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The powder blue gourami I moved from my daughters tank to mine had become king of the tank. He even chases the ram away from the shrimp pellets I drop for the corys.
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29 Gallon SA Tank -- 5 Bleeding Heart Tetras, Mated Pair of Angels, 7 Green Corys, and a Rubberlip Pleco
30 Gallon Breeder -- 20+ neon tetras, 3 albino cories, 2 albino bristlenose plecos, female betta, 1 angel
5 Gallon Shrimp Nano - Sakura Red Shrimp, Boraras Brigittae, Oto Cats, Olive Nerites, and Pink Ramshorn -
petco does free water test, jsut take a good amount of it and they will test it for you.75g Tank,
2- Wild Scalare Angel 2-wild Angel snakeskin, 2-half blue half black Angels, 5-Guianacara Geayi, 4- Blue Rams(1m/3f), 1- L144, 1- Pleco unknown type 1-Blue Neon Goby
2.5g Mini Monter - Shrimp Tank
10-RCS, 1-Red Sakura 5-Malawa, 8-Boraras Brigittie, 1-Adonis Pleco, 1-Zebra Nerite, 1-Horned Nerite
10g Tank
Hospital 2-F. Endlers
2-29g Empty Tank, 20L Empty Tank , 125g Empty Tank[SIGPIC]sigpicComment
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Petco and most fish stores(chain stores) will test your water true, but they use test strips and most will only tell you your water is either OK or bad (bad meaning it will kill anything and is off their charts). Its just the nature of using employees that are only minimally aware of what they are testing for. Its better if you did your own tests or looked at what they are testing for and read your own results. I have seen far too many folk rely upon this method and get very bad advice/explanations for their test resultsOriginally posted by R_sustaita View PostIn the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Desiderius Erasmus
GHAC PresidentComment
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well i dont take my water to them. i jsut got my master kit lol75g Tank,
2- Wild Scalare Angel 2-wild Angel snakeskin, 2-half blue half black Angels, 5-Guianacara Geayi, 4- Blue Rams(1m/3f), 1- L144, 1- Pleco unknown type 1-Blue Neon Goby
2.5g Mini Monter - Shrimp Tank
10-RCS, 1-Red Sakura 5-Malawa, 8-Boraras Brigittie, 1-Adonis Pleco, 1-Zebra Nerite, 1-Horned Nerite
10g Tank
Hospital 2-F. Endlers
2-29g Empty Tank, 20L Empty Tank , 125g Empty Tank[SIGPIC]sigpicComment
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what now?Originally posted by eklikewhoa View Post
75g Tank,
2- Wild Scalare Angel 2-wild Angel snakeskin, 2-half blue half black Angels, 5-Guianacara Geayi, 4- Blue Rams(1m/3f), 1- L144, 1- Pleco unknown type 1-Blue Neon Goby
2.5g Mini Monter - Shrimp Tank
10-RCS, 1-Red Sakura 5-Malawa, 8-Boraras Brigittie, 1-Adonis Pleco, 1-Zebra Nerite, 1-Horned Nerite
10g Tank
Hospital 2-F. Endlers
2-29g Empty Tank, 20L Empty Tank , 125g Empty Tank[SIGPIC]sigpicComment
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I agree, a good quality kit is a great investment. Just wanted to share what I have seen as an issue with those stores testing waterIn the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Desiderius Erasmus
GHAC PresidentComment
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passing on bad or incomplete advice.Originally posted by R_sustaita View Post700g Mini-Monster tankComment
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what you want me to do, they guy doesnt own a kit, and i never had my water test by them. our best advice for him will be to go and buy a test kit.
eks advice would be, i dont own a test kit and my water is jsut fine the way it is!75g Tank,
2- Wild Scalare Angel 2-wild Angel snakeskin, 2-half blue half black Angels, 5-Guianacara Geayi, 4- Blue Rams(1m/3f), 1- L144, 1- Pleco unknown type 1-Blue Neon Goby
2.5g Mini Monter - Shrimp Tank
10-RCS, 1-Red Sakura 5-Malawa, 8-Boraras Brigittie, 1-Adonis Pleco, 1-Zebra Nerite, 1-Horned Nerite
10g Tank
Hospital 2-F. Endlers
2-29g Empty Tank, 20L Empty Tank , 125g Empty Tank[SIGPIC]sigpicComment
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I would always suggest to find someone nearby cause most members don't mind helping another out. I don't suggest test strips more less the big chains for anything .Originally posted by R_sustaita View Post
What I do on my own is totally different, if I were to have problems or something was not in place then I would consider it but based off what I know and my experience I remedy it from there. I do go through precautions when I set up my tanks in comparison to many others which allows me to do well with the husbandry.
Just once in a while keep your mouth from running and soak in some good info. mnemenoi seems like a pretty patient guy and is really offering up some good information and taking the time to post it all thoroughly.... sit back and learn a few things R_noobsauce.700g Mini-Monster tankComment
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210G Malawi haps, peacocks, and clown loaches
135G buccochromis rhoadesii & 135G Malawi haps & peacocks
125G aristochromis christi & 125G Malawi hap & old clown loaches
90G star sapphire
75G buccochromis rhoadesii
55G ?
30G aulonacara Midnight & 30G eclectochromis fryComment
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he has used that to much that its not even funny nor an insult.Originally posted by sountfc View Post
75g Tank,
2- Wild Scalare Angel 2-wild Angel snakeskin, 2-half blue half black Angels, 5-Guianacara Geayi, 4- Blue Rams(1m/3f), 1- L144, 1- Pleco unknown type 1-Blue Neon Goby
2.5g Mini Monter - Shrimp Tank
10-RCS, 1-Red Sakura 5-Malawa, 8-Boraras Brigittie, 1-Adonis Pleco, 1-Zebra Nerite, 1-Horned Nerite
10g Tank
Hospital 2-F. Endlers
2-29g Empty Tank, 20L Empty Tank , 125g Empty Tank[SIGPIC]sigpicComment
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This might be a little bit too late, but I've started all of my (3) tanks fully stocked with tetra's safestart experiencing very little (really zero) death. Before you do, read this thread, else you will likely fail -- http://www.fishlore.com/fishforum/aq...safestart.html
Keep in mind, my results may have been due to having heavily planted my tanks at the start! But many people on the net will back up the claim that safestart is a effective and reputable product (unlike many of the other ("bacteria in a bottle")
Also, I'm not sure you can keep/sustain/grow cherry shrimp in a community without there being many hiding places for them.Comment
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I have been using Stability by Seachem for both my tanks but the 3.5 keeps having issues and the 14 had had 0 deaths even being over stocked as I have moved survivors from the 3.5 over to it. There is something causing the ph to drop extremely fast and i'm not sure why but I am replacing it with a 10 this weekend and that should make life alot easier. As far as hiding places for the shrimp when i last added shrimp to the tank I had an anubis plant, water sprite, princess carriage decoration, and 4-5 pieces of cholla wood. With the 10 though I am going to add several more plants to the tank and plan to have just danios, endlers, and some shrimp.29 Gallon SA Tank -- 5 Bleeding Heart Tetras, Mated Pair of Angels, 7 Green Corys, and a Rubberlip Pleco
30 Gallon Breeder -- 20+ neon tetras, 3 albino cories, 2 albino bristlenose plecos, female betta, 1 angel
5 Gallon Shrimp Nano - Sakura Red Shrimp, Boraras Brigittae, Oto Cats, Olive Nerites, and Pink RamshornComment
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So my tank has been running 2 weeks give or take I have done 1 water change on day 2 and no deaths so far should I do a water change soon or wait a bit?29 Gallon SA Tank -- 5 Bleeding Heart Tetras, Mated Pair of Angels, 7 Green Corys, and a Rubberlip Pleco
30 Gallon Breeder -- 20+ neon tetras, 3 albino cories, 2 albino bristlenose plecos, female betta, 1 angel
5 Gallon Shrimp Nano - Sakura Red Shrimp, Boraras Brigittae, Oto Cats, Olive Nerites, and Pink RamshornComment
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