Water Changes and stuff

[ddavila06]

wanna show how i do things here lol :lol: taking advantage of the rain i left the tanks half full (or half empty, whichever) for about half an hour. after than i reduced the light and refilled. hopefully someone will thing "oh rainiing season lets spawn!" though it never worked so far
i poured in cold water straight from the faucet so it was pretty chilly!

now to add some sphagnum moss to the filters =)

 

[dogofwar]

Is the moss in the breeder net...or is that a killie experiencing "the dry season"?

Matt

 

[ddavila06]

Is the moss in the breeder net...or is that a killie experiencing "the dry season"?

Matt

i forgot the babies!!!!






nhaaaaaa...i have some dwarf hair grass in there
here is where the babies are, note the last pic? thats the cleaning crew

 

[minifoot77]

nice man how are the amanos?

 

[ddavila06]

nice man how are the amanos?

one died today, the rest are doing well (as far as i can tell) lol:lol:

 

[rsretep]

Is the moss in the breeder net...or is that a killie experiencing "the dry season"?

Matt

"now thats funny i dont care who you are" (Larry the Cable Guy)

 

[Prince]

i forgot the babies!!!!

I have done that before. Caught it in time.

 

[ddavila06]

well i'l be dammed! i just caught my pigmy coryes doing it! and eggs here and there!! pics coming. it actually worked lol!! im super excited!!!

 

[ddavila06]

i picked like 7-8 eggs alltogether =) hopefully they will hatch!
is interesting but i tested my water right after my waterchange yesterday and the ph was soemwhere around 7.6~
i tested just now and ph is 6.4ish~
big mistake was that i didnt test before the waterchange! =/ because before i didnt thave the sphagnum. still this is lower than im used to see! i do run my co2 on all day, i think the solenoid is broke...but never seen it this low! so i guess spahgnum moss works?

i collected some rain from today, thats a first as well =)

(btw, i tried to upload a video of them doing it and i got a msg saying that the security token was missing and thats why i couldnt upload?)
i have the video on my facebook if anyone cares to see

 

[ddavila06]

just tested the water in the bucket, ph was 6.0 =O so low!!

my 75 that has co2 on a working solenoid (on with the lights off with the lights) is 6.8~ish

interesting results!

BTW, we are on flash flood alert, everyone be safe out there~!

 

[Hawkman2000]

just tested the water in the bucket, ph was 6.0 =O so low!!

my 75 that has co2 on a working solenoid (on with the lights off with the lights) is 6.8~ish

interesting results!

BTW, we are on flash flood alert, everyone be safe out there~!

Have you tested the water from your tap. I have had Ph probs lately in south arlington.

 

[ddavila06]

usually ir comes out around 7.6 but didnt test now..is it fluctuating a lot?

 

[ddavila06]

i have wigglers!!! three days after they were laid the corydoras eggs have developed a tail!
the pics are of them yesterday morning. i dont think my camera will capture the tiny things well but i will try later

 

[mdlnewman]

sweet

 

[ddavila06]

very exciting! today they little things went into a tank of their own. i have 8-9 fry. one still had the yolk thing on but all others seemed gone. cute :jumpy:

 

[Spine]

That's neat that your corys spawned. I just got a group so I'm hoping mine will breed too
what else did you do besides the water change

 

[ddavila06]

nothing..i always feed a lot including brine frozen and the same with bloodworms and then flake but frozen is main..i have had them for like a year, very shy!!

 

[ddavila06]

That's neat that your corys spawned. I just got a group so I'm hoping mine will breed too
what else did you do besides the water change

i lowered the water level yesterday (took that water to the fry tank) and the filter output was above the surface. lots of agitation all night so im guessing the tank is well oxygenated. today i just saw a pair do it again and lay one egg right in front of me..wonder if that has anything to do with it :jumpy: