Hi all, But I wonder, isn’t the sucker-mouth an adaptation to fast flowing water? Fast flowing water is usually clear and just about the opposite of black-water. Maybe not blackwater as such, but I think fast flowing water can be tannin stained, you could have a situation where a "black-water&q...

Hi all, Perpetually soft, acidic water is a great advantage, because it is much, much easier to add compounds to water, rather then take them away. I can't see the TDS effecting much more then hinting to a seasonal change. How frequently did you water change before? There are some potential negative...

Hi all, In my experience, 9/10 one species will be more thriving and gregarious and exploit access to food and preferable structure and caves while the other species doesn't thrive. Hi Guys, I’m planning to set up a new extra tank and was wondering if it is possible to put my L046 and L144 lemon blu...

Hi all,

Shane wrote: ↑06 Mar 2024, 20:22At 1/2 inch they should be fine in the main tank.

Same for me, pop them in the tank.

cheers Darrel

Hi all, Thank you Darrel for this. IDK if my memory is failing but I clearly remember your numerous great and helpful posts on the NO3- tests and yet I don't recall your beef with the API test tube TAN tests (and the likes). Could you link your writeup / post(s) on the TAN, please, if you had one? T...

Hi all, Just did water quality texts. Ph8, ammonia 0-0.25ppm, nitrite 0ppm, Nitrate 40ppm. I have recently been adding a potassium supplement to help my plants in there along with aquarium co-op easy green about once a week. Don't put too much reliance on the test kit results, both TAN ammonia (NH3 ...

Hi all, ...... What I am asking is does the nature of their eyes matter? Is it possible that albino vision is not as acute as normally pigmented individual? Is it possible that a vision deficiency tends to make albinos less afraid because they are less attuned to visual threats? I'm pretty sure you ...

Hi all, ...... That's right, both parents of this brood are yellow, I have to say I almost prefer the color yellow to white, so I chose to buy a good portion of my batch in yellow and black. Then I saw that yellow is very easy to form in the fish I buy from my dealer, the male of this hatch for exam...

Hi all, ..... If I'm reading right on page 15, starting on line 440 of the pdf it looks like the stocking densities were: 100l tank #1 initially 3, tank #2 initially 7, and tank #3 initially 13. 50l tank #1 initially 13, tank #2 initially 8, and tank #3 initially 5. 25l tank #1 initially 11, tank #2...

Hi all, Juveniles were distributed into three treatments, each with three replications Three, it is obviously the magic number. Do we know what the stocking densities were? Without wishing to prejudge the issue I'm not sure that is a paper that is going to tell us (or anyone else) anything useful. c...

Hi all,

Jools wrote: ↑29 Jan 2024, 19:14 ... or rather think about making it a little less sparse....

Definitely for me, I'm not a less is more person.

Cheers Darrel

Hi all, Thanks, they're some nice chunky fish and I think the ratio of male to female is ok so they don't get too harassed? I'd probably try and 2 : 1 or 3 : 1 males : female ratio. I've actually got some java moss in there too attached to the bog wood, but could maybe add some more? Definitely add ...

Hi all, I do have sand bottom. How do you clean the bottom of fry tank with a sand? To me it's very hard to clean it compare to bare bottom what I had with last fry. More difficult with lots of fry in a relatively small tank. I'd probably give the water a good swirl and try and suck out the debris, ...

Hi all, I have about 100 Cw009 corydoras catfish fry in a 60 l with aeration an a good heater, it's at 24 C flawlessly been alive for 1 month now, but it seems like they grown only little. I do water change everyday 50% and I feed them microworm and moina. I'd try adding in some "meatier" ...

Hi all, I have recently aquired some bumblebee otocinclus and am having trouble switching them to human given food..... I have tried repashy, mulberry leaves, and boiled zuchini so far, but nothing seems interesting to them. I was considering putting one of my baby otocinclus vittatus in the aquariu...

Hi all, I'm really sorry to hear of your losses, but it almost certainly isn't anything to do with the water differences, it is much more likely to be a build up of ammonia in the water during the drip acclimation. Others will disagree, but I like the fish to swim into their new tank fairly rapidly,...

Hi all,
I think Earthworms would be a good idea. The wriggling might provoke the feeding response.

cheers Darrel

Hi all, These stood out a little as now all magnetic in fittings so no suckers. Agreed sucker " suck ", or more correctly " don't suck ". If I use an internal filter, I use a <" large sponge block, powerhead and white tile "> the advantage of these are that they are sel...

Hi all, So... how do you achieve this with slow eaters and strong filtration and current? Edit: for clarification, these 2 will go in their own tank so nobody else to clean what they don't eat. Is there a trick to make sure they are well feed but the food doesn't end up in the filter? Just put a big...

Hi all, I recently got the Fluval Flex 9 which is only 9 gallons. Some even consdier this a micro tank. Looking for a good algea eater, don't like Chinese algea eaters, never had success with them. I was thinking of a clown pleco or the Bristlenose as they stay small. Tank mates with be a single pai...

Hi all, I have 3 canisters one of which contains only Poret foam. I have 18 Aquaclear hang-ons, many of which have Poret in them. I use 10 ppi Poret to make intake pre-filters for almost all my filters............... The best part about the Poret is how infrequently it needs to be cleaned. This mean...

Hi all, I do not want to argue with Darrel. But when I do not seem to get much in the way of nitrates in any of the tanks where I am using a mature Matten filter. Argue away, without using <" labelled ammonia isotopes "> no-one has definitive proof of what happens in a tank, but I think &q...

Hi all, Thanks very much for your post, I'm always looking for ways to better filter my water! I have a ziss moving bed k1 filter in a 26 gallon pleco growout tank will see if it helps nitrates! Floating cell media is great and helps the filter to remain fully oxygenated at all times, any-one who ta...

Hi all, ....... the water surprisingly hard at close to 3,000 mu. The reason for the higher pH and hardness is that the Tinaco origintaes in the mountains while the Santo Domingo just takes drainage from the surrounding plains. " ...... No idea why it shows as "mu." -Shane I'm guessin...

Hi all, Hello, following the loss of my female L200, I realized that my pH was fluctuating too much. I think this would be a good topic for Darrel to chime in on (@dw1305). The first thing is to say I'm sorry for your loss, but I'd be very surprised if it had any connection with pH variation. As Eri...

Hi all,

sturiosoma wrote: ↑11 Jun 2023, 15:14 Anyone know a good source for microworms.

Jeanne

There is a FB group with plenty of USA based members <"Live Food Cultures for Aquariums"> It is a private group, so it isn't full of spam.

cheers Darrel

Hi all, ......... Provided here are the first estimates of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq) emissions produced from running a tropical aquarium across multiple countries in Northern Europe (France, Poland and the United Kingdom), along with water consumption. Estimates were produced in silico and a...

Hi all, The Crown Formally gave up all US sand rights back on July 4, 1776. ;-) -Shane I'm not saying anything, but it would be fair to say that I most definitely won't be watching the TV on May 6th, when some event involving extremely rich and privileged people is occurring in London. cheers Darrel

Hi Jools,
Thread, with the spam, was <"Pangasius?"> and this <"was the link"> returned.

User: <"https://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/mem ... le&u=43766">

cheers Darrel

Hi all, ......I see different grades of sand and always think how good they would look in my tanks! Is there any reason that I would not want to do this? The two main problems would be: The presence of shell fragments in the sand. It depends on which way the prevailing wind blows etc. but the W. fac...