yes got the nitrates backwards late night.... and yes i do mean the diffuse white band almost looks like the tail has become thinner in that area.

Just wondering if this white like patches on the tail are normal or is i sign of some sort of health issue. All water parameters such as ph 6.7, amm 0; nitrate 0, nitrites 20 check out fine seems to be in one tank don't know if i just havn't noticed it before or not. Fish seem to be doing fine https...

i did have oodinium outbreak last year due to a fish that wasnt quarantined long enough but the problem happened before that and i cant see any of the white dust on the pepps or common bn fry but might be worth treating just incase.

water change is done through a reservoir dumped in Sump then pumped through. Sump gets drained dry and filled with water fry that make it to the sump seem to do the best out of all of them and bit do they grow fast so i can't imagine water shock could be a factor

as said happens in the tanks with much smaller water changes as well. the water changes are automated and happen 3 times a day about 17% a change. in most my tanks there's only one water change and is only about 8% daily.

feeding I've experimented with many different regimes with no stand out differences

Its happened for years. I reckon common bn maybe 20% albino bn 40% and Peppermint bn 60% when same conditions diet ect so commons being more robust seem to do the best. I've experimented with micro managing fry with isolated tanks and different conditions with no major change. I leave some fry with ...

if your going to say bare bottom tanks can cause issues i have experimented with both and found no difference.
every inch of the tank is rasped by all the bn constantly so doubt any bacterial Layer can build up.

if your going to say bare bottom tanks can cause issues i have experimented with both and found no difference.
every inch of the tank is rasped by all the bn constantly so doubt any bacterial Layer can build up

1. Water parameters a) Temperature range. 25-26 b) pH. 6.6-7 c) GH. 1 d) KH 1 e)Ammonia 0 Nitrate 0 Nitrite 5-10 f) Water change frequency daily 50% this tank same condition happens in all tanks though with many different water change frequencies (Most LFS's will check your water and give a list of ...

Been having issues with fry die offs and have noticed that those that stop eating and being active have very pale gills and body these are both photos of Albino bn fry roughly the same size and same tank. You can see the difference from healthy red to pale white, its not affecting large amounts at a...

Hi long time member that rarely posts my penchant is for bristlenose which I love been breeding for a long time commons, albinos and peppermints (l071). over the last few months I've made concerted efforts to document fry survival rates ect. 1st thing comes to mind is my albino and peppermints seem ...

Hey guys live my bristlenose and aussie peppermints got 6 3ft 18x18 breeding tanks with a trio in each. Now look in my tanks and see alot of water for just three fish. Considering dropping another male and female in each task to make it 2m 3f i think there's room and i often take out the males to pu...

Hi been breeding peppermints for a while, have until now left the fry in the breeding tank with only 10 - 20 fry generally making it. But now i move the cave to a fry saver i built out of a plastic container with air driven uplift to circulate water. The first batch i raised like this i didn't watch...