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by AshLawson
Sat Aug 22, 2020 18:49 pm
Forum: Science
Topic: Nitrite in quarantine tank
Replies: 2
Views: 535

Re: Nitrite in quarantine tank

The nitrite - nitrate converting bacteria take longer to develop than the ammonia - nitrite converters. So if the bio-load is greater than what the filter was able to cope with then there’s a good chance the nitrite munchers are playing catch up yeah. Keep watching the levels and doing water changed...
by AshLawson
Sat Aug 22, 2020 18:43 pm
Forum: Livestock Health
Topic: 5 new galaxy rasbora died less than 24 hours
Replies: 59
Views: 5024

Re: 5 new galaxy rasbora died less than 24 hours

Out of interest did you test the water they came in?
by AshLawson
Sat Aug 22, 2020 7:14 am
Forum: Questions & Identification
Topic: Any idea what these are?!?
Replies: 7
Views: 690

Re: Any idea what these are?!?

Can you get a closer picture of just one of them?

I would agree from that picture that they are bladder snails (they do move about surprisingly quickly!)
Unless you can get a better picture which proves otherwise.
by AshLawson
Fri Aug 21, 2020 19:48 pm
Forum: What's happening in your Aquarium? - Tank Logs
Topic: Stephen's 550L tank log:
Replies: 1142
Views: 94440

Re: Stephen's 550L tank log:

My sterbai are currently poaching the plec wafer I just added. As was the Male apisto. just now!
by AshLawson
Fri Aug 21, 2020 11:19 am
Forum: Science
Topic: I don’t like my water today!!!
Replies: 6
Views: 767

Re: I don’t like my water today!!!

Had exactly the same with mine it was very frustrating but for me an excellent learning moment, never appreciated the importance of KH to the cycle until it stopped!
by AshLawson
Fri Aug 21, 2020 11:11 am
Forum: What's happening in your Aquarium? - Tank Logs
Topic: And so it begins...!
Replies: 59
Views: 5974

Re: And so it begins...!

codheadjohn wrote: Fri Aug 21, 2020 11:03 am Doesn't look like Borelli or Agassizii to me. They are very similar to these, link within your link http://www.dwarfcichlid.com/Apistogramm ... _blue1.pdf

Nice looking fish either way :)
Agreed which makes me think hybrid. I shouldn’t be allowed to go to the LFS unaccompanied!
by AshLawson
Fri Aug 21, 2020 10:54 am
Forum: What's happening in your Aquarium? - Tank Logs
Topic: And so it begins...!
Replies: 59
Views: 5974

Re: And so it begins...!

Take it very slowly with the RO. ;) Sounds like you've done well. They MAY be a.borellii. ;) What are they supposed to be? If so, the other side of the Continent. :D Yep I’ve been going real steady with the RO I don’t want to induce sudden PH swings. They we listed as ap. Agassizii but after a chat...
by AshLawson
Fri Aug 21, 2020 7:26 am
Forum: What's happening in your Aquarium? - Tank Logs
Topic: And so it begins...!
Replies: 59
Views: 5974

Re: And so it begins...!

Ok, here they are! As I say I’m pretty sure they are a hybrid which ordinarily I’m not that interested in, but once I’d seen them.... The Male is about 1 1/2 inches and the female slightly less so they still have some growing to do. But they’re already very comfortable and relaxed in their new home....
by AshLawson
Thu Aug 20, 2020 20:28 pm
Forum: What's happening in your Aquarium? - Tank Logs
Topic: And so it begins...!
Replies: 59
Views: 5974

Re: And so it begins...!

No takers?!
by AshLawson
Thu Aug 20, 2020 17:01 pm
Forum: What's happening in your Aquarium? - Tank Logs
Topic: And so it begins...!
Replies: 59
Views: 5974

Re: And so it begins...!

Little update! Other than the previously mentioned (in its own thread) poorly Neon, things are ticking over nicely. I’ve started with RO water and I’ve got some Catappa leaves in too. The Sterbai are everything that Stephen and others assured me they would be; elusive, occasionally manic, generally ...