The only fish I know that would eat that stuff is a siamese algae-eater...and the only way I got rid of it in the past was injecting CO2 or taking out the driftwood and using H2O2 and dosing with excel while cutting way back on light intensity/duration. It's harmless to fish...its too much work to neutralize lol.
My Herichthys Carpinitis "Escondido" and friends journal
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The Carpinitis have gained enough size to be bumped up to NLS Ultra Red pellets.
Also seems that one of the female Swordtails was actually a male just missing its sword.
Also seems that one of the female Swordtails was actually a male just missing its sword.
Great looking tanks and fish as always, but being from the planted tank side of fishkeeping, the BBA makes me cringe!!!!
It’s hard to beat a nice carpintis, makes me want to raise some again!
It’s actually a natural sex change. I believe all start out female some turn male early and some turn male later. If you ever see a large male, it was likely a female for a while since females are larger for giving birth. I’ve had a big female give birth to tons a fry for a long time then turn male. But I don’t think they are able to breed either way.
Also I have never had luck keeping livebarers w/ h. Deppi or h. Cyano. They were quick to kill them off. The cyano would eat them, but the deppi would just bite them in half and not eat.
Wow. What a difference in aggression level from the ones we both got from TUIC right?? These guys are super calm. They are looking good. I’m feeling fairly confident that collection point determines aggression. Some lakes and waterways probably have much more space, food, and breeding grounds then others. I’m sure generation differences between F0, F1, F2 and so on also have something to do with aggression too.
I did not know they could do that, learn something new every day.
I am sure it will get worse. They all had the "caught in the headlights stare" going on. Not yet used to me taking vids and pics of them. Without the camera in their face the activity is different. Looks like the two males are each claiming a rock cluster. We shall see how it goes.
I love having fish that are interactive and act like they’re glad to see me- but I hate that I have to sit perfectly still for half an hour before they’ll go back to the interesting behavior that was why I got them to begin with.
Side note- my 1k growout “cenote azul” has/ is clearing up now after the springtime break in. That’s some fun fish watching- bring your own beer and sunglasses.
Side note- my 1k growout “cenote azul” has/ is clearing up now after the springtime break in. That’s some fun fish watching- bring your own beer and sunglasses.
