PSA: dip your frags
Got a batch in from a wholesaler with flatworm eggs on the plugs. Doesn't matter who you buy from, dip, scrape the plug, dip again. Your tank will thank you.
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Spawn log: vermilion butterfly F4
Male wrapped this morning, ~200 eggs in the nest. This is the fourth generation chasing a clean white band. Fingers crossed the marble gene stays quiet.
Rotala colorata finally colored up
Dropped nitrates to 5ppm and cranked the light for 3 weeks. Pink tops all over. Photos don't do it justice.
Discus water change routine
People ask how I do 50% daily on 8 tanks, automatic drip + drain, 30 minutes of actual work a week. Setup thread coming this weekend.
Fry update, week 3
The vermilion butterfly spawn hit the three week mark. About 140 made it past the critical stage, already seeing fin branching on the biggest ones. Culling starts next week.
Dip everything: a case study
Got flatworm eggs on a plug from a very reputable source last month. Nobody's clean 100% of the time. Bayer dip + plug scrub, every time, no exceptions.
Cory eggs everywhere
Cool water change before the storm and the sterbai went nuts. 300+ eggs on the glass. Anyone need proven breeders after this batch?
Friday frag rack tour
T5 hybrid growout is at capacity again. Zoas hit different under blurple, but they GROW under T5. Fight me.
Conditioning pairs on live food
Two weeks of daphnia and grindal worms before every spawn attempt. Egg counts nearly doubled since I started.
Buce flowering underwater again
Third spike this year. People say it's stress, I say it's showing off. Kept at 22°C, lean dosing, and it just keeps going.
Culling isn't cruel, it's the hobby
Your bloody marys look washed out because nobody culled for six generations. Keep a culls tank, sell them as feeders or ghosts, keep the line tight.
Figure-8 puffer setup finished
Went full brackish paludarium, SG 1.005, mangrove props, oyster shell substrate. The little guy hunts snails like a tiny shark.
Rainbow shipment came in gorgeous
Boesemani males coloring up already after quarantine. These are the best I've had in two years of importing.
Friday night frag drop schedule
Going forward: drops every Friday 9pm sharp. Set your alarms, the good torches go in minutes.
TDS creep is real
PSA for new keepers: your TDS doesn't lie. If it's climbing between water changes you're overfeeding. My racks stay at 140 within ±5 and molts are clean.