Fish hiding

[Tyler777]

Thank you for your advice brother

 

[TwoTankAmin]

The blue light is primarily for SW tanks with corals etc. Water tends too block light and the deeper it gets the less light there is. Blue light penetrates deeper than the other colors and corals use that light. In a reef tank one needs to add blue light for the coral. This started the use of actinic lights for salt water tanks. FW plants need the other colors more and do not need the level of blue lights used by SW plants or algae.

Have a quick llok here https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/315842/what-penetrates-deeper-in-water-blue-or-voilet

The minimum absorption, and therefore the greatest penetration is around λ=420nm, which is on the boundary between blue and violet light.

 

[Death by Fish Tanks]

Hey there, I finally cycled my 125 gallons tank n to start I added a few platties n a male swordtail. After the first day the swordtail n 1 platty just disappeared n don't even come out when I put some food.
The other platties are there but they don't swim in front much they're pretty much hiding. Any idea bout what's going on ?

Well, you gave him a lovely big tank, so I assume they just need some time to feel more comfortable and their new surroundings. Maybe dim the lights a bit. Or buy some surface plants.

 

[Tyler777]

Well, you gave him a lovely big tank, so I assume they just need some time to feel more comfortable and their new surroundings. Maybe dim the lights a bit. Or buy some surface plants.

No, I think they're gone. It's been several days since they disappeared they don't even come out to eat.
I added the rest of the fish into the tank but those 2 still missing. The thing that bothers me is that besides those 2 missing when I introduced those platyies I started to see tiny babies swimming around, tooting to scoop em up n now with the rest of the fish in there I'm not sure they will survive

 

[Guest5431]

Hornwort, drop it and let it tumble and do it's thing. It's not foolproof but it should take off and is great for livebearer fry, especially as they start roaming the surface areas. Platys hide a lot, especially pregnant females. Swordtails are great jumpers, make sure they have no cracks. The MIA may be behind the tank right now DRY.

 

[Tyler777]

Hornwort, drop it and let it tumble and do it's thing. It's not foolproof but it should take off and is great for livebearer fry, especially as they start roaming the surface areas. Platys hide a lot, especially pregnant females. Swordtails are great jumpers, make sure they have no cracks. The MIA may be behind the tank right now DRY.

I checked but not dead ones. I had a problem with one of the filters. The strainer fell off n the tube sucked a yoyo loach in n crashed it also killed a baby black molly. I checked the filter but no platty or swordtail bodies inside either.
They don't even come out to eat so I assume they're dead.

 

[Guest5431]

I just released 2 female guppys, a male and a batch of babies into one of the 20's and haven't seen one of the females since. The other 20 that had the female gasping that started spitting out babies soon after, she slow crawled into the grass mat totally out of sight now. The adults were not supposed to fit under there but where there's a will, there's a way apparently. She's giving birth so I'll let her be for now and worry if she hasn't come out by supper time. Now to go back and see if the other female has turned up. I suspect she did something similar.

 

[Tyler777]

Is there any chance I switched the filter pad from the new tank that replac3d the old one n switched it with a pad from an established n cycled tank ?

 

[Guest5431]

Are you asking if you can take an old established filter pad and use it in a new filer? If so sure. I've used every variation I can think of. Moving old cartdiges to new filters, moving the cartridges and bio inserts, etc. I frequently run two filters on tanks so in some cases I just take the entire old filter and move it to the new tank putting the new filter in the old tank. I've done that with parts to entire HOB's down to just last Friday doing that with sponges. I even took the airline tubing that felt slimy and dropped it into sterile tanks since the slime coating was the good stuff we want. Might as well use it as more seed material.

I found the silly female that was hiding. I cut 1/2" CPVC pipe into tiny pieces to make a baby maze but the silly mother decided she was going to force her way into one with just a tail piece showing. Of course disturbing the tank now has the male in hiding right as I'm ready to try taking video's of the adults and babies. In the other tank, I lifted the mat up and the pregnant female giving birth came out then tucked back under the edge when I sat it back down.

I had to move away from the tank to stop myself from feeding them 15 times today. I'm already up to 4 or 5 times in the last few hours.

 

[Tyler777]

Are you asking if you can take an old established filter pad and use it in a new filer? If so sure. I've used every variation I can think of. Moving old cartdiges to new filters, moving the cartridges and bio inserts, etc. I frequently run two filters on tanks so in some cases I just take the entire old filter and move it to the new tank putting the new filter in the old tank. I've done that with parts to entire HOB's down to just last Friday doing that with sponges. I even took the airline tubing that felt slimy and dropped it into sterile tanks since the slime coating was the good stuff we want. Might as well use it as more seed material.

I found the silly female that was hiding. I cut 1/2" CPVC pipe into tiny pieces to make a baby maze but the silly mother decided she was going to force her way into one with just a tail piece showing. Of course disturbing the tank now has the male in hiding right as I'm ready to try taking video's of the adults and babies. In the other tank, I lifted the mat up and the pregnant female giving birth came out then tucked back under the edge when I sat it back down.

I had to move away from the tank to stop myself from feeding them 15 times today. I'm already up to 4 or 5 times in the last few hours.

Yes that's exactly what I'm asking

 

[Guest5431]

I tend to stick to one or two brands for most of my needs so everything is swapable and interchangeable for new tanks and any other surprises that may need something. You can also directly move decorations from one tank to another. If it's in the tank, bacteria live on it. That applies to heaters as well although I usually have enough alternatives I don't need to go that far and I'm not using heaters currently this time.

 

[Tyler777]

I tend to stick to one or two brands for most of my needs so everything is swapable and interchangeable for new tanks and any other surprises that may need something. You can also directly move decorations from one tank to another. If it's in the tank, bacteria live on it. That applies to heaters as well although I usually have enough alternatives I don't need to go that far and I'm not using heaters currently this time.

Ok

 

[MaloK]

While I use same brand and model filters or compatible sponges etc. I prefer to seed instead of swapping.

I press completely a dirty sponge close of the intake of the new one running in the new tank. It clogs it a little and it's done.

You can put back your working media to it's previous job.

 

[Guest5431]

I've done that too but overall, I tend to pressure rinse my cartridges and such regularly so I'm encouraging more bacterial growth on places that can't be knocked off easily. The same concept applies to regular gravel vacuuming. By vacuuming all the time you keep your bio film thinner, sturdier and more resistant to spikes since it's now encouraging the growth over a wider area. I don't know how many times I've had someone wait a long time just to get a spike when they finally do vacuum. I don't want my bacteria migrating the thickest colonies to the outer weaker films where there's more oxygen content when cleaning can have them take up home in more permanent locations. A regularly rinsed cartridge is ready to start removing ammonia immediately, not having to search for a new high oxygen location first assuming that's where current takes it to.

 

[MaloK]

It depends on what you are hosting and bio diversity. Nutrients at all level seems be the key. Nature has a way to dilute things far beyond what would be possible in any enclosed environment.

All the time I had aquariums, I had difficulty building biofilm, multiple algae where always present but never really invaded.

And I still think I'm probably overfeeding.

For example the classic guppy tank. Many peoples feed accordingly to the population involved... What happens everyone is happy and breeding, babies, babies, babies...

When you start your guppy tank, If you give whats is needed to have X number alive and stick to it... Forever. No more, even if they beg on their knees.

There will be no much more that will able to live. with that competition.

It looks cruel and it is... Life is... But Your Apex Guppies are going to be wild...