oh, sorry... wasnt attempting to hijak the thread, just thought yhbae was getting answers and my questions fit well under the thread "are these fish compatible." ill just start a new one next time. sorry yhbae if i was steppin on your topic toes
Are these fishes compatible?
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That's all right, we'd just been discussing the idea of hijacking a little bit ago and I was paranoid...
Well, my rams were added last, and they started out fairly small, but the male still became a bully pretty fast!
Arrgg.....
In the worst case, I can separeate the male to another tank if necessary... I do have that used 33g tank I purchased recently that has been sitting full of water... (I wanted to use it to breed & grow some species. Its sponge media is floating around in the cycled tank, hoping to pick up some bacteria.). Come to think of it, it did come with 120w of light equipment as well (good for a nice plated tank?) - may be I should turn this into a second community tank and buy another tank without lights for this purpose? (hehe that means I will end up with 4 tanks!
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Alright! - I added 2 otos (only 1 inch each) 3 days ago, and noticed this morning that ammonia and nitrite are still at dead zero. Nitrate also seems to have settled at around 5ppm. So this afternoon, I added 3 panda cories (each only at 3/4 inch, probably will end up with 4 at the end). They seem to be doing very well so far, started searching for food at the bottom all over the tank... I spent 20 mins floating the bag, adding little water every few minutes. Looks like it worked ok... They have very interesting behaviours - they ocasionally shoot real fast towards the surface of the water, then comes down just as fast... Then in few seconds, I see two little bubbles that comes out of their mouth and floats up... It was funny when I saw it the first time... (Is there any practical purpose of doing this?)
Platies seem healthy (real pig during feeding time), Otos seem healthy (eating all the time), and cories seem to be ok too so far... Happy...
I have one question though - I took the sponge filter media out of my other tank that hasn't been cycled yet (it has Aqua Clear 300). I left it floating in the cycled tank for over a week now. It seems to stay submerged about 3/4 of it's volume. The question is, since bacteria is obviously growing here, will removing it back to the new tank cause problem in the cycled one? I am breaking the equilibrium in the short term by moving significant amount of bacteria.... No?
Platies seem healthy (real pig during feeding time), Otos seem healthy (eating all the time), and cories seem to be ok too so far... Happy...
I have one question though - I took the sponge filter media out of my other tank that hasn't been cycled yet (it has Aqua Clear 300). I left it floating in the cycled tank for over a week now. It seems to stay submerged about 3/4 of it's volume. The question is, since bacteria is obviously growing here, will removing it back to the new tank cause problem in the cycled one? I am breaking the equilibrium in the short term by moving significant amount of bacteria.... No?
I think that you would possibly be running into that equilibrium break. If you can get another sponge ready for the other tank, that might be your best bet...
So if that is the case, when can I remove it?
Just to be clear, I do have 1 inch of gravel in the tank along with Aqua Clear 200's sponge media in the filter already and some live and plastic plants... What I cannot figure out is what propotion of the total bacteria lives in the Aqua Clear 300's sponge. If this is small, then I guess I can take it out and start the cycling process on the other tank with minimal risk. Otherwise.. Hmm...
Just to be clear, I do have 1 inch of gravel in the tank along with Aqua Clear 200's sponge media in the filter already and some live and plastic plants... What I cannot figure out is what propotion of the total bacteria lives in the Aqua Clear 300's sponge. If this is small, then I guess I can take it out and start the cycling process on the other tank with minimal risk. Otherwise.. Hmm...
Oh, with all that other media in the tank then, the sponge holds but a small proportion. You should be okay.
