Phoenix1391

Not worried about them being eaten, their co-inhabitants are otos and celestial pearl danios. Thank you for the info!

Awesome thank you.

Does anyone know if the sizes of amanos sold by aqua huna are genetics or just age? Specifically I ordered the size small since that was all they had and was surprised just how small they were. Is this due to genetics or are they just suuuper young compared to the size medium I have bought before. The small are probably 1/4” in length whereas the medium I bought before were probably twice to triple the size.

Yeah he’s acting perfectly normal, that’s partly why I thought it was a tumor.

So maracyn? And if he’s the only inhabitant couldn’t I just treat that tank?

The bump has been quickly growing this week. I was thinking it was a tumor as he may not have the best breeding as he has diamond eye. But upon feeding him today I noticed it turned white maybe looking like it developed into a lesion? Before it was just a bump under scales. Is it possibly a cyst or abscess that popped? And how should i treat? the tank is a 14 gallon heavily planted, well established for months, filtered with an aqua clear 50. Ph stays between 6.5 - 7.0. Nitrates are usually pretty low as I do weekly 70 % water changes with remineralized RO.

Not a fan of the low vs high term. It’s more like a spectrum. Basically the ideal high tech is co2, high lighting, powerful filter. Low tech is well, the opposite. Low tech could mean a bowl of water with a beta. but in reality most people just consider is there co2? Ok high tech. But really you could run a tank with co2 that is more akin to low tech with a cheap light, and a weak filter. It’s just whatever works best for you and your aquarium.

I got the sera Aqua test box. A bit expensive but well worth it IMO.

Maybe it’s time I get a RO storage container to make more frequent water changes easier. Or I’ll just slowly change the tank to my liquid rock tap water. The angel spent its early years in my tap water and I have SAE in another tank that’s using my tap and they do wonderfully. The scaper in me just hates that tap water, a lot of the stuff plants don’t like it and the algae loves the phosphates my city puts in the tap to combat pipes rusting.

Fluval stratum capped with river pebble.

Had success with my crypt and bacopa. The bacopa took absolutely forever though. The crypt took off right away and is one of my fastest growing plants and the size of some rival my swords.

The pic is actually when I first started the tank. Not much difference just more grown in now.

I have horribly hard tap water. Over 400 ppm. I have very successfully kept crypt, and anubias. The Java fern and moss do ok. Haven’t kept the swords in my hard water tanks though. But yeah some plants definitely have a hard time with suuuper hard water like that. Partly why I have separate tanks that are either hard tap water or RO water.

Depends what your tap gh/kh is and what fish you’re trying to keep. I’ve got tanks with guppies that I NEED to use my very hard tap water. I also have another tank with rummynose that I NEED to use RO to keep them alive.

Lol, yeah. Rummynose