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Here's my cooling video, as requested!
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Yup, we do have a blog article on water conditioners, which briefly mentions the following: Does dechlorinator remove ammonia? Some of them do, as stated on their packaging. The main reason for this is because when dechlorinators are used to treat chloramine, they only react to the chlorine part of chloramine and not the ammonia part. The remaining ammonia ions left in the water are toxic to fish, so some dechlorinators — such as Fritz Complete Water Conditioner, Seachem Prime, and Kordon AmQuel — contain extra chemicals that temporarily lock up the ammonia into an inert state (i.e., ammonium) for up to 24 hours. During this time, the ammonium can be consumed and further broken down by beneficial bacteria in your aquarium and filter. Further down in the article, it talks about dosing multiple times and the possible side effects.
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I ended up switching to just using 1 tablespoon of marine salt per 1 liter of water, and that's gotten the most consistent results for me. No more having to measure out separate NaCl salt and baking soda! -
Yup, I had no problems with the green neon tetras at high pH, and I think they'd look amazing with the orange shrimp. You can always talk to your local fish store and see what pH they are currently living and if they've had any troubles keeping them alive. Had no idea that snails could survive the alum treatment! I wonder if it crawled above the water line?
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Sure! I'm always open for blog ideas. Just tag me so I'll see it.
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@anitstuk Aww, you're so sweet. Thank you so much for the condolences. He was such a good little wet pet. Sorely missed by me, but I'm sure the other residents in his tank are happy because they get a bigger share of the food now. 😅
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When I got sudden deaths from my newly purchased pygmy corys, I talked to the local fish store I purchased them from and asked them (1) how long they've had the corys, (2) what are the store's water parameters, and (3) what was the store feeding the corys. Turns out the store and I had very different pH levels and that was the cause of death.
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Wow, congratulations and huge thanks to the whole team for all your hard work and documentation! I'm so excited to try this out since I have definitely found that some weaker/more fragile plants do not like the alum treatment I use. I also discovered that Malaysian trumpet snails were able to survive for several days in normally lethal levels of alum solution, and I assumed it was because their trapdoors were so tightly shut. Guess I'll have to make a Petco run to get some different types of pest snails!
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I've actually never personally experienced stray current, so you can thank @Cory's live streams for that one. They're a gold mine for random information that you never know when you'll need. 🙂
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@RachelM Random thought, but does the water give you a little "shock" when you touch it? My friend went through a similar experience of not being able to stop fin rot despite good temperature, good water quality, slow water flow, antibiotics, and then salt treatment. Turns out the heater was shocking the fish.
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Guess I'm not out of a job yet... 😂
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Congratulations! Always good to see another Coloradoan on the forum. 🙂
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I sometimes look up research papers on places like ResearchGate to confirm statements I write for our blog, so I figured I'd try to sign up for a free account. Unfortunately, I didn't get approved since I am not a professional scientist with published papers, but I thought you might get a kick out of the description I filled out when listing the "research" I've done (mostly for my YouTube channel): 1) Effects of alum, copper, sodium chloride, and other substances as invertebrate pesticides for aquatic plants 2) Methodologies for establishing nitrifying bacteria colonies in sterile environments 3) Effectiveness of treatments against cyanobacteria without harming aquatic ecosystems 4) Methodologies for growth reduction of Audouinella algae Honestly, I feel like all fishkeepers are mini scientists. 🤓
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@Anon@Zenzo Currently the best way is to click on the categories on the right hand menu of the main blog page: There is a category called Care Guides that should be what you're looking for: https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/tagged/care-guides
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Yup, here's a link to the livestream: And if you're a member, he goes into more details in this second video.
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@Tim Hopkins Good point! I had an amano shrimp in there originally and quickly removed it once I realized it could be eating eggs.
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It's a dream world, so you've got the super human power of being impervious to back pain. 🦸♂️
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@Zenzo It was probably you because I don't think anyone else could handle it! 😂
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While doing research on brackish tanks, I found a list of plants and what specific gravity they will survive in. Seems to match many people's experiences on this post. Enjoy! https://thebrackishtank.tumblr.com/post/107155036207/planting-the-brackish-aquarium-theres-a-bit-of-a
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Haha, that's the best description I've heard of them yet. I love how they perch on the driftwood and plant leaves.
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I'll definitely have to try frozen tubifex worms; I didn't know they were small enough! Yes, I find that my heater seems to rarely turn on in that tank, and the temperature tends to be around 73-74°F.
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They may be of the same species (since albino corys are often just a color variation of the Corydoras aeneus bronze cory), so I would keep them if they were mine. 🙂
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July 24, 2021 Oops, correction – I added 9 corydoras originally, not 12. Today I went to a not-so-local fish store to browse for plants, and a lady brought in 4 pygmy corys that she had been keeping in a 5-gallon tank. She found them to be too shy and didn't feel comfortable getting more for her nano tank, so she brought them back to the fish store. I promptly bought them for my 10-gallon breeding tank. What a lucky find! Because of their tiny mouths, I find that even frozen mini bloodworms are too big for them. Their favorite foods so far seem to be baby brine shrimp, frozen daphnia, frozen cyclops, Repashy gel food, and nano pellets. I've also tried Easy Fry and Small Fish Food, but sometimes I worry that the little particles get stuck in the floating plants and the corys don't find them. August 15, 2021 I tried doing a giant water change to simulate the rainy season, since I heard that sometimes stimulates corydoras to breed. The pygmy corys seem to be out and about a little more than before, but I don't think it really did anything. Because of all the plants, this tank really doesn't need a lot of water changes; nitrates are around 0-10 ppm so I have to add Easy Green occasionally to keep the plants alive. I've been thinking of minimizing tank maintenance to let the water slowly acidify (since my pH is on the high side) and to encourage mulm/microfauna growth for future fry to eat.
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I agree with Levi. Here is our salt article and you can see that Level 1 concentration of salt is the equivalent of a mild antibiotic ointment. When my fish's fins grew back, they were usually discolored and then would turn back to normal colors eventually. https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/aquarium-salt-for-sick-fish
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I'm usually a lurker on the forums and rarely talk about my own tanks here, but I decided to document my progress with breeding pygmy corys because they're just so stinkin' cute! I got them seven months ago, so please excuse me as I backfill the earlier entries... July 1, 2021 I purchased a group of captive-bred pygmy corys from Aquatic Life Farm, and they shipped to me in June. After a few weeks in quarantine, 9 of them got added to a 10-gallon, species-only breeding tank in my kitchen that has been running since late 2020. I have 8.0 pH and relatively soft water (which is boosted with Seachem Equilibrium minerals to keep the plants alive). The plants are floating water sprite, dwarf water lettuce, needle leaf java fern, anubias nana petite, and dwarf sagittaria. Hardscape includes sagewood and pink granite. Substrate is CaribSea Eco-Complete, light is a Finnex Stingray that is on for 6 hours, filtration is a sponge filter, heater is set for 74-78°F, and fertilizers are Easy Green and Easy Root Tabs. This is a screenshot of me pouring in the pygmys, so some of the floating plants got disturbed.
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