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Ryan S.

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  1. Bruce, hopefully someone that knows for sure will chime in. I believe that foods like first bites, sera micron, and golden pearls are smaller than the coop fry food. The fry food is great for guppy size babies and up but I think with rams you would need a smaller food to start with.
  2. That's awesome, keep us updated! I've watched that video series and man it is in depth! It's a little intimidating for me to attempt yet, but I hope to try it at some point. Need to try some easier egg layers first.
  3. Had the same thoughts on the water supply. Asked the former owner but they never used it so it must be from an earlier owner. I see no other way other than floor drain unless the main stack was completely redone at some point and the tie in removed at that point. Thanks for the thoughts and I agree on where you would reenforce. I will def look into a transfer pump!
  4. I have just moved and now that storage isn't an issue I have been granted permission to do a fish room in the basement storage room. To do that, I'm requesting some thoughts from the nerm experts on a few things I'm struggling with. First up is shelving. I was originally going to buy a heavy duty storage rack but I now think I can use some existing built in wooden shelves that are already down here. Here is a pic. I believe I will need to reenforce it in the middle and on the ends. Does anyone see issues with it working though assuming I reenforce well? I will put a row of 20's on top and 10s on the bottom. Next is water. I've got plumbing as seen in pic but no utility sink, which I need. Question for you fish plumbers. Can you run a utility sink that is only handling fish water into a floor drain or does it need to get tied into to sewer plumbing? My final issue is heating. Luckily I like a lot of cool water fish but I see no way to heat the room given its size (1k sq ft) and enclosing the fish portion isn't an option yet (maybe down the road). I've got two vents that are open but even with that, it doesn't stay warm enough to keep my tanks above the mid 60s. Don't know about summer temps yet. Is there any way to heat multiple tanks more efficiently than individual heaters as needed? For water I will be doing a python system assuming I get the sink figured out. Eventually I will do a dechlorinated filter system maybe with RO with overflows into a sump bucket that I can tie my sewer system or take outside to a holding tub for watering the garden. Would love any thoughts on how best to handle things and thoughts on my issues. Thanks all.
  5. Rainbow shiners with hillstream loaches is what I have in my 20 and I love it! Both are cooler water and enjoy stronger filtration. Shiners are active, look really good and are hardy. I also have cherry shrimp in mine and they do quite well also. With your rock piles you could easily pull this off.
  6. Figures the last post I read would have some of my favorites! 1. High flow bottom dwellers - hillstream loaches, gobies, and darters 2. Clown killi 3. Ricefish really intrigue me
  7. I think this is exactly what I'm doing. Glad to see someone else figured it out so I know it's possible.
  8. Wow, looks great. What are you planning to do for water changes?
  9. Running a filter is no problem and I would recommend it. I never noticed it the next day after I spilled the white particles but you can certainly try and gravel vac them up if you want it to be quicker.
  10. It will clear up in no time and should be no problem. I've done it multiple times.
  11. If using the egg tumbler for something like cory eggs, would you still potentially medicate with methalane blue or hydrogen peroxide to fight fungus or would you not since it sits in your tank? I guess it would depend on of the water in the egg tumbler mixed with the tank or not? And if the tumbling motion is in lieu of fungus medication. I clearly am new to these types of products so am open to any info.
  12. Yes, they can replace fully or be run together if looking for extra filtration. Depends on your tanks needs. Important thing to remember is if you are replacing hang on back with sponge, make sure you run them together for several weeks before removing hang on back so beneficial bacteria can establish in sponge filter.
  13. First question is just making sure you feed the fry with fry food. If you don't have any on hand crush up flakes as much as possible. There is likely some microscopic food they can eat in the tank. Frozen brine shrimp is good and easy to get. For your second question I'll say go watch the breeding for profit series on the aquarium co-op channel on YouTube. Great info in there if interested in breeding more. Good luck!
  14. In my experience they can definitely go together but I do believe one can out compete the other in smaller set ups. Typically one thrives and the other just exists.
  15. Interestingly enough. I just found some venezuelan corys at my LFS and scoped them up and I've got one that looks the same as yours as well. The others have much brighter coloration. I thought I saw in an article about them that females may not have as bright of coloration... Maybe?
  16. Fantastic thread. I do a bit of nerming on shiners myself and own some rainbows but had never heard of Saffron shiners. I'll have to keep an eye out for any native sellers to carry them. If anyone sees them, please let us know. I think rainbow shiners should be a regular in the hobby. Even when not fired up, they are a pretty fish that is very fun to watch.
  17. I kept a pair in hard water at around 80 degrees. They laid eggs 2 or 3 times but never hatched. I have always assumed that they wouldn't be able to hatch in my water or at that temp but I'm far from an expert. The fish themselves did well though.
  18. I hope you share some pics when you dig out your pond!
  19. Good question. Koi get huge but it might take them a year or 3 to get large and while I do have experience with them, I did use filtration in my koi pond so it's not a direct comparison. I'm not sure on size to recommend, just that it needs to be large. The smaller it is, the harder the setup will be to manage without filtration and water changes. I would say if the plants are thriving and growing, you could then add fish and it should take care of any initial water issues. Just add fish gradually not all at once.
  20. I definitely think it's possible if the pond is big enough and planted well enough. I ran a heavily stocked and planted small pond with just air and that wasnt on all the time. I think the big thing will be to make sure the pond is established enough to handle the bio load when the fish go in. By the way, your language use was great!
  21. I'll add what I know from keeping/breeding them. They are the best BBA eater I have had. They are a bit of a nuisance so you do need to be careful. They also eat plants a bit. I currently keep them in a large holding tank with an apisto pair, cardinal tetras, bristlenose plecos, couple hillstream loaches, couple otos, a female guppy, and amano shrimp. They don't bother anyone too much except my former male guppies but I'm starting to see them hassle the Cardinals. I have mine in a large group which has cured aggression among themselves but I have no experience keeping them as a single in a community aquarium.
  22. Here is my male apisto agassizii tefe blue. Hoping to breed them when I can get my new fish room set up.
  23. Can someone explain how you hook these up to power? Seems like none come with a plug in. How is it best to connect them? These seem to clearly be out of my league currently.
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