Recent content by Sabrina049

The peat is from fluval and goes in the sump. If I put water outside at this time of year I would have a bucket of ice...i live in the north I think it's 33° f today. Will attach a picture of the peat granules I use and water conditioner I use. Have been using for 8-10 months. Remove the old and...

By buffers I'm referring to the drift wood and peat. I don't fertilize and stopped CO2 when first posting. The tank has a sump in back and have not found anything that can be stuck to back inside a tank. There is a heater in back and I have moved her to a different tank will attempt to catch...

No change After daily water changes there is still no change in fish...the hardness of the water has gone up a bit because the buffers have not had a chance to regulate it with the larger amount of influx but has not negatively affected anyone. I did isolate the female because she looks the...

I have never replaced the filter medium it's about a year old I rinse it almost every time I do a water change since I remove it to clean under and around it anyway. I also disassemble the water pump in the sump monthly and clean it and the hoses connected to it. There is no deteriorating so if...

Woke up in a bad mood...so watched the tanks for a bit then did water changes on both (one trying to figure out what is wrong with the Kribs) watched a bit longer while drinking my coffee and now I'll do some school work sitting in front of the tank. In such a better mood!

I will try for better pictures and the back of my tank is not clear...it has a sump section in back so it is a white wall between the two...I would need something that can be applied inside the tank. The random substrate is a shrimp and plant substrate by fluval and was added about 8-9 months...

This is not a good pic but the best I could get of the male Kribs...that rock I lifted is his normal hide... been where he hangs out since I got him. Even when I moved stuff around he moved with it. Will try to get pics of the female. The little round black balls scattered around are plant...

I have already moved the trouble causing fish to a different tank a couple months ago. I run just the passive CO2 because it helps the plants just enough to keep any algae in check. I stopped yesterday and will keep a close eye on condition in tank since stopping can cause fluctuations (CO2 has...

They are captive bred and have been in the same tank for almost a year it does have light substrate but is well planted with hides. I run the light about 8 hrs but have dimmed it some this last week to see if that might help. There are also a number of floating plants that dim the lower areas of...

Rock Kribs=Paralabidochromis sauvagei they are slightly larger and more aggressive than the purple belly kribensis that I'm having a problem with. At the time they were half the size of the purple bellies and figured it would be fine until they got big enough for the other tank... The cray fish...

I have a breeding pair of Kribs in a 29 gallon community moderately planted tank with lots of hides. I have rough sand substrate, a passive CO2 set up, dual filtration, and peat and wood to act as buffers in the tank. I do weekly water changes with a deep clean once a month. Nothing new has been...