What are you doing to your tank today?

[Mermegan]

Finally got around to putting the prefilters on my shrimp tank now that I’ve noticed at least one berried female. It was totally easy, no idea why I procrastinated so long lol.

 

[SteelersChris]

i befriended the guy I purchased the 125 and 75 off of a few months ago and have been talking fish and sharing pictures here and there and he just let me know that he has another 125 and 100 he is using as grow outs for his new 600 and two 300s and then he’ll be looking to get rid of them both and offered to give me first dibs on either or both. I know at some point the mix of CA and SA cichlids I have will probably require some moving fish around so this is perfect (and if it falls through Facebook marketplace always has people trying to get rid of 125’s for cheap). I decided to add an Oscar to the 125 and treat it as a grow out for a couple of months then build a double 125 stand or put one of them in the living room. And split the stock to:

South American Tank
Oscar
Green terror
Silver dollars
Pictus catfish
Add a chocolate, Uaru or maybe my gold Severum from my 75g or a small school of geophagus.

Central American
Texas
Jack Dempsey
Salvini
Convict
Firemouth

Also noticed the firemouths and our betta showing off some beautiful red shades

 

[TMX]

Today is day 3 of the Baby tank cycle - testing and dosing.
Going to spend 1 more day looking for seed media, and for a low-tech way to raise my Gh and Kh.

 

[SteelersChris]

Decided not to wait to build a double 125 rack and am setting up a 40g under the Tanganyikan tank so I have a place to put some of the CA/SA cichlids when it comes time to move them around to find the right combination. Eventually the goal would be the double rack of 125’s or larger with one Central American and one South American.

I built a platform to go over the bottom of the 55g rack that extends further back to accommodate the deeper tank. I’ll probably post a thread on the build in case anyone else wants to do something similar.
I still need to put a second coat of stain on it tomorrow and maybe a clear coat then I can start scaping the tank.

 

[fishywoo]

Other than going crazy over my Betta's tank, I got some pictures from my shrimp tank.

First group was yellow two years ago?, only a few yellows appearing now, then I added snow balls whose genes took over. This year I added blue.



Dandelions, Snow Drops, and Blue Bells are what I coined them.

I keep producing mostly snow balls. Hoping there will be more blues in there. Starting to get a group of different brown variation fellas, which I'm fine with. I'm calling those ones Dahlias.



But I also got this interesting orange one! Wasn't the first, but the last one was last year I think. It's weird how genes work.

 

[SteelersChris]

Other than going crazy over my Betta's tank, I got some pictures from my shrimp tank.

First group was yellow two years ago?, only a few yellows appearing now, then I added snow balls whose genes took over. This year I added blue.

Beautiful tank!

 

[tinylostwine]

Did usual water change on saturday and scrape 8 foot of glass (was pretty easy as it was just soft stuff that collected over the past couple of years) and snap this picture:

 

[SteelersChris]

Water changes… approximately 168 gallons across 7 tanks, since I do 50% on most of the tanks.

Although I love the personality of our betta and the cichlids, there is something to be said about the pure beauty of these barbs, gourami and Rasbora. I wish there was a place to put this tank where I’d interact with it more. Right now it’s just when we’re eating at the dinner table or when I feed/do water changes.

At the pool hall and watching the silver dollars and plecos that shouldn’t be in this size tank…. Bartender is calling the owner because they said they didn’t want this many in the tank. Might be coming home with some adopted silver dollars. Will find out when it’s time to go in an hour or two.

 

[StarGirl]

Other than going crazy over my Betta's tank, I got some pictures from my shrimp tank.

First group was yellow two years ago?, only a few yellows appearing now, then I added snow balls whose genes took over. This year I added blue.

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Dandelions, Snow Drops, and Blue Bells are what I coined them.

I keep producing mostly snow balls. Hoping there will be more blues in there. Starting to get a group of different brown variation fellas, which I'm fine with. I'm calling those ones Dahlias.

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But I also got this interesting orange one! Wasn't the first, but the last one was last year I think. It's weird how genes work.

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I had blue, red and orange together and got mostly clear brown color. One time I got one that was fluorescent yellow. Like the safety color. It was a cool looking shrimp for sure! Im sure I have a pic of it around here somewhere.

 

[newjungletank]

Did usual water change on saturday and scrape 8 foot of glass (was pretty easy as it was just soft stuff that collected over the past couple of years) and snap this picture:

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Is that some kind of oto cat variant? Very cool.

 

[tinylostwine]

Is that some kind of oto cat variant? Very cool.

Otocinclus cocama. The aquarium parameters are temp 76 ph 5.5 gh < 1 kh < 1 ec 34.

 

[newjungletank]

My babies had babies. I have 4 apistos in one of my growout tanks, 1 male and 3 females. I'm estimating the male is maybe 1.5 inches long and the female in this picture is somewhere between 1 and 1.25 inches long. They get started quickly.

The fry are hard to see, but they are under mom, look for the eyes.

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I picked up 3 bristlenoses today at the LFS. They are pretty tiny, probably a little over an inch long. I have them quaranteening in one of my apisto growout tanks. I just don't have any more space for another tank. Hopefully, it will all work out.

Well, I can't find the fry anymore. It's not surprising given it was the first hatch and was a low number. I'm guessing mom wasn't great at guarding them. Also, I lost my 3 new bristlenoses. I found two of them on the bottom and can't find the third, so I assume it's also gone. I acclimatized them well and they looked great for the first few days. I guess I need to test the water although the apistogramma in there are fine. Bummer.

Otocinclus cocama. The aquarium parameters are temp 76 ph 5.5 gh < 1 kh < 1 ec 34.

That's pretty much how the water in all my tanks is.

 

[NJR04]

Standard water change day on the South American cichlid tank for me today☺️

Also I’ve got a new nano reef tank currently cycling which is going to have a clownfish pair and a couple hermits

 

[SteelersChris]

Started the aquascape on the 40B Central American tank. I used 3” ABS Y sanitary pipe and 90 degree street elbow to create a dual entrance cave with a viewing window from the side glass, and piled cobblestone, multicolored pea gravel and play sand over it and as the substrate.
I also used 2” abs pipe and suction cups to create additional hides that can be mounted on the back of the tank near the top.
My thought is the Salvini will probably claim the larger cave and the firemouths and convict can retreat to the smaller diameter hides up top if needed. Still not 100% sure on the dither fish I’d like in here but I’m still leaning towards wanting large swordtails or mollies as they would be biotope correct and it seems it can be done with firemouth and convict, the salvini are the ones giving me pause on that choice. A201 suggested Buenos Aires Terra which are a good choice, but I already have Colombian Terra that are very similar and I was hoping for something different. I could also put the Colombians in here and do another schooling fish in the 75 SA community tank but that tank seems to be perfectly stocked right now.

Headed down to a nearby creek for some dry sticks. Currently boiling them and will have them in later tonight or tomorrow

 

[tinylostwine]

So one interesting thing i've encountered since i started running blackwater aquariums is sometimes (not always) they will get a massive out break of bba. I've learned to just leave it alone and sooner or later the bba will die off completely leaving the tank as if it never had bba - these three pictures show my discus tank as it transitions (it is still transitioning); the problem with this is the amount of bba is quite significant and thick and when it dies off it clogs the filter. In the case of the discus tank i have sponges over the sump intake and it clogs the sponges causing the water level to rise. So it means i have to do extra water changes to get the water level below the intake to the sump so i can clean the sponges. That means at least for the next few weeks I am doing extra water changes on the discus tank (normally i just do one a week).

Some photo showing the aquarium as the bba die off:








On the bright side while the discus still hide when i put the python in their tank they finally (after 20 months) stopped hiding when i clean the aquariums around them.

 

[A201]

Yeah, one needs to be watchful with pre-filter sponges. They do clog rather quickly.

That's not too serious if caught in time with a HOB filter but could be disastrous in an overflow system.

 

[fishywoo]

Started the aquascape on the 40B Central American tank. I used 3” ABS Y sanitary pipe and 90 degree street elbow to create a dual entrance cave with a viewing window from the side glass, and piled cobblestone, multicolored pea gravel and play sand over it and as the substrate.
I also used 2” abs pipe and suction cups to create additional hides that can be mounted on the back of the tank near the top.
My thought is the Salvini will probably claim the larger cave and the firemouths and convict can retreat to the smaller diameter hides up top if needed. Still not 100% sure on the dither fish I’d like in here but I’m still leaning towards wanting large swordtails or mollies as they would be biotope correct and it seems it can be done with firemouth and convict, the salvini are the ones giving me pause on that choice. A201 suggested Buenos Aires Terra which are a good choice, but I already have Colombian Terra that are very similar and I was hoping for something different. I could also put the Colombians in here and do another schooling fish in the 75 SA community tank but that tank seems to be perfectly stocked right now.

Headed down to a nearby creek for some dry sticks. Currently boiling them and will have them in later tonight or tomorrow

Looks great! Can't wait to see it under water. =)

 

[SteelersChris]

Looks great! Can't wait to see it under water. =)

I added water, the heater, and an extra internal filter I had on hand to keep the water moving. I'll put up pictures up when I get home later this evening. Two of the larger branches were still buoyant, so I'll probably boil them a second time and decide what I'm doing for the long-term filter.

I have a SilentStream75 that I'm not really a fan of on the 125 right now, and I'm thinking I'll move that to this tank along with the internal filter and eventually get a canister to go with the 2 AC110's since there's an Oscar and a Texas in that tank that will be producing a lot of waste at full size within a few months... Just hurts to spend so much on a canister when that could be another tank LOL! But i've been looking on offer up for a used FX or Fluval 7 series.

 

[Lucifer]

So one interesting thing i've encountered since i started running blackwater aquariums is sometimes (not always) they will get a massive out break of bba. I've learned to just leave it alone and sooner or later the bba will die off completely leaving the tank as if it never had bba - these three pictures show my discus tank as it transitions (it is still transitioning); the problem with this is the amount of bba is quite significant and thick and when it dies off it clogs the filter. In the case of the discus tank i have sponges over the sump intake and it clogs the sponges causing the water level to rise. So it means i have to do extra water changes to get the water level below the intake to the sump so i can clean the sponges. That means at least for the next few weeks I am doing extra water changes on the discus tank (normally i just do one a week).

Some photo showing the aquarium as the bba die off:

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On the bright side while the discus still hide when i put the python in their tank they finally (after 20 months) stopped hiding when i clean the aquariums around them.

Sounds like a great little Central

Started the aquascape on the 40B Central American tank. I used 3” ABS Y sanitary pipe and 90 degree street elbow to create a dual entrance cave with a viewing window from the side glass, and piled cobblestone, multicolored pea gravel and play sand over it and as the substrate.
I also used 2” abs pipe and suction cups to create additional hides that can be mounted on the back of the tank near the top.
My thought is the Salvini will probably claim the larger cave and the firemouths and convict can retreat to the smaller diameter hides up top if needed. Still not 100% sure on the dither fish I’d like in here but I’m still leaning towards wanting large swordtails or mollies as they would be biotope correct and it seems it can be done with firemouth and convict, the salvini are the ones giving me pause on that choice. A201 suggested Buenos Aires Terra which are a good choice, but I already have Colombian Terra that are very similar and I was hoping for something different. I could also put the Colombians in here and do another schooling fish in the 75 SA community tank but that tank seems to be perfectly stocked right now.

Headed down to a nearby creek for some dry sticks. Currently boiling them and will have them in later tonight or tomorrow

Sounds like a great little Central American tank. Will be interesting to see how the pecking order plays out. You would think in the order Salvini, Firemouth, then Convict but stranger things have happened.
I have a convict mainly populated with various barbs in a 150G tank. There is one other convict in the tank it mainly harasses but occasionally it will attack my hand when I put it in the tank. Certainly the most aggressive convict I've seen and not even protecting any young.

 

[SteelersChris]

Im assuming Salvini>convict>firemouth based on their behavior in the 125 (all are relatively the same size) however once the firemouths are larger or if they parboil to breed I could see them switching places.

The 125 will be what I’m most interested in seeing pecking order long term. Right now it’s Jack>Green Terror>Oscar> Texas. I’m assuming Texas as tank boss when it’s full grown but if it’s a smaller female and the Oscar ends up being a large male almost twice the size it could be the tank boss. Then the Jack and GT are a true toss up. The GT displays more aggression but doesn’t typically mess with the Jack due to Jack being thicker and a half inch longer, but if they were the same size that could switch too.

Did a quick water change to take out the heavy tannins, but it’s been a long day and I doubt feel like doing a second boil on the two floating pieces of driftwood and rearrange them. I’ll save that for another day, or hopefully they’ll sink in their own since they’re not that much thicker than the others.

Side note. Thought the gold bristlenose Pleco was looking particularly beautiful this evening during feeding time.

 

[A201]

If your Green Terror is a real stud male, he might actually be the tank boss.

 

[SteelersChris]

If your Green Terror is a real stud male, he might actually be the tank boss.

Even over a male Texas? Interesting. I’ve never had either but everyone seems to think the Texas is supposed to be the most aggressive of these. It’s encouraging that I picked a good mix if it could be any if them…. At least it’s a fair and level playing field

 

[A201]

A truly dominant male Green Terror will top out at about 10 - 11 inches and have a small nuchal hump. They are thick and beautifully colored.

GT's are very territorial with conspecifics but not so much with other tankmates.

My best GT male easily murdered his 10 inch Jack Dempsey tankmate. They were tankmates for several years and got along relatively well until one day they didn't.

 

[newjungletank]

I count 26 in there and I'd say no more than 3 are females. I can't believe this batch is so male heavy. This picture doesn't show color well as it was not long after lights on that day. A lot of the males are also muted since there are so many in there.

 

[Lucifer]

All this talk of cichlid tanks makes me jealous - I certainly miss them. Will have to entertain it again one day soon. My 150G would be the one but at the moment is heavily planted, full of various barbs, some clown loaches and it does have two Convicts - my last two cichlids.

If the couple of convicts in said 150G tank are a guide, maybe its a possibility down the track a bit to have a planted tank if structured right and also have a handful of mid-size cichlids.
I had a GT previously and it was quite aggressive. Way more than the Jack & Oscar.

 

[newjungletank]

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I count 26 in there and I'd say no more than 3 are females. I can't believe this batch is so male heavy. This picture doesn't show color well as it was not long after lights on that day. A lot of the males are also muted since there are so many in there.

The blue shows better in this one


In the other growout tank, mom is guarding eggs.

 

[Lucifer]

I have someone dropping in to purchase some plants to fill two tanks, a 6 ft and i think 3ft.
So they are going to need a whole bunch of plants.

I normally give people a lot more than what they pay for in any case, they are just trimmings from my tanks after all.

Not sure what type of tanks they have but almost certainly wont be high tech. I don't think I've sold any plants yet to someone that has a high tech tank. I've found they always way underestimate the amount of plants they need too.

Anyways, I'm thinking of sending their way some blyxa japonica, Val, red rotala, blue stricta, some star grass and pearl weed. Maybe some Hydrocotyle Tripartita.

 

[SteelersChris]

I added a fake plant from Michael’s crafts to the new 40 gallon and decided I didn’t like the look of the branches I boiled and put in a couple of days ago. It just looked like a cluttered mess so I think this is the look I’m going for now. I had a fish hide that looks like a tree stump I decided to add but will probably change it out for something I make that looks more natural.

I added 9 pineapple swordtails that I picked up today. I will leave these in here alone for a few weeks as I am in no rush to move any of the cichlids over and they are all doing well in the 125 together for now. I may add a pleco, probably a bristlenose, and one piece of driftwood for it to graze on.

If these end up being too easy of a target for the cichlids I have enough tanks I can move things around and find them a new home. First thought would be to put them in the 75t and bring the Colombian tetra from there into this tank.

Adding a couple new pictures.

 

[TMX]

I am out of town this weekend so not much happening

I add a few drops of liquid fertilizer and a small amount of of ammonia and also dosed the tank with bacteria before I left Thursday night

Will be back Sunday to take readings and check on things

 

[SteelersChris]

I noticed one of the new swordtails floating this evening and disposed of the body. Checked water parameters since it’s a new tank to see if it was water quality related and everything was fine so I assumed just the stress if being transported and they were from petco and I haven’t had very good luck with fish from them…

But then I noticed baby swordtails. At least 10 that I can count. Now I’m thinking the one that died may have died while giving birth?

I don’t have another tank to put them in where they won’t also be eaten, other than a 27g tote, so we’ll just see if they survive in this tank with the other swordtails. I’ll pick up a breeder box to see if I can get them out in time and if not have it on hand for the next batch.

 

[Leeman75]

I noticed one of the new swordtails floating this evening and disposed of the body. Checked water parameters since it’s a new tank to see if it was water quality related and everything was fine so I assumed just the stress if being transported and they were from petco and I haven’t had very good luck with fish from them…

But then I noticed baby swordtails. At least 10 that I can count. Now I’m thinking the one that died may have died while giving birth?

I don’t have another tank to put them in where they won’t also be eaten, other than a 27g tote, so we’ll just see if they survive in this tank with the other swordtails. I’ll pick up a breeder box to see if I can get them out in time and if not have it on hand for the next batch.

I've had this happen before with Mollies especially where I bought one or two and in the first 24 hours, one gives birth...what a bargain!!

It's funny, I just considered buying some pineapple swordtails yesterday when they caught my eye at Petsmart! Quelle coincidence!!

Instead, I rescued a pretty little Crown tail girl from a Betta cup. Placed in my old 3 gallon tank the I've been trying to figure out what to do with. I'm not sold on the plants, but not sure what to put in.

 

[SteelersChris]

I've had this happen before with Mollies especially where I bought one or two and in the first 24 hours, one gives birth...what a bargain!!

It's funny, I just considered buying some pineapple swordtails yesterday when they caught my eye at Petsmart! Quelle coincidence!!

Instead, I rescued a pretty little Crown tail girl from a Betta cup. Placed in my old 3 gallon tank the I've been trying to figure out what to do with. I'm not sold on the plants, but not sure what to put in.

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Such a bargain! I’ve kept the lights off so they don’t predate on the fry but I can see there are still some in there. The breeder box should be here this afternoon and I’ll put them in there to grow out.

That little betta is a grumpy little bundle of cuteness. Enjoy!

 

[FishDude92]

I just got two ADF's and a mystery snail after the recent passing of my Betta Fish, Flaming Hot Cheeto (cool name right?) Cheeto is not the fish on my PFP.

 

[SteelersChris]

The breeder box came in and I caught 10 so far, and there is at least one more hiding that I haven’t been able to catch yet. I initially counted at least 10 yesterday so I don’t think they’ve eaten many, if any at all.

I fed them some crushed up bug bites and they were able to eat some.

Watching the adults circle the breeder box reminds me of scuba divers in a shark cage lol

 

[TMX]

So, these are the numbers I got last night, and the night before, today I am getting a liquid test and trying to find my way forward, pretty sure that means doing very little actually..LOL
Aug 31
• PH: 7
• Amm: 0
• NO2 : 10
• NO3 80

Sept 1
• PH: 7
• Amm: 3 – (dosed tank)
• NO2 : 10
• NO3 80

Currently in the 5.5 gallon tank is a Java Jern, 2 Anubias, a crypt Lucens, and a Echinodorus Ozelot Green, NO LIVESTOCK

Not sure what to do with them at this point. All values are from test strips, my API ammonia test strips went bad, I think a drop of water got in the tube. I know that fertilizer throws of one of the readings (Nitrate I think) and the plants should be working on the Nitrates.

This has only been up and running since the 20th of Aug

thanks

Below are all of the readings, except for 1 sept listed above.

 

[SteelersChris]

First off, I love that you’re a spreadsheet nerd… we need to stick together lol

Have you done any water changes? What are you using as your bacteria that your dosing? What substrate are you using, and is there a lot of drift wood in proportion to the size tank you have?

I’m a fan of test strips and trust them once I’ve tested that brand against a liquid test kid and receive the same numbers. Your PH dropping while GH/KH rises sounds like you have aquasoil and a lot of driftwood. If not it would be odd from my experience and I would question the accuracy of that brand of strips until I’ve compared them to the liquid test kit.

Nitrites are high if you’ve done water changes during the process but if it’s a fishless cycle and you haven’t bothered with them for that reason, that makes sense and you’re half way through the cycle as the bacteria that converts ammonia has established and the types that convert nitrites haven’t yet caught up.

As for the nitrates, they will go up with most fertilizers that are introduced, as well as phosphate if you be fine to test for that at any point. Seems like you’re in your way!


Disclaimer- I’m not an expert in this area by any means but this has been my experience while cycling many tanks over the years, 5 of which in the past 5 months.

 

[TMX]

Fish less cycle, no substrate it is a QT
I have plants potted in terracotta pots, and used Top Fine bacteria. Double dosed first two days, then regular dosing for a total of 5 days. Used pure ammonia, dosing back to 3ppm when it reached zero

Last nights numbers
Amm 0.5
Ph 7.5
No2 5/10
No3 160/200

Did not add ammonia, but added an algae wafer, and will get a 50% water change in a day or so as time allows

As for the Gh, Kh, Ph
I did not test for them last night

I have no drift wood, just Black Diamond Blasting Sand with root tabs in tiny terracotta pots for the stem plants

Hard to get a true understanding for me, when I know I am adding root tabs and liquid fertilizer, and that there is some scrubbing done by the plant life, even if they are only a few days in the tank

But long story longer
Water change is coming

 

[BPSabelhaus]

One of last year's spawn when I separated out all the males except my shubunkin. I see daddies influence Hoping the silver black becomes blue like dad, but that's the future hope

 

[TMX]

Water Change:

Ok, about a 80-90% water change
gH-60ppm
kH-80ppm
Ph-7
Nitrite (NO2) 3
Nitrate (NO3) 20
Amm - 0

Again, there is fertilizer at play here, but I will do another water change Friday if you think it is needed

 

[newjungletank]

This past weekend, my son and I scooped mosquito larvae out of one of my wife's potted plants that is holding way too much water on the deck. There were some other tiny bugs with them, not sure what. All the fish enjoyed them. I got two cups like this.

 

[Blk69]

After most of my plants died, I have replaced the substrate with 1.5" of diet and 2.5" of sand. Picked up a 5 gal bucket full of Val, hopefully this time will be more successful. Water is white due to hardness of my well water.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Guess 18 hrs of light is too much, trimmed the aquarium plants lol
Trimmed a lot of the big one. Also pulled out the pond grass from around and under the filter and gave the filter a cleaning. New setup maintenance is a breeze and the garden got a lot of good muck.

Started training this one a bit with heavy pruning as well. Well restarted training lol It's had a couple years from the initial trunk training, now it's getting shaped.

 

[newjungletank]

After most of my plants died, I have replaced the substrate with 1.5" of diet and 2.5" of sand. Picked up a 5 gal bucket full of Val, hopefully this time will be more successful. Water is white due to hardness of my well water.

I'll bet your pH is sky high. I have county water with pH above 8.0. I'll bet yours is up there and a lot of plants don't like that. I think Val likes more acidic water. Crypts and anubius seem fine in hard, high pH water.

 

[TClare]

I think Val likes more acidic water.

I have val in very soft water and it does extremely (too?) well. But I have heard of others saying it does best in hard water. I did then read once (can't remember where) that there are different varieties and some do better in soft while others prefer hard water, depending on where they originate from. I can't be certain that this is true, but it does seem to make sense.

 

[Fishfur]

Trying to find out how in the world I'm going to remove the string algae from my moss lol

There is a way but it takes a little time.

You will need at least half a dozen ramshorn snails.

Place infested moss (or whatever it’s growing on like wood or rock & the snails in a relatively shallow bin or container that holds a few gallons of water. I used to use a dishpan.

Put it in a location where the temperature & light are good. If the moss is in clumps, ideally you would spread them out as best you can without doing a lot of damage.

Run a little sponge filter in the container if that’s possible - if not, an airstone if you can. If neither, no worries, just change half the water every couple of days.

If you have a filter, once weekly changes should suffice.

Do not feed the snails anything. They should clean up the moss like new & relatively quickly if the algae is their only food.

 

[Blk69]

I'll bet your pH is sky high. I have county water with pH above 8.0. I'll bet yours is up there and a lot of plants don't like that. I think Val likes more acidic water. Crypts and anubius seem fine in hard, high pH water.

Yes my PH is 8.4. Are my Vals not going to make it?

I have val in very soft water and it does extremely (too?) well. But I have heard of others saying it does best in hard water. I did then read once (can't remember where) that there are different varieties and some do better in soft while others prefer hard water, depending on where they originate from. I can't be certain that this is true, but it does seem to make sense.

The tank water is well water, hard. Have no idea what varitiy of Vals I have, just that I have a lot of them. They are looking good day 2, will be disappointed if they don't make it.

 

[newjungletank]

Yes my PH is 8.4. Are my Vals not going to make it?


The tank water is well water, hard. Have no idea what varitiy of Vals I have, just that I have a lot of them. They are looking good day 2, will be disappointed if they don't make it.

I was way off, just found this...

Jungle vals are incredibly hardy, and can adapt to most water conditions. With that being said, they are one of the few plants that prefer hard, alkaline water and may experience slower growth in soft, acidic water. They are also one of the few plants that can tolerate brackish water, though this will negatively impact their growth rate and propagation.

 

[Blk69]

Thought I would share. Today my Guppies are enjoying swimming a sea of floating Val. Will be planting in other tanks later this week. Guppies do have some open areas in the tank to swimming as normal.

 

[TClare]

I was way off, just found this...

Well mine grow very fast in soft water…anyway yours should be fine!

 

[BPSabelhaus]

After cleaning and removing all the extra grass, I redid the waterfall.