Keep an eye on your heater, most have a light which indicates when its on, if it is on turn the temp down a bit. Its not unusual for your temp to...
@Vernonst take a look at the thread under advanced topics 'water and PH' (or something like that) which covers a lot of technical stuff on PH and...
The crushed coral will help buffer the ph, keep it stable in other words, it shouldnt alter it too much, especially considering the frequent water...
Enjoy, they are awesome fish as you say. Well done.
Quick update.....the Dophin 50w heater has settled down now as well, keeping the temp within half a degree of setting. Maybe it was just 'stiff'...
[E=Vernonst;199919]This basically means that it can adapt as soon as the food source increases. Exactly what I said.......it adapts to the...
I would agree with @jedigenie that the problem is most likely ammonia or nitrite related. It may only show up on the weakest/stressed fish at...
@mydummyname apparently the beneficial bacteria colony is able to pretty much double in size every 12 to 15 hours so in theory once established is...
Oops....sorry missed the 12 days part !! Sounds about right according to the charts I have seen, 10 to 14 days.
@Vernonst it sounds like your tank is pretty much cycled. I havent followed the whole thread, hence the question...How long has it taken to reach...
How many fish in the tank total, how big is the tank ? How long has the tank been up and running ? What filtration ? Ph is fine, especially if...
Definitely agree. higher yield per brood and more broods. Thats the way its done on a fish farm I visited recently where they breed malawis...
I have heard that some of the malawi fry that were stripped from the female and not reared by the parents lose their parenting instinct over a...
Good question. My Krib fry have been with the parents for almost 4 weeks now. Been wondering if I should seperate them or not. Will be interesting...
Picked this up from a filter design for heavily stocked koi(messy) ponds. They also talk about 1 to 2 times the tank volume turned over per hour,...
Looks awesome ! Really nice tank.
I saw a very similar setup in operation at a fish hatchery near here, works very well for them. They test water parameters daily and apparently...
@Jimmy Good to hear. Probably overkill as you say, as long as it works ! The 2 things to watch out for would be the contacts on the thermostat...
Mine still going strong as well, touch wood. I agree the temp indicator on it is not accurate, but I think thats pretty much par for the course on...
You could try the SunSun HW303B at around 1400 l/h or the Dophin C500 at around 800 L/h, both great cannister filters for their price that lots of...
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