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By yanketh from the functional aquascaping department, Section Diaries Posted on Wed Aug 29, 2007 at 12:59:24 PM PST Tags: (all tags)

So my plants are thriving (bacopa kind of are, wisteria massive, anachris out of control, swords maintaining, java moss creeping along, apogonea(sp?) going crazy with 7 stalks to the top) and I've already trimmed it a few times...

but I don't know if I should do it again. I'm mainly concerned with the wisteria since it is my most consistent growth besides the anachris (which I trim every time it gets towards the top...cut it halfway and replant it). I'm trying to provide some cover to give the fry a chance immediately after birth...I've tried the boxes of death under close supervision (mommy giving birth is when i first put her in and take her out when major birthing is done) but i notice that the fry always want to swim to the top of the trap and get eaten anyway...

so i figured if i gave them some top cover then they might stand a chance...if i could only teach them to swim down into my forest of java they'd be perfectly fine...ugh

besides that i'm treating a major outbreak of ich...i did get this stuff originally called maracin or something like that and used pretty much the whole bottle with absolutely no result, so i went back to old reliable quick cure...that has always worked in the past i was just trying to avoid silicon staining, but who cares...i can always replace the silicon and my fishes (i know plural of fish is fish...fishes is more fun...) FISHES are so unhappy with all their ich

i got it from my new bottom feeders/algae eaters...my tanks were becoming green messes so i bought 5 otos, 3 corys (mainly to keep my lone cory some company...ended up with a speckled, a jiula (sp?) and a panda (my favorite)), and 2 clown plecos...one of those clowns died immediately, but not before the return deadline for fish, so bummer...but the rest did fine in the quarantine tank for 10 days with no visible problems so i unleashed them and for some reason everything got ick...i wonder if waiting 4 more days like i usually do would have made a difference...

but alas (whatever that means)

at least my lone cory was very energetically swimming looping laps when it found some playmates...they are always hanging out now...

my next post will have pictures of my overgrown tank along with some of my prettier gupps that i have managed to not kill before adulthood

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Sounds like you plants are doing wonderfully! (none / 0) (#1)
by unclescott on Sun Mar 04, 2007 at 03:27:02 AM PST

Could you use your quarantine tank as a birthing tank? If your female is well fed she would probably leave the fry alone. You could also put some hornwort of water sprite and a little extra Java moss in there for shelter. (I'd put a few blackworms in a jar there too.)

You planted tank sounds so nice, I can understand why you wouldn't want to put floaters in there, but maybe the brief stay of some hornwort would work there.

Have you considered trading plants for food, fishes or testing equipment with shops? Aquatic garden people often strike up trading relationships with other local gardeners and swap cuttings for stuff they don't have and don't want to pay an arm and a leg for.

Fish can refer to an individual or all your guppies. It can also refer to the residents of your aquarium. Fishes refers to several or many species. That works for your tank too.

Sorry about the Ich. Hope it does clear up.

Erythromycin is Maracin. It is supposed to work with gram positive bacteria, Cyanobacteria and one site lauded it with pop-eye. I will remember the last. Ich is a parasite and not a bacteria.

I'm pleased to see that treating for Ich isn't hurting the plants. Medicinal dyes can harm some plants. Methylene blue will destroy hornwort in 20 minutes. Acriflavin can be really tough on Java moss after a week. Don't know what other dyes will do to certain plants. Watch them.

All the best!

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