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On 1/19/2023 at 12:06 PM, knee said:

So the clutch didn’t survive and was gone the next day which I assumed would happen. The pair is preparing to spawn again and hopefully they learned a few things from the previous spawn. I still think this clutch won’t survive but if some do then I’ll be happy. 
 

Tank photo taken 01/18. Currently battling stag horn algae. I changed my lights and couldn’t figure out the app so it was running at 100% for a solid week. Got the light situation figured out so now I’m gonna wait for the algae to disappear. 
 

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What did you adjust your light settings too? 

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On 1/24/2023 at 7:46 PM, Josh T. said:

What did you adjust your light settings too? 

It was running at 100% power and I reduced it to 65%. Algae has been slowly dying off but plant growth has slowed down, which I don't mind at all because I hate trimming 🤣

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On 1/24/2023 at 7:50 PM, knee said:

It was running at 100% power and I reduced it to 65%. Algae has been slowly dying off but plant growth has slowed down, which I don't mind at all because I hate trimming 🤣

That’s good to hear, I just picked up the Fluval Aquasky which is super bright at 100%, I have a bunch of brown algae building up on the leaves of my plants so I reduced it down to about 25% which is still a decent brightness on top of weekly 25-30% water changes. Hoping that will control the brown algae. Oh I also have a UV light, fingers crossed 🤞🏽 

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On 1/24/2023 at 7:53 PM, Josh T. said:

That’s good to hear, I just picked up the Fluval Aquasky which is super bright at 100%, I have a bunch of brown algae building up on the leaves of my plants so I reduced it down to about 25% which is still a decent brightness on top of weekly 25-30% water changes. Hoping that will control the brown algae. Oh I also have a UV light, fingers crossed 🤞🏽 

Is your tank newly setup? 

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My order from aquarium coop and aquarium plants factory arrived today 😁

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also got this sticker for free 

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I’ll be putting the 100w on my 40b and the 50w on the 20L. My only issue now is where to put the plants 😭😭

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Managed to put most of the plants in this tank without it looking like I’m trying to sell plants. I might as well tho cause when these plants start to grow I don’t have anywhere to put them 😂😂
 

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Also want to add that I freaking love the aquarium coop heaters. They’re so powerful and sleek. 

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Bought an RODI unit because my water is extremely hard, like most places here in socal 🙄

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Will be transitioning both tanks to 50/50 rodi tap to help the plants grow better and hopefully improve the color of my rams. Not that they’re not colorful enough, just trying to see if I can make them color up more 😁

 

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I think my habrosus cory have been spawning in the background. I found this little guy for the first time and I haven’t bought any new ones recently. Last time I added to the habrosus school was back in December image.jpeg.1b66a9cd9d5a3fe02fd0352068bc19c3.jpegimage.jpeg.384375d3f2fb533364a041c992bf0564.jpeg

here he is next to an adult image.jpeg.c27f6cbd3f5dc5f3b8239c116411f4ab.jpeg

Hear is how my adult habrosus look for comparison. They’re chunky and definitely bigger. image.jpeg.a2db636f718b264a40e81f4cd9134faf.jpeg
 

I also found a baby livebearer(not sure if from the platies or swords) but was unable to get a photo cause it was so skittish and hid back in the plants when I took my phone out. 

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Did a 20 gallon water change with 50/50 RO/tap and brought my TDS to 180+. 
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Eggs have hatched and was moved to a spot on the left side of the tank. I have a feeling this clutch will reach free swimming stage image.jpeg.b0d0c8ce28cc26be574757eecae9597c.jpeg

 

Still having issues with staghorn algae and I think it’s my fert dosing. I’ll reduce my dose by 50% and see if that helps. 

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The fry should be free swimming today. I checked on them yesterday and they’re starting to jump around. I’ll upload a video of them when I get home from work. 
 

Took my camera out yesterday for some up close shots of the fish. 

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Is this the tank you were planning for the AH Pandas or am i getting mixed up?

Beautiful tank.  You have a real hand when it comes to plants and scaping!  I enjoyed the "Ohko Cliff" style in one of your first posts here, but I do also really think you took that and revamped it really nicely.

On 1/4/2023 at 9:17 AM, knee said:

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From this ^^ To this:
 

On 2/5/2023 at 6:33 PM, knee said:

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On 2/10/2023 at 12:33 PM, nabokovfan87 said:

Is this the tank you were planning for the AH Pandas or am i getting mixed up?
 

Thanks! The 1st original tank was the 20 long with the ohko stones but then I realized that I wanna plant more (and I didn't really like the scape 😪) so I searched FB marketplace for a new tank. Got the 40 breeder with stand for $30 and the 20 long sat empty for a few days until my betta jumped out of his 5g tank.

I setup the 20 long for him originally as a hospital tank 😅... then it became the "Red tank" by accident. The pandas we're gonna go in the red tank because the 40B has pygmaeus and hastatus cories. I didn't wanna overcrowd them in the 40, and also the red tank doesn't have any bottom feeders besides the snails.

But these tanks are not final lol. The 40B will be moved to a 60B when I acquire the tank, and then the 20L will be moved to the 40B. Planning to do a blackwater tank for the 20L and keep Checkerboard cichlids again 🤩

I enjoy looking at my tanks but I'm really not satisfied with how I scaped them. Funds are limited so my choices in materials are limited too 😞

       
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Came home to this 😁🥰image.jpeg.8f4e0b6999893264ccaaca63ad8d3add.jpegimage.jpeg.cf4400291c21409c760ce29f3cc00252.jpeg

And also came home to this image.jpeg.8def6d5f40edea10a0f6bad2d314db0a.jpeg

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Will be the first time trying Repashy and easy green ferts and root tabs. Currently using 2hr Aquarist EI liquid ferts. 
 

here’s a video of the parents and fry 🤩🤩

 

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Fry are still in the tank and parents are doing an amazing job protecting them from the their neighbors.
 

Here’s a vid of them eating. You can see the pellets in their bellies 😂

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Also not in this tank but I’m currently overrun with RRF. The RRF in my 1g shrimp tank are more purple image.jpeg.4c1c8428e195b0c0ae4158d738a0d5ad.jpeg

 

But the ones in my 5g hospital tank are more pink image.jpeg.4b0f3aca2b637c6c4d15a1b0b3ca8807.jpeg

 

They are using the same cheap amazon led light and get 12-13 hours daily. The lights come with a timer but it’s not always accurate 😂😂

Most of the floaters in the 5g came from the shrimptank

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So some drama happened last night and the clutch disappeared. Which I expected given they’re in a community. I also don’t have the supplies to take care of 100+ fry but I might pull them out in the future. 
 

The alpha male is now paired up with a different female and they’re preparing to spawn again at the same ROCK 😂97B83813-9FEB-4BD6-87FB-5BB42FDA9431.jpeg.fb3acabe678515d858b15676004fe3ff.jpegCE94E7E9-1147-48A1-9151-A68CDF1A4500.jpeg.e7dfa7bffd976dc3074e951222af2b89.jpeg

 

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Also notice that my plants have been growing faster since I started doing 50/50 RO/tap. Tank as of today 25208C18-CB75-42A6-8CCA-308200C50634.jpeg.f65cc7023469fec52f485a7526a334a8.jpegBF9BA560-296B-4B4E-B1C3-92DB8FE82FC3.jpeg.7547ce8e44e572515ee7d637b8974f48.jpeg

 

 

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On 2/16/2023 at 6:53 PM, PineSong said:

Beautiful tank--thanks for posting! I feel sorry for the ram parents and hope that they will get to raise some of their fry one day...who do you think is eating them?

The fry I’m assuming is getting picked off by the other tankmates at night and yesterday there was probably about 20-30 left. I actually witnessed the whole situation happen yesterday. 
 

The dad probably seeing that there’s not much fry decided to pair up with Home Wrecker and pushed mom out of their territory. Home wrecker ate the rest of the fry and there’s really nothing I could do because it was almost lights out. I’m hoping that some of the fry escaped to the jungle at the back because they have a huge chance of surviving if they stay hidden. 
It sucks but I really don’t mind because I don’t have the means of raising fry at the moment. I just wanna grow out the Bolivians and choose 2 pairs. 
 

When mom realized that she can’t save the fry she just ate some repashy that I had in the tank 😂

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