I use both on a regular basis and none of them does a big mess.

I've had a female for 5 years or so and she's doing great. Yes, they chew on driftwood.
On top of what Janne said, I also feed her, several times a week, blanched zucchini and yellow squash.
You can easily buy frozen cyclops online, DrsFosters&Smith, for instance, carry them.
Good luck!

My oldest cories are 6+ (C. aeneus) and still breeding once a month

Provided there are no other fish with them, you could even go for 10 in a 10g. But they are not easy to breed, be aware of that! It may be easier in a specific tank; in my community tank, I only got one survivor out of many spawns...

L168 do change their colour just as quickly that L52 do so the Aqualog is wrong, but they dont get the same colouration...yours is typical L52, L168 remains more yellowish.

Thanks for your clarification Janne :D ! I knew that this was a L52 as it looks exactly like mine (I've had her for 5 years ...

It looks like L52 to me - according to Aqualog All-L Numbers, the L168 does not change coloration and pattern as yours is doing.

Maybe you could try to transfer the eggs in the same water as that of the tank (you take one gallon out for instance); I had the same situation as yours when I used a different water (although at the same temperature and apparently same parameters); after I changed that, I had 100% eggs that hatched ...

[What ratio of DI/tap water are you using? Is it a 50/50 mix? What DI unit do you use?

It depends on the tanks; for some I have 50% DI/ 50% tap, for others I have 100% DI (trace elements and electrolytes added afterwards). I use the Kent Marine 200 DI (3 stage filtration). All RO/DI units will ...

Aqua Dave, I live in Atlanta and I can tell you that if your water is as bad as mine, I wouldn't be too surprised. I solved my problems with a DI unit, and I mix this DI water with tap water. My older cories are more than 5 years old now, and they keep spawning.
Good luck!

You can keep hornwort in tropical tanks with no problems at all. I've had mine for years. It's really a question of acclimation time for the plant. It melts, but then it should grow back strongly.
It also depends on the water of the tank. Here, in some of my tanks (I have 10 running), it will NEVER ...

I've had a L052 for 4 years or so now. Algae on the glass doesn't seem to really interest her. I feed her with zucchini and yellow squash; she regularly gets wafers also - her favorites seem to be the ones from Tetra and Wardley. And she has plenty of driftwood, of course...
Hope this helps...

I keep apistos (I even breed them) and yes, they are not long lived but they can make it to 3-5 years in the aquarium (more than in the wild).
I would increase aeration in that tank (airstone) especially if the temp rises. However your levels are fine, that's the temp at which they breed.
Apistos ...

cartouche wrote:You should at first measure nitrites in your tank and find out, how long they will remain under 0,20 mg/l

Nitrites should always read 0, PERIOD.
I do 20% weekly water changes on most tanks, depending on the population, and 20% to 40% daily w/c on my grow up tanks.

Congrats!

You can also try the Shrimp Pellets by Wardley, they'll just love them...

I just love my Pinpoint Monitor and I will never switch back to drops to chech the pH. It's only a question of taking care of it as it should be; never letting it dry, of course, calibrating it regularly, and changing the probe when needs be. . I've had mine for more than two years.

I was basing the volume on the ice cream containers that people seem to use.

I was not aware of that... :roll:

The volume also depends on the population, so it's difficult so say. But here is my experience with the last batch. I had no tanks ready (I'm also raising two different species of ...

How do you replace the water? I mean, do you use tap water? 'Cos my tap water has ammonia (about .5 to 1 ppm :? ) I use Prime as conditioner.

My tap water is a nightmare too so I use 50% tap 50% deionized with the proper buffers. Prime is a good product :wink: .

Eupterus I checked your thread ...

They are difficult to photograph, aren't they... :wink:

I used the same type of thing to suck up the waste when they were as tiny as yours.

But you'll see that as they grow, the size and quantity of waste increases accordingly and you won't be able to keep up... :roll: - now I simply siphon every ...

I think that should be fine!

Here are some of my last batch, one and a half months old:



I am raising about 80 of them...

These are the filters I was talking about (for a 10g they are not even 10 bucks):

http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/iid/4927/cid/1340

But yes you will need a pump. For my fry tanks, I use TetraTec DeepWater 12 (no noise at all).

The fry will eat live BBS once they are ...

Sure you can put them in a 10g, as long as it's not full. That's where my fry go; the 10gs are half full, so that the fry can easily go to the surface, with sponge corner filters!
Good luck...

Hi Bronzefry :wink: ,
Here is where they are (but this pic is a bit old, the plants have multiplied much more since then):

http://www.ericlecalvez.com/healthybetta/20gal1.jpg

Here are the specifics:
20gallons; pH: 6.5; Temp: 78; KH: 1,12°d.
Fish:
10 rasboras heteromorpha;
3 corydoras aeneus
2 ...

Hello all,
I thought I might share this with you, as it seemed rather incredible to me: my otocinclus hoppei spawned! I'm had five of them for almost a year, they are in a very well planted tank, and I have no idea what suddenly stimulated them, as nothing changed in that tank :roll: ...

Anyway, I ...

This fish looks exactly like the L052 I have.

Thanks
I'm gonna try to get better pics of the first one, but it's not easy .

Thanks! And for the first one (first two pics) He's very different from the others.

Hi all,
I am having trouble identifying my otos, although I've looked through the cat e-log.

Here is one; I am thinking of otocinclus sp.(1) or maybe vittatus?

http://www.ericlecalvez.com/healthybetta/oto1.JPG

http://www.ericlecalvez.com/healthybetta/oto2.JPG

And these ones; I was thinking ...

Hi :) ,
I've got my L052 for about a year now. He definitely loves driftwood - I have four pieces of driftwood in the tank, but he has his favorite spot. The tank is a high 40 gal, slow filtration, temp 79-80, pH 6.5.
As for the food, what he prefers above everything else is zucchini. I vary his ...

That's pretty good news indeed :D.
Thanks for the pic and the info. I can't see the red line on mine, but it's pretty difficult because he/she is very shy.
Mine is a 40 gal high, I don't think 6 would make it fine :( . Maybe 4? but if I get 4 males, I might get into trouble, even if they usually ...

How confusing !
But thanks for the replies

I'm afraid I can't have several of these guys together, he/she is in a 40 gal. Or could I