burr740 said:Haha, yeah that's a pregnant Amano. They actually breed like crazy, but no the offspring dont survive.
Have about 15 total and there's usually at least one carrying babies. Also find a lot of exoskeletons from molting. So apparently they are happy.
burr740 said:Haha, yeah that's a pregnant Amano. They actually breed like crazy, but no the offspring dont survive.
Have about 15 total and there's usually at least one carrying babies. Also find a lot of exoskeletons from molting. So apparently they are happy.
DutchMuch said:Do you do anything in particular special for them (like feeding, if so what kind of food) because I have amanos and people say they breed like crazy, obviously offspring don't survive, but mine have never breed. I have both sexes to, to me I think its just the small space they are in maybe its just not spacious enough for them (five gallon long) to feel the need or, be ready to breed so to speak. my cherrys though on the other hand, are like your amanos in your tank to compare. They breed like crazy, and molt regularly.
PEdwards said:Fablau,
CuSO4 is the anhydrous form and CuSO4*5H2O is the pentahydrate form. Anhydrous salts are almost always more pure than the hydrated versions due to the water and impurities that sometimes hitchhike along with the water.
Also, when sourcing materials, look for USP, reagent, or A.C.S grade anhydrous as they're the most pure and will be relatively cheap considering the small amount you'll actually need to buy. Keep in mind I said "relatively". Anhydrous CuSO4 is actually rather expensive now that I look it up, but it's also the most pure. USP grade CuSO4*5H2O powder is $91 for 125 grams from Spectrum Chemicals. The fine crystal form is $78 from the same company. Keep in mind that CuSO4 is toxic so be careful when handling it.
Burr,
If the babies survive in your tank I'm going to give all this up and toss the tank off the balcony.
fablau said:https://www.amazon.com/Copper-Sulfat...keywords=CuSO4
It is CuSO4 A.C.S grade. We'll see what I'll do with this stuff...
Christophe said:In the image associated with your link, the bottle says 'pentahydrate', so it will be CuSO4*5H2O. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_of_crystallization for an intro to hydrated salts. Hydration state is a separate issue from chemical purity. Purity is indicated by 'ACS grade' or 'USP grade', which indicates how much impurity is acceptable in it in order to obtain that label.
Hydration state only makes a difference in the mass required to get a specific amount of the elements themselves. Weigh out 160 g of anhydrous CuSO4. Leave it sitting out exposed to room air for several weeks. Weigh it again -- It will likely be about 250 g, having picked up water from the atmosphere to become the pentahydrate. Anhydrous salts are not more expensive because they are more pure, they're more expensive because they have to cook the water out of the crystalline structure, then store it appropriately in order to keep it from rehydrating.
PEdwards said:Fablau,
I'm no expert, It just happens that I used to work for a company whose business is making liquid aquarium supplements. You'll need to find some sort of guaranteed analysis on the package to tell you whether or not it's CuSO4 or CuSO4*5H2O. The water makes a big difference in molecular weight, which is what I'm betting your rotalabutterfly uses, am I right?
burr740 said:Well nothing has died yet so that's a relief.
Most everything seems happy. Global pearling has increased, noticed this especially in the smaller tanks.
However, a couple things didnt like it at first,
Pantanal is looking rough again. It probably wasnt the best time for this to get trimmed and have nutrients taken away for a few days, but here we are...
One we havent talked much about is Ludwigia brevipes. Its been a drama free plant so far, nice light brown color, kinda branchy.
During the first couple of days it developed these white, necrotic looking patches near the tops. Seems to be moving past it though.
Also the Red Downoi lost a little color.
I believe all this just deficiencies from nutrients being reset to zero, and then taking a few doses to build back up. At least that's what Im telling myself.
The Syn giants are pale and generally looking rough. Probably gonna move these to the 50 and move on to something else in the foreground here.
Diplidis is happy
FTS from last night, notice several plants are closed up
Water change tomorrow, gonna tweak the right side a little bit.
fablau said:Burr, one question about making our own micros solutions: do you also add some vinegar to the bottle? If so, how much?
As a side note, I found some forgotten containers in my cabinet with some Mn and Zn compounds , I completely forgot to have bought them in the bast together with the Mobildenum one... I have all the needed traces to make my own as well
Pikez said:Also starting to see a hint of interveinal chlorosis in the Saururus. Or is it just the way it looked when I sent it? It does not have that problem when grown emersed in top soil.
burr740 said:Thanks man. That's three young L sphaerocarpa still converting from emergent. Gonna take the Syns out and do 3-4 more right there.
Just an audition basically, to see how well it does/looks
It's more than a hint. Every leaf but the newest one has that. Ive watched 3 new ones come in on the big plant. They start out green.
Im wondering if this is just normal submerged growth, because every leaf is pretty much the same. I wouldnt expect a deficiency to be so uniform. Might be how it got the name Lizard's Tail?