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YES! Great find on the Ozelots! Cant wait for pix! Well, impulse buying is horrible, and now i plan to get Rasboras.....I already got 4 of them.....Another Impulse Buy......

I really had no plan for my tank, and it was just an add plants here and there type of tank. Now, since i did my re arrangement of my tank, i am trying to get a nice layout. I will definately plan out the 30 gallon long!

I also hate when i saw some Bolivian Rams with beautiful colors! I didnt buy it because i thought they were agressive (Coz theyre cichlids) and also cause i thought they needed hard and alkaline water......Shoulda researched them!

Thanks again, and i cant wait for some Pixx!

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Did this last night and stayed up too late.

Removed mopani cave.
Removed snail shells.
Deep vacced area where cave was.
Scubbed cave - removing moss strands & most of the bba.
Put cave back on less angle then before.
7.5g water change in the process.
2 caps flourish excel

Planted:
Crypt Wendtii 'Tropica' & 'Mi-Oya'
E. ozelot and E. Rubin
Moved a couple other plants.

No attempt at scaping yet, crypts were in the bag 2 days, swords a day, just wanted to get them all in as it was late.
Good chance the crypts will melt not looking so hot atm.

Nitrate test tonight = 30.
Water quality is almost there !




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And the pics taken today...
















The C. wendtii 'Tropica' couple leaves are melting.

Still to do some cleanup on the filter intake.

The fake cave on the left have to pull the rest of the fake plants off, scrub, and vac below and around.

But it's shaping up

All the fish are settling in nice but I hardly see the female apisto. She was already a shy little thing and
I think the very active keyholes are too much for her.

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Lookin good mossman!

Congrats on the new purchases, new plants, new fish!

I'll like to see this tank once it's grown up. Maybe then the female Apisto will come out more. Either then or when you get those plecos, they will chase her out from her hiding places.

Nice! Coming along well i guess. I think that the crypts will not give you too much of a problem, and if you change some water, it will help to rid the chemical faster. The BNs will chase her out of her spot, im sure, but if you want to see her regularly, find out where shes hiding, and then put it in a position that reveals her. If it is placed correctly, it might be just the thing you wanted! An angle would display her....

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Thanks Patty and Goby

Dealing with a couple issues right now in the tanks.
A good thing was did some testing last night, found an
issue with my gh. Way too high for my liking.

http://www.fishprofiles.com/logbooks/tanks.aspx?uid=3957&tank=2

All the other stats look good. No mini-cycle. Will do water changes every other day or 2 until the gh is knocked down.

The keyholes have established their pecking order, and have been somewhat aggressive with each other but not the apistos. Last night I got home from work, found the 3rd
keyhole stuck behind the co2 ladder. That was close. He must have been getting away from a tormentor. His tail is a bit frayed, the other has a tiny wound.

Haven't heard back on dorsigera.

I suspect ick or parasite in the tank as well. Melafix and Metronidazole in there.


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Lost my female apisto today. Either male apisto aggression
or parasite, was not eating well. Not a happy camper

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Sorry Mossman! Troppo lost his Apistos too. I'm beginning to think they might be sensitive fish?

Excuse my ignorance, but what sort of fish is the thin one in the third photo with the red tail. He is pretty.

Thanks Patty,

Apistos are sensitive but spunky too. I'm fairly sure she had a parasite from the fishstore. After her first few days in the tank I hardly seen her eat barely a nibble. Dosed with Metronidazole right away but not in time


That's a male apisto agassizii, will be awhile now before I can find him a mate.

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"That's a male apisto agassizii, will be awhile now before I can find him a mate."

Scratch that, lost the male apisto last night
It appeared to be internal parasites and the Metro didn't fix, someone recomended Prazi-Pro but it was too late.

It's either replace the apistos, or hold out for a pair/group of dorsigera or curviceps. I REALLY like aggies though

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Sorry for your bad luck mossman but.......
glad for your good luck in finding that new breeder you mentioned in a new thread!

Thanks Patty

Time to watch a vampire movie, hope it's good !

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