 4 and 7 inches and WAY too big for a 10. 2nd yoyo are highly social creatures and really should be kept in large groups - most recommend 6 but 6 is more of a min; them more the merrier. Third yoyo don't fall in love - they are not pair forming.
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On 10/29/2022 at 11:56 PM, venzi said:
that's a beautiful aquarium you have going there. I love that look. Any tips or insight into pruning hornwort? Like do you like to cut the longest stem in half or do you like to cut away the outer layers?
You can cut it or pull it apart as you feel fit; it will simply branch and grow new groups. I take absolutely no special care when pruning. Frequently i'll just grab a bunch - rip it off and toss it....
I did have it drop needles once - i had used furan2 - sure way to kill it. Also it hates salt (and probably really water - but not sure - my water is tds 120/gh 7). If you have to treat the fishes i'd probably remove a portion and put it in a pail with some water.
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Fed my frys some live food; mommy is still keep a close eye on them (see my previous post). There are only 5 or 6. The sad thing is i haven't seen my sheff or shrimps in two weeks as she keeps the open area - well completely cleared of critters. She no longer attacks me when i feed the fry which is probably the only good news 😉
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On 10/29/2022 at 1:11 AM, TheSwissAquarist said:
Maybe that, but mostly because so much resistance means that it’s very hard to get plants to root in the first place (personal experience) and plants do experience more difficulties if they aren’t high-flow plants.
@dasaltemelosguy knows a lot about plants, maybe he can touch this up.
hornworth does't form roots. I've not had problems with it in modest flow; certainly does a *lot* better than 'floaters' like frogbit and red-root floater. I would say that hornworth would be fine with it IF your water meets its requirement and you have adequate light. This is the bunch i have in an aquarium:
This aquarium has been setup for a bit 40 months - i have to take out about 20% of the hornworth every 2 or 3 weeks as it gets quite thick. I will say that it is in another aquarium next to this one and doesn't do quite as well but not 100% sure of the issue in that aquarium - this one has a bit more current.
I've never had problems with 'needle' drop; but i have heard others do have the issue. I suspect if the growing environment is not suitable or radically different from the source the plant drops needs as it adjust to your growing environment (and if it is unable to adjust it dies).
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On 10/28/2022 at 11:38 AM, Odd Duck said:
I don’t know what they are but they are definitely not red root floaters. Even if they’re not getting enough light to be red (see the green streak where the opaque lid hinge blocks the light?), red root floaters don’t look or grow anything like that.
If you look close at the edges you can see some new leaves. Red root floaters don’t grow in clumps like that. Even when the leaves are growing fairly tight together, they are still strung along a skinny, slightly hairy stem. Look at the very back, just inside the left tubing circle. There is a small clump that has piled up enough to lift out of the water and the stem is showing. The underside is extra red. See that very fine, zigzag line? That’s the connecting stem.
The structure looks identical to my red root floaters; include the white flower.
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On 10/28/2022 at 8:01 AM, Aiden Carter said:
Most people seen to be focusing on aquarium fish (which is fine!) but it can be anything for example, coelacanths definitely top the charts for me!
We can talk abstractly about something we know little of - but it is easier (at least myself) to give a more complete answer on something i've actually observed first hand - since behavior pattern plays a role in my view of such.
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I'm not sure as my favorite keeps changing. For a long time it was gold rams; such a lovely man made creature. But every time I watch my nannacara anomala I'm am surprise by his vast and interesting behavior. Very different and more complex than many other dwarf cichild's i've kept.
I'm kind of negative towards discus though I haven't kept them so that might change one day (they seem kind of boring). I strongly dislike all rainbows i've kept (I think they are boring and ugly); I really like my kubotai rasbora and pygmy cory - esp the pygmy. I'm bloody sick of my lemon blue-eye plecos (they breed like rabbit and they refuse to leave the aquarium. I guess that is it today - oh and this guy who just likes to look pretty now and then:
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Kribs are proficient breeders and i orignally got rid of my pair; BUT in your case one comment. My tank was heavily planted with lots of drift wood and so there was plenty of food for the babies but your tank in the small picture perhaps incomplete looks a bit barren.
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I was a wimp; i let the parents do all the work of hatching the eggs and moving the frys to a leaf; i would then borrow the leaf and raise the frys. I gave up on pails; it made the fishes nervous and anti-social; so i start with a 29 and then move to a larger tank if needed. They really get upset if they can't see out.
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On 10/27/2022 at 12:49 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
Black swordtails 🙂 They have a lot of black, teal, green, opal type of coloration.
They are hard to find and very expensive; but you can find true black swordtails from tip of the head to end of the tail. I knew someone with some breeding stock; but was never interested enough to pony up the $$$. The 'fake' black swordtails like the one above are only $.
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On 10/26/2022 at 8:28 AM, JettsPapa said:
Using the ACO test strips my gh and kh are both around 300 ppm, and snails and shrimp do just fine in my water without any additives.
300 ppm is about 2/3 of 24 drops. 24 drops seem an awful lot if it is city water (cell water particularly in an area with limestone would be more plausible). However I would check the expiration date on the chemical as well as try testing some distill water (if you have any) just as a confirmation check . That water is pretty hard if it is really 24 degree - so I wouldn't want to keep geo in it 😉 but there are fishes that love hard water. No clue if snails have a limit or long term implication.
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Well the only thing I can say is don't keep the pike iwth the kuhli if you want to still have kuhli the next day....
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There is a fellow on this forum who has a pair of Licorice Gourami breeding like bunny rabbits every couple of weeks.... apparently with the right conditions they don't know how to stop breeding.
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As for myself - i'm undecided which fish is my dream fish - the problem i run into is i really like dwarf cichild but a lot of them are well pretty but have no personalities. Every now and then i try one that has the most amazing behavioral - frequently it isn' the most spectacular looking fish but that level of intricate behavior just grabs my attention. Now the agenda is to find that fish with loads of personality and interesting behavior but also a site to behold.
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Anyway in april/may i will setup a pair of large aquariums and one will be the stuff i already have (angels, loaches, festum) but the other will be a species of geo. Will i find those geo amazing; i don't know but if i don't then i'll turn it into a 450 gallon ram tank.
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Just remember if the aquarium isn't sitting in a basement on concrete floor; the damage caused by a 40B that leaks of breaks over night can be in excess of $40,000 (depending on type of floor and location). While your insurance company MIGHT cover the damage (- deductible) they won't cover the head-ache.
Just something to consider....
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On 10/24/2022 at 2:49 PM, KittenFishMom said:
@anewbie I didn't post it, but it looks like a close up of a black hole. You have to be careful, or they will eat your camera.
Pity they don't eat the photographer.
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On 10/23/2022 at 12:17 PM, TheSwissAquarist said:
True!
Is there a reason for an obnoxious black square ?
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On 10/23/2022 at 11:37 AM, TheSwissAquarist said:
You keep sharks ?🙃 I wouldn’t want to be the guy who does the gravel vaccing!
No but you have one.
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I'll be honest with you the kuhli would appreciate if the entire tank was that sand; and it wouldn't hurt the other fishes either. The large gravel can have issue over long period of time as it becomes a food (and later bacteria) trap.
I'm not a fan of sharks; they can eat humans and i don't want my fishes eating me.
CPD with Bristlenose plecos?
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Naw they are compatible - just keep the temp near the top of the cdp range. The bn will spawn in a cave and once the frys leave the cave they are on their own - nothing to stress about as long as your tank is 16 inches or so tall (or taller); if it were a shallow aquarium chances are pretty good the cdp would stay out of the pleco cave.