Zac
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Water is a little cloudy but I think it’ll clear up within a week or so. This is my first attempt at a fully planted tank. I’m pretty satisfied with how it turned out. I had a very nice couple give me all of these plants so I didn’t have to pay anything:)
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On 5/11/2022 at 6:59 AM, a tired fish keeper said:
I bought some fish on Monday.one of these. Fish was a hill stream loach i wares until Tuesday to add the meds (I used the aquarium co op med trio) it side to look very good after adding the meds but I hoped that it would bounce back but this morning I found it dead any idea about what happened.
How was it acting before the meds were added? I doubt the trio had anything to do with it
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On 5/11/2022 at 2:02 PM, Lucid_Reese said:
Heyo, I just saw this video by More Aquarium Aquarium Co-op and there was an interesting looking fish at the 3:20 mark in the video. Could anyone help me identify it so I can do further research? 🙂
Looks like some sort of pencil fish. At least the body shape seems similar
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On 5/9/2022 at 1:54 PM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said:
You can dip the filter in some H2o2 2-3 parts to 10 parts most likely that would kill it or you could do isopropyl alcohol, let it dry out in the sun then put it back in.
@ZacDepending on the tank moss is very useful, is the issue it's unsightly or it attracts algae?
Idk it’s not me who has the problem with the moss lol
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On 5/8/2022 at 8:52 PM, Uttjrt3 said:
Hey all. My tank has been set up for 3 months now. Guppies snails and a few ghost shrimp. About 20 fish total. Ammonia nitrites are great staying at 0. Doing weekly 25 percent water changes. It is planted with about a dozen live plants. So my ? Is my nitrates stay at about 50-80ppm. I know my plants need them but it's hard to add liquid fertilizer because I don't want to raise the nitrates to high but want to get my plants enough nutrients. Any advice?
I wouldn’t even worry about liquid fertilizer if nitrates are that high. However, you may need to supplement certain nutrients if they start to show deficiencies
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On 5/8/2022 at 9:47 PM, Linda4fish said:
Anybody else have Java moss growing into their sponge filter?
No matter how much I squeeze or pick it’s in there
If you want to get rid of it you could disinfect the sponge filter.
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On 5/5/2022 at 10:38 PM, swivvr said:
I have noticed a small white bump on the side of my green neon tetra. The tetra is the smallest out of the school. I need some help on identifying what it exactly is and what I should do about it. Should I put it in the quarantine tank? There is also another tetra that looks like it can't keep itself straight and it always is trying to.
pH: 6.4-6.8
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: <30
Temperature: About 78 Degrees Fahrenheit
Honestly. You don’t really need to know exactly what it is. If you’re unsure, remove them, and treat them with a trio of meds that covers everything. You’ll end up spending more time trying to figure out what it is rather than treating the fish
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On 5/5/2022 at 10:25 PM, Tihshho said:
How old is the filter? Sponge filters sometimes do this when they clogged. I've had it happen when they get shifted and are no longer level and the air follows the path of least resistance.
They’re brand new. Been in the tank maybe a few days at most. Only thing in the tank is wood, slate, and sand
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So I have 2 medium aquarium co-op sponge filters with nano air pumps and a ziss air stone. Every 3 seconds, a single bubbles comes out of the same spot in each of them. I’m not worried about it, but it’s mildly annoying lol. The airline tubes on the inside are almost as short as they can be (maybe an inch or so long). The sponge filters are sitting straight (at least it looks like it). And I don’t believe a nano air pump would really push too much air through a sponge filter. Any other suggestions on how I can fix it? I’ve tried loosening and tightening the air stones. They’re on the tighter side right now but not overly tight
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On 5/4/2022 at 7:34 PM, kahjtheundedicated said:
So I got 6 Clown Killis from Aquahuna, and looks like I ended up with 5 males and just 1 female. They were fine the first couple weeks, but I think they're of breeding age now, and they're kind of harassing the female, and each other. But I am more worried about the female.
So what should my course of action be? Just let it ride, or separate them somehow? I can go get a $10 10gal if I really need to, but I don't really want to if I don't have to. Thanks in advance
You could a little breeder box or tank divider
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On 5/3/2022 at 6:26 PM, Tihshho said:
All depends on supply and demand. Are you looking to sell locally? Are you looking to ship? Pricing always fluctuates so it's hard to nail down.
I’m probably going to start local but I don't really know how to ship. I know how to pack the fish but I don’t know how the actual shipping process goes. Which one is generally more reliable?
On 5/3/2022 at 6:29 PM, Tazalanche said:Raising fish for profit takes a lot of effort & experience. Your results may vary from mine, & I hope you do better than I did.
I did it for over a decade (as a hobby, because I had a full time job) and the best I did was to get the fish to pay for their own food & upkeep (replacement/upgraded filters & other equipment). Unless you plan to sell online, the odds are pretty low that you are going to get anywhere near $5 per fish for any class of endlers. The odds are higher that an LSF will offer you $1 in store credit. Livebearers can be hard to sell, due to how easy they are to breed. Most stores know that if you don't take their offer, someone else will come along in a few weeks with more. When I supplied for multiple stores in my region, only two would take class N Venezuelan caught F1 endlers or class K tiger endlers from me & that was only because I was established with them for providing discus, angelfish, uncommon ancistrus, assassin snails, etc.Is there a technique to reach a market online? The last thing I want is to buy endlers and then have 100s of babies before I can have a reliable way to offload them. Maybe start locally?
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Does anyone know how much N class black bars or 1975 original tank bred endlers would sell for? I recently had someone tell me he usually pays $.50-$1 per fish and I guess that doesn’t seem quite right. I see them going for as high as $10 for a juvenile. So although I love endlers, I’m debating on if a community tank breeding project would be worth it or not in terms of profit. It doesn’t seem reasonable to spend $40 on on 2-3 adults to sell a 2 month old sexually mature fish for less that $5-$6. Can someone clear the water for me on how the market for endlers operates?
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On 5/3/2022 at 2:58 PM, BrettD said:
Okay take this with a grain of salt, I'm just having fun with it a bit because I think you'll ultimately get it the way you like it.
Do you also have an hob filter in there? If so, I'm thinking hang the heater near the intake to disperse the heat more efficiently.
Move sponges to the corners, then place the wood where the rh sponge was, letting that long branch hang over the cave.
Attach anubias and java fern wendetii to wood and caves to help hide equipment.
Jungle val starting from just in front of the heater and then thickening up to hide the lh sponge.The hob is going to be removed when the water is clear. But good thoughts!
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On 5/3/2022 at 2:48 PM, Fish Folk said:
Endlers will explode in population. Parents don't eat as many as you'd think. If you get good Brooders to start with, you'll end up with MILLIONS in no time. I would build the tank to look beautiful, and not worry too much about fry hiding. But that's just my opinion.
Good idea. My plan is to just have 3 females and maybe 1 male. Then hope to be able to offload the fry at the 5 week mark to try and keep the population under control. Would this be manageable for a 29 gallon?
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On 5/3/2022 at 2:39 PM, Jeff said:
I would push each sponge filter to it's own corner, and cover them up with plants.
Also, if you're able to get between the tank and wall, either paint the back of the tank, or cover it with a background - it'll hide your cords.
I have a background I’m just waiting until I remove the HOB to put it on. Plants will go in in a few days
On 5/3/2022 at 2:44 PM, Fish Folk said:I’d choose easy, bulletproof plants. Try Amazon Swords in back, with some Moneywort. In front, several Anubias Nana petite. Throw in some Marimo Moss Balls. Rotalla Indica all around the edges of the stones and wood. Hygrophilia is hardy if you can find it to accent everywhere. Java moss here snd there. I prefer the “ferny” types.
Would those plants be good for fry to hide in? I’m trying to go for an Endler community breeding tank
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On 5/3/2022 at 2:17 PM, Odd Duck said:
I do love nerites as clean up crew. Just don’t expect them to reproduce for you beyond the females doing some bedazzling, AKA laying eggs. Amano shrimp ate great cleaners and cherry shrimp (of whatever color) AKA Neocaridinas, are excellent cleaners and come in many different colors and patterns. Neos will reproduce in your tank, Amanos will not successfully reproduce to adulthood since they also need brackish water to complete their life cycle. Their pelagic larvae will serve as fish food if they do try to reproduce. Nothing wrong with otos, either, but they do better in a well aged tank.
Cories adore worms of all sorts and tiny crustaceans like scuds or Daphnia, but I don’t think any of them are considered algae eaters that I’ve ever heard or read.
Any recommendations on how to get rid of nerite snail eggs? Will they pollute the tank?
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On 5/3/2022 at 2:08 PM, SC Fish said:
otos , i want to say corydoras but im not sure how good of algae eaters they are of they are just bottom dwellers
I think corys are more bottom feeders. I haven’t really heard of them being reliable algae eaters. Maybe unless they’re starving
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On 5/3/2022 at 1:36 PM, Odd Duck said:
You might be thinking of duckweed. Frogbit is much larger and slower growing than your Salvinia you recommended. It is extremely easy to remove all of it since it produces leaves that can get as big as quarters. I’ve never had a speck of trouble clearing frogbit out of a tank if I wanted to do so, duckweed is something else entirely with its tiny leaves that divide me grow even faster than your Salvinia.
Most species of nerite snail simply do not reproduce in freshwater. If you have managed it, please document it since that would be the first ever documented case as far as I’ve heard. They certainly would never take over a tank. Their eggs might get applied in many places if someone ends up with a lot of females, but they certainly would never have an over abundance of snails. I’m certainly not an expert, but it’s well documented they have a veliger form that is highly likely to get filtered out or eaten by any fish in the tank long before it had a chance to complete its life cycle, which most species can’t do in fresh water. There have been many experts and amateurs fail at deliberately breeding nerite snails, converting the free-floating larvae to brackish or even full marine, while trying to sort out the secrets of breeding them. I’m not going to say it’s impossible that yours successfully reproduced in freshwater, but please enlighten us on your technique with pictures, pretty please. I’m very interested to hear how you did it. I would be able to sell them like hot cakes!
I adore my otos, but haven’t really had much luck getting them to eat hair algae. IME, they like soft green algae, but not really any filamentous types. They also seem to hit diatoms since I don’t ever see diatoms in my tanks that have otos. But I do run a variety of clean up crew so it’s hard to tell who’s eating what.
I have varied luck with superglue gel. I sometimes have more on me than there is sticking things together. I’ve never had any issues in a tank that I attributed to superglue remnants. I certainly wouldn’t put silicone in a tank with water and any animals until it had cured completely (which depends on how thick it is).
What kind of algae eaters would you recommend for a 29 gallon Endler breeder? I don’t want a ton but enough to cover most of algae
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On 5/3/2022 at 12:23 PM, SC Fish said:
the "little bit of frogbit" will very quickly turn into TOO much frogbit, and will take over your tank, and keep returning even after you think you have removed it all. You could try Salvinia natans instead, they are flaoting plants , a bit more intersting than frogbit (IMO) and they basically double every 2 days.
Also if you are using glue, i always say to my friends to use gorilla glue because i cures very fast, but you can use silicone if you want, (both good options) . Also if your concerned about using glue or silicone you can glue everything u need and put it into a different container for a few days (in water) so any toxins that may be in it "leave" (not sure if thats the best word, but i think you will get the point)
also for your clean up crew, the nerite snails will do great for spot algae but they will populate pretty fast so you may need to give some away, im sure your local pet store will take them (not sure if they will pay you for them though , unless you have literally hundreds)
the otos will do very good for hair algae tho so good choice!
Should I worry about toxins in aquarium safe super glue gel (I’m don’t have the one aquarium co-op sells).Also, I thought nerite snails needed brackish conditions for their eggs to hatch. Maybe I’m thinking of something else?
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I would try dosing some aquarium salt just to be safe and add antibiotics/anti fungal meds if you want to go the extra mile
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Hey all,
I’ve finally gotten the water in my tank to clear from the black sand and I think in a few days it’ll finally be ready for plants (the HOB is there just for clearing the water and will be removed). This is my first serious aquascape attempt and I don’t think it turned out too bad (given the fact it doesn’t have plants yet lol). The idea is for this tank to be an Endler breeding tank. 3 females and 1 male until I can figure out how much fry I can handle. Some otos as well for cleanup and maybe nerite snales if I get green spot algae. Anyways…I need plant advice! Here’s what I’m thinking:
-A little bit of frogbit at the top
-a lawn of hair grass at the base of the tree
-dwarf sag in the open space in front of the slate
-a lush jungle of Vallisneria around the sponge filters and in back of the tree
-I also need something to glue on the tree. I want to try and create either a bush or some leaves
-scarlet temple next to the heater (speaking of…is the heater in an okay spot or should I move it?)
-some sort of anubias glued onto the cave
-maybe a little bit of baby tears somewhere
This is my first headfirst attempt at a fully planted tank too so fingers crossed it doesn’t end in a disaster. Give me advice on what I can do to make it better, plants, placement ideas, etc. I’d love to hear what you guys think!
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For those that casually breed livebearers,
Do you guys eventually run into deformities from inbreeding or do you take the fry out when the mother gives birth to avoid the inbreeding? I’m not looking to get the most perfect fish and cull the ones that aren’t perfect (sure maybe the ones that have a serious defect but that’s it). I’m just looking for something fun to do on the side. I guess I should ask this…how do you guys breed your livebearers?
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Hey all,
I’m thinking of breeding some endlers for my first fish to breed. For the fun and to maybe make a little bit of extra money. The only problem is I’m very busy, and I worry about the feeding schedule of the fry. I’m not too worried about getting them to breed but fry need to be fed a lot. Here are a few questions:
-How often would I have to feed them?
-Are there any good alternatives other than live baby brine shrimp?
-Do mothers often die after giving birth? I read that the process can be very stressful for them
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On 4/28/2022 at 2:44 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
what kind of sand is it?
You just need to run fine filter floss for a few days. It can take days for something like this to clear up. Then, you'll want to disturb the substrate with your hand and get more fines into the water column and do a massive water change.My sand is seachem black fluorite sand
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First Planted Tank
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I think I want to do a fancy guppy tank with some amanos and nerites