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  1. MMantelli

    For Sale: Plant sale singles or packs will barter.

    I have 3bunches of the stem plant in pic 1 name slips me will fix in edit 3.50/bunch..... over 2 dozen baby amazon swords some still attached some potted, $2-3 ea or 5 for $10..... 2sqft+ of riccia, $8 4x6".... 2 bunches ofwater sprite, $1.50ea... 2 red mangroves $5 ea.... 3-4 crypt wendtii...
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    For Sale: Fulleborni and Kenyi Mbunas

    Super fish sale round 3! Mbuna African Cichlids from lake Malawi. $20 for a proven breeding pair of Kenyis female is currently holding. $5-$8ea for the rest of the Kenyi stock there are about 6 males and 5 females. There are also Fullebornis "blue cichlid" I have 3 males and 8 females. Same...
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    NLS Thera+A and sunken belly.

    I have been feeding my cichlids nls thera+a for some time now but I now have a kenyi with dulled colors and a sunken belly. My wife suprised me with a dubosi cichlid last week and my qt tank is being used for my 80+fry so she put him rigt in the main tank well since then I have found one fish...
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    Just moved setting up a fish room ! ! !

    Like the title says I just spent this past week moving and all weekend moving and re doing my fish tanks well a couple of them at least today I have to go get the last tank from the old house and of course its going to be the biggest pita one my planted 20. Here's a couple teaser pics of the...
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    40B woop!!!

    Finally got a 40 breeder Woop Woop! LoL Now just to figure out what to do with it. Eventually its going to be a salt water tank. But for now I think I'm going to upgrade the residents and plants from my planted 20g into it. Or just use it as a grow out tank for excess plants and trimmings. Not...
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    Wanted: looking to buy fish and inverts

    I'm looking for 1 dwarf orange crayfish or 1 dwarf Cajun crayfish 1 fully aquatic freshwater hermit crab 5 celestial pearl danios 5 cherry spot rasboras I live in central Florida and would prefer to pick up or meet to get them. If I have to have them shipped to me I might consider it as it...
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    Betta tank mate suggestions.

    I just upgraded my Betta bowl to a 10g tank and was wandering what types of fish can I add in with him. It's currently just him and some pink pearl ramshorns. I've heard of people mixing fish with bettas and yes I know it depends on the bettas temperment but what can work. I would like to add...
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    new 10g rimless conversion

    Well I had some petco rewards points and decided to use them to give my Betta a larger home since his was a little cramped. Today was the last day of the $1/g sale and I was going to get a 5.5 well they were out so I decided to get a 10g. So I got home and removed the rim and looked around at...
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    shrimp suicide help!

    I don't know what the heck is going on but my shrimp population is diminishing. I started with almost 35 rcs and 5 tangerine caridinas. Well I keep finding shrimp on the floor around my tank and am down to about only a dozen total. It's been about 2 months since I've gotten them. They are...
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    what won't oto cats eat?

    I decided to get a few oto cats today and was wandering if there's any kind of algae they won't eat? And if there is will an amano shrimp eat it?
  11. MMantelli

    New Baby coming please pray for her.

    Please pray for Lydia and Gracie-Mae she is going into surgery to have a c-section ill be a daddy for the 2nd time. I'll share more after she recovers. Thank you
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    DIY grow bed

    I got bored the other night and decided to do something to suck up the nitrates in my cichlid tank. It only cost me $10 for the tub, bal valve and some PVC fittings the rest of the stuff I already had lying around. Here's the thread I started asking about plants that would work for what I...
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    Nitrate lovers!

    I am setting up a little experiment on the top of my cichlid tank and need a few good ideas. I'm wandering what are some aquatic and semi-aquatic plants that absolutely love nitrates. I mean like plants that thrive with high nitrates.
  14. MMantelli

    What is this buildup on my Co2 diffuser?

    I can't get a clear picture ATM but its on the ceramic disk of my glass Co2 diffuser in my planted tank. It is a diy system and I dose pps-pro. My paramaters are perfect Ph 7.4 Ammo 0 No2 0 No3 10-15 Po4 0.5-1.0 Kh 8 The buildup looks similar to the fungus that buildsup on new driftwood. It...
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    cherrys finally breeding!!! Help...

    I need any and all advice possible for care of new baby shrimp. First question are the eggs supposed to be yellow?
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    riccia and co2 and glut

    So I just found out glut will melt riccia. I have a heavily planted 20g with medium lighting, diy co2, pps-pro and glut. Well recently I won a raok and received a bunch of riccia. I was told that the amount of glut I was using will melt the riccia (5ml/day) so I was wandering if I pay more...
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    Indian Almond Tree seeds

    Sorry if this is in the wrong place not sure where it belongs if it is in the wrong section will a mod please move it. Ok so I ordered some Indian almond tree seeds and they just came in. I plan on growing these so I can collect the leaves for future breeding projects. I live in central...
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    Male kenyi turning black, why?

    Well you know the question now here's hopefully all the info you need. Temp 78-80 Ph 7.6-7.8 Ammo 0 No2 0 No3 40 50% water change every sunday, filter has uv sterilizer, I use tap water and prime. I feed NLS Thera+A daily and tetra cichlid flakes a few times a week the day before the water...
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    wild apisto

    Woo I just won a pair of this guys offspring! This is the father the pair I'm getting are 4 months old. Picking them up in the am.
  20. MMantelli

    What did you have for dinner today?

    So being a working chef I am always interested in some of the creations people across the globe are eating. I like hearing about new dishes that I can research and attempt to make. My favorate cuisine though is definatley Thai. Mmmmmmmmm :) I would like to someday like to open an Italian/Thai...
  21. MMantelli

    For Sale: plants for sale.

    So I have some plants that are ready to be trimmed this weekend and figured I'd try to sell some since I'm running out of real estate in my tanks. 2x amazon sword plantlets $2 ea 2x aponogenton plants fully sprouted and growing wild $3 ea 3-5x myrio "red" tuberculatum stems 0.75c ea 2x...
  22. MMantelli

    Are theese Amazon Sword plantlets ready?

    Like the title says, are theese ready to be snipped off and planted yet? If that pics not good enough I can get a short video that's better quality.
  23. MMantelli

    breeding ghppies

    Hello all I'm thinking about breeding guppies for food for my main tank and have a few questions. What's a good size tank to start with? Whats the breeding ratio? What are the paramaters they will need to breed? And any other advice will be appreciated. Thanks, Mike
  24. MMantelli

    new planted bowl

    Well I got bored yesterday so I decided to do a planted Betta bowl. Well its more like a cylander actually lol. With decorations substrate and everything in it it holds 2.2 gallons it has one B2B lack and blue male crowntail Betta. For light I ft s sharing a 28w daylight CFL bulb with my planted...
  25. MMantelli

    need tips for creating staurogyne repens carpet

    Well I was sent 2 staurogyne repens stems as an extra in my last plant order. There about an 1.5" I didn't know what to do with them at first but now I know. I'm going to use it as a foreground carpet. I've read some mixed things about getting it to grow out and not up. First would I be better...
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