L397 Aquarium Advice

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L397 Aquarium Advice

Post by AmazonTank »

Hi friends hope everyone is doing excellent!
This is a 75 sea clear.
Any advice on the setup with pump and cave placement?
The lights are usually off on just for the pic!
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Re: L397 Aquarium Advice

Post by Captainandy »

No special requirements.
My colony is in a 29 with multiple 2 inch caves - they grow large.

The munch on elodea and provide chewable wood.
I give the, once a week, FDBW.
Otherwise feed with repashy everyother day
PH 6.8, temp 82, TDS 2-3
Canister filter and sponge filter are only source of flow.
They constantly breed - in fact, the colony of 6 plus 50 fry for sale
AmazonTank
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Very cool Andy!
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Post by bekateen »

Hi Howie,

Your tank looks good. As Captainandy said, warm water, good filtration and aeration (you've got that) and good food, and they should start breeding.

Good luck,
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AmazonTank
Posts: 215
Joined: 14 Mar 2019, 18:13
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Location 1: Miami Lakes
Location 2: San Diego
Interests: Gulper Cats, Chaca Chaca Archipelago Cats, black ghost knifes, irwini cats, armatus, pipa pipa frogs, l397, l306 & l204 to name a few fish I keep!
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Would live to see some photos of different tank set ups from the pros!
AmazonTank
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Post by AmazonTank »

Thanks Dana I'll check that out!
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