TheSwissAquarist
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Anything could be possible - from internal parasites to chlorine in the water.
Are there any other fish in the tank?Heat could be a problem - kuhlis prefer 26 Celsius and under in my experience.
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I’ve found that Angels work best in a group of 4 or more - it keeps the agression down.
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On 10/31/2023 at 7:06 AM, Crow said:
So about a month or so ago I noticed ONE blue with spots ramshorn snail in my small army of brown ramshorn snails. I pulled it out and tossed it in my other low tech tank. It wasn’t long before it got busy laying eggs and almost all of them have been blue! So now I have a tank full of blue ramshorns! Every once in awhile I see a brown one, and I just pull it out and toss it back in the cube.
All that to say earlier today while I was trimming the blue snail tank I noticed a ramshorn with a very red body and a white shell. And in my other two tanks I managed to find three more of the same colored snails. So I set up a jar, pulled all four, and got them set up with some plants and wafers. Hopefully I’ll have a similar situation with these guys as with the blues and I can get another little colony going! I’ve been wanting red/pink ramshorns for a couple years now so I’m pretty excited.
This will also be a great opportunity to see just how much I can abuse pearlweed haha. The jar is only getting spill-over light from my emmersed plant experiment and ambient light from the kitchen window.
These guys also glow under the blue light, so I thought that was pretty cool.
That’s fun! Are you planning to keep the strain going?
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Someone’s got his work cut out for him 😅
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I recently had the same problem with a new HOB. It could be industrial residue? I drained the tank and wiped it down with a sponge to get rid of all the bubbles on the sides.
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I sometimes get that when I’ve dimmed my lighting a bit. Maybe try some tougher plants like anubias or Java fern?
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On 10/30/2023 at 12:32 AM, GoofyGarra said:
ok, so the school tank isnt ready yet, but im working on figuring out stocking so i can QT them at home before sending them to school. Unfortunately, budget is pretty low, here were some of my ideas: (not in any specific order)
- feeder fish (feeder livebearers, minnows etc...) Pros: Cheap, Cons: May have health issues due to improper care
- mosquito fish from home. Pros: Free, no health risks, Cons: Aggressive to each other, not very colorful. (i say the mosquitofish because im not willing to give up platies and cories would cloud up the water)
- small community fish (livebearers,tetras, rasboras...) from LFS. Pros: Colorful, active, lower health risk Cons: more expensive then other fish on the list
- Rescue fish. Pros: Free, Rescuing fish Cons: Theoretical, possible health issues, limited selection.
- small community fish (livebearers,tetras, rasboras...) from Petco. Pros: Cheap, Cons: possible Health Risk
if anyone has any other ideas id be happy to hear them, tank is a 15gallon; 24x12x12
Shrimp? Apistos?
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Plants are looking pretty good, and you seem to have hit the right balance with the ferts. What’s the stocking plan??
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Here’s a setup I recently did for glowlight tetras :
I had to drain the tank because I got a little bit too clever by trying to put peat in the mini HOB instead of in the tank itself. The HOB had some industrial residue in it 😑
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Copper Amino acid is a Copper Salt (Copper with an acid) mixed with Amino ( molecules that combine to form proteins) to keep it together. It does contain copper however, so I wouldn’t feed it again. 😅
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There was some kind of tetra unfriendly bubbly mess on the surface this morning. I’m thinking that it came from the new filter ? Looks like I gotta drain the tank and start again. 😑
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On 10/30/2023 at 3:04 AM, jwcarlson said:
Everybody's apistos making babies except mine. *kicks rocks* 🤣
Abacaxis female was trying hard to get her male into a cave with her this morning. Hopefully they're getting serious!
Have you tried a spawning trigger? The presence of another male in the tank could incite them to spawn.
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On 10/29/2023 at 8:09 PM, Sherry said:
Wow! That is exciting! The peat lowers the pH, right?
Lowers pH and softens the water
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What fish are you planning to breed? Just add some spawning medium and you should be good.
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Those males are looking great!
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Looks a bit like a tumor or hole-in-the-head. @Colu
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A Glowlight trio has been added (sexed to the best of my abilities)…with some luck they’ll spawn 🤞
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Glowlight Tetras have been added…hopefully they’ll spawn 🤞
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Set up a spawning tank for my Glowlights - hopefully this time I’ll be able to get fry. 🤞
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A fellow club member had one of his females spawn on the side of a lava rock… I’m thinking about swapping some danios for Apistogrammas from him in the future.
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Photo credit to an Aussie friend:
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What do you feed your Daphnia @Guppysnail? Constant BBS for fish conditioning is getting a tad expensive for me 🫠.
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I have a theory that all you’re breeding succèss may be due to either a) The uranium in your tap water or b) the large variety of livefoods you feed your tanks 🧐. What would be your theory?
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@GoofyGarra you did have a point with the entire color changing with age stuff. It seems that zebra danios first develop their iridescence before they get their gold colors underneath.
I’ve reset the spawning tank by draining it completely and letting it sit for a day to kill off anything that may get at the eggs.
There’s some peat in the mini HOB to condition the water. Which species should I try? Glowlight or Black phantom tetras???
Fish enjoying the Halloween pumpkin 🎃
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Here’s an idea : Move some of your Cories into the school tank and get some cheaply platies for it as well.