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Glad it helped!

That is a copepod :)

Keep an eye on it, and if upgrading isn't an option, in my opinion the right thing to do is find it a suitable home or return to where you bought it from :)

@@BigFishLittleFishAquatics I would return it to the pet store but they won’t take it back… I live in New York City so I can’t even release it anywhere… Any other advise please? I respect ur opinion

Hello, These products require continual dosing over days (will be different for each person) to lock your pH - I belive it says this on the packaging (but don't have to hand to verify... if you already have a set pH in the water your aquarium will naturally balance back to whatever that is if you haven't locked it down. Without a source of Acid in your aquarium too, the pH can sometimes fluctuate.

If your source water is as close to 0ppm as possible then yes you can. You might struggle with tap however as there is typically lots of buffering content within it :)

@@BigFishLittleFishAquatics my tds in tap water is 107! GH 3 AND KH 1. I don't have the resources to use RO water

Hello, I explain in the video :) - You need to keep dosing to fix the pH.

Thank you :)

Glad to hear it!!!

I haven't heard of them breeding/crossing before! I doubt it, being quite distinct different species. I'll see what I can do :) Thanks for your comment

Thank you very much!

Glad it helped! Thanks for watching :)

Yeah it is a shame that 519's don't keep that vibrant yellow all of the time! But they do have a mild cream yellow (easier to see when I shine my light on my male hiding). Ahh yeah, the scape is still relatively fresh and needs time to bed in and spread, but the crystals and pleco's seem to be doing grand! Fingers crossed for lots of shrimplets to show up soon :)

Glad this video helped you :)

I believe you just put your airline tubing onto the input pipe of your pump :)

Hello! Ah nice! I am in Wiltshire :) What are you keeping at the moment?

@BigFishLittleFishAquatics ah, I lived in Wiltshire for a bit and my son's dad and family are in Chippenham. I've started breeding shrimp, and have been setting up breeding tanks for Gold Laser Corys, Orange Venezuelan Corys (new today) and a cold water tub for Hillstreams. And I have a community tank with mostly Tetras. And various snails.

@@PureAndShrimple Nice! you've got quite a collection going on there! I haven't dabbled with cory breeding, but looks like its a lot of fun!

A company in Germany, which I have forgotten the name of, think it was something like 46 wave plates... sorry not much help :)

I'm going to have to disagree with you on this one...50 Gallon would be too small for even a smaller 12 inch Knife, in my opinion. It's about providing quality of life for the fish and there wouldn't be much swimming space. It's a common myth that fish only grow to the size of their tank, which unfortunately leads to many fish being incorrectly kept in small aquariums. Thanks for watching :)

Please don't make comments if you're not learned of such matters. It's not rare for a Black Ghost to reach 15 inches or more in an aquarium...by the time they reach 12 inches (around 18 months if well fed and in good water conditions), a 50 gallon tank is VERY small...you need bigger tank that is at least 24" in width since these are fish with stiff bodies. They cannot turn around easily.

Depends what you think is cool I suppose... however keeping nocturnal fish are best observed using infra red lighting :)

It;s boring to watch them during daytime...so if you're not a nocturnal person like me, don't get this fish since you don't get to see them in action when it's dark.

No they breed like rabbits, ghost fish rabbits that is. They're actually omnisexual so you only need one. Two males or two females will do it as well so it doesn't really matter you'll end up with babies it's faster than you can blink your eyes, believe that as much as 50 gal aquarium is small

They are difficult, next to impossible to sex as they do not show any sexual dimorphism. It can be risky in aquariums (depending on size) too as males are known to fight especially as they mature. I believe farm breeders keep them in large ponds, however minimum tank size for a pair would start at around the 200 gallon mark. Being nocturnal, you can bet that mating takes place at night, where eggs are laid, which if left will be eaten.

You can only tell they are male or female if they are fully matured; or had grown to a relatively larger size. Males usually have "horse-like" features, smaller eyes and a complete stripe at the back (though sometimes they don't). Females tend to have plump bellies, rounder head structure, bigger eyes and are mostly black (though mine have a half-stripe at the spine).

There can be a danger to your existing inhabitants if you change too much and create too much of a shift in parameters that they are used to. My recommendation is to adjust slowly through water changes :) (c. 20% at a time)

I talk about how to reduce KH levels, the approach is very similar to GH :)

Not yet, little ones are growing out - possibly in 6 months time is when I usually am comfortable with their size etc. :)

That's cool with me just let me know i will buy some then

Ah yes, they do take a few weeks to grow... when gravel vac I would use an airline tube to clean the bottoms, I have a video here to see what I do: ua-cam.com/video/eCgcnGNFtfY/v-deo.html

Glad you found the video useful! I do not cut my water, mine is completely remineralised (due to Nitrate levels in my tap). Best way to work it out what works for you would be to mix up a few buckets and see what one gives you the TDS, Hardness and pH that you are looking for :)

Thank you for the simple but very effective way to get the right type of water I need. I've got 8 arowanas and 3 diamond stingrays in a huge tank (4000 liters)

@@user-qm8xw8xq9s Wow! That sounds like a lovely group of fish!

Not sure I am afraid, I personally have not used one :)

Nice! They are great fish! How are they getting along?

Yes, settings are remembered :)

Once a week would be fine :)

@@BigFishLittleFishAquatics Cheers, I did treat a case of constipation with them for a few days as what websites told me, now less often needed!

Sounds like you need a seal, best to speak to a local supplier and get them to find you a spare part I would say :)

@@BigFishLittleFishAquaticsThanks for that, cant seem to find an exploded diagram of the unit to confirm if it has a seal on the UV cover, parts suppliers don't seem to list one as a spare, If it does need a seal it looks like i'll have to make my own!. I was hoping you might remember seeing one but thanks anyway!.

Yes, I have - I believe it keeps everything in position, where it needs to be :)

Thank you

Hello! I'm in Wiltshire! I sell fish as regular as I can breed them :) At the moment only have what's in the video available (Celestial Danio, Red Cherry Shrimp, Vampire Crabs & L519 Pleco), so if any tickle your fancy feel free to drop a line ben@bigfishlittlefishaquatics.co.uk - if not stay tuned as my other Pleco's will hopefully kick off later this year :)

This is footage from my local fish shop, helps ensure that regardless the type of fish, they pop in the environment. Gravel is much more sensible when you need to perform regular water changes as sand inherently will just get sucked up.

Thanks

Same go's for harder to breed corydora..

I'll give it a go, thank you :)

Might be their faeces, but the young are not usually brown :) Hopefully all is ok :)

Thank you :)

No, shouldn't have any effect... out of habit I always add alkaline first :)

@@BigFishLittleFishAquatics brilliant... Thanks for the reply