My ankles hurt after watching Chris Sale. The slider was putting in work last night.
Thanks, Pat. The pump makes cleanup a lot easier, as the waste ends up in a small pile near the back. As an added bonus, they seem more outgoing now.
Hi Adam, what were the reasons for adding a pump to the top of the sponge? Fry and tank look great
Pat
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My ankles hurt after watching Chris Sale. The slider was putting in work last night.
Thanks, Pat. The pump makes cleanup a lot easier, as the waste ends up in a small pile near the back. As an added bonus, they seem more outgoing now.
My pictures are getting worse by the week, but at least the fish are doing okay.
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I added some shrimp to help clean up the food particles between water changes. The video was taken right after they were added, so the discus were pretty excited.
What kind of shrimp? Did they live through the event?
Cherry shrimp. They learned how to get along after a couple hours lol.
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They are easy if you don't overfeed, and do well in a small 5-10 gallon tank. When I had them they were in a 20 gallon with otttos as they are too big to fit in the Ottos mouth, I have also seen them kept with endlers live bearers.
Cherry shrimp are great at cleaning up algae, uneaten food, and detritus from plant decay.
Usually if you buy them they will be between 1/2 and 1 inch, but they grow fast.
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I have quite a few, pm if you want to try some. Big discus will devour them though. Keep alone or with plecos if you want numbers. Contrary to some claims, they love water changes and tap water!
Update time: fish are still doing well, but I feel like they're lagging behind the competition a fair bit. I started feeding more heavily and changing water twice a day, so hopefully they can make up some ground.
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They look clean, happy and healthy. The eye/body ratio still looks on the money for the ones shown in the pic. You have some good looking fry there for sure Adam. Keep at it mate!
Weekly update: no major events. Lots of aggression during feeding, so I've been making an effort to really spread the food around the tank. Of course, whatever bites the other fish are getting are better than the bites they already have.
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They look good Adam
Pat
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Had to skip last week's update, so here's this week's:
The guy in the back is my stud for the contest. He (presumably) is putting his siblings to shame unfortunately, and I'm not thrilled with his growth either. Doing the contest over again, I would definitely make some big changes to their care during the first several weeks. Think I started treating them like 'juveniles' instead of 'babies' far too quickly.
P.S. Thanks, Daniel, Pat, and Sanjay .
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