150g ca/sa build/update thread.

[Oscar98]

Maybe was soaked in some sort of stress coat? Could be my only guess. That's the first time I ever seen that.

Thats what i was thinking. That he soaked it in stress coat or prime.

 

[cbourg746]

Thats what i was thinking. That he soaked it in stress coat or prime.

It was either in the tank with the fish before shipping and contains bb or it was soaked in stress coat or prime like aski said.

 

[Oscar98]

It was either in the tank with the fish before shipping and contains bb or it was soaked in stress coat or prime like aski said.

I guess we will know when he emails me back

 

[Chris J]

Maybe the yarn is part of a spawning mop?

 

[FishCr8zy]

Maybe the yarn is part of a spawning mop?

Lol. Why would the guy put part of a spawning mop with them. They are only juveniles.

 

[Oscar98]

What is a spawning mop

 

[Freakgecko91]

They use yarn as a way of keeping them calm, like plants, just cheaper and easier

 

[Oscar98]

They use yarn as a way of keeping them calm, like plants, just cheaper and easier

O ok thanks

 

[FishCr8zy]

What is a spawning mop

It's bunches of felt/yarn/string attached to something floating. It's used to let eggs attach to it so that you can easily remove the eggs so the parents don't eat it. ( like koi eggs ). Then you put it in another tank so the eggs hatch.

 

[FishCr8zy]

They use yarn as a way of keeping them calm, like plants, just cheaper and easier

Oh. It does? Doesn't yarn just disintegrate into the water after a while?

 

[Mogurako]

Oh. It does? Doesn't yarn just disintegrate into the water after a while?

Most yarn is synthetic material that doesn't break down. Even if it wasn't I doubt only being in the water for 1-3 days during shipping would degrade the yarn.

 

[Freakgecko91]

After a long time....the yarn is added just prior to bagging, to add cover, as well as a shock absorber for when the fish get tossed around, they aren't slamming into the sides of the bag as hard...it's a very common practice with shrimp and fish that scare or stress easily, like most oddballs and most young cichlids

 

[Chris J]

I was thinking part of the spawning mop they spawned from got mixed in.

 

[Freakgecko91]

I was thinking part of the spawning mop they spawned from got mixed in.

Cichlids don't use spawning mops...I most commonly see them used with larger barb species and rainbow fish species

 

[Mogurako]

Cichlids don't use spawning mops...I most commonly see them used with larger barb species and rainbow fish species

and killis

 

[Aquaman1978]

Lets see a few pics of the whole set up.

 

[Oscar98]

As requested my aquaman

 

[Aquaman1978]

I like how the tank is big enough you can't get the whole thing in the pic.

 

[Oscar98]

Ya ikr haha. I have to be outside my doorway and put my ipod in my room to take the picture. Or step half way back my room, but then my dresser blocks it

 

[FishCr8zy]

Those cichlids must be pretty tiny because I can barely see them. Lol. Is it normal for them to just lie down? But really nice big tank btw. Can you get a pic of the cichlids swimming/chasing each other or is it a bit too hard?