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Saturday I went to do an update on an app when my phone informed me I was low on storage. This seemed odd as I dont do anything that takes up large amounts of storage. Iooked through some stored video I have saved and deleted a videos and pictures to try and free up some storage. Even after doing the above I was still getting low phone storage messages. Today I found the culprit, the aquarium Co-OP app I dont know how or why, but some how I had 19gigs of storage being used. I un installed the app and installed it again. Before and after usage...
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18 hours ago, quirkylemon103 said:
what would be good to breed in a 20 long? i have almost perfect water(the ph is 7.8)
I would start with 6 of which ever you choose below for a 20L. Multifasciatus, Similis, Caudopunctatus are all but impossible to sex when young. In a 20L IMO you will have to remove some of the original 6 once a pair or 1M/2F trio is formed. If you're looking to breed Multifasciatus, or Similis to sell, use pvc elbows vs shells it is MUCH easier to catch them.
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Here are some updated pictures
These have all been glued to rocks. The Anubias that has the torn leaves was with the Petrochromis Juveniles in the 90 and has been moved to the 75 gallon.
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8 hours ago, Fishmonger_X said:
Vallisnaria has actually been introduced to Lake Tanganyika. So maybe have some fun with that.
I tried Val the first time, and the Tropheus just destroyed it and the Multis had it dug up every couple days.
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2 minutes ago, xufan02 said:
I'm adding plants to my tanganyikan tanks as well. Starting with some anubias and java fern. I think the easy planters are the way to go. I will be buying more to add to my 75, 125, and 180 gallon in the near future. The fish don't bother them and it gives the tank a pop of color.
Looking good...
I have found that the large Tropheus in my 125 are leaving the anubias alone. The Petrochromis discovered the anubias in their new tank and started shredding the leaves so I had to move it to the 75 gallon tank. Yesterday I started gluing some anubias and Java Fern to rocks in the 75 gallon.
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A slight side note. The difference between Tropheus and Petrochromis. I moved the Petrochromis Friday to the 90 gallon tank. Look at the difference in the rocks of the 2 pictures. The petro's absolutely cleaned algae from the rocks
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Here is an update with pictures. All the plants are still alive and appear to be ok.
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Day 3 and the Tropheus in the 90 gallon seem to enjoy the new plants...
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Today is Wednesday 11/4/20, the plant order from Aquarium CoOP has arrived to the midwest. I placed the order Sunday morning 11/1. The plants are in different packaging than my last order and I really feel the new packaging is a great improvement. The plants arrived in excellent condition. I have Lake Tanganyika tanks and fish with hard water and ph running 8.0- 8.8 Both my GH & KH are 300+ The 75 gallon tank has Julis, Leleupi, Daffodil, synodontis petricola, and a Burundi frontosa. The 90 gallon have Tropheus Ikola. The 40 gallon has Gold Ocellatus. The 125 has Tropheus, Julis, Petrochromis, Petricola and a single calvus and Leleupi. I decided for the time being to leave the plants in the rock wool and pot. This will allow me to be able to remove the plants easily if the fish just start trashing the plants.
This is my own undertaking and I have not ask for or receive anything special from the CoOP. So enough of my chatter. Bellow you will see in the excellent shape the plants arrived in and the placement within the 3 tanks.
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4 minutes ago, Cory said:
It's doable, you might find benefit in getting the plants to attach to rocks in another tank before putting them in the petro tank. I'm guessing the petros will be like tropheus and want to pull any algae off the plants which can pull them off the decoration if not well established.
Cory in the 125 Tropheus/Petro tank I planned on leaving the plant in their pot and anchored them with rock to see if the fish will leave them alone. If the fish leave the plants alone I will glue them, and try to make them permanent in the tank.
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Hello Everyone,
As a complete plant newbie I tried growing plants last year with very little success. I want to try and give it another chance. I just completed another plant order from the CoOp. This time I'm going to try only Java fern and Anubis. I plan on trying 1 Java Fern and 1 Anubis in the 125 Tropheus/ Petro tank, I dont expect it to go very well. I also plan on planting the 75 gal Juli, Leleupi, Daffodil tank. The 40 gal Ocellatus Gold tank and the 40 gal Multi tank. I had put some of the Easy Planters in my cart, but I removed the Easy Planters and decided to try super glue due to cost constraints. This might have been a mistake, we shall see. I welcome everyone to follow along and I will document this journey, both good and bad to try and grow live plants in my Lake Tanganyika tanks...
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The sieve came from Brine Shrimp Direct...
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Dave I'm glad you found it useful...
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I don't want to sound like an Aquarium Co-OP fanboy, but I ♥️ the Ziss Brine Shrimp hatchery. I used my DIY brine shrimp hatchery forever and and after many tweeks I felt it was quite handy. The Ziss is just better in so many ways. The removable lid makes adding water, salt, baking soda and brine eggs a breeze. The stiff tubing, that provides the air flow, allows me to rotate the lid and aim the air tube to dislodge any brine shrimp eggs that might stick on the side. The screw in bottom drain design is FANTASTIC. My only criticism, and it is a big one, is the stand. The stand is solid, but the space between the legs is to narrow, and the legs are to short to access the drain screw. Below is a couple pictures of how I adjusted for my ease of use... on a scale of 1-10, it is a solid 9+. I think it is well worth the $$$$
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Young F1 Trews...
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Lake Tanganyika fish for smaller aquariums
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Cory discussing the different Lake Tanganyika species
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13 hours ago, dublicious said:
Pretty happy to see this thread!
I plan on setting up a 55 gal Tanganyika tank. I haven't kept african cichlids before, so I'm kinda aiming for something easy to find and common enough that I can find a lot of people with experience keeping them. My thought is set up a rock wall (probably on one end) for transcriptus and an open area on the sand for multies. Kinda curious if that would leave room for something to inhabit the open water areas higher up (and what would be a good candidate) or if I should stick to these two for now.
I'm also curious how much these guys would breed. A predicament I'm in currently is I have a ton of guppies in the middle of covid. Once the local club starts meetings again I'm hoping I can offload a bunch during auctions. Would these be easier to manage? Can I expect the mix of species to manage each others' populations?
I feel that a pair ofJuli's and Multi's will go well together. In a 55 gallon tank. I would do a rock pile for the Juli pair on one end and have a tall single rock as a barrier between the Juli's and the Multi's. Juli Transcriptus in my opinion are not quite as proficient breeders as the Marlieri. I would start with the Multifasciatus and the Julidochromis, let that go for a few months and see what area's the Juli's start to claim, if the stay in the rocks you could add some cyprichromis but again in my opinion I think the 55 is not big enough front to back for a group of Cyps with Juli's and Multi's.
Hope this helps...
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I keep Tropheus Ikola, Petrochromis Trewavasae, Multifasciatus, Ocellatus Gold, Julidochromis Marlieri,
Neolamprologus pulcher, Neolamprologus leleupi, Synodontis Petricola. Cyprichromis Leptosoma and Cyphotilapia Gibberosa "Moba".
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Let's start a Lake Tanganyika thread to share our experiences with different fish species from Lake Tanganyika and be a resource for new Tanganyikan fishkeepers.
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6 hours ago, Edward Steven said:
So pretty, I just started on Tanganyikans. So far just some multies, but was thinking about 6 bar fronts.
Multifasciatus are the gateway fish leading to Lake Tanganyika multi tank syndrome. 🤗🤗🤗
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Hello Everyone... I'm Craiger and I like keeping African cichlids from Lake Tanganyika.
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Saturday I went to do an update on an app when my phone informed me I was low on storage. This seemed odd as I dont do anything that takes up large amounts of storage. Iooked through some stored video I have saved and deleted a videos and pictures to try and free up some storage. Even after doing the above I was still getting low phone storage messages. Today I found the culprit, the aquarium Co-OP app I dont know how or why, but some how I had 19gigs of storage being used. I un installed the app and installed it again. Before and after usage...
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Troubleshooting USB Nano air pump
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I purchased 2 with my last order. 1 works fine, the other one I can hear running, but does not produce air. The bad part was, I found this out on a 2 hour car ride back home after getting fish.