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Good to know!! I've never kept puffers.

Work sucks!

They sound beautiful! I'll have to check them out!!

So will we be notified if the plants ship so we know to expect them ?

@@brantonlightcap6599 yep, I will send an email to the address you used to fill out the form. Most of them won't ship til fall, but we are still looking at breaks in weather here and there.

But your caught the replay!

They were sold to me as "black neon" platies years ago, and I feel like I've seen them labeled as painted platies. I don't have them anymore, but they do seem to resemble the black variatus platy.

Yay! glad it worked out!

@@isbiome yeah, pretty much, not that I really put a lot of effort into making sure there was a perfect seal against any potential toxins. But the background is still holding up in a plant grow out tank with fish actively breeding for the past 2 and a half years. I suppose the extra poly layer also serves as a bit of extra adhesive for the grains of sand that may be barely hanging on to the foam.

I have noticed something happening lately with my first puffer. She's coming out a LOT more during feeding, and I'm catching her swimming around freely more often. I think the other two are making her feel more comfortable. Today I saw all three come out multiple times when they saw me pass by the tank. And you hit the nail on the head. I got two more because the first one was shy, and I was honestly a little disappointed. And since getting the other two, my enjoyment of that tank has increased tenfold! I'm gonna try to film another short soon.

Amazon puffers are said to be community puffers and prefer to be in groups. I see spotted congos like mine do really well. But if you have fish that will be aggressive or not care about the puffer's territory, the puffer will gladly rip that fish's face off.

@@StephenP2003 😳

Eh, the sound was kind of crappy! Gonna have to remedy that before I do another one

Thank you!!

Sometimes it's better to answer questions 1 v 1, so I'm happy to help if you have any specific questions!

Oh, I remember this episode lol... There was a LOT of over talking.. Sorry!

Knowing your KH would be helpful, because there's a threshold where everything is going to be an uphill battle -- like 15+KH is going to be a different experience from 10KH, and I'd say both values can be seen in very hard water. But in general, some of the more adaptable stem plants include Hygrophila corymbosa and augustifolia, Bacopa caroliniana, Anacharis, limnophila aquatica, ludwigia repens or ovalis, plain old rotala rotundifolia, pogostemon stellatus octopus... all of them have some degree of varying light requirements. I will say that "low light" and stem plants are usually not a good combo. They're very prone to getting leggy (losing lower and mid leaves) so they can't be planted very densely in low light tanks. Hopefully some of these will work for you. Worst-case, valisneria and crypts are great!

Just did a KH check and it was 7? Seems wrong to me, but if true I should be able to grow "some" plants? I currently dose with 50% thrive. Java fern is turning black. Stem work exactly as you stated.

KH of 7 isn't terrible. That's pretty close to what I'm working with at home. Unfortunately, light is going to be your limiting factor with stem plants regardless of KH. If you're doing regular water changes, don't be afraid to up the dose of thrive to a full dose, maybe 1-2 times a week. Root feeders and root tabs are your friends, especially if you're noticing algae problems at higher fert doses. Java fern is one of those plants touted as easy in low-tech because it survives, but it seldom looks good without the perfect conditions for maximum nutrient absorption. It's a pretty thick plant, lots of structure like anubias, and they grow slow and require a lot of nutrients, especially potassium. The problem is, in a low-light low CO2 environment, the bioavailability of nutrients and plants' ability to photosynthesize is limited. Java fern tends to respond to sub-optimal conditions by using the energy from its existing leaves to make little babies to send downstream in hopes for a better life. But also, if it's turning black, is it really bumpy texture, like clusters of black dots on it? If so, it could have that dreaded java fern disease.

Thanks, Debbie!!