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Post by Pufferpunk »

You can use RO for top up, because if you use tap water you are adding minerals & making the water harder. You really shouldn't have so much evaporation to really need to top up after only 1 week though.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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I have "Hydor smart level control" for automatic top-up and I Don't know how many litres it top-up every week :).


Then I use RO water for top-up.
And I use the tap water for weekly water changes.
It's right?!
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Very good!
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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Thank you for all your assistance.
I really appreciate your help in resolving My doubts.
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Hi there.

I haven't yet found the fishes. Carinotetraodon travancoricus and colomesus asellus are very very very scarce :( .


An advice: the tooth in carinotetraodon travancoricus and colomesus asellus, grows at the same speed? How many?

I have a little tank with physa. Can I give pieces of shellfish, shrimps, prawn or crabs legs ?
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Colomesus Asellus' teeth grow much faster. Their teeth will eventually need to be trimmed. The Carinotetraodon travancoricus' teeth will be fine with feeding them snails.
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Even without snails, the travancoricus' teeth are rarely overgrown.
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Ah ok, thanks.

How many carinotetraodon travancoricus can I put in 360litres?
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You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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It shouldn't be a problem for your setup. However if its not broke don't fix it.
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2 hours ago I put 10 carinotetraodon travancoricus.

The fishes is Very shy. I Don't see them.
Someone are still on the bottom.

Is it a normal behaviour?
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2 hours ago is not long for settling in time.

I think you need all females or 1 male to 3-4 females to avoid issues. That's the general rule I believe,but I don't know of anyone that has 10 dp's
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Are there a lot of decorations in there?
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PYRU wrote: Tue Mar 14, 2017 9:53 pm 2 hours ago is not long for settling in time.

I think you need all females or 1 male to 3-4 females to avoid issues. That's the general rule I believe,but I don't know of anyone that has 10 dp's
The seller don't say if it is a male or female because the fishes are too young. (My tank is 100x60x60cm)


Pufferpunk wrote: Tue Mar 14, 2017 10:30 pm Are there a lot of decorations in there?
You can look the tank at the top of this post.
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Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
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lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles
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Well--that's about as much decor as one can fit into a tank, isn't it?! Give them time.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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