Tigs

hmm I wonder if plastic wrap would do it lol, cover up say 2/3 of the surface area, keep the spray from getting out and leave just 1/3 open for feeding cleanup hehehhee cheers, Antonio

anyone know of a good place in Edmonton to buy a lot of glass tops from? I'm looking for the ones that open from the side of the tank due to my setup. Would be after 20G , 10G, 5G, and 2.5G lids suggestions? thanks, Antonio PS I have them open air right now and don't really mind it except I'm concerned a bit about the humidity levels in the room they are in, and what potential damage high humidity may have overall to the house etc.

hehe agree, they do look sweet. I hadn't actually started a baby list but I'll do that and add ya to it Hoping to grow them with some premo food (I stockpiled off the angelfins order) so once they start popping babies out I'm hoping to have some good sized juvies available in 3 months. cheers, Antonio

ahhh thanks Ray appreciate you linking the actual photos for me As a side note, the only ones that are close to full grown are the green deltas, purple snakeskins and the 1/2 black blues & red snakeskins. The sky blue, yellow half blacks, blue grass are all juvies. cheers, Antonio

Just thought I'd share a few shots (albeit poorly taken) of my guppies. cheers, Hopefully the links work as intended. Antonio http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l119/Tigs57/HalfBlackBlue.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l119/Tigs57/RussianRedSnake.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l119/Tigs57/BlueGrass.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l119/Tigs57/PurpleSnake.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l119/Tigs57/HalfBlackSkyBlue.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l119/Tigs57/GreenDelta.jpg http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l119/Tigs57/HalfBlackYellow.jpg

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Think you hit the nail on the head Jason. I tried an older T5 2 footer out, has a 10K and 6K or some such in it. That did wonders for showing their colours. I then tried a regular flourescent but 'full spectrum" not sure the temp on that. It also showed their colours off better but not nearly as well as the T5 lamps. Looks like I get to go lamp shopping cheers, Antonio

kk will go bulb shopping soon, or might try a small T5 I have kicking around see what it has in it. btw they do look pretty darn good Jason. I ended up getting the following. Greens 1/2 black sky blues 1/2 black blues purple snakeskins russian red snakeskins blue grass and 1/2 black yellows cheers, Antonio

Hi there, so I finally received my shipment of show guppies Under the standard flourescent lights I have on they don't show very nicely The red snakeskins look wicked enough, but the greens and blues are pretty washed out. The yellows come through nicely. My question: is there a specific T8 lamp that folks would recommend to show their colours better? thanks in advance. PS, under flash photography the blues & green show up well enough. Antonio

they should grow back. I've had that happen as well, with apparently smooth gravel (to me). The tank they are now in has rough flourite and they have all grown back. cheers, Antonio

Ahh true forgot about the free shipping cheers, Antonio

http://www.jlaquatics.com/info/210/Hi-Blow+Air+Pumps.html shipped on Monday arrived today It's on sale for $188? which is the lowest price I've found. They also carry a 6 outlet manifold for it for $17.99 not sure if they still have stock (not listed on the web page but you can request it in the comment portion of checkout). Email response from them is excellent in my experience. cheers, Antonio

Just thought I'd share as I picked one up today. All I can say is WOW. Not only does it have much better air flow than the Coralife SL65 it's replacing, I can almost not hear the pump operating! Currently running about 20 jetlifters and a couple of sponge filters and I had to throttle back the air supply on most of the jetlifters due to too much water flow! cheers, Antonio

my BN's are shy in a seperate tank, I stare at them, they stare back and don't eat. I check their bellies, and they are stuffed <shrug> In my community tanks they are hogs!!! Shoving other fish, red claw shrimp off the food in order to eat go figure cheers, Antonio PS as for breeding, is it normal for them to make their own caves? I have one pair that's decided the driftwood/planted piece needs to be excavated under to make a cave. Pretty neat seeing them dive upside down into said cave

lol nice pics

Those look awesome, nice going:) Antonio

big time agree on the 4foot length. I do have small juvie groups in a 30G tank but once they grow up they are VERY spookish in a smaller tank. Anyone walks up to the tank and they go crazy. 4foot tank same fish within a day are just looking at you as you walk up to the tank. cheers, Antonio

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I started out with a fluval, worked great initially but I ended up replacing it with an Eheim x2. Fluval 405, easy to clean, media is nicely seperated in baskets and the disconnect method is quick & easy. Problems I ran into were leakage on restart and the impellor cover tends to unclip. On a smaller note, no matter how much I cleaned the filter or the hoses, I always seemed to get alot of junk tossed back into the tank on restarts. Eheims, media is harder to clean since it's not seperated into baskets for you. Disconnect is easy enough but requires taking apart 2 hoses. Only mechanical problems I've encountered over the last few years using them was that I accidentally pulled one of the hose connectors off (didn't realize they simply twist on). Had a scary moment or two figuring out how to reinstall it without having water go 'everywhere' cheers,

Hah! glad you asked the question first! I was beginning to wonder myself Course, no one mentioned the cost $ in feeding 100-300 shrimp per tank lol. That would look wicked though. My cherry's are getting up in numbers and the tank seems sparse until I put food in. Then they come out of the woodwork so to speak cheers, Antonio

btw, how blue are your blue pearls? I have a batch going but very few have even a hint of blue. Of the adults maybe 3/10, of the young 0/50-75. thanks, Antonio

I do weekly water changes, maybe 20%. Siphon from the top of the tank so easy enough to avoid snagging the baby shrimp. When I was keeping my tanks bare bottom I'd simply put a power filter on it for half a day to filter out all the 'poop' per say, prefilter on the intake. cheers, Antonio PS I like the fill up with RO water idea, should work very well, mineral content stays put and you give them some 'fresh' water all the while bio filter is working as it should :)hmmmm

Other thing I've heard mention is (if you are able to setup the tank atm) to fully fill it with bleach added in and let it stand for a day. Afterwards empty and air dry. When ready to recommission it, a rinse and all should be well. You'd have to dig as to an appropriate amount of bleach, cannot think of the amount off hand sorry. cheers, Antonio

So, was getting worried because I couldn't see any berried red rili's in my tank. I go and check yesterday and count 7!!! yesh! Thus far the red rilis, fire reds, yellows, pearl blues all have adapted well. I even have Tiger babies but the original bunch is all but gone, hope the babies are better adapted and can establish themselves. fun times Antonio

great thanks for the links:) Antonio