Sophia
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Is there a time limit to how long you can keep the culture alive for, or how long to keep feeding to the fish? I read on one site that you should throw them out every few days but I have so many shrimp that there are still millions left to feed. Will they just keep growing in the brine? Do I have to feed them or what?
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I think both those plants in Ira's tank are swords/echinidorus but there are lots of other different kinds. Mine are both quite small and compact, about 10cm tall only. Also I don't think there is a sand too fine for cories. probably the finer the better as they sift it through their gills
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:thup: looks great what critters will live there? the twigs remind me of grape stalks :gigl:
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Sophia's minifish breeding log - vid update p12
Sophia replied to Sophia's topic in General Breeding
Today's update: peppered cory young are down to 3 after a mystery ailment dropped 5 of them for apparently no reason last week. CPDs are thriving, some are big enough to sell (see P T & E section) . Last Friday I set up a small brine shrimp jar and they've just hatched so I'm enjoying playing with the bugs and feeding them to the fish. They all get full orange bellies :love: -
I used aquarium silicone. Also aqua-knead works pretty well but it's quite expensive compared to silicone. Silicone's probably the cheapest.
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I find moss and stem plants annoying. It turns out that while I like my aquariums to look pretty, I am lazy about maintenance. :dnc1:
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What Beach in Auckland Area to find good drift wood?
Sophia replied to Aquaboy1's topic in Freshwater
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What Beach in Auckland Area to find good drift wood?
Sophia replied to Aquaboy1's topic in Freshwater
Orere Point Or any ocean beach after a big wind that's been blowingin from the sea -
I had the same requirement as you - plants that are low maintenance but look good - now I have only crypts, some small swords, and java fern of various kinds attached to wood and stone.
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Nope, no feature fish required, your 2 schools of habrosus or neons should be the feature
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I clicked on the link to your photo and clicked the IMG tag on the right. It was the one on the bottom of the 4.
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I know of you, me, Liam and Likoma so far. Liam knows of one other I think
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they appear to be looking for their anemones :cophot:
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I am lazy, I pour the water onto the back of my hand which I put just under the level of the water :fshi:
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Where exactly are we meeting? And does anyone (Li@m) want me to bring my 5 ember tetras to swap for $15 on the day? I'm pretty keen to move them on as my planted tank is busting with minifish.
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here's what I did - perspex with a window cut out, filled with filter sponge. Works pretty well. I've seen the fry chomping off the mini critters living on there
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what counts as a big hatchery? I'm setting one up in a jug that takes about a litre and a half is it actually harmful to use the stone if it's not needed? I find that without a thing on the end it's hard to manage the outflow of the other tubes connected to it. I don't have a multiple way gang valve but I probably need one.
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what is the reason why people don't put air stones on the end of the tube in the brine shrimp hatchery?
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We're going to their sea/underwater exhibition and then on for lunch somewhere. viewtopic.php?f=6&t=64760
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If you have time, Auckland Fishkeepers is having a meeting at the museum on Sat at 11am.
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:slfg:
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1 JBL ball in the general vicinity of a plant or 2, or a bit of root tab pushed in near individual plants is what I do am not sure if this the scientific thing to do :dunno:
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I have used both root tab sticks from Valray and JBL balls. They both stick around for ages. I can't remember if the root tabs cloud the water when disturbed like the JBL balls do.
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where?