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  1. What de chlorinator do you find best. I only used tetra's aquasafe, but I hear people prefer seachem prime of API, but why? What others are there?
  2. Alright I will get rid of the food then. Thank you for the responses
  3. The container was pretty much empty when I got it, so I took the food out of the feeder and put in back in the container. It 's called Tetra goldfish gold Japan. I have about half of the smallest container worth of this food.
  4. I recently bought a used aquarium, together with a used auto-feeder filled with some goldfish pallets. The guy said they were sit in there for 2 months. I also have the original food container, says the food expires in 2024. Would it be safe to feed this food to my goldfish or not?
  5. Bristelnose pleocos are nocturnal, meaning they prefer to feed at night. Try feeding after the lights go out and make sure the food reaches the bottom. I recommend zucchini.
  6. Regarding DIY brine shrimp hatcheries; they are not hard to make and work just as well. I have used them in the past and got great results, just make sure it's constructed properly. You can use boiled egg yolk as an alternative to infusoria in the early stages of fry development. Powder food works just as well, but BBS are by far the best food.
  7. I will move the endler's into their own tank soon, however I doubt many will survive in the tank. I'm aware they are prolific breeder's, I was hoping to find a way to determine when the female guppy will drop fry. Thank you!
  8. I just added 4 endler's, 1 male and 3 females in my planted community tank. I'm planning to breed these fish and keep as many of the fry alive as possible. I intend to take the female out when she is ready to give birth, and transfer her to the fry grow out where the fry won't get eaten. How can I tell when my female endler is about to drop fry? I believe all of the female are in the early stages or pregnancy, and I want to move them before they drop any fry. I know that it's possible to tell from the dark spot underneath their belly, but I'm not sure how.
  9. As already mentioned above, it doesn't account for plants. Plants filter the water and use the nitrates to grow, so the more plants you have, more filtration in your tank. However planted tank only works if the balance has been archived, meaning the waste produced by the fish is absorbed and used up by plants in order to grow. Many new aquarists struggle with achieving the balance, which means they need a filter in order to keep water perimeters whit-in acceptable levels. Hence the website would be used for new aquarists and I thinks that it's intended purpose
  10. Thank you! I'm currently conditioning them but haven't seen any mating behavior. To be honest, I haven't even look for any. Good luck finding females, for plain white ones with as little of colour as possible.
  11. Yea I found that they won't always give birth to live young. And since they are in a community tank, any eggs or fry would get eaten immediately so I will definitely setup a breeding/grow out tank. I was mainly interested in how to determine when these fish are ready to breed/release fry
  12. I recently acquired a group of 6 platinum half beaks, a mix of both male and female. I cannot say for sure (some look like sub dominant males). But I can surely say that I have one male (the biggest and most colourful one) and at least 2 female (smallest and less colourful). The other three fish all have some colour in their fins but not as dominant as in the big male. These fish are currently housed in my 60l community planted aquarium. They have plenty of cover and seem to be taking well to both frozen and dry foods. My plan is to fatten them up and condition them for spawning in the future. I did some research but found little solid information on how to successfully do it form a hobbyist perspective. I plan to condition the fish in the main tank and set up a spawning tank for the breeding group. Has anyone had experience breeding these fish? How do I determine when they are ready to spawn? What would trigger them to spawn? Any advice is greatly appreciated
  13. I saw a group of these fish in my LFS and was tempted to get them. I have a planted small fish planted community (in the making). Do these fish have any specific requirements? How easy would they be to breed?
  14. Any update? This would be a great way to propagate java moss without the use of tank space.
  15. There is completely black yarn as well. Would that work better?
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