Sprice Posted January 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2016 Hornwort looks good but ph should be 6 -7.5 and mine's a steady 8. Do you think this will matter? Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted January 19, 2016 Report Share Posted January 19, 2016 it should be fine, if it isn't get a small piece of driftwood. Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprice Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Ok so I definitely only have 4 out of 6 Endlers left. Never found the second one so I guess he's just sort of disintergrated through the filter. Did a decent water change today to get rid of any 'bits' [emoji52] The leader of the pack is one of the smallest but also most colourful and he flares a lot and seems to bother the others, especially a bigger paler one who I'm thinking now might be a female?!! They all looked like males but now they're starting to colour up he/she looks much paler than the rest and 'fatter' almost pregnant looking! Lol [emoji16] Going to get them some kind of weed tomorrow x Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Ok so I definitely only have 4 out of 6 Endlers left. Never found the second one so I guess he's just sort of disintergrated through the filter. Did a decent water change today to get rid of any 'bits' [emoji52] The leader of the pack is one of the smallest but also most colourful and he flares a lot and seems to bother the others, especially a bigger paler one who I'm thinking now might be a female?!! They all looked like males but now they're starting to colour up he/she looks much paler than the rest and 'fatter' almost pregnant looking! Lol [emoji16] Going to get them some kind of weed tomorrow x Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk I have had endlers for years and I always tell people that they will go after each other and people think I'm crazy till they put several males together . Granted they aren't cichlids but they do have a pecking order but thick plants are the key or even other type small fish .Just not the demonic mosquito fish . Sprice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Hornwort looks good but ph should be 6 -7.5 and mine's a steady 8. Do you think this will matter? Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk My PH is high and hornwort grows great . The canals here have an insane PH and it grows there left and right . Sprice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprice Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Yeah they're pretty fiesty but no one seems to be physically hurting anyone else just a lot of bothering. Ah cool about the ph, I'm quite happy with my ph it is highish but never varies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 Yeah they're pretty fiesty but no one seems to be physically hurting anyone else just a lot of bothering. Ah cool about the ph, I'm quite happy with my ph it is highish but never varies Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk I read somewhere that guppies and endlers were rather popular in the UK ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprice Posted January 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 They do seem to be, most LFS round here stock them. They are quite often described as a 'good starter' fish which I don't completely agree with but they seem to be doing ok. Finally got them some additional plants to hide in. Saw some beautiful little Dwarf Puffers yesterday Would love some of those. Would obviously have to wait until I get another tank as they nees to be on their own. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Dwarf puffers are fantastic . Pet store I go to had them but sold them out fairly fast . Everyone who as had them says they have personality . Set yourself up a 10 gallon tank with some plants and get a few . They seem easy as far as water goes but unlike endlers you need a heater . I think their only drawback is feeding according to several sites . The pet store fed them ghost shrimp and snails . '' The most available member of the genus is the pygmy or dwarf puffer (Carinotetraodon travancoricus), also sometimes called the pea puffer. A fully grown adult male will top out at about three-fourths of an inch (about 2.2 centimeters). Males exhibit deep green coloration often highlighted with gold, and a golden to orange belly. Females are a bit plain, with lighter colors, no golden highlights and a whitish belly. These diminutive blowfish come from Kerala State in Southwestern India and are collected in the River Pamba. They are not picky about water conditions and will adjust to most local water supplies without trouble. They are ravenous eaters, consuming just about any live or frozen food. Unlike many larger puffer species, they don't seem to enjoy frozen mussel and will just pick at it, while their larger cousins will gulp it down whole. They will even eat flake and pellet foods, though they don't seem to respond as well to them and will slowly waste away if that is all you feed them. Their particular favorites are frozen bloodworms, other worms of any kind and newly hatched brine shrimp. They love snails and will quickly depopulate an aquarium of these sometimes annoying gastropods.'' http://www.fishchannel.com/freshwater-aquariums/species-info/puffer/dwarf-puffers-are-hard-to-resist.aspx Sprice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprice Posted January 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Thank you so much for the puffer info! Very interesting reading [emoji18] They sound facsinating! I've already got a heater for the Endlers even though it's not entirely necessary. It keeps the temp at 24c and you can't adjust it. From what I've read puffers need at least 25c. Definitely going to get a dwarf puffer tank in the future [emoji7] I try and vary the Endlers diet so they never have the same thing two days in a row. I usually alternate between algae wafers, ground up flakes, frozen blood worms and blanched veggies. I've found some great frozen blood worms. About £2.78 for a blister pack and I've only used one whole blister section so far and there's about 12 sections in total, they go a long way. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 You could always add a few snails and/or cherry shrimp to your endlers tank and harvest them for your dwarf puffer tank . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprice Posted January 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Sorry for the delay, I have three assasin snails currently. However today I have today discovered some very, very, very tiny little creatures darting about on the inside of the glass? What can they be? SHRIMPS? I did put new plants in last week but soaked them for days.....I hope it is shrimp but does this happen? Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Sorry for the delay, I have three assasin snails currently. However today I have today discovered some very, very, very tiny little creatures darting about on the inside of the glass? What can they be? SHRIMPS? I did put new plants in last week but soaked them for days.....I hope it is shrimp but does this happen? Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Chances are they are harmless scuds . They came with your plants . You soaked them but they still survived . Male endlers will eat baby scuds but perhaps not adults . They are harmless . http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/scud.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprice Posted January 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Aaaaah I see, that's exactly what they are! I knew you would know, thank you Nice bit of live food for the Endlers then, perfect! Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprice Posted January 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Looks like they help keep your water clean too! Bonus [emoji7] Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprice Posted January 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Just did a PWC Added a new almond leaf Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 20160131_113821.jpg Just did a PWC Added a new almond leaf Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk I wanted to ask you what type filter your BIORB uses because it looks like undergravel but looking at pics it seems to be some type removable insert ? I saw the 28 gallon with salt on some video but it had no sound . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprice Posted January 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Yeah it comes with a removable insert and it's own ceramic media substrate, biorb reckon you need to change the filter every 4 months but from what I've read you can definitely go longer than that like maybe 6 to 8. I imagine it will be tricky. The general consensus is that they're not great tanks, you're not supposed to put live plants in them but I have loads! They seem to do fine. I'm trying to recreate the Endlers natural habitat as much as possible. Do you think they would benefit from an airstone? I really like them but don't know if there would be any point? Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprice Posted January 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 http://www.urmstonaquatics.com/reef-one-bubble-tube-uplift-for-baby-biorb.html?gclid=CjwKEAiA_ra1BRDV-byb_aDqpQoSJAA-ofB9NFgo0lrpDSmuFc-YAqRe8aD40fPg_K4q_bg8ofSAvxoCftnw_wcB Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Yeah it comes with a removable insert and it's own ceramic media substrate, biorb reckon you need to change the filter every 4 months but from what I've read you can definitely go longer than that like maybe 6 to 8. I imagine it will be tricky. The general consensus is that they're not great tanks, you're not supposed to put live plants in them but I have loads! They seem to do fine. I'm trying to recreate the Endlers natural habitat as much as possible. Do you think they would benefit from an airstone? I really like them but don't know if there would be any point? Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk I would not add an air stone . The filter and water changes are plenty . I keep endlers outside but in an old 55 gallon I had a snake in years ago I also keep about 200 endlers and some platies without a filter . I do siphon out bottom and change about 20 gallons a week . They are my ''back up'' because come summer I get countless Cuban treefrogs in the outside endlers stock tanks which look like ponds and though you wouldn't think treefrogs eat fish, the toll they consume is staggering so I use the back ups which breed all year long after the treefrogs leave . Sprice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 http://www.urmstonaquatics.com/reef-one-bubble-tube-uplift-for-baby-biorb.html?gclid=CjwKEAiA_ra1BRDV-byb_aDqpQoSJAA-ofB9NFgo0lrpDSmuFc-YAqRe8aD40fPg_K4q_bg8ofSAvxoCftnw_wcB Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk oh I see the filter has to be removed thus you need to remove the plants, etc . That is a pain . I like the round look of the tank itself and was eyeing the bigger model for some pygmy everglade sunfish but I now see that I couldn't have it as planted tank . Sprice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprice Posted February 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Yeah I think it's going to be a real pain, my plants are all either rooted to wood or rocks though so hopefully that shouldn't be too much of a problem. Your set ups look facsinating, I'd love to keep some outdoors! I can only see 3 Endlers today, I think they might be slowly killing each other one by one Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Yeah I think it's going to be a real pain, my plants are all either rooted to wood or rocks though so hopefully that shouldn't be too much of a problem. Your set ups look facsinating, I'd love to keep some outdoors! I can only see 3 Endlers today, I think they might be slowly killing each other one by one Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk You could in the future just use tiny pots with plants placed on your rocks . Ludwiga , water sprite are only a couple which thrive in tiny bit of gravel and grow lush . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprice Posted February 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Ah that's a good idea, I'm going to have to get it all out at some point so it might be worth doing it to make it easier in the future. Just noticed my Anubias is sprouting new leaves. Still no sign of number three, I'm starting to worry now that they might be getting sucked in to the filter Again I think I'll have to address that when I replace the filter. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprice Posted February 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Wondering whether to get more males or now I'm down to three get a few females Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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