The bad thing is that the quality suffers a bit..but at least I can put up a movie longer then 10 seconds or so.
OK, first one feathres a mud minnow, and assorted rainbow darters:
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Posted 05 November 2007 - 11:49 PM
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Posted 06 November 2007 - 12:28 AM
Tel, the darter was caught in a small tributary of the Grand River, I've never seen any greenside darters anywhere around here....I guess anything is possible, however!I like the tank set up and vids! I like the amount of flow and all of that nice healthy algae. What kind of filtration/circulation do you have? I think your E. nigrum Johnny is actually E. blennioides Greenside though.
Posted 06 November 2007 - 12:37 AM
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Posted 06 November 2007 - 10:37 PM
Oh, for shame, I am outed!Just wondering, what are the fish on the front of the aquarium eating the algae?
Posted 06 November 2007 - 11:49 PM
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Posted 07 November 2007 - 06:15 PM
Oh, for shame, I am outed!
I have 4 Otocinclus Catfish, along with 3 algae eating shrimp(commonly called "Amanno" shrimp").
Posted 07 November 2007 - 06:51 PM
Posted 07 November 2007 - 08:00 PM
I have to admit, I've not checked the nitrates. I suspect you are likely right, as as you can see there is a rather healthy bioload. As to the amano's, I started with 6, and 3 vanished shortly after I put in the darters...but the other 3 have learned to avoid them apparently. I may try more, and larger ones down the road as I DO like them.(that...or dwarf crayfish are an option). I shortened the light cycle to 7 hours today, I may let it go a few days to a week at that level and monitor the plants. I also plan on bumping the water change schedule up a bit. Right now I do a 20-30 percent weekly, but that may need to go to twice a week, if I can't get the algae under control.I'm suprised that the darters leave the amano shrimp alone. I put two in my darter tank once and right away out came my orangethroat to start the attack! Oh and by the way Otos are the best algae eaters you can get! Plecos just make a mess! How high are your nitrate levels? I bet thats the reason for all the algae!
Posted 07 November 2007 - 08:02 PM
I thought about that(I have lots of duckweed already!), but worried that it would cut off the light to the plants I DO have. How is your experience in that situation?Shortening the light to 8 hours may indeed help, but watch the health of the plants.
Your plant density seems low to me for your lighting intensity. Since the current isn't too strong (at least, it didn't look like it in the videos), you mgiht want to put in some floating plants like frogbit (Limnobia spongia). They will cut down on the amount of light hitting the rocks and can be easily harvested to remove nutrients. Plus, the dangling roots look pretty cool IMO.
Posted 07 November 2007 - 08:05 PM
Yep, the mudminows are very laid back, until someone "dis's" em! Then watch out, they seem to have a rather democratic attitude toward replying in kind to transgressions...in that they treat anyone and everyone, regardless of size or supposed ferocity, the same!That was my first guess, but I wasn't sure if it was a completely native fish tank or not.
By the way, I like the name dwarf shortfaced pike better too. I think it represents their appearance as well as their nature better.
My mudminnow (It's shorter to type) got really mad at my longear today. I put a guppy in, and the mudminnow had it in it's mouth sideways, when the sunfish comes up and steals it. The mudminnow then chased the sunfish around the tank for like a minute until he caught up and gave the sunfishes tail a good bite. It was very entertaining to watch.
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