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I found after several months the pH would start to drop. This seems to happen right about the time the soil starts to get good and anaerobic & spitting out co2. My understanding is a lot of h2so4 is also produced. Constantly buffering the pH is a pain in the butt. The way I resolved this was by...

could just be stroking out

nitrates are high, i would get them lower before i try drugs. If spastic symptoms continue after nitrates less than 20 then I would medicate for internal parisites. Ony difference is I would use metronidizole instead of praziquantyl. Prazi is for larger parasites like tape worm. Angels usually...

Re: LFS Why is it??????????????????????? problem with cheap fish (especially livebarers) is the wholesale price is so cheap you cant beat it once you pay for your food and water and electricity...time and gas driving aside. African northwest wholesales platies and some guppies as cheap as...

Re: LFS Why is it??????????????????????? I agree with Adonijah, in my fish room if it doesnt cost 20$ retail i dont breed it. Angels I breed are the only exception. The angels are usually given away as bonus to buying my expensive taeniatus or apistos. My extras are usually feeders for my...

overall experience 5 cost 4 quality 5 variety 5 service 4 I like them because they buy apistos and plants. good variety of plants and say they buy 75% of them from customers. Refered there by gsas to sell my plants. Every shop gets some sick fish. I like they are first to tell you if tank is...

test ph...in high ph i have seen angel eggs not adheasive. You should shoot for neutral to slightly acidic for angels. The eggs should stick to just about anything. I agree with the advice it could be just young kids figuring it all out. 3-5 spawns is what it usually takes for me with discus...

dont you wish angels and rams were crossed back with wild fish more....to much captive in breeding with these fish makes weak fish available most of time @ shops....best two exaples off top of my head. My wild fish are always shy longer than captive fish. Sometimes slow to eat prepared foods...

Dwarfs are from new world and old world cichlid groups. So many dwarfs they really do deserve their own section....at least if discus get their own (and i luv discus) why not dwarfs..? lilydog

most apistogrammas don't like other differnt types of apistos in their turf once a pair starts breeding. I would try a pair of taeniatus from w africa as tank mates in a 40 instead of a different apisto if you want another type of dwarf with your caucatoides. Or add enough (5-6) fish that you...

They are the same fish...they will cross and all get along. The breeder that fixes the red or orange, or blue, or yellow morphs do so by selective breeding. If you cross the orange and red you wipe out atlest ten generations of selective breeding. They are worth more in money and desire if you...

The white crap is old coraline algae from a coral tank...vinegar may take a few days to get it all off... try a whole jar of ph down (phosporic acid). super cheap at any shop and will dissolve it faster than vinegar. Vinegar good for hard water stains.. but the coraline attaches more to wall of...

my dwarf breeder wall has 75- 10gallon tanks in fish room. My discus river has 18-20gallons and 15-29gallons all plumbed into a 200gallon sump in fish room. 5-29gallon tanks not plumbed into river for sick discus...in fish room. I have a 325 reef/frag tank in fish room. 1-180gallon salt tank...

Re: Question - Discus QT medication. met can be double dosed on discus no problem. It is not bad on bacteria and a great quarantine drug for a fish you kknow nothing else about. Good drug for quarantineing salt fish too. cheap....I buy it by the kilo....it only works for internal flagellates...

Re: Question - Discus QT medication. use praziquantyl....not soluble in fresh water (except prazipro api i think) so u have to premix it with a few drops of ethanol (i like to use vodka) and warm water. Piperazine is a better first choice but very hard to find...favorite for cutting with...