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Hi, I have had java fern in with low light plants (anubias, java moss, crypts) for about a year. When i first received the java fern, they were small but after a couple of months grew to over 30cm per leaf. They looked healthy and far from death. I always do weekly water changes, dose with...

Hey. Has anyone had experience with these plants. I got a golf ball size clump the other day. Does it have a fast or slow growth rate? Similar growth rate to java moss? I have liquid fertiliser that i dose weekly for my java moss, anubias and java ferns. Would the subwassertang be affected by...

I might trim off the old dying leaves soon and just wait a few month to see if the plant thrives after a while. Got myself narrow leaf java fern in good condition and it too had the brown roots so i guess it is normal for fern species. Thanks all for the replies. Cheers!

Hi. i just bought quite a few java ferns of this guy who says his java ferns won't stop propagating. The leaves and its rhizomes are mostly green (far from perfect but noticeably alive) but the roots coming off all the java fern rhizomes are brown/dead/dying... I think that the guy i bought it...

Hi. I have a thriving colony of approx 100 cherry red shrimp in my 2footer. I am looking to add 10 Crystal red shrimps into the same tank as the cherries. Will the crystal red shrimps breed comfortably and normally even though they have red cherry shrimp as tank mates? They won't interbreed will...

Hey. I bought a trio of appistogramma borelli opals and was wondering if they breed/spawn better as a pair or trio? Right now i have only placed 1 male and 1 female in a 2footer breeder tank by themselves. The other smaller female is in the larger community tank. This is because the smaller...

oh ok... are the females meant to be the more aggressive one when displaying? My smallest female borelli somewhat swims fast towards the male and gently nips it quickly in succession before both start displaying. she also has little quarrels with the slightly larger female as well. Shes the...

i have noticed the slightly smaller female attacking and nipping the male and than both start displaying to each other. He has been displaying to the smaller female much more often than the other female in the tank. I am thinking of taking the other female out and see what happens. I am also...

Thanks. what are the dimensions of your terracotta pots? I have noticed the trio displaying to each other. I just have to buy a smaller pot to act as a cave for them. I will post pics up once they start to spawn. Cheers!

oh ok... i just bought a trio yesterday. how large do they grow cause mine are as large as a cardinal tetra. Just like bristlenose trios, do the females each occupy their own cave/flower pot and the male continually goes from one to another and fertilizes the egg? or do both females lay in the...

Ok thanks... i just got a two way valve and connected it to two air stones from the single airpump. i didnt want to risk it.

hey thanks again... kribensis12 i gave the kribs away i wanted to try something different. i didnt really want to give them away it was just they kept breeding in the community setup i placed them in and the fry didn't survive cause they always got eaten by other tank mates. so i gave them away...

Hi. Was just wondering if an airstone is really neccessary for the shrimps survival? The tank is densely planted with free floating java moss. Right now, the airstone is being used in conjunction with a sponge filter in the shrimp tank and I was wanting to use the air stone for a sponge filter...

Hi. I just saw a pair of these fish at my lfs. It was labelled as appisto 'opal' borelli german bred. Has anyone have any experience with them? I assume that the blue one was a male and the yellow one was the female? Can you give me pointers on how to breed them? I come from Aus and they were...

hi. im breeding red cherry shrimps and want to know what would be a good size to give away/sell them to the lfs or other people. Thanks.

thanks. if i do breed a calico longfin with an albino/common bn, will there be any longfins in the first batch?

Can they cross breed? Say a calico longfin bn and an albino common bn? Thanks in advance.

ok thanks. I just want them to breed. The tank is perfect for them, a fair amount of java moss, a driftwood etc. Its a bare bottom tank. I have received the shrimps (including 1 pregnant female) from a local breeder about 4-5 weeks ago but i struggle to even find 1 shrimplet. Thats why i was...

Hi. I saw a couple of eggs in a small driftwood crack 5cm in length and 2-3mm in width. I have just spotted one of my pregnant females to be over that crack and fanning her eggs over it. I believe that she was the one depositing her eggs their. Is this normal?? And also, i have three pregnant...

ok thanks. i don't think anythings wrong with the tank. probably the shrimp dies with old age or it looks like it just had a little extra more food than the other shrimp. One more thing. Is it ok to dp water changes by taking water from the surface using a small container or is it more better to...

yes its the shrimp. the shredded skin looks transparent/translucent. The shrimp i took out looked exactly the same as if it were alive (but it was noticeably dead).

ok thanks. i have got access to only ammonia tester kit. I tested the water and it seemed to be fine. Ammonia at 0. It might just be the spirulina discs (which has some copper-sulfate in its ingredients). I just bought hikari crab cuisine (which i know is safe). It will become their main source...

hey. One of my red cherry shrimp died and a week later another one died. I don't know what going on. I feed mainly 'Wardley Spirulina Discs' and the occasional 'Tetra min Tropical Flakes'. I have no test kits and i am only basing their health on the behavior of the other remaining shrimp. All...

my tank is heavily planted liquid ferts and root tabs for the root feeders. The leaves were all in excellent condition for over a year. The juvenile peppermint bn that was in there initially did was not the problem as the leaves were left untouched but when i added the breeder size bn from my...

hi. i have a large amazon sword in the main tank that has leaves eaten away since i added a few of my bristlenose. I am planning to change the amazon sword once its all eaten away ( hopefully not) to a lot of java fern. Are java fern leaves tougher than amazon swords in a way that it can...

hey. i just wanted to know how often do red cherry shrimps breed?

hi. i noticed that there is a LITTLE condensation of water occurring inside the heater. I believe water made its way through some little opening somewhere near the top??? The condensation is occurring at the top-inside of the submersed heater. I see no water or condensation occurring anywhere at...

hi. i have a dozen red cherry shrimp and i was wondering if they could live off fish flakes and algae wafers healthily? I also heard that hikari crab cuisine is good for their outer shell (b/c it is rich in calcium) and need those kinds of foods to properly grow. Is this true? I am still looking...

hi. im getting a few new arrivals of red cherry shrimp and i just want to know if shrimps are affected in any way with white spot. Im asking this because i am going to use java moss from a tank that has been recently infected with white spot and i dont want any of my shrimps dying. Nothing will...

hi. i had a tank with an outbreak of white spot. somehow, the white spots are always visible on the tetras and no visible signs on my any of my kribs. My kribs are really coloured up and very active. Can fish who are extremely healthy not be affected by white spot?

ok thanks. im just going to use half the dose rate just to make sure.

I have a tank which is being treated for white spot brought in by my newly purchased tetras. it contains 37mg/ml formaldahyde and 0.32mg/l malachite green. I think my kribs have already laid eggs in their cocout shell. Will the eggs still hatch if i use the treatment at a reduced dosage?? Thanks...

I saw a lot of albino Congo tetras at the lfs at about 1-2inches long. Do you think albino congos are common in the hobby? Has anybody in this forum kept adult albino congos, as i just wanted to know if their colours would be just as striking as the commons despite their albino genes. I already...

lol. i posted in the wrong forum but thanks for answering. i will try to give it a go but if it doesn't work out i could move the rams into my planted community. I think hey could fend off other fish in there if they started to breed.

Hey. Was just wondering if a pair of german blue rams breed with a pair of bn (both at 3inches) in a 15gallon aquarium? I do have a 10gallon spare growout tank for both the bn and cichlid fry. I also have a lightly stocked 35gallon community which i could put the fry in temporarily once they...

Hey. I have a 10 gallon spare tank that is packed full of Java moss (1/2 full atm but still growing). Just wondering if a filter is needed in such a planted tank that will be used as a breeding tank for a pair of german blue or the smaller golden rams? I will still do weekly 30% water changes in...

hi. i have an african butterfly fish that i have just treated with white spot. All went well and all is going well. He is eating fine, always eager to get crickets and flakes but i just noticed a single little 'faded' white dot on 1 of its 8 hanging tentacle fin (sorry don't know what its...

I have a 2foot tank which i plan to breed bn's out of a bn pair (comprising of a common male and albino female). Will they use the tank for breeding even though there are three bn's in their with them (2peppermints and 1albino)??? Thanks in advance.

And what do i do to stimulate a spawn between them. The common male is round 8cm. The female albino bn's are round 5-7cm each. Thanks in advance. P.S. are the breeding behaviours for peppermint bn's the same as common bn's?

Hey. i was wondering if my african butterfly fish could be kept with juvenile bristlenose catfish under 5cm mark. I expect the bn catfish to be always rasping on wood/glass or if not, on the gravel. Im interested to find out if an afb will manage to eat a bn sucking on glass/wood or resting on...