Kyle murfitt
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Well the 5 year old convinced me to go ahead and get some..shes impatient like her dad .Found a pair of Double Red Agassizi. Ammonia and nitrates are good , nitrites still a little high but will monitor and maintain proper number.
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Water parameters starting to straighten out. Added 12 cardinal tetras. A few more weeks and it will be ready for apistos
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These olive racer nerites have been in the tank less than a week and....
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Large water change on the 55 gallon, moved some vallianeria and removed all the cryps that were struggling into my 20 gallon fry tank .
Added some Java moss and cryps to the 29 gallon that cycling for apistos
And adjusted the 20 gallon mbuna fry tank , added the rest of cryps here
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Ughhhh! I've been waiting for a tank to cycle to get some double red agassizi and this thread is driving me nuts !
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I've been struggling with the same and treated it like bba. Pretty sure that's what it is if ya let it go long enough to see the growth. I started dosing the whole tank with 3 ml of h202 per 10 gallons I believe, and a lot of flow In the tank. There's a site that explains it a lot better if you Google bba treatment . Still fighting it but lower light levels and h202 have helped a bit
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Plants still melting , parameters are still fd, but black worms and some otocinclus have been added .. next week will be 3 water changes , then the week after 2 instead of daily
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Day 8.... dosing easy green, and daily water changes with water conditioner and beneficial bacteria starter. Should've bought fritz turbo start 700. Just gotta wait
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@anewbiehoping as the plants grow in it will create some barriers. Worst case 8ve got a bit more drift wood I can cut up and place or rocks
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The micro sword, Dwarf sagittaria, and my swords are melting and its killing me. With some advice from other members going to start dosing 4 pumps weekly of easy green and see where it goes
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@lefty othank you ! I've heard a few people say no need to start dosing when starting a brand new tank with fertilized soils but wanted another opinion
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Starting to cycle my 29 gallon. Plenty of root tabs in the soil along with it being Carib sea eco complete substrate. When do y'all think I should start dosing easy green ? Right off the bat or wait until after plants settle and the tank cycles ? Tank has been set up with plants for 5 days and starting to see some melt. Thanks
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On 11/3/2021 at 6:47 PM, Guppysnail said:
Looks like a start to a very pretty tank. Even tanks I’ve had up forever I still can’t stop messing with and changing. It’s part of the fun for me
Saaaaame here. But I feel like my last few tanks I've messed with the plants and stuff to much in the start and don't let them just settle in and come back. Gonna deal with the melt and start dosing once the tank cycles
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Day 5 of tank being up parameters are still crazy , nitrites are starting to drop a bit but ammonia is still sky high .
Also seeing most of the plants besides the java fern starting to melt back a bit. Little bit of yellowing in leaves .
Going to contain myself and just let things happen on this one. Still doing water changes and adding conditioner along with beneficial bacteria but not going to start dosing ferts or anything yet. Hurry up and wait
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I can't stop messing with the scape 😑 added the wood in the center and made two more caves with the piece. Think im gonna leave it alone .... maybe
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@ThomasLCI've got a tank full of 4 " mbunas and have had success with vallisneria, sword plants , and anubias. Took a little bit of work to keep them in the substrate when the cichlids wanted to dig but once they rooted well they've done good.
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@Solstice_Lacerthanks ! I've got two sword plants tucked behind it in that right hand corner , hopefully they'll grow out and help hide that sponge filter !
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On day 3 of 50 percent water changes. Added some vallisneria to the background along with 5 olive racer nerite snails
Parameters have been 7.0 ph, nitrites at 0.25 ppm, nitrates at 10 ppm, ammonia between 1 and 2 ppm , Kh 80 ppm and Gh 180
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On 11/2/2021 at 1:07 AM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said:
@Kyle murfitti think this is a great start with good easy plants that should really take off. Eco-complete is good at holding on to nutrients but you’ll need to load it with some of those nutrients with fertilizer and root tabs.
If your plan is to use it as an apistogramma breeding tank they’ll need a cave of some sort. Coconut shell, piece of pvc, part of a terracotta planter somewhere like that. If you could do a couple that would really be good to give them options. I find Apistos really pop against black substrate.
Enjoy the ride and have fun.
Thank you ! I've got 2 big caves in the center that go all the way to the back of the tank , made from the hardscape. Trying to separate them with the Amazon sword and micro sword as it grows out. And on the left of the picture the dark spot is a pvc cave I made with a 3/4 - 1" opening that connects to a 3" tube going all the way underground , then rolled it in substrate with silicone to hide it. As everything grows out plan adding some more barriers but want to see how the plants do first
On 11/2/2021 at 7:28 AM, anewbie said:Depending on species of apistogramma you require more barriers to break line of sight. Many species exhibit quite a bit of violence between male and female. A lot of breeders use leaf litter as the fishes can hide under the leaves but some solid barriers in the form of driftwood and similar will help. I have hongsoli in a 29 and when the female is not ready to breed she stays as far as possible from the male to avoid his fury.
Thanks. Hoping as everything grows out the barriers will become more bold and help block line of sight , of not ill add more to it.
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Just got it set up. And going to start a journal and show progression. Hopefully some breeding.
29 gallon, marineland magniflow 220, finnex stingray, acoop sponge filter .
Carib sea eco planted substrate underneath black blast sand and fine black sand on top. Root tabs
3 Amazon sword plants, 5 micro sword plants spread throughout, 5 Dwarf sagittaria, 3 java fern , and a small anubias plant .
Going to let cycle and see where all this goes !
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@anewbie thanks ! Hoping I can get one male and 3 females but we'll see. And if the micro sword grows out it should help with separating some of the cave openings. Trying to get some double red agassazi
On 10/31/2021 at 11:49 PM, anewbie said:You need more barriers if you will have breeding setup. You didn't mention the species of apisto but a lot of the common one are harem breeders and the female can be quite aggressive towards the male after the eggs are laid. Also the male can be quite aggressive towards the female if she is not ready to breed. Some leaf litter and driftwood helps a lot to provide hiding spots. Of course if you will have a single male those things are not necessary and some species this is not an issue.
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Finally got the stand ! Tried out some Carib sea eco planted , black blast sand medium grit with a more fine black sand on top. Magniflow 220 underneath. Got my 2 sword plants , 5 Dwarf sagitteria , and 5 micro swords in and finnex stingray from aquarium co-op. Tried to make some natural caves , and also have a pvc rolled in substrate cave hidden on the left side. Seeded small acco sponge filter. Time to cycle this thing and then get livestock!! I'm excited !
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@Atitagain lol gonna try my hardest but I'd put money on it that I'm rearranging it weeks after I set it up
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Sooo really wanna dedicate this new tank to mainly plants and a scape that I'm happy with from the start.
29 gallon will be stocked with 1 male and 3 female double red Agassizi, 6-10 tetras, and 5 otocinclus .
Plants : two Amazon swords, Dwarf sagittaria background. Micro sword in the foreground . May add some cryps.
Finnex stingray 30", small aco sponge filter and magniflow canister filter .
Black blast sand with planted substrate underneath and all black rocks.
Getting impatient for the stand to come in and just wanted to share lol. Let me know if yall have any recommendations or input thanks !
Ps. After layering sand and gravel as I scape hoping only the top 2/3rds of the rock will be exposed and I can have hidden caves along with plants creep over edges of the rock
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Welp. Got some new apistos and the male wasn't doing the best after night 1.. moved him to the 20 gallon mbuna fry tank and had to move the babies to the big boi tank .... treated the male with salt and seems like the kiddos are doing good so far. Def need to rehome a few though