[What to feed clown killifish?]

On 2/26/2022 at 8:42 AM, Ogpulchra said:

I know the Aquarium Co-op site has a care guide for them that lists freeze dried and frozen in the feeding section. I think Cory did a video on their care too. I just noticed that some of my killifish fattened up better with live food. I think you'd be fine with freeze dried and frozen. 

I had read a few care guides before I got them that stated most would only accept live food. I guess I could probably make it easier on myself, but it's also fun to watch them "hunt" and I'm hoping they eventually breed. 

 

Thank you so much!

[What to feed clown killifish?]

On 2/26/2022 at 2:43 AM, Ogpulchra said:

I feed my clown killifish baby brine shrimp, daphnia, fruit flies and flake. I went through a busy period where I could only feed flake and they seemed to thin out a bit. Baby brine shrimp are super easy but can be time consuming if fed every day without the proper setup. Fruit flies are super easy too. I'm still figuring out how to keep my daphnia culture from crashing. They're one of my favorite fish and definitely worth the extra effort. 

Have you ever thought of trying freezed dried versions of those foods to make it easier?

[What to feed clown killifish?]

I’d like to purchase some clown killifish. I know they are a micro predator and feed on the top. I’m a little gun shy about the type of food to feed them. I’ve not dealt with live foods before.  Would freeze dried versions work?  Any one had experience with various foods?  Open to recommendations and suggestions!

[HOB for 6 gallon tank]

I have a new 6 gallon cube tank and I'm looking for a HOB filter for it.  I have a Seachem Tidal 35 on my 20 gallon tank and love the media basket.  I'd like to put the same set up on the 6 gallon and run the flow at the lowest setting but I'm not sure if that will work.  Are there any other HOB units that will give me the same flexibility with the media basket?  I don't want to put an inside filter inside the tank because it just takes up too much space.  

[Remove purigen when dosing with Easy Green?]

I have a low to medium light planted tank and have been using AC's Easy Green.  I also have a small bag of Purigen in my Tidal 35 HOB filter.  Should I remove the Purigen when dosing the water with Easy Green once a week?  If so, how long should I have it removed?  I just want to make sure the Purigen isn't pulling out the nutrients that I'm intentionally putting into the water for my plants.  This is my first planted tank so I'm figuring things out.  Thanks!

[High PH and Hard Water]

On 5/24/2021 at 10:49 PM, Isaac M said:

Hello @Mread, why do you want to lower your pH? Are you attempting to breed a certain fish species? If you could provide an idea on what species you would like to keep, that would be helpful. 

It is often not necessary to attempt to chase certain water parameters. Typically stability in an aquarium is all you need to keep a healthy thriving environment. 

On 5/25/2021 at 9:46 AM, JettsPapa said:

 

Don't.  I have a wide variety of fish, invertebrates, and plants thriving in 8.2 pH water.  I don't remember what my gh and kh are, but when I checked with the liquid test kit it took more drops than were on the chart.

Unless you're planning to stock with discus or German Blue rams you'll probably be fine, and most fish will do better with stable parameters somewhat outside their "ideal" than they will with them fluctuating while the fish keeper chases "perfect" numbers.

I’m not looking to breed any particular species.  I’m just looking to house a nice community tank.  I wanted to see if I actually needed to worry about my high ph/water hardness.  

[High PH and Hard Water]

I live in northern Indiana and we have really hard water.  My pH is testing at 8.0 or a bit higher and I know I likely have very hard water even though my test kit hasn't arrived yet so I haven't tested that yet.

Anyway, I have a new planted tank (20 gal.) that is currently cycling. 

Question:  how do I safely lower my pH and soften up my water?  RO is not an option.  I've yet to add any fish or invertebrates to my tank but i want to have things ready when it's time!

Thank you in advance!  

[New tank cycling questions]

I started a brand new 20 gallon tank 8 days ago.  I planted it with low light plants and have been dosing, per the instructions, with Seachem Stability and testing my water every other day.  I'm trying determine what I need to do next.  Here are my test results...

May 16th: A=0, Ni=0, Na=5ppm

May 19th: A=2ppm, Ni=2ppm, Na=10ppm

May 21st: A=0, Ni=5ppm, Na=10ppm

May 23rd: A=0, Ni=5ppm, Na=40ppm

I have new plant growth starting on several different types of plants and I have some hair algae growing.

I believe I need to do a water change and recheck my water parameters.  Then possible add a fish or two and keep checking water parameters. 

I'd love to get some input from others and thank you in advance!

[What to do with new plants?]

I’m setting up a new 20 gal. tank and will planting live plants for the first time. I ended up having to order plants from two companies to get what I wanted.  The stuff from Aquarium Co-Op just arrived today (Friday).  The other plants, according to the shipping tracker, are supposed to arrive till Monday.  What do I do with the plants that have arrived?  I can’t plant my new tank and set up until all of my plants arrive (I have some being glued on some drift wood). I’m assuming I just plop the plants in a bucket of water till everything arrives?  I don’t want to lose anything because it wasn’t cheap!  Thanks in advance for your help!