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  1. AHP

    AHP Astrea Snail

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    Thank you!
    I can truly say I do miss this.
     
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  3. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    It really is a rewarding hobby.
     
  4. AHP

    AHP Astrea Snail

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    Here are a couple pictures of my current stock.

    2 -Siamese algae eater
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    2 -rainbow guppy (I think)
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    2- Red Platy & 2 - Yellow Molly (Will the molly tail turn all yellow when they become adults?)
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    2 - Red Cherry Shrimp
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    1 - Angle fish (my son calls him/her "Pancake")
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    5 - Neon Tetras
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    1 - Red tailed Shark
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    Got a 2 new plant today. one is a crypt parva and the other I am not sure what it is.
    Crypt Parva w/ RCS
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    Not sure what this is
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  5. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    everything looks healthy! I've never seen a yellow molly before. Are you going to breed the mollies and get a female guppy? I always loved that part of the hobby when I was younger - raising the babies :)
     
  6. AHP

    AHP Astrea Snail

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    I might, I never thought about breeding. I didn't know if I was ready to handle that.
    I am thinking about getting rid of the red tailed shark, he is a little...
     
  7. AHP

    AHP Astrea Snail

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    ***Update***

    I will be getting rid of the red tailed shark. I am giving him away this weekend.
    Also I think the Siamese algae eaters are not doing very well with my small algae problem, so I am going to add to Oto's and see how they do.
    I am just getting a small amount of green algae on my DW and rocks, nothing big but I did turn down the lights just in case.
     
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  9. AHP

    AHP Astrea Snail

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    So here is an update.
    Everything is so so... I gave away the red tail shark and had to re-scape the tank because of it.
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    Then I ended up losing one of the red cherry shrimp and a Siamese algae eater (I just can not find the body of the siamese). I think they died because of string up the sand and getting an ammonia spike.

    So here is an issue I need help with.
    ID this algea? I think this is Green Spot Algae but I am not sure because I am not using CO2 and the lights are on 50%.
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    So here are the plants.
    Baby tears (I don't think they are doing very well)
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    Amazons (Doing ok, still getting new growth but leaves are starting to turn brown) - I am guessing they need potassium but not sure
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    Ludwigia ovalis (I think)
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    anubias barteri (I am guessing again. I had to move this to shade because the leave were getting what I think is black algae, not sure.)
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    a different Anubias, is this algae or bad nutrients?
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    I am not sure what this is but would love for someone to ID this. Seems to be growing great.
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    Water Wisteria
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    Crypt Parva
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    Fish are doing great, I ended up picking up 4 Otos two weeks ago and they are doing fine.
    As I was looking around I noticed that I think my Gold Dust Lyretail Molly is prego but not sure...
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    So yea that's it. Any help on the plants, algae and molly is very welcomed.
     
  10. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    Plants look great! I'm sorry I can't help on the algae and plants :(
     
  11. AHP

    AHP Astrea Snail

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    No worries, thanks anyways.
    From asking a local FW friend he thinks the Gold Dust Lyretail Molly is prego.