Apistomaster,

The cherry shrimp is a very interesting idea. The problem would be plants. In my planned set up and am going without plants. I am attempting to create a slice of the xingu where its all rocks. The only vegetation would be algae. There will be plenty of hiding places in the tank for ...

Hello,

I am wondering if a dither fish is needed for my breeding trio of L066? I am building a new tank just for breeding, and because I like to build tanks. In their current tank I have penguin tetras as well as a trio of breeding Apistogrammas. My L066's have attempted to breed in this set up on ...

How to I add sand to a bare bottom established tank?

I have a bare bottom tank that I would like to add sand to. Do I remove the fish add the sand and thats it? Can I add sand with fish in the tank? Do I need to do a water change? Should I turn off the cannister filter?

Thanks
Jason

I have breeding apistos in the tank with mine. The L066 still hide. I am lucky if I see a tail. About the only time I see them is when I am cleaning the tank.

Apistomaster, you recommend L134 in a community setting over a school of Cory's? I am not sure I have room for too many more so perhaps ...

Hello all,

My King Tigers have always been very shy. I hardly ever see them. I have recently seen video's of other people L-066 out in the open hanging out with the other fish. I am wondering if there is anything I can do to see my favorite fish? I was thinking about maybe adding a couple ...

Those are some great pictures.

What are your water parameters if you don't mind me asking. I have 3 L066 of unidentified sex. My ph is high for them at 7.7 I am thinking of going with a di/ro system. Yours are doing so well I am curious what your water is like.

Thanks,
Jason

I'm about 80% sure that those are "blue-green algae", which is NOT the right food for bristlenoses.

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Mats

Thats not good.

If that is blue/green it means I have too much organic waste in my water. I am 99.9% sure that would be caused by me feeding every day. I have now switched this to once ...

Hello,

Water Properties:

40 gallon long. 48x12x16
80 degrees
Ph 7.7
Gh 60ppm
KH 50ppm
Nitrite 0
Ammonia 0
Nitrate - Unknown

The tank has been set up for almost a year. I have 11 penguin tetras, 3 L066 Pl*co's, and 5 (3f 2m) Apistogramma Cacatuoides. Feeding has always been once daily. I feed NLS ...

Hey Recoll,

I have a black background on the tank now. I could definately put in a network of wood on the bottom of the tank. Not sure I have the resources to stack it very high though. Would probably be enough to do as you suggest and hide them from one end of the tank to the other.

I assume ...

Something like this Apistomaster?

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/P ... 004+113906

- Jason

I took these photos tonight quickly. Sorry for the quality. You can see in them the cloudy water. Its a brownish haze.

When I cleaned the filter this past weekend the top polishing pad in the canister was solid brown colored it was appeared soiled. I have 4 trays. the Bottom tray has a coarse ...

Thanks for the reply.

The tank has been set up for over 2 months now. It has had occupants for a little over 1 month. The lighting is something I have played a little with. I have two 24" hoods covering the 48" long tank. Each hood contains 1 20w florescent bulb. I bought some Tropical Sun 15w ...

My water is a little cooler. Mine is at 25.5C - 26.1C (78F-79F). Would the Apistogramma cacatuoides and the Penguin Tetra's be ok in 27C water?

I have tried to keep the water well oxygenated. I have the return from the canister filter pointed up slightly to disturb the water. I have a whisper 100 ...

Ahh I see. I definately do not have a ton of hiding places for them. The ones I do they like hiding outside the intend hiding place.

I need to find some of these round river rocks. I have a ton in my front yard. I attempted to use them and I soaked them in a bleach/water solution overnight and ...

Hello,

I have a 48x12x16 40 gallon stocked for about a month now. I have 12 Penguin Tetra's 2 Apistogramma's and 3 L066's. The tetra's and Apistogramma's are all doing fine. The L066's are hidden just about all the time. At first they were all together all the time. Now one has taken up space under ...

Hello,


The tank is 40g 48x12x16.

I ordered 3 L066 from Drsfostersmith.com along with 12 penguin tetras and a pair of apistogramma cacatuoides.

I acclimated everybody via the drip in a bucket method. They all had their own buckets. Except the tetras they were all together. Everybody looks ...

How does this sound for a SA set up.

Tank - 40g long (48x12x16)
Filter - Ehiem Ecco 2236 (rated for 80g. 185gph)
Heater - 200w Visi-Therm Stealth
Extras - Under gravel jets (2 jets to remove dead spots)
Water Paramiters

Ph - 7.6
Gh - <20ppm
Kh - 30ppm

4 - Apistogramma cacatuoides "Double ...

Thanks a lot for all the replies. You guys and gals have been a huge help.

I will post pics when I get it up and running.

Thanks,
Jason

I guess the best thing for me to do is to set up the tank. Cycle it and go from there.

I will report back once I have the tank set up and running. Thanks for all the advice.

- Jason

Hello,

I have another issue. I recently tested my water and the results were not very pleco friendly.

Straight Tap results:

PH - 8.5 - 8.6
GH - <20 mg/L
KH - 20 mg/L

I tested the water again last night and the results were off the chart.

I spoke to the water company and their test for ph ...

Hello,

I am currently researching what filter to get for my tank. I am 99% convinced I am getting a cannister filter.My question to you is which one? I am shooting for 7-10x turn over rate. Tank is almost 30 gallons its dimensions are 36x12x16. I am trying to get away with using the filter to ...

All the pics are red X

Hello,

Thanks for the reply. I was wondering if you meant these lava rocks.
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/seacoral_1942_9224264

Because images of the Rio Xingu show rocks more like these.
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/seacoral_1942_80230877

Just wondering which is right ...

Hello all,

This is my first post here. I hope its in the right place. I am in love with Pleco's. I have always been a small aquarium hobbyist. I haven't ventured above 6 gallon eclipse tanks but I have a few with some happy beta's for the last 2 years.

I am now in a position to buy a decent sized ...