Recent content by barbus

hi, It's been a while, so I came with an update. ever since i put the rasboras in, the situation is much better I can say I solved it , I let the following vid to talk for itselfe:

today something special has happend. I went to the store and I bought 7 more rasboras and 2 more SAE-s, after half an hour all of them were accomodated with the new tank and guess what...all my barbs came out suddenly , became more active and started to play among them and chase as they used to...

I do not have jungle of stemplants, but still there are some ...i already quit the dutch style. there are many hiding places made mostly of roots , I'm gonna post a vid later I heard that , if there are other fish in the tank that are more active and they do not show fear when there is a...

zozo : yes , i do believe it is the light in your case too, if you say that the surface plants help them . I do have several types of floating plants, including aristata, duckweed, limnobium and so on, but not so dense to cover the whole surface, it is rather open for the stems below, maybe...

Hi, I am experiencing the following problem with my green tiger barbs. Since I keep them for quite a long time I am very aware how to keep them: they are 16 in 300 L in good conditions, lots of plants and hiding places with large open areas for swimming. Big external filter provides biological...

hi, thanks for the reply. I suspected a desease because my anubias plant was rotting inside the rizome. I cut the rizome in section with a sharp blade , the inside was clealy affected by something similar brown... now the question is the same ...that is also a sign of nutrient deficiency or ...

no, this is lowtech tank, no co2 injection , no carbo, but I do use micro fertilizer

try to open the link on your pc, there is no potassium deficiency on that plant, that plant is rotting or it is attacked by some desease , hard to tell

hi, recently I noticed some brownish spots on my ceratopteris leaves, is that plant decaying or some kind of funge is that? http://s149.photobucket.com/user/dosazsolt/media/anubias%20garden/DSC_2261_zpspv6tikap.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1...

Do you think that my tank is overpopulated? I have around 36 in 300 L ...

Hi, Does anybody here know if puntius denisonii goes along with tiger barbs and barbus odessa? what are the general opinions of this fish in comunity tank?

allright, this is the tank I was talking about : all the corimbosas are replanted in the back, but still can be seen some affected leaves. also my leucephala grows very little or not at all.

hi there, Is it ok to make a gh booster with calcium nitrate instead of the calcium sulphate? I know the other ingredients, I was wondering what effect wil it have if I change that element ? is there anyone here , who can give a good explanation :) ? I have read in several places that the best...

@sciencefiction : My substrate is a 3 years old ada amazonia covered with Aqua medic volcanit . I have no idea how dirty my substrate is, but when I pull out a plant or any piece of wood or little substrate I cannot really tell it stinks that bad, it has some smell yes but accordint to that...

ok, let's say it is fish damage , what to do about it? I was wondering if there is some kind of food with high plant vegetable content.