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Echinodorus tank (the end)

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Great shots Ian, that apisto is a beaut, ive seen various types but was cautious about shrimp compatibility, if yours continue to leave the amanos alone i may well get some myself!
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Cheers mate, yeah, so far so good with the amanos, a loverly looking fish.


Where do you get your Amano's from and how much is the going price for them can I ask ?
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thanks Chris, the amanos are currently 5 for a tenner.
 
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Those marbles look great with a hint of green near the head. Never really been a fan of hatchets but they look lovely examples. Starts me thinking.....

Andy
 
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cheers andy, yes they show all different colours, they show a good amount of purple as well. Under different lights you get a mother of pearl effect.
 
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Do you know what other fish you will keep in there Ian ? Sadly I have just watched my male Cacatuoides systematically attack a cardinal to the point of death. I think it must have been poorly anyway as its not going near any of the others, but I am wondering if they are too small and delicate to have in with the Apistos
 
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hey antipofish, did you quarantine the apistos' and can you see any ailments with the cardies?
 
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darren636 said:
hey antipofish, did you quarantine the apistos' and can you see any ailments with the cardies?
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didnt quarantine, have no facility for that. but they were healthy and i have been watching the tank they were in. no ailments seen with the cardinals. i think this one was a bit dodgy before the apistos went in to be honest, and being cichlids they picked up on that. the remaining cardinals are going to a mates tank now anyway as I am not convinced with the colouring of them in my tank.
 
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thanks Gary...well it's been planted a week now and i'm getting new leaves on most of the swords, the Red Devil leaves are really eye catching, hopefully all the leaves will stay this colour???

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Echinodorus Red devil by Ian Holdich, on Flickr

and as i have witness before on full moons in my tanks, the Amano full moon meeting (very strange behaviour)

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full moon meeting by Ian Holdich, on Flickr

my new fave fish,

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Apisto by Ian Holdich, on Flickr

and a full tank shot
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FTS by Ian Holdich, on Flickr

so far so good, added more Purigen today, also took out an old mature sponge and added some Seachem Matrix after reading an article George put on FB

http://theaquaticgazette.com/2012/03/08/seachem-matrix/
 
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that is an interesting article,i was intending on buying substrat pro but now i will give the matrix a spin.
 
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that is an interesting article,i was intending on buying substrat pro but now i will give the matrix a spin.
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Yeah it is interesting, Matrix is also a lot cheaper than Substrat pro, seems better than an old sponge anyways lol.

here's the research they got the article from albeit Seachem payed for the research, it all seems legit.

http://www.seachem.com/support/SpecificSurface.pdf

Looking good so far Ian. I'm keeping my eye on this still.

I also took out my substrate pro in my 2080 and used matrix in the top tray. Awesome stuff.
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thank you Al...as i say it must be better than an old sponge!
 
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Great tank Ian, I will be watching it grow!

Good job,

J.
 
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Really loving how this is starting to develop. Its going to be a stunner. Wow those amanos are weird buggers. How do they fair with your Apistos Ian ? My cherrys are constantly hiding in fear 🙁
 
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Thanks Chris...

The amanos are fine so far, they really aren't bothered by them. I have removed all the cherries i could into my nano though as they started munching straight away.
 
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here's a quick vid of the tank, the Hc seems to be taking this time around, i'm getting new leaves on all echinodorus. The old leaves are starting to go though, so i need to keep on top of things at the min. Still doing daily water changes.
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Lovely video Ian. At 0:51 did your female Apisto pick off a cherry shrimp ? The tank is looking clean and crisp. Spot on :thumbup:
 
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Ian I have a question mate. How well rooted is that HC already ? What do you do when cleaning that during a water change to avoid it getting sucked into oblivion ? Sorry, I may have asked you this before but want to revisit the topic as I do not feel I am keeping my tank as clean as I should be.
 
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