OK, it is Saturday and i am in the office ... so might as well do an update on the silver dragons tank. To be precise: 3 silver aros, jar, green aro, endli bichir and a motoro ray. The green aro has been moved back from the 8 footer due to his aggression toward the new aros... sadly it has a swiming problem (tilted swim) that he has developed since very early on (i remember it started swiming funny after swallowing a large frog) - in any case, the condition does not seem to bother him.
Yes, i am aware that the 7' tank is getting crowded, i will be setting up my empty 6 footer for the jar ... i suppose i better order another 8 footer next year.
The resident beast eat just about everything: Hikari, crickets and prawns. The preference of silver aros vary, but jar eats all. I have not seen motoro nor jar eat Hikari =( ... don't think motoro eat crickets either
No issue with aggression so far - pecking order was established without any torn fins or lost scales ... jar is at the bottom of the pecking order (thankfully ... lets hope it stays that way).
I have been recently playing around with liquid test kits (ammonia, NO2 and NO3) - quite good fun. The readings for N02 are OK (<0.2 yellow with no change in coloration), NO3 is also OK (~40). Theser results correlate with the dip sticks. Ammonia reading is rather off ... like wayyyy off (the darkest color change on the chart hmmm 8 if i am not mistaken). If MFK lore is to be believed, all of the fish should be dead - obviously they are not and eating like pigs. Ammonia reading stays the same despite water changes. The reading does not change according to the time: morning, afternoon and evening. I never seriously tested water before - just started recently for fun. Anybody got a take on that?
Yes, i am aware that the 7' tank is getting crowded, i will be setting up my empty 6 footer for the jar ... i suppose i better order another 8 footer next year.
The resident beast eat just about everything: Hikari, crickets and prawns. The preference of silver aros vary, but jar eats all. I have not seen motoro nor jar eat Hikari =( ... don't think motoro eat crickets either
No issue with aggression so far - pecking order was established without any torn fins or lost scales ... jar is at the bottom of the pecking order (thankfully ... lets hope it stays that way).
I have been recently playing around with liquid test kits (ammonia, NO2 and NO3) - quite good fun. The readings for N02 are OK (<0.2 yellow with no change in coloration), NO3 is also OK (~40). Theser results correlate with the dip sticks. Ammonia reading is rather off ... like wayyyy off (the darkest color change on the chart hmmm 8 if i am not mistaken). If MFK lore is to be believed, all of the fish should be dead - obviously they are not and eating like pigs. Ammonia reading stays the same despite water changes. The reading does not change according to the time: morning, afternoon and evening. I never seriously tested water before - just started recently for fun. Anybody got a take on that?
plus two bottom dwellers: a bichir and a ray