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Thinking about getting an otto temporarily to help with hair algae. It's not likely to have issues with betta or shrimp, right? I have an aquarium store I like that will basically give me a rental.
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So is more C02 going to help algae? I've been passing on CO2 for the last month or two because my algae problem is a bit severe, but Now I think that was a dumb mistake. 
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Jun 23, 2013 09:37
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Holy poo poo I love these Oto cats. They work on algae like little PCP infused Korean salary-men.
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Jun 23, 2013 14:06
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Yeah, an overgrown comet in our little decorative pond made a goldfish shaped bruise on my arm by kamikaze-ing me while I was culling some plants. Felt like I got punched.
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Jun 26, 2013 02:34
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My Otos are developing little potbellies and it's adorable.
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Jun 26, 2013 14:01
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Look at their little potbellies. LOOK AT THEM! It's an 8 gallon with a betta, about a half dozen shrimp, and the two otos. I'm open to getting more otos if y'all think I should.
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Jun 27, 2013 08:28
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My Betta hits floating pellets like a tarpon taking a fly and it's adorable He think he fierce. 
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Jul 11, 2013 13:16
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I really, really like this layout. You sure you don't want tetras? Most other schooling fish are gonna go after shrimp. Maybe Loreto tetras or something else that's rare and not just a cardinal? Eifert Posting fucked around with this message at 14:13 on Jul 14, 2013 |
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Jul 14, 2013 14:03
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DenialTwist posted:Thanks! I'm not set against tetras as a whole, and those Loretos are pretty neat. I was also looking at celebese, forktail, and gertrude rainbows, but I've never kept small rainbows before any opinions on them? I just want something small, uncommon, and neat to look at really. You could probably get a good deal on tigers if you don't care what colormorph they are. The dark blue ones are the expensive ones but they don't breed true. Odds are there's someone who's gonna be culling the ones that aren't  Special Here's an example of the inferior specimens. 
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Jul 15, 2013 03:24
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Beginners should get as large a tank as they can. If it's less than 15 gallons and your first tank it's a deathtrap.
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Jul 16, 2013 00:45
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Guess who's rocking a Fluval 106? This guy.  I just set it up and christ do I feel like a boss. Eifert Posting fucked around with this message at 06:58 on Aug 18, 2013 |
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Aug 18, 2013 05:50
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It was a 106, they are about 400$ cheaper than yours so no DVD included. My betta doesn't appreciate the extra current but the oto cats keep riding the output flow across the tank.
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Aug 19, 2013 00:37
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SynthOrange posted:My betta will lurk in the back and in the plants to avoid the current when he can. Cant turn it down because the cories and loaches love it. He will charge headlong into the filter outflow when I'm dropping food into it though. Yeah, mine spent the day hanging out in a broad leafed plant(don't recall the name) and looking grouchy. I can't get over how quiet it is, I can't hear poo poo even putting my ear a foot away if there's any other background noise at all.
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Aug 19, 2013 01:42
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Do fish get allergies?
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Aug 20, 2013 06:13
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LingcodKilla posted:Worried about everything! I've only hatched cories before. Actually mommy and daddy were very aggressive and bit me quiet a few times when I removed the leaf and transferred it to the baby pen. Oh gosh did I screw that up? You're going to eat their babies. THEY wanted to eat their babies.
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Aug 21, 2013 04:53
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  Overkill is fun.
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Aug 21, 2013 06:50
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Fish stores in Korea are rage inducing because they have poo poo LEDs and no CO2 setup but for some reason unknown to god or man their plants are always rocking and there's never a scrap of algae. witchcraft. "Mystical Orient" apparently only applies to aquascaping.
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Aug 22, 2013 02:35
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How do y'all gravel vac when you've just planted some rooted plants? I have some hairgrass that is almost uprooted just by current alone.
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Aug 23, 2013 01:46
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LingcodKilla posted:I thought they were like cories! Oh god I'm going to fish hell for thi....... Uh we'll I'm probably going to fish hell for fishing sins already. I worked at a Petsmart. 9th circle for me. (I will say, though, our filter was badass) Eifert Posting fucked around with this message at 05:06 on Aug 23, 2013 |
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Aug 23, 2013 05:03
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SynthOrange posted:The good LFS posted a pic of one of their bigger fish: You can see plecos like this in the streams here. It's really cool.
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Aug 23, 2013 17:09
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dirtycajun posted:Just bought a dozen oto's and four golden rams. Hopefully these are all the fish I am buying for some time. I like your taste. I'm never keeping a tank without Otos again assuming they wouldn't just be snacks.
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Aug 24, 2013 14:49
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What do y'all think about Jury rigging a spraybar on my fluval 106? Good idea/bad idea?
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Aug 28, 2013 08:16
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One of the nice things about living in Korea is you can get really nice pieces of Malay driftwood for ridiculous prices.  8$
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Oct 26, 2013 16:16
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Stop what you're doing. Get a regulated C02 system. My plants look like they're mainlining Cialis and Viagra cocktails.   Only been running for about 5 days and the hair algae disappeared overnight. The algae that remains is just lifting off of wherever it's attached where it used to be lifting it would pull up the plants it had tangled around. I'm actually planning on upgrading to a larger tank. The Frogbit is only there to kill current and help combat the algae. The hairgrass seems to have doubled in 4 days. Can't wait until the last of the algae clears up. 1 Male betta and 4 very fat and sassy otto cats. Eifert Posting fucked around with this message at 13:49 on Oct 28, 2013 |
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Oct 28, 2013 13:26
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Just replaced my ~40 liter with a 90 liter (45x45x45) and holy gently caress was that a chore. Took 6 hours. Will post pictures soon. The Betta is tooling around checking out his new digs. He seems to appreciate the extra volume killing the current of my canister filter.
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Nov 2, 2013 15:26
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Anyone know their stuff with LED lighting? Tempted to upgrade in a month or two. The Korean stores all use LEDs and their tanks all look gorgeous.
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Nov 3, 2013 05:37
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If those are real plants goldfish would enact a holocaust upon them. Is that just gravel for the substrate?
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Nov 3, 2013 11:20
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Ah, good. There are lots of easy tropical species that play nice with plants. I wouldn't put goldfish in with that if you paid me. Try skinning some boiled peas and throwing them to the goldfish if you wanna see what would happen. Would be the most expensive salad you've ever been privy to.
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Nov 3, 2013 11:37
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Here's the new tank.   I have a video with the details. If you think you know what the plants are let me know. The language barrier means I never reeeeeaaaally know what I'm buying. Eifert Posting fucked around with this message at 14:28 on Nov 4, 2013 |
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Nov 4, 2013 13:47
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Mine is a Betta Photobombens. It's a rare subspecies. Little jerk has to be in every shot.
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Nov 6, 2013 01:47
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I bought 4 of these plants because they were selling for about 80 cents each and they look like the rare and expensive plant (Purple Bamboo) that I'm actually looking for. Any idea what it is?
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Nov 7, 2013 11:54
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Malalol posted:some sort of hygro The old Korean lady said something that sounded like Hygrophila compacta,* but it clearly isn't that. * Well actually it sounded like Hy-gu-ro-uh-pi-lya kom-pa-kuh-tuh but she was running a massive place with probably 800 species of plants minimum so who loving knows. Lady clearly knew her poo poo so it's really regrettable that I can't talk to her. They had what is, for Korea, a very lackluster assortment of Malaysian driftwood:  About 8$ a pound. Looks about right. Cool, I like what I'm reading about fast growth and interesting emersed flowers and such. VVV Eifert Posting fucked around with this message at 14:34 on Nov 7, 2013 |
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Nov 7, 2013 12:34
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Gourami can be aggressive.
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Nov 9, 2013 16:56
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Yeah, when I worked at a Petsmart (Yes I know) the manager of the specialty section was this ridiculous, PET Island level animal care nutjob. We had like 8 quarantine tanks in the back that she basically stole from the shelves (Policy was 2). We would get pretty much every fish from the normal providers but we always got gourami from a second provider.
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Nov 10, 2013 04:32
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Xun posted:Is there a good getting started guide somewhere? I'd like to maybe start a 5gal tank with a betta and maaaayybee some shrimp? Would the beta eat the shrimp? I have no idea! Bear in mind a five gallon tank is really, really easy to nuke. Like you make a pretty bad mistake in a 20 gallon and it's no big deal but even the tiniest mistake in a five gallon and the hair algae becomes sentient, garrotes your fish and forms a giant, throbbing middle finger soaring majestically out of your tank. I've heard of Amanos trying to eat tank-mates. Is that a real thing or just a mix up with species?
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Nov 10, 2013 07:45
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SynthOrange posted:I just moved a pregnant female shrimp from the shrimp/snail only tank to the mixed tank with potential predators because her colouring was poor. Hitler would call me a monster when it comes to snails.
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Nov 12, 2013 10:33
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Happiness is prodding your Anubius with a chopstick and seeing half a cup of O2 pop off its leaves. Does someone have a video of a betta jumping the two or three inches out of the water people say they can? Mine barely gets his gill slits out of the water. Eifert Posting fucked around with this message at 12:25 on Nov 13, 2013 |
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Nov 13, 2013 11:42
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How would you guys dose a shrimped tank for potassium?
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Nov 18, 2013 07:07
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No advice for potassium that won't kill shrimp?
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I hear Jaguar Cichlids are tasty. I bought a CO2 tank from a guy in Seoul. He said it was full. 400psi. FFFFFFUCK. THAT. GUY. 
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