So what your saying it will take time to neutralize, I will try to keep my tds count stable between 50 and 60 I really need it to go down to the low 5's. On the butterfly plecos the ph influences the incubation time of the eggs if its to high they hatch prematurely. Thanks for the massive reply slow...

Thanks ill wait +- 7 days and test again

Finally got a RO filter going did my first changes did small 30% changes My L168 tank tds is down to 60ppm GH1 KH 1 but the ph is still stuck at 7.6 how long before i can expect it to stat dropping? Will the drop happen gradually? I do have lots of wood in the tank and also added some liquad tree le...

up to about a decade ago i never knew about other pleco species accept for the common sailfin pleco, This site has opened my eyes to all sorts of catfishes. I even started a whats app group called Catfish South Africa to start getting a catfish community together. Learning and growing my hobby is wh...

how closely related are your breeders? might be that they are inbred so much that the genetics are weak

thanks buddy

think it was posted a month or two ago cant find the link

Does anyone have the link to the documentary on Ancistrus?

At least they spawned buddy. I have faith in you, you will succeed

What a terrible year so far! 2020 has become like that cousin in prison we don't talk about! At least spring is in the air and i can see some of my plecos Starting the flirting rituals

thanks Eric I was on the bridge of removing them

With only a couple of weeks before the start of spring. I have limited time to rescape some of my tanks including my L134 tank, last year my males were flirting but the females were simply not interested, my question is do I leave it as is or can I rescape and remove some ancistruss teenagers?

Well done!!!

think their might be more?

My leopard frogs and my L387 get checked daily

Any news on the other pair that was trapping?

The struggle is real trying to stay away from a new species spawn so you don't bother the male to much

I think the hardest part is to get that first spawn,once that's done they will keep going. Hatching eggs and raising fry different ball game

Mine live with a bunch of different plecos and eat everything i give them to eat including shrimp and zucchini slices i have had mine for about 16 months give or take they grow slow some months faster in others mine are kept between 82 and 83f

Great news How are all the baby "rabbits" doing?

They are like rabbits now lol

You can look at African sharptooth catfish as a bulletproof option as well grow relatively fast,eats anything can cope in high density, can handle a lot of different temperatures, and can survive low oxygen levels

Great well done buddy!

congrats!!!

Did anymore of your fry pass away?

congratulations buddy!

i do manage to nurse a couple of fry to survive im hoping that once they are big enough to spawn that they will do better in my water than the wild caught ones

well the species is Dekeyseria brachyura incubation time is close to 10 days mine hatch around day 4 to 5. my temperature is around 26 degrees Celsius ph 6,8. my friend that keeps them in Australia is having the same issue of them hatching premature only thing we have in commen is the higher ph. I h...

After the 90 days of January ill oreder a ph pen and a tds pen to see exacly where im at i find color strips just frustrating i need to get down to 5,8 to 6

Im very scared of Ph swings