Spawn went well this morning, male is back in his jar and she is torn up a bit but alive. I usually do small live food feedings twice a day for a week. Curious what others use to get a female back in shape, especially if she's lost weight.
Six clown loaches in my 75, they spend most of the day stacked together under one big piece of driftwood and only come out when I feed. Pic below. Water is fine, ammonia and nitrite zero, nitrate around 10. Is this just loach behavior or should I be doing something different with hiding spots or lighting?
I dip everything on arrival but I'm curious how long people actually hold frags in a separate tank. I've been doing about two weeks, mostly because of zoa pox and the odd pest. Is that overkill for soft corals, or do you go longer when something comes from a trade?
Had a patch of nana petite glued on a piece of spiderwood for about two years and this week it threw three little white spathes above the waterline. Low tech 20, moderate light, no ferts besides fish food. Anyone else get flowers on their anubias submerged or does it usually need the rhizome poking out of the water?
Got a batch of neos last week and two of the berried females lost their eggs within a day of arrival. The rest look fine and are eating. Is that just stress from the trip or should I worry about my water? TDS is 220 and temp 23C.
Got a 14 month old male who's thrown two good spawns and a female about 5 months. She's barred up nicely and rounds out on live food. Is it better to wait until she's older or is that age fine if she's well conditioned? Mostly worried about egg binding.
I have a jar setup with a clear divider between a male and a female I'm thinking of pairing eventually. She flares constantly, he mostly ignores her. Is this just normal courtship or should I be looking at something else before I try a spawn? Not rushing, just want to read the signs right.
Thinking of moving a small colony of my fancy guppies into a heavily planted 20 long with no CO2. Hard water here, around 12 dGH. Do the plants hold up against the nibbling, and do you find the fry survive better with lots of stems? Curious what plants people have had luck with.
Room temps are dropping here and my spawning tubs are sitting at 25C with a small heater. Wondering if you run warmer for conditioning or just for the actual spawn. Heaters in small tubs make me nervous too.
My colorata used to go a deep pink under the same light and now the top growth is washed out, almost peach. Co2 is steady, nitrate about 15, I dose a comprehensive twice a week. Is this more likely an iron issue or too much light bleaching it? Photoperiod is 7 hours.
My super red bristlenose pair finally spawned in the cave and about a week after wriggling I found a dozen fry stuck on the sponge prefilter. Rescued most of them. Do you cover the intake with finer foam or just move the spawn to a grow out? Looking for what actually works for you.
Picked up a few neos last month and drip acclimated for an hour like I always do, but lost three out of ten the next day. My tank is around TDS 220 and the seller's was closer to 140. Is that gap too big for a drip, or am I missing something obvious?
Trimmed some old leaves off a few of my buce rhizomes last week and now the cut ends are going brown and a little translucent. They're glued to driftwood in a low tech 20 with moderate light and nitrate around 5. I didn't touch the rhizome itself, just the leaf stems. Is this normal die back or am I headed for rot?
Pulling a few big swords out of my 120 for the auction and it got me thinking about how many people bury the crown. Mine do best with the crown right at soil level and roots spread wide. What's everyone's method, and do you root tab before or after planting?
My sorority girl keeps building a bubble nest at the surface and flaring at her reflection. No male in the tank. Is she just ready to breed or is this stress? She eats fine and her barring looks normal. 20 gallon heavily planted, 5 girls total.
