Rebuilding fishroom... follow our progress here :)

[Fishdude3233]

Yes our water is really soft nice for dwarf cichlids, but not so much for shellies, and other hard water fish.

 

[Fishdude3233]

Im going to guess that your apsitos will be the same color variation, but if their not you could sell the ones that are different.

 

[severum mama]

Yes our water is really soft nice for dwarf cichlids, but not so much for shellies, and other hard water fish.

That's easily overcome with the use of buffers. We have a lot of hard water fish. We buffer all rift lake cichlids and all livebearers.

I used to be hardcore in the "don't mess with your water parameters" camp... but livebearers and rift lake cichlids just pretty much die in our tap water. Even in a tank with aragonite sand and holey rock, we were never able to get pH up above 7.2-7.4. With the buffers, we can maintain at 8.2-8.4 for the rift lake fish and 7.4-7.6 for the livebearers. We've been a lot more successful with them as a result.

 

[Brookster123]

Im going to guess that your apsitos will be the same color variation, but if their not you could sell the ones that are different.

ill have to sell them all anyways.. No room..

 

[Fishdude3233]

That's easily overcome with the use of buffers. We have a lot of hard water fish. We buffer all rift lake cichlids and all livebearers.

I used to be hardcore in the "don't mess with your water parameters" camp... but livebearers and rift lake cichlids just pretty much die in our tap water. Even in a tank with aragonite sand and holey rock, we were never able to get pH up above 7.2-7.4. With the buffers, we can maintain at 8.2-8.4 for the rift lake fish and 7.4-7.6 for the livebearers. We've been a lot more successful with them as a result.

That is true. I just meant if you don't buffer it then it wont work.

 

[severum mama]

Please take off topic chit chat to PM... thanks.

 

[severum mama]

So, we got the Pundamilia at the auction on 3-30, and we already have a holding female! I just figured it out today. They pretty much stayed in hiding for the first week, so I have no idea when they spawned. LOL.

And the dominant male

Group shot

Limia nigrofasciatus

ABN growout tank

Tiger shrimp

Tangerine tiger shrimp

 

[Brookster123]

Do you sell/ship the shrimpsters?

 

[severum mama]

Do you sell/ship the shrimpsters?

Sure, whenever I have enough.

The tiger colony is coming back slowly but surely. We rehomed them before we tore down and rebuilt, and now we are starting another colony from scratch.

Right now all I'd have available would be one bag of crystal red shrimp and one bag of tangerine tigers. We took quite a few shrimp to the auction a couple weeks ago.

 

[DeirdreHoyle]

I just read this thread from start to finish...what an accomplishment! You and the husband deserve some serious congratulations.

I also had a lot of fun googling all the fish you named I've never seen so many colorful cichlids!

 

[Fishdude3233]

Yes it really is a big deal. (50 tanks!!!) i feel like i have a big fish room with 30 haha. They're really nice people too.

 

[DeirdreHoyle]

Yes it really is a big deal. (50 tanks!!!) i feel like i have a big fish room with 30 haha. They're really nice people too.

That is crazy! I feel like I'm at my limit with two tanks haha...I don't know how you guys do it. I'm sure I'll get there.

 

[Fishdude3233]

Its tough for me but its doable; and rewarding

 

[Ayi]

How's it progressing?


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