Ok update time ... got a few of these - I did not buy this many so they must be breeding .. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] These guys are still around...
As with most tanks ... this one needed some serious TLC ... Duckweed - need I say more, turns out that the lace plant went a tille MIA somewhere...
Finally getting around to doing this. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Not sure what i will salvage .. will make the call then where they will be going....
Very cool guys - see you are taking it to the next level ... lovely progress. Later Ferdie
So this tank probably the worst of all of them ... as in really bad and at this point I can not recommended zeolite as a planted substrate ;-) -...
Well most of the guppies spend the summer days in an outside tank ... and they just love sunlight - seem to come back stronger as a strain. So it...
Yeah - I am just really pleased that they done OK in this tank, not like it is a shrimps dream care setup. [ATTACH] Hope it will leave most of...
These are Amano's right ? Never was any good at identifying shrimp. hmm all very weird
I just spotted 2 more - so a total of 5 ... could I have bought 5 and they all survived - sounds about right I like buying livestock in uneven...
Oh my .... in March 2018 I added 3 to the cleaning crew crew .. https://www.tropicalaquarium.co.za/threads/lucky-13.1189/page-22#post-384168...
[ATTACH] Tank is doing fine ... guppies have grown well after being move back indoors. [ATTACH] I am back to using the grinder method of...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] All good .. added 3 guppies - yes yes that is how it always starts ;-) Later Ferdie
One of the biggest maintenance issues on this tank over the last two years, was the spray bar. Since the splash is the way the rest of the tank...
So aeration in a tank happens mostly on the water's surface - this is why I wanted to get some circulation of the surface going. Had some duckweed...
Thanks MariaS -- yeah wet hands always a good thing. Reedfish, very true, but on the go vs going somewhere is to very different commitments ;-)....
Well that would be a good way to look at it. Not sure AF would agree that is is "just" dirt since it does have some prepared pellets in it also...
I suspect the Citric Acid when dipped for the correct time, will kill the algae ... from what I have seen you do not need anything to "remove" it...
So this is normal lava rock ... [ATTACH] About the size of a matchbox ... it is actually from this supplier...
Not sure if Nutriplex is still on the market, I have had zero issues with it, but did find that it worked best with small daily dosing and CO2...
KNO3, salpeter Use https://rotalabutterfly.com/nutrient-calculator.php [ATTACH] In the past I have used: 10:1 part .. so say 10g Salpeter...
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