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    Celestial Pearl Danio Breeding

    in General Discussion

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    On 10/28/2020 at 1:51 PM, Steph’s Fish and Plants said:

    I recently acquired some CPDs or Celestial Pearl Danios, and I thought I’d start a thread for breeding them. I have 4 males and 2 females (before today I thought it was the opposite ratio) that I got 3 days ago, today was my first day able to watch them the whole day and in the light, and my first day offering live baby brine shrimp. For several hours today I’ve noticed the dominant male chasing around one of the females, and occasionally another male will also try and chase for a few moments and then go off and do something else. I have some videos of this but I’m not sure how to add it (I’ll play around, advice would be helpful) and I’m wondering if this is breeding behavior or if it’s aggression. What are your experiences with the keeping and breeding of this beautiful species? (I posted a few videos on tiktok, I can’t get the video into the right format to post directly from my phone, would it be ok to post a link to the tiktok?)

    You could try uploading to YouTube and then providing a link on the thread - lemme know if you want more details!!

    I also came here to follow your journey! CPD's are one of my all time favorite nano fish (unlike @Irene says in her video LOL) , never had any breed in my care though. Super interested to see if you have better luck! Jimmy refers to their circular flaring behavior as 'sparring'. But I've never had any real aggression issues. The tanks I've had them in were extremely heavily planted though..

    I wish you all the luck 🙂

    Phosphates

    in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers

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    I think less than 1ppm? Could be wrong. But also the plants will take up the phosphates. It's not a parameter I ever consider unless I set up a new tank because it causes diatom algae.. which eventually subsides as the algae takes up mostly all the phosphates. The algae dies off and then I rely on my plants for the rest. If I were in your shoes, I'd just cut back on ferts for a couple weeks and see if that makes a difference

    hatching brine shrimp

    in General Discussion

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    20 hours ago, Steph’s Fish and Plants said:

    I have the Fritz A+ aquarium salt that is normally used as treatment for sick fish, could I use that for BBS?

    That's exactly what we use to hatch bbs! Seems to work quite well, same process. 2 tablespoons, 2 liters of water. 

    Amazon Sword stopped growing

    in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers

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    My guess would be that it's a nutrient issue.. Swords are quite heavy feeders and yours may benefit from additional root tabs. You didn't mention how much easy green you are dosing - maybe try increasing it to see if that helps the sword bounce back? I shoot for somewhere around 20-25 ppm of nitrates from dosing ferts and test every week or so. That's what I would do anyways. :)
    Your second question is complex and can have many answers. I personally find that dialing in your tank basically what everyone refers to as a 'balanced' aquarium means having a consistently running ecosystem with minimal issues/change over time. Like, it takes some trial and error to figure out exactly how much light, ferts, water changes etc are needed for your specific aquarium to require minimal maintenance and have healthy fish and plant growth all at the same time. For example, I find that keeping my lights on for 6 hours per day, dosing exactly one pump of Easy Green, one of Easy Iron and doing weekly 30% water changes balances out my 5 gallon nano tank perfectly. The plants are healthy, fish is very healthy and I have almost zero algae.

    That's how I interpret that phrase when I hear it.

    3-D Printed Aquarium "Stuff"

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    1 minute ago, akconklin said:

    @Lizzie Block, Maybe this?

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    favicon-32x32.png H2O Diffusor fürs Aquarium by HGW - Thingiverse

    WWW.THINGIVERSE.COM
    Um das Aufwirbeln des Sandes beim Wasserwechsel mit dem Schlauch zu verhindern, habe ich...

     

    Yes! There it is! I should have known it would be on Thingiverse. 😅 I'd love to get my hands on one of these. It would make water changes on aquascapes a cinch. And a more reasonable size than the kitchen colander I'd been using. Just need to find someone with a 3D printer... 

    Greetings from Cleveland

    in Introductions & Greetings

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    Hey @Bekah! We're originally from the Akron area 🙂 welcome to the hobby! My favorite store in the area is called Agnoquatics in Broadview Heights. They're super nice people, good selection of fish and plants. There's Something Fishy on Broadview Rd in Cleveland. Good selection of hardscape at that store and decent fish as well. Our other go-to store is called RMS aquaculture also in Cleveland. You may have heard of that one. It's the biggest- more closely related to a big box store like petco, but with a really wide selection of tanks/heaters/lights etc. Their fish are often in questionable health though, so I personally haven't gotten fish from there. Just dry goods. Hopefully you can check these places out sometime! They're all quite unique to each other.

    Care Packages for C.A.R.E. Forum Members!

    in General Discussion

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    Time to revive this topic! Hop on the hype train because it's time for more Care Packages 😄 

    Those of you who've been here awhile know the drill, but if you have not seen this topic before - updates on this thread mean that it's time to announce three excellent content contributors who will be receiving a Co-Op Care Package full of useful and fun items. 

    A little foreshadowing that this package contains a NEW Co-Op product as well.. The winners:

    @Brandy

    @yannachka

    @DaveSamsell

    Thank you to these folks for contributing thoughtful topics and opening up conversation across this platform. You are appreciated! And of course, a huge THANK YOU to everyone here for making this forum such a great place.

    Cheers ~

    Building up aquascape substrate

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    Oh yeah, I'm a big fan of 'hills' and sloped substrate as well. I do it in all my scapes as I feel it adds depth to the aquarium visually. I think I've been told the reason aquascapers use volcanic rock specifically is because it is quite porous, it doesn't allow as much anaerobic bacteria to build up beneath the surface of the substrate. It's not necessarily a bad thing to have anaerobic bacteria if the substrate remains undisturbed, but it can be problematic if the gases from the bacteria escape into the water column. Lava rock allows oxygen to flow a bit more freely and adds some minerals for the plants.

    However, there are no rules. I just use inert gravel to create slopes simply because it's cheaper than using all aquasoil. For a big tank, eco complete or fluval stratum can really add up! Like Candi mentioned, aquasoil will also begin to break down after awhile (years), whereas gravel or volcanic rock will not. So it holds its shape a bit better long term.

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