Cool New Fish!

Non puffer freshwater discussion. Don't tell your puffers, they'll be jealous!
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Pufferpunk
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Re: Cool New Fish!

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My Royal pleco:
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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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Re: Cool New Fish!

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They are such cool fishes! I wish I had room for one.
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Re: Cool New Fish!

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PP - do you have a TDS meter? You can use that to track the salt easily. Short-term salt is not an issue - blackwater is not as soft year-round. With your partials,salt dosing will be changed out pretty quickly. If those plants are real, the almond leaves will be as bad or worse than the salt - the tannins eat light.

HTH

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Re: Cool New Fish!

Post by Cuchulainn »

PP do U use anything like blackwater, or almond leaves to soften the water and lower ph in your discus tank? Or do U just keep it simple and leave it alone?
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C papuan
C lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles
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Re: Cool New Fish!

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Just plain old tap water. Most of my discus have been bred in Chicago water.
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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Re: Cool New Fish!

Post by lilacamy931 »

Unusual fish you have on the way PP and absolutely gorgeous Discus and plecs. Gorgeous fish as always x
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