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what temperature is the tank at? I was killing my x-mas moss with water in the 80 range. I dropped it down to 72 and it's growing like crazy.

For BGA (cyanobacteria), I've heard of people doing week long blackout.

that's a lot of 'em. I'm thinking either water fleas (daphnia) or those little copepods. Perfectly normal but they are hitchhikers like you said. If you have fish I'm pretty sure they'd love to eat them.

tap water with peat moss, a fairly larg chunk of malaysian driftwood, and play sand substrate (if that affects the water in anyway).

well, here's a photo I took of my parent-raising rams. The fry have been free-swimming for 3 days. Feeding them hard boiled egg yolk dissolved in water.

having the rocks and plants gave them places to hide and relax, or they're still adjusting to the new surroundings. I guess this made them chill out a bit and just be lazy lol. actually, I have sterbai that are really shy in my planted tank. Kinda wished I saw them more often but they act...

looks like a longfin variant of a blue ram, so it's going to be a bit difficult to sex until it gets into breeding condition. still young, but the long pelvic fins make me think it's a male.

how'd you do the egg yolk? I mean keep it from going bad specifically. did you refridgerate/freeze the unused portion?

^doh, reread the first page and saw what you've fed them. Thanks. gonna try that with mine.

^ correct. Most fish loose their colors when the lights turn out. kinda like night camo i guess. turns off the iridescence and colors. My cardinals are pale and ugly when the lights have just turned on but color up after a while.

that is awesome! how/what are you feeding them and when (# days after free swimming, etc)? I've been getting fry on a regular basis but I think they're starving. I've got a bunch of java moss in the tank for infusoria, Hikari First Bites, frozen BBS, and I have cultures of micro, Walter...

timwag nailed it. some fixtures require two bulbs to be installed in order to work.

not to mention the eggs need soft water to firm up. otherwise, the eggs will be unviable and fungus, and the parents will eat them.

H. (used to be E.) tenellus or Dwarf saggitaria (dwarf sag)

maybe a tiger lotus?

wow...20 days. I just got my first group of free swimming fry. I saw/noticed them for the first time yesterday and the parents were herding them around to forage today.

I have a 10lb on my 55g. I've had it filled in January and it's still going. I also have a 5lb that usually lasted about 4 months at 1-2 bps. Generally buy as big as you can afford and/or fit where you want to put it. a 10lb is the maximum size I can fit under my stand.

Interested in the tank. Can pick up in 91789. What condition is the tank in? Scratches? Any more photos of it?

a good school of neon tetras, like a dozen. maybe a kuhli loach, but I think they need a small group 3-5.

is it me or do a lot of apisto females look alike? I know there are subtle differences but the are almost always yellow with black markings.