Tropheus Moorii Ilangi

[76dragon]

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How much do you change. 50% or 75 with chemicals. Is it filtered or straight from the tap?


PN

[eklikewhoa]

Re: Tropheus Moorii Ilangi......

I do 2x 70% weekly filtered tap.

This last week was 2x70% and an additional wc that was close to 100% since I removed everything and had to do a good cleaning. Also hosed off two of the canisters that were on there.

My tap is pretty good though....
7.8-8.0 pH
No traces of nitrogen
Tds of 150-180
GH of 7-10
KH of 10-14
Phosphates are up there but not bad.

I slow filter through a giant carbon bottle and use Amquel+plus/NovaAqua+plus.

[eklikewhoa]

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Just snapped off some shots of my babies with the new Canon 30d! First time playing with this thing so please forgive me...




















The lone goby

[h0nkzz]

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dang ! Keep them !!! dont sell !!

[eklikewhoa]

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I am gonna try....if they sell they sell.

I have been really firm on the price for these guys but in the back of mind I know I will need to sell them eventually.

[h0nkzz]

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keep then in town if you ever sell them. man I regret sending those moops to SA.
why would u want to sell if you dont mind me asking ?

[imagirlgeek]

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First time playing with this thing so please forgive me...

Pffft...what-ever.  Those are GREAT shots Ek!  Take some more!!!

[eklikewhoa]

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I am tired of fiddling with the camera.......it took me the best of an hour to figure out why it would not snap a picture when I pressed the button to tell it to.....

Then there was the sorting through about 700 pictures to get what you see above.......my eyes hurt, I have missed work for two days now, allergies got the best of me somehow/somewhere and my eyes are busted looking   The fiance stayed home and took me to the eye doctor.

Looks like kharma is a bizznatch, I have a hole in the back of my eye.....possibly from exposure to fowl.....funny the optometrist(fiance close friend) mentioned that cause I raised and fought game all up through high school.

[txfatcat]

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You mentioned Nerite snails. Do these realy work? I see some  of the pictures of your tank very clean but how do they compare to a bristlenose pleco?  Also since they are snails, do the reproduce and just take over the tank filters and everything. I had some a while back and it seemed like there were 100s in just a week.  Not sure if these were nerite or not that I had. Jsut know that they overtook everything.

[Delock]

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the snails are actually saltwater snails converted to fresh..they will lay eggs but will not reproduce in freshwater..

[txfatcat]

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So where or how do I get some of these?

[eklikewhoa]

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I bring them randomly to the meetings for the raffle but honestly right now there doesn't seem to be a good lead on any.

They work for me but in the Ilangi tank I have pulled just about all of them and that tank has very good lighting to promote the algae growth so they have a hard time keeping up. They work wonders though!

[eklikewhoa]

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So the love of my life has told me she was glad to hear that I decided on keeping my Ilangi's.....

She even went as far as to remind me the trouble I went through for these guys and how much hell I have put her through because of them so she fells that I have made a good choice.....wonder how she's gonna feel about me doubling the colony size  

[h0nkzz]

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that's good news man !!!

[eklikewhoa]

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Yeah it is........I really love my Ilangis and they are the first love of my life