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  1. Charose
    Got a second batch of cherries, two looked like males, though were pretty solid red so wasn't 100% confident, but the proof has finally arrived 🙂
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    I plan to set up my first one soon, spring is about to spring here in Charleston. 30 gallon range pond liner on my deck. I hope to collect local plants from my neighborhood 🙂 I want to put ricefish in there if i ever find any for sale.
  3. Charose
    are you using a filter on the ricefish pond? setting one up soon here in charleston, sc
  4. Charose
    Monte carlo can be grown as an epiphyte. https://tropica.com/en/articles/micranthemum-monte-carlo/
  5. Charose
    Don't ammonia tests also measure ammonium? Isn't ammonium less of an issue?
  6. Charose
    Nice! I assume that's the highest magnification objective you have? Doesn't look fungal to me, too complex in organization.
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    wow, that is pretty incredible looking stuff, interested to know what it is as well
  9. Charose

    Raising PH

    Charose replied to Liz's topic in General Discussion

    are you using a buffering substrate like an aqua soil?
  10. Charose
    I'll second the recommendation of red root floaters, they're sorta the goldilocks floating plant. They don't grow crazy like duckweed, grow nice looking roots that don't get too long and have to be trimmed, and can withstand high moisture and do fine with an aquarium with a lid that traps humidity and sheds condensation.
  11. Charose
    Lots of stem plants will grow fine as floating plants. Hornwort is probably the most common recommendation, but any stem plant that primarily gathers nutrients through the water column will grow well floating at the surface.
  12. Charose
    great idea, get you a smart plug
  13. Charose
    You may want to consider keeping a smaller shrimp only tank where you maintain a breeding colony as a source of shrimp for your larger community tank where they may end up as fish snacks.
  14. Charose
    not the end of the world, I wanted to get some really nice shrimp online but the shipping fee was daunting and I thought it might be nice to use the local business, but they keep disappointing me. No berried shrimp yet, so I have a little time to find a suitable male. Actually, if you don't mind taking a look, i'll attach some more pics of the rili 'male' and a couple of 'females,' would be great to get some confirmation my sexing is on target. Their coloration seems to be sorta mid-grade red cherry?
  15. Charose
    Yea good point, if there already is one rili in the group they all may carry the trait. Not sure where my fish store sources their shrimp from, could be local breeders or a larger distributor. Ultimately, I just want to maintain some red shrimp and would rather not have them all be rili's, I'm not overly concerned with breeding anything special out, though that could be fun to get into at a later time 🙂 I'm 99% sure the rili ended up being the sole male in the group I got, which is disappointing.
  16. Charose
    I think ultimately, it's about enjoyment of the little piece of nature you've brought into your home, too much controlling often leads to disappointing results, as is the case with keeping track of just about any form of life. Be open to constantly learn and benefit from your experiences, little of that has been written down in a book or on a blog or in a youtube video, it's yours.
  17. Charose
    I have pretty soft water plus my substrate soaks up carbonate. If you want to try a fluffy stem plant that grows extremely well find some limnophila aquatica/indica, it'll take over your entire tank. Cabomba tends to shed leaves and grows a little wonky when you trim it. Limnophila is indestructible in my tank and always looks super vibrant green.
  18. Charose
    pH is 6.6, GH is 7, KH is 1
  19. Charose
    Does fine in my medium light tank. I have it planted in aqua soil, with root tabs, and I use liquid fertilizer. Not sure how it grows in a lower tech aquarium. Grows pretty fast, I have to trim it every two to three weeks.
  20. Charose
    I did my post-doc research in a lab studying lamprey and hagfish, we used tricaine for anesthesia and an overdose concentration for euthanasia. Not sure how easy it is to get or if it requires a license, but a veterinarian might be a source if all else fails (looks like you can purchase on internet) and you're really serious about ethical euthanasia. http://research.uga.edu/docs/policies/compliance/oacu/UGA-IACUC-MS222-Guidelines.pdf
  21. Charose
    also, if it were me, I'd ditch that pot and spread your plantlets around in small clusters to promote carpeting. you can pull the plantlets apart, gently roll a small group of them into a little bundle, use tweezers to plant down deep into the substrate.
  22. Charose
    staghorn is pretty sturdy, hard to use the toothbrush method in my experience, though that does work well for hair algae and diatoms.
  23. Charose
    my co-op dwarf hair grass did the same, think it's just the stress of it getting used to your tank. in my case, i had cut it back to promote spreading. i used a dropper to spray the affected areas with 3% hydrogen peroxide which killed it off after two treatments. on water change day, with the lights and filter/powerheads off, slowly discharge the H2O2 on the algea, let sit 30 min, then do your water change. the treated areas will bubble, including the substrate if you get some on there. when stag horn dies it turns red, so you can easily see where you need to focus on if you need to treat again. the dead algae will decay and you can vac it away or in my case shrimps and snails ate it up.
  24. Charose
    I'll have to take a close up view next time i feed them, will probably remove the rili in the meantime. Really bugs me because I'd contacted the store before making the trip over and they assured me they had enough shrimp suitable for mating.
  25. Charose
    OK, thanks for the observation! I wasn't sure what the penetrance of the mutation was, a quarter of offspring showing the phenotype would be on the high side for me, would you say it's around that? I'd rather get some new males down the line than have to cull too much at first.
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