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    Quote Originally Posted by fljones3 View Post
    Very, very, exciting Norm.
    I had the same question with mine concerning sponge on the filter intake or go with a sponge filter. I used multiple sponge filters in my 75g.
    Hoping attachment goes well in about 3-4 days.
    Okay, thanks! Mine are in a 20 gallon so I will get a sponge filter sized for it tomorrow. The outside filter was filtering at 300 gallons per hour. I am fearful the fry would get sucked up the intake tube.

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    Good. Mine was black and did not have a problem. You might want to go gray though.

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    Okay, thanks! Mine are in a 20 gallon so I will get a sponge filter sized for it tomorrow. The outside filter was filtering at 300 gallons per hour. I am fearful the fry would get sucked up the intake tube.

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    Quote Originally Posted by peewee1 View Post
    Okay, thanks! Mine are in a 20 gallon so I will get a sponge filter sized for it tomorrow. The outside filter was filtering at 300 gallons per hour. I am fearful the fry would get sucked up the intake tube.
    You could put a weir on the overflow Norm. I did that on a 10 gallon containing fry in my growout thread for the last growout challenge.
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    I use a box filter in the breeding tank.

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    Quote Originally Posted by peewee1 View Post
    Okay, thanks! Mine are in a 20 gallon so I will get a sponge filter sized for it tomorrow. The outside filter was filtering at 300 gallons per hour. I am fearful the fry would get sucked up the intake tube.
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    Quote Originally Posted by seanyuki View Post
    I use a box filter in the breeding tank.

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    When I had 3 or 4 breeding 20 gallon I used the box filter filed with something made of spun wool and then a load of peat moss. I had thought about the box filter as well. I will see what the lfs has. Thanks for the reminder.

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    Quote Originally Posted by peewee1 View Post
    When I had 3 or 4 breeding 20 gallon I used the box filter filed with something made of spun wool and then a load of peat moss. I had thought about the box filter as well. I will see what the lfs has. Thanks for the reminder.
    I use the box filter too, with an Aqua Clear sponge and some other media. Fairly Lake Discus
    has using the box since 1965.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CliffsDiscus View Post
    I use the box filter too, with an Aqua Clear sponge and some other media. Fairly Lake Discus
    has using the box since 1965.

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    My first 12 discus came from Fairy Lake so perhaps so did my first filters. It would seem so if that was what Henry was using at the time I would have mimicked it.

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    Posting this one for peewee1.

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    Posting another one for peewee1.

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    Posting a third one for peewee1.

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    Thank you, Willie! The first photo is the Ica Red from Kenny's June shipment. The second photo is the actual Ica Red female botom of photo that I got from Kenny 3 weeks ago. The third photos is the Red Alenquer male, the one near left of the filter, that from Kenny 1 year ago. The male has a blue striation forming an "F", you can see it on his forehead.

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    Up date. At ninety hours (or 5 hours short of 4 days) i did I WC 40%. There are around 40 wigglers. The male pays attention to them but chases the female away when she gets to near. I added a sponge filter today. I got my first ever TDS meter today. Now I know that the water temp is 81 degrees and the TDS is 285.The ph is 7.6 and the KH is 100. My tap water is 132 TDS and the community tank next the the breeding tank, although I had not yet do a water change today, is 138 TDS. The male has moved the wiggles around on the flower pot so that they are not next to each other any longer.

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    Good luck! They should be free swimming by now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Willie View Post
    Good luck! They should be free swimming by now.
    It's been 115 hours, Willie. The male is still keeping the female away. There looks to be about 30 wigglers some seem to be hanging on to the flower pot by a thread so I suspect a few may cut loose pretty soon.

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    Are you using any night light for the breeding tank?
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