Recent content by Mincher183

As it happens I’m thinking of pivoting and adding another school, maybe chilli raspboras and just a centrepiece honey gourami. The 16 kubotai and 6 Pygmy corys are in without any issues.

Yeah for the avoidance of doubt. By Bolivian Rams, I’m talking about the Clown Ruby Cichlid (Mikrogeophagus altispinosus)

Yeah the plan is to wait for the Otos. I reckon water parameter wise I’m roughly a week away. At which point the kubotai will go in. Bit of monitoring before the Pygmy corys, then a further couple of weeks to make sure it’s stable before the Rams. Then as you say, see how they go on for a while...

Anyone any ideas regarding this filter and what it would roughly translate to?

Thanks @Gertrudae I calculated that the theoretical maximum stocking I could sustain would be something akin to the following. Species Quantity Adult Size Tank Zone Bioload Kubotai Raspboras (Green Neon Raspora) 14 ~2cm Mid/Upper Very Low - Constant Micro Feeder Pygmy Corydoras 8...

Yeah it's certainly higher than where we lived previously (<2.0), also harder water than it was previous. The general advice from people with experience of it (10-40 is average in the UK), (the legal drinking limit is 50ppm in the UK), has been don't chase it down. If 20 is the baseline and the...

Hey Gary, From the tap, nothing interesting really, roughly 20 nitrate, which is in keeping with the local reporting of our tap water quality. Ph is somewhere between 7 and 8 I think, but again the testing included in the JBL kit isnt ideal, so i'll pick up a more accurate one for above 7 and...

Hey All, Been away from the hobby for a few years after moving house and, as tends to happen, life just swallowed the time and space for a proper setup. I used to run a fairly sizeable Malawi tank, which was loud, aggressive, and brilliant in its own way. Recently took my 20-month-old to a...

Just got to be careful with Mbuna and their long digestive tracts. Too much protein and I’ll end up with a bloat issue. All a beautifully intricate balancing act really. Like I said I’ve kept Mbuna for around 10 years without issue but was just one of those late night thought processes. cheers...

Sorry buddy. Would’ve helped wouldn’t it at the moment there’s 5 Yellow Labs, 3 Acei and 2 synodontis petricola. Nothing dramatic, they’re grazing at the rocks all day regardless of me feeding them.

This is likely a really stupid question, but in the small hours I was thinking about the years I’ve kept Malawi’s successfully (Circa 10 years) I’ve had some minor issues with this batch I’ve started with recently, seemingly an internal parasite issue. I’ve been feeding Thera+ for the past week...