Isaac M
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Hi @Sandra the fish rookie, I have yet to use the med trio on a pleco but I would not hesitate to use it as Cory mentions that it is safe for all freshwater fish, shrimp, snails, plants and will not harm beneficial bacteria. I think your cute pleco will do great! I will post some links below to some helpful resources as well, I hope it helps!
https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/faqs/how-to-use-quaratine-med-trio
https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/how-to-treat-sick-aquarium-fish
https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/quarantine-tank
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@NetBelleAnie that is very odd. Would you be able to post a picture of how you set it up?
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No problem, let me know if that fixed it.
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How long has this aquarium been set up for? What are your water parameters? Could we get another picture showing the entire aquarium?
I agree with @xXInkedPhoenixX about not changing too many variables at once. It is hard to determine what the true cause of something is or if something is helping or not if too many things are changing constantly.
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@Hobbit I made a thread for this tank called “Dirted 40 Breeder Riparium” and I showed how I set up this tank including a detailed build of the baskets for the emersed plants. They are essentially plastic sponge holders meant for a kitchen sink lined with black canvas hanging on with steel wire. I filled them with expanded clay balls as the growing medium.
I hope that helps! If you have any questions about it, feel free to send me a direct message, I will gladly do my best to help.
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Welcome to the forum @SkaleyAquatics, I have yet to keep multies but maybe they are still settling in? They look like an interesting fish to keep, how do you like them so far? Any interesting behaviors?
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Hello @Unbracing, it is possible that the sponges have air trapped in them and slowly releasing the air into the filter causing the noise and small bubbles. If this is the case, you can probably just squeeze the sponges underwater until all of the air bubbles come out.
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My favorite is my 40 gallon breeder, it is the reason I decided to finally join this fish forum. I had never been part of a forum before.
Other than that reason, it is my favorite because:
-Ease of maintenance, I can go a month with only feeding my fish and shrimp, topping off and have great water parameters. No water changes or even cleaning the front glass. It is also dirted so I do not need to worry about adding in any fertilizers.
-It has become a jungle and I love the jungle look.
-It houses my favorite fish, sterbai corydoras. They are also very active in this aquarium.
-The crypts have been sending out flowers.
-40 breeders are my favorite commonly available aquarium size due to the footprint.Livestock:
-5 Sterbai Corys & a few hundred red cherry shrimp
Aquarium Plants:
-Dwarf Aquarium Lily, Bucephalandra Maia, Cryptocoryne Purpurea, Anubias Barteri, Anubias Heterophyll
Riparium Plants:
-Areca Palm and Golden Pothos
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I agree with @BigRedd, I like your idea of starting out on the lower end. I would definitely keep the blue light very low. I use floodlights suspended over some of my aquariums and the plants do well. I think our lights are too strong the majority of the time.
Also, from 3-5 when you are the most light sensitive serves as a great siesta period. I think you are on the right track. I wish you the best with your light functioning well!
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Great looking jungle! I love the overgrown look as well, it looks so natural and full of thriving life
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Peace lilly flowering in my 55 gallon
40 Breeder has become a jungle
Hilariously overgrown hygrophila in my 29 gallon with some purple flowers. The tallest stem is about 5’6” tall including the stand, the stem plant itself is about 32” tall (yes I measured it for this post 😂).
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Hi @SWilson, no problem! Yeah, I was all over the internet figuring out how the best way is to make some riparium planters. It took me a long time, they are not perfect but they get the job done. I decided to post them here exactly for this reason, to help someone that was in the same position I was. Your first iteration is awesome in my opinion, I love seeing creative solutions haha
Also, please do not be afraid to leave a comment here or send me a personal message if you need any help!
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@CorydoraDaisy I have not tried this but I imagine java fern can be “planted” in the substrate, the rhizome has to stay above the substrate but you can probably just plant the roots in the sand. Or hold it down with a plant weight.
I do not keep plecos very often so I have no idea if a rubber lip pleco will eat the sword. I had one for many many years but did not have a sword with him.
Anyway, crypts and swords are typically heavy root feeders. For those plants I would recommend a lot of root tabs at the base of the plant or some other form of a nutrient rich substrate. If you are already planning to use root tabs, root tabs in the sand will work just fine.
I also would not gravel vac the sand as all the detritus will help feed your plants. If it is too unsightly, you can typically siphon it out by skimming over it.
Hope that helps!
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I see, I think that is likely the culprit and a good solution. I imagine that should be enough to not have greenwater anymore.
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Hi @jessicaham, yes you can use a mold to create a block of the food or you can use a tank decoration as a base for the food to dry on. Cory made a a great video about this, I will attach the link below:
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Hi @cleoismyspiritanimal, welcome to the forum! Good to see that you are learning and growing as a fishkeeper, you have some great goals. May I recommend you start an aquarium journal to help keep track of your aquarium or aquariums? That would be helpful to all involved.
Hi @Ryan W8, welcome! You are definitely safe here. We have a lot of great people here to discuss whatever aquarium topic you may be thinking of.
Hi @LiamW, welcome to the forum! May I recommend you start an aquarium journal? You can post your plans or just your dream of the aquarium and the people here will be able to give you some tips and ideas to help make your dream come true!
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I really really hope so @xXInkedPhoenixX. At this point, I will not be doing any water changes to minimize any possible changes that the flowers may not like. With the first 2 flowers, I did a water change where the top of the flowers came out of the water and I am not sure if that caused the problem. I am going to let nature do what it does this time.
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Good to hear the pea puffers are doing well. I imagine the snails will not be lasting too much longer once they get a taste for them. The cloudiness definitely does not look like greenwater, at least not in the livestream, it looks a lot more like a bacteria bloom.
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Wow absolutely amazing! Great work, I cannot wait to see more updates! Do you have any specific goals with this fish room? Breeding? Planted community aquariums?
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Great looking aquariums, I love the colors and the art work! The hard work was worth it!
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Hi @James Black, the aquarium is looking good, the compact hygrophila is looking great and the sword has great color! Good to hear that the neons are settling in!
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Hi @CorydoraDaisy, there are many ways to grow aquarium plants with sand. As mentioned by @anewbie, you can add a layer of organic soil under the sand or you can use root tabs. You can also simply use plants that prefer to take nutrients out of the water column like most stem plants, floating plants and epiphytes.
It would really depend on how you like to run your aquariums and what type of plants you want to grow. If you can provide a list of plants you want to have in your aquarium, that would be very helpful.
I will give you an example using how I run my aquariums and more specifically my 40 breeder as it houses corys. My 40 breeder has a layer of dirt with pool filter sand on top. I use dirt as I have a lot of root feeding plants and I am also a very busy person who likes to let nature do all the work. I do not want to have to remember to fertilize. The aquarium also grows very little algae and I can go a long time without doing water changes as it has a large plant load and understocked in fish and invertebrates. This aquarium houses 5 sterbai corys and hundreds of cherry shrimp. The sterbai corys also recently started to spawn. I will attach a gif below of the aquarium.
Keep in mind this is only one way to keep an aquarium, we often look for the most “optimal” way to keep an aquarium but I find the best way to keep it is to keep it in the way you would enjoy it the most.
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Hi everyone, quick update on the 40 breeder. So there is bad news and their is good news. The bad news is my first 2 original crypt flowers ended up melting away after they collapsed. The good news is I now have 3 different crypt plants flowering now. Hopefully one of these can make it to the surface and open up. Also, sorry the pictures are not as clear, I have not cleaned the front glass in 3 weeks or so.
The other good news I have is I think the freeze dried tubifix worms worked for my sterbai corys. By the way, if anyone has not watched the video on the aquarium co-op channel of Eric Bodrock teaching how to breed corydoras, I highly recommend it, lots of great information on corys and on fishkeeping in general. That video is where I took the tubifex worms idea from.
Anyways, I think the sterbai corys are starting to spawn. It looks like one of the corydoras is holding an egg, she laid it somewhere but it is so difficult to see where given how many plants and rocks and wood are in this aquarium. They are showing a lot of breeding behavior as well. They are chasing each other around a lot and the female seems to be swimming upside down under big crypt leaves a lot. I will keep an eye out to see if I can find some and put them in a breeder box to raise the fry, wish me luck!
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Great progress @Krakens_tanks, I love the look of the moss