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Guppy do better at 7-8 pH IIRC.. Many guppy breeders add sodium bicarbonate in their tanks to keep it there. So I reckon 6.4 isn't ideal.
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Hi All,
I would like to check if pH 6.4 is OK to have guppies? Should I go for it? Their colour is so beautiful!!!
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Guppy do better at 7-8 pH IIRC.. Many guppy breeders add sodium bicarbonate in their tanks to keep it there. So I reckon 6.4 isn't ideal.
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Thank you, vannel. Hmmm, in this case I would think about other option then.Originally Posted by vannel
Yup. Also, fancy guppies generally don't do well with flow. Selective breeding that led to their extensive finnage also means they are not able to swim well, even in moderate flow.
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I see. And yes, I try to find some active small fishes that like to play with flow and at the middle to top level dwelling. Do you have any idea? Zebra danio/leopard danio is OK?
If you are keen on unique danios, can look at Danio tinwini (aka gold ring danios)... they are fast swimmers with brilliant golden patterns, stay small and school at the upper levels of the tank. Less common compared to the other danios but most LFS stock them occasionally. Can look out for those fishes.
Awesome! Thanks UA! I will check with the LFSs to see if they have stock for this danio. They looks amazing and small too!
On the subject of fish.. anyone seen blue cobalt goby in LFS before ?
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Cardinal Tetra / Rummynose Sp. Platinium / L183 Stralight Bristlenose Pelco / Nirate Snail / Yamato Shrimps
I've never seen that fish before in any LFS.
Hi UA,
Finally, I managed to get 9 Gold Ring Danio fish. They are really very rare!
The golden colour of this fish is really beautiful! They are also small size, active, not shy and schooling very well. I notice they like to play with the outflow current sometimes. Thanks for your recommendation!
Also, Rummynose seems like more active since I introduced Gold Ring Danio to the tank. They swim more to upper level of the tank together with the Danio.
BTW, during feeding time, how can you make sure the small Danio can have food while Rummynose are so fast and grab the food really quick?
For my community tanks with a mix of different fishes, i just use the usual "powderize food" method. As the fine food particles slowly drift down the water column, all the fishes will usually get a chance to grab some food.
Newly added fishes sometimes need abit of time to learn how to grab the food. As they get hungry, they will naturally also seek out and catch the food too. In a densely planted tank, you usually don't need to worry too much about food for small fishes as they can usually also find small critters amongst the undergrowth and plants to snack on in-between feedings.
I have seen them at GC, what you might want to look for is the neon blue goby, which has a nicer coloration. I used to keep them, until they took the leap of faith... Can't find neon blue anymore...
Thanks for your advice, UA. I did not see my Gold Ring Danio were really crazy for food like what Rummynose normally do. Even though, they are still very active and moving all day, and even night time when I was peaking at the tank. Hope they can find their own way to food.
I found one snail in my tank and not sure if that is the bad kind of snail. Any sifu can help to ID this snail? Is there any chance the baby horned nerite snails?
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Your plants were all from tissue source right? So there shouldn't be any alien snails around.
If so.. congrats.. u are a snail farmer now.. lol
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Ya bro. All plants were from Tropica 1-2 Grows and I believe should not be any snails on that. I also have not plants anything else rather than those plants in my tank. What I read from the internet it is not easy for nerite snails to breed successfully in this kind of soft water condition.
Just to check what is your PH in the night/early morning before CO2 is injected?
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As what I have checked so far, pH is normally from 6 (during CO2 injection) to 6.4 (before CO2 injection). It is kind of soft water.
Hmm.... OK. . I'm getting 6.5(co2) and 7.6 (no co2)
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