TheSwissAquarist
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On 11/13/2023 at 5:29 AM, Matt B said:
Easy Green fertilizer is incredible!! Not only does it promote amazing growth in my Vallisneria and Tiger lillys, but it really brings on the reds in my fake plants! Just look at those colors pop!!..... ah ha ha ha. 🤣
They really need to make a facepalm 🤦♂️ react for the forum. 🤯
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On 11/13/2023 at 2:51 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:
you have to have infusoria available like all the time
I got the go-ahead from my mum to allow daphnia and paramecium into the house, so I’ll give it a shot with the latter.
Small side note: the hobby has to get better at marketing - “water fleas” don’t sound like a nice thing to have in your home!
On 11/13/2023 at 1:19 PM, JoeQ said:Whoda thunk it!! Patent pending! 😂
I saw the snails pin up pics of your profile on the side of the tank. Watch out!
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How are the embers surviving QT?
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On 11/13/2023 at 9:36 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
Love it. This is my favorite phrase from trying to learn a bit of a foreign language in school.
It has a nice ring to it. 😂
Do you think that small rotifers would be any good @mountaintoppufferkeeper?
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Google lens can be pretty useful with rare fish ID imo.
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On 11/13/2023 at 12:38 AM, GoofyGarra said:
i used to read lots of aquarium books. Some of them addressed breeding this fish, i believe some of them suggested that as a fry this is a photosensitive species. Maybe try limiting or cutting off light for your next batch?
Ironically the ones with the most light did better than the ones without. I’m definitely going for more water changes with this next batch. Do you think I should keep in trying glowlights or move to black phantoms?
@JoeQ your snail trap idea has definitely worked!
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On 11/12/2023 at 11:26 AM, DanielBlub said:
Hello guys,
my name is Daniel and i am from germany. Pls excuse me for my bad english, but i try my best.
I try to breed the puffer fish too. Currently I managed to get 7 of him big on the first try. These are now 8 weeks old. On my second attempt, I only got 2 large larvae out of over 300, they are now 4 weeks old. I also feed parameciums in lagre quantities, but i think that still wasn´t enough. Do you habe a trick for geeding a lot, wihtout polutuing the water too much? The pichtures shows how i try to breed them.
Hallo, ich lebe in der Schweiz!
Mountaintoppufferkeeper züchtet Artemien für seine jungen Puffern. Machen Sie auch das?-
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On 11/12/2023 at 5:18 PM, Kit Craft said:
Yes, my fish are "spawn robbers" as I heard it called on youtube. My white clouds lay eggs, and then eat them all before morning. I suppose I should try to take them out one day. They lay tons of eggs in the java moss mats.
Try a spawning trap. @Lowells Fish Lab did a video about breeding ember where the method could be scaled (ha!) up.
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Weird weekend. A sense of déjà vu when working on a presentation on the Battle of Marathon. Turns out I’d also done one on the same subject when I was 10 😂. Times don’t change.
I can’t say that shaved legs suit Polo…
But hey, at least he’s doing a tad better.
BNP fry are a cross between the golden variety and the normal one, and it’s somehow really apparent. 50-60% are gold and the rest are a sort of light brown.
Snow lines creeping down slowly. Ski time ⛷️ 😎
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I’d say the most annoying thing with my fish would be when a pair of them spawns, and then the other fish in the tank pile in to get a free snack. 🤯
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How are the tanks doing @Minanora?
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Surprise BNP fry. Walked downstairs this morning and found these guys hanging on the glass.
Sadly, it seems that most of my tetra fry have passed. 😕 I can put this down to 2 reasons:
1) Keeping Cory eggs in the same breeder box as the wrigglers, so any potential fungus could have harmed the fry?
2) Not doing water changes. The fry in the breeder box did a lot better than those in the spawning tank, and I have read that water quality is really important with these guys…Some points to work on for next time🫠
At least I still have 2 left!
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Platinum Senegal bichir are just incredible looking.
Dwarf crayfish are illegal in Switzerland, as are most crayfish, so maybe some of those 😅.
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On 11/11/2023 at 12:20 AM, Shadow said:
Watched the Randy Carey ted talk on ACO Members Only section on Youtube...super informative. Think I have an idea now combined with your suggestions on how I will set it up. 🙂
Best of luck and keep us updated!
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Try feeding more livefoods, that normally induces spawning within a couple of days. A short temp drop can also work magic.
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On 11/10/2023 at 11:17 AM, Guppysnail said:
In a heated fish room it would make a fabulous breeding rack of fry trays.
Don’t tempt me… 🙃
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Livefoods all the way.
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On 11/10/2023 at 2:51 PM, JoeQ said:
Do you cull batches (only keeping what you want to re-breed, and euthanize the rest) If so how? If you keep them all where do you put em all!!!
I’d probably sell the surplus (unless they’re visibly unhealthy). I wish I had enough fry to cull! Some danio fry have problems, but I’ve only spotted one so far.
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That’s great! Hit me up if you ever need any help on triggers & stuff. 😄
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On 11/9/2023 at 2:29 PM, jasper5150 said:
The eggs I pulled from the tank ended up turning to fuzz balls. Don’t think they were even fertilized, not sure though. Oh well, was a quick learning experience. The cories have been in here close to three weeks. They seem to be doing great. No signs of illness, cruising around and searching the substrate like normal. Think it’s time to move them to the Endler tank. Give them so much more room to explore plus a sandier substrate to sift through.
I’ve been putting small amounts of meth blue in my egg container. It’s brought 90% fungus rate down to practically 0%.
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Can they go down stairs? It would probably make for a good Cory breeding rack if it’s stable enough. 😅
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I’m thinking that a faulty air pump has led me to large spawns. It keeps on turning on and off your 8 hour ish periods (the plug sockets loose) and I’ve got 2 60+ egg spawns so far.
Room temp is also key imo
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On 11/10/2023 at 12:10 AM, Shadow said:
So basically you put the peat into a small media bag, let that sit a couple days then squeeze and leave some of the peat in or do you just leave some java moss over the spawning screen? Also, clean bottom tanks I assume so you don't lose the eggs once they drop them?
I just leave some moss over the spawning screen. The peat always leaves some dust in the tank, but it’s relatively easy to see the eggs.
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Puffer ID help needed all guesses welcomed
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Do you think that it would be possible that there are different locales for these puffers, like with rainbows?