I'm into Freshwater Aquariums, Planted Tanks, Tropical Fish and the Fresh Water Shrimp. Welcome to GarageAquatics2023. My name is Ron, and like so many others, I like to keep learning about the hobby and sharing what I've learned with the rest of you Tropical Fish Enthusiasts. Here in Palm Desert, California, there are challenges that keep it all interesting. It getts stupid hot! The relative can get down to . . . well lets just say there isn't any relative humidity a lot of times. I look forward to posting Videos and Shorts that will both entertain and maybe educate you by sharing what I know and what I've learned along the way. If it's my videos have done any of that, I hope you'll give a Like and SUBSCRIBE to my videos and channel. Tanks for lookin'!
Hi Tara! There only sucessful spawn was their first one. They keep eating the fry around week one. I just might try the siphon hose and 'rescue' this batch - assuming they even get that far. But yeah - they stick close to each other. Little fish love. 🙂
hey friend! agree w you about the Ember Tetras. Fabulous inexpensive nano fish. As for Blixa Japanica I have tremendous luck with this plant. They love my conditions I guess :)
I love the look oh the Blyxa. I’m just trying to get some to show up in one piece. Both theme I ordered some, it got here looking like cooked spinach. Maybe just bad shipping? ~Ron
Actually, I bought those on Amazon back in December 2023. Here;s the link from the Amazon vendor: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017D20XXG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I hope this helps.
I agree. I got burned out with floating plants constantly cover the surfaces of my tanks and most of what your seeing is broken down parts of your floating plants . Once i removed mine the moum basically went away. Thanks for sharing
@@KavinPatel-cj3sh Yes you can, but remember there are no nutrients in sand or gravel. They are inert. If the tank is older and established there should be lots of mulm and detritis that's worked it's way down into the substrate which will provide nutrients for the plants. Remember Amazon sword plants are heavy feeders. If it's new sands and gravels there will be nothing to sustain the plants. You'd probably want to add some sort of root tab fertilizer in the root zone. Check out the video where I plant Amazon sword plants into pots using a sand and gravel mix. I add a piece of root tab into each pot as I plant each plant. Here's a link to the video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zxPV4UNb0tUh.htmlttps://ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zxPV4UNb0tUh.htmlttps://ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zxPV4UNb0tU.html I hope that helps, Kavin. Let me know if you have any more questions. Cheers! ~Ron
@@aquaticfanaticsuk I think I’m at that point now with the Val. Although, the guppy grass grass has been going gang busters on eBay. So much so, I’ve pulled the ads waiting for more to grow. 😁
@@markfranklin8831 I kind of assumed that, Mark. It's like jumping out of the frying pan into the fire. And then I understand there's apossibility of introducing a parasitic pest as well. I just keep plucking.
hahah i was just about to ask if you were in that area since i knew Jorge was there. hope they will spawn for you, i think there is something pretty cool about wild caught fish.
I'm in Palm Desert. The other side of Palm Springs. Jorge brought them to me sometime last year. I really hope they do spawn. They really aare very cool! Thanks! ~Ron
Hey Steffan, when I first replied we were out of town in a hotel getting ready to go to Disneyland. But after sitting in front of the tank for a bit, I realized that it would be far too time consuming. As it stands, the leaves are at least still photosynthesizing. If the extra potassium does the trick, the new growth should look better and the damaged leaves should easily detach. ~Ron
It's hard to say, Juan. Maybe no. They are tougher, more fibrous.You might give it a try and keep an eye on the plants. If they start going for those plants, pull them out.
I do too, My beef is that they could lose that 'cute' littlemetal can and lower the price by the cost of the can. It's a pain in the a$$ to get tha bag out of the can, and I'd never store the eggs loose in the can afterwards. You'd never be able to get them all out. They get stuck around the bottom and top of the can. But that's just my two cents. Thanks for stopping by! Cheers! ~Ron
We've got a tree in the front yard called Brachychiton. I'll use those leaves as well once they've fallen to the ground and dried out. Then I just rinse off the dirt. I'm betting you could use most leaves once they've completely dried out. Tanks!
Thats the same plant i bought at petsmart,African water fern. It was in a plastic tube by top fin. Its still alive, mine is super glued to a rock , it looks nice
Love African Fern! Unfortunately my emperor tetras ate it to nothing and the plant just couldn't anymore. Would love to try it again someday in a tank without those guys 😅
