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[AHP]

Last night right before I was about to trim, I notice my angle fish laying eggs on the sword. Glad to know the tank is doing well enough for fish to lay eggs again.

[troy tucker]

Look very nice.

[AHP]

Update 2/25/14
Ick is gone and so are all but one of my neon's, lost 8 total. Everyone else is doing great.

Here is a pic of the tank as of tonight.

[marvinjordan]

A 77g tank is great post some pics of tank id it is delivered...

[AHP]

Plants are doing OK... Vals have melted and are slowly hanging around, I am hoping that the root tabs will help them put through.

The other stems that you gave me... Rotela? Are freaking awsome, they are doing so great and not falling apart.
Come over and take a look sometime!

I am still treatig ick (just in case) and should be done with a 6 week process this weekend. I hope it worked, quick cure is not as strong as API strong ick cure.

[Roshan8768]

Yes, the bugs look like water fleas that are very small and just jump from pod to pod. I haven't seen my fish go after them very much or they are and I am not noticing it.

Cool, I recently found a bunch of bugs that had somehow gotten into my flake food. Free extra protein for the fish haha! How are your plants doing?

[AHP]

As in bugs that sit on the leaf above the water?? Non aquatic? No idea... wonder what they eat. I'm sure they make a good snack for your fish when they fall in!

Yes, the bugs look like water fleas that are very small and just jump from pod to pod. I haven't seen my fish go after them very much or they are and I am not noticing it.

[Roshan8768]

As in bugs that sit on the leaf above the water?? Non aquatic? No idea... wonder what they eat. I'm sure they make a good snack for your fish when they fall in!

[topout24]

I have the same guys on my frogbit. I don't know what they are.

[AHP]

Great here is another one!
So today I was looking at my frogbit, which is growing great! The only problem is I noticed something on the leaf at first i thought it was Aphids but when I moved my hand near the insect it jumped like a flea would. It just jumped from one plant to another...

What gives! So now I am stuck, I have tried to do some research on and I am not finding much.

[troy tucker]

Sorry, Got home from work at 3:am and couldn't sleep.

[AHP]

Gee Troy 4:30AM! Thanks for the help, I really love the rams but I am not sure I am ready to start breeding them.

[troy tucker]

If you want your rams to breed and raise the fry. They need a tank of their very own. If there are other fish you will never get fry.

[AHP]

Takes 40 to 48 hours for Mikrogeophagus ramirezi to hatch.
I don't remember your fish list but not many fish can raise fry in a community tank.

Ok. I might have to move the GBR's to a different tank. I was thinking of starting up a small grow out tank with the GBR's, Otos and whatever else.

[troy tucker]

Takes 40 to 48 hours for Mikrogeophagus ramirezi to hatch.
I don't remember your fish list but not many fish can raise fry in a community tank.