Georgie

nice job ! Thanks for letting us know. Don't forget the de-shelled peas once in a while too, to keep him cleaned out.

What, no room for a blue phantom ? Time to get another tank

Georgie

looks pretty good, love the wood! Only thing IMO that would add a nice touch would be some moss on the tall branch, or some floating/dangling plants that hang down, or just leave it as is, it is very nice already. Georgie

good to hear , and don't freak when he eats red bell pepper, his poo will be bright red, just like the inside of the pepper ! Sounds like he is getting the hang of it. Good work on your part. Georgie

oh, that is good , he is on his way ! continue with the raw zucchini for at least a week or more, then you can begin to introduce new veggies, remembering you may need to start the same process all over again, or he may just realize whatever comes in the tank at night on your "clip" means ...

hi, yeah, I do cut into thin strips, however some people slice it like disks. Dosen't matter how,I just like to avoid the seeds getting in my filters. Hard to say how much , for me I just stick a piece about an inch for the little guy and a few inches thinly sliced for the bigger one. They eat what ...

good to hear ,at least he took a nibble. Continue to put in raw zucchini, a strip , perhaps peel some skin off, but leave some skin on, he may have a preference.One of my blue phantoms goes for the skin only, the other goes for the inside first, then does some work on the skin. It dosen't need to be...

crossing fingers . if you can, get some plastic food clips to sink the veggies. If you can't find them , or the garlic guard, pm me if you would like me to pick both up for you . The clips are cheap,work great. Let us know ... Georgie

sounds like you are doing everything right for him. Were you able to get some ''garlic guard'' or similar from your aquatic store ? It really does stimulate their appetite. I had more luck with that than real garlic, don't know why. As for sweet potato , my blue phantoms won't touch it, however, if ...

also, not sure about L200's but I do know that L128's must have a lot of oxygen, so I keep my water level lower than rim with 2 HOB's and have 2 air stones in there too. as mentioned above, no shrimp or meaty foods for these guys as can cause bloat. I imagine some keepers do give protien, but I play...

hi, I have 2 blue phantoms , which are basically the same as far as needs go. They don't need protien in their diets, they need veggies. To get them to eat veggies, try starting with zucchini, skin on sliced , raw. I had to start one of my L128's on veggies by using garlic guard, the liquid, scored ...

Glad to hear you can keep it stable with the coral and oyster. I have 7.9 tap water , but it dive bombs quickly , especially with the large wood I have, so had to resort to chiclid gravel, that is why I mentioned it. The crushed coral wasn't holding it long enough for me. Georgie

also, you can Google 'Amazon underwater pictures' and get some great ideas. HTH

Georgie

hi, hard to tell, as I can't blow up the picture. But my blue phantom went completely white,from nose to tail when this happened. I can't tell from your photo, but does his skin look translucent where you can see pink through it ? I had this prob and treated for external bacterial problem with Aretm...

hi, sorry to hear of your loss. Just wanted to mention , I too have probs keeping my ph up to my preference of 6.8.Especially with the wood in the tanks. I was using crushed coral in my tanks and seemed to only last 2 weeks, so I was constantly adding and changing the bags, what a pain and too much ...

glad to hear he is back to his normal color. If it happens again, try to see if there is a stress factor , then you can eliminate other nasties. One thing I noticed you said was you have 2 pair, and not sure ,but one male will try to be dominate to get both females sometimes, so this guy could be ge...

oh, the plants look great ! What a nice change

do you think you can get a piece of wood in there (if you have L#'s. some need wood ),and it makes great hidy places.

Nice job with the plants, wish I could keep plants looking so good ! thanks for the update.

Georgie

hi, some IP's you will see in the poo. I noticed some clear segments of poo in my dither fish , so I treated for IP's. I have 2 L128's in this tank. I am really not familiar with all types of IP's, so perhaps other members can be more informative. One thing to mention, I have a 5" L128 who went...

pretty cool looking character.

Georgie

hi, oh sweet, some wood look great ! great you are getting a new filter, as the orange ones take away the natural look. Plants are cool too, lucky you can grow them, me, I have never had the luck with live plants (see my tank a few scrolls down-"silk plants thread") but that is the best I ...

I like how you have the slate slightly tucked into the substrate. Looks natural that way ! Do you think you could add a wider plant or perhaps a piece of wood in front of the filter to hide it better? just imo, otherwise nice, and more plants will be great . Thanks for sharing. Georgie

very beautiful and unique looking fish ,love the color, nice pick

Georgie

Sorry about the photo quality, no hairy nose. Thanks Mats.
Georgie

right, I have tried same . One note, if you are going to get silk plants, get them from a fish store so you know there are no toxins in the dye. Aquarium safe silk plants are easy to clean, just ask my farlowella :-BD ,but seriously, yeah i am sure a light scrub with old tank water would do the tric...

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can anyone tell if this is a male or female ? I would like to get a mate, thanks, Georgie

I posted the picture above. I keep 2 L128's-one is 5", in that thank, and a farlowella. They never bother the plants but I suspect the farlo has cleaned the alage off some of them because before I got him everything turned brown, and within a day everyting was clean ,and the silk plants are fin...

[img]http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z339/yellowhouse21/IMG_3651.jpg[/img] hi, as you can see, I have a few silk plants (the plastic on left has been replaced with another silk plant since this pic was taken )but there are some nice silk plants out there. It is also a matter of personal taste. ...

hi, been following your thread, amazing and awesome

always loved the medusa and to see these pictures blows me away ! Great job .

Georgie

hi, usually fish hang at top due to lack of oxygen and or amonia. Plecs are bottom dwellers by nature and ( they must have hidy places ie wood or caves so they are comfortable). Sounds like you need more air stones and get the amonia down to 0 via wc's. There is a great site here "CATALOG"...

add air stone check that some fish is not dead in some corner .. change 50% water this is a definite , a dead fish could be causing 'some amonia" and fish need 0 amonia.If the cause is not from a dead fish in the tank, could be when u added the new guys, the biofilter needs to catch up. So,mor...