Four in one journal.

[datfish]

That's pretty soft water for the Central American fish that you have (e.g. melanurus, argentea) and even the green terror , which exist long term in no lower than 8 degrees GH. Keep an eye on their health. If hard water fish stay in soft water for months, their health will decline due to the lower tds value that they need to thrive.

I know, I have added around 15 pounds of calcium carbonate rock to my sump on top of dosing chemically for gh and kh. The issue is my gh and kh won't maintain; they lower in concentration daily. I'll lose 5° in as little as three days. It's frustrating and inexplicable.

[Rocksor]

It happens as a result of the nitrification process (ammonia to nitrate). The higher the bioload, the quicker KH gets eroded. Get some powdered baking soda to mix in daily. It will allow you to keep the GH and KH and longer. Eventually, you will know how much to add daily or even weekly.

formula here:

http://fins.actwin.com/mirror/begin-chem.html

[datfish]

Arowana is doing so much better! Also picked up a ripsaw catfish (buried under bichirs in terracotta) to grow out for my works 5,000 gallon pond and an argentia.

[datfish]

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[datfish]

Time for an overall update.

6 gallon: no changes.

Paludarium: added a bunch more geosesarma crabs.

90 gallon: decided to sell off most of the fish in this tank and will be potentially picking up a pair of luciocephalus pulcher. The tank will be the pair, my hassar orestis, my hoplo catfish, my turtle, and my pygmy wood catfish (for now due to their width). I may attempt an african butterfly fish with them as well.

210: rescape and mild stock change, a few more fish added and taken away.

Also I don't remember if I mentioned it, but I have a water snake now. I redid that tank too! Here's an apparently sideways picture of how it's looking now. 20190307_235331.jpg

[datfish]

Also a video of my bichirs and ripsaw cruising around.

[datfish]

Thought I would type up a list of species currently being kept. Many of these fish are nowhere near full grown so they aren't in their forever tanks yet.

Central America Cichlids:

Cincelichthys pearsei - Pantano cichlid

Cincelichthys bocourti - Chiseltooth cichlid

Maskaheros argenteus - Silver cichlid

Vieja synspila - Quetzal cichlid

Cryptoheros sajica - T bar cichlid

Rocio octofasciata - Jack Dempsey cichlid

Andinoacara rivulatus var. 'white saum' - Green Terror

Hypsophrys nicaraguensis - Nicaraguan cichlid

South American Cichlids:

Heros sp. 'curare' - Tiger severum

Heros sp. 'rotkiel' - Red Shoulder severum

Heros severus - Banded severum

Hoplarchus psittacus - True Parrot cichlid

Hypselecara temporale - Chocolate cichlid

Caquetaia myersi - No common name

Geophagus winemilleri - Stripetail cichlid

Geophagus sp. 'orange head' - Red tapajos cichlid

Satanoperca daemon - Threespot eartheater

Mikrogeophagus ramirezi var. 'electric blue hifin' - Electric Blue German Ram

Datnoids:

Datnioides microlepis - Indo Tiger datnoid

Datnioides campbelli - New Guinea Tiger datnoid

Labyrinth Fish:

Ctenopoma acutirostre - Leopard bushfish

Macropodus opercularis - Paradise fish

Osphronemus laticlavius - Red Tail Giant Gourami

Thorny Catfish:

Hassar orestis - Blacktop Mouse catfish

Oxydoras niger - Ripsaw catfish

Megalodoras uranoscopus - Irwini catfish

Agamyxis pectinifrons - Spotted Raphael catfish

Pterodoras granulosus - Graduated catfish

Other Catfish:

Scleromystax barbatus - Elongated cory

Megalechis thoracata - Hoplo catfish

Dianema longibarbis - Porthole catfish

Horabagrus brachysoma - Sun catfish

Calophysus macropterus - Vulture catfish

Bichirs:

Polypterus ornatipinnis - Ornate bichir

Polypterus senegalus - Senegal bichir

Polypterus palmas polli - Polls bichir

Polypterus delhezi - Armoured bichir

Polypterus endlerchi- Saddled bichir

Polypterus sp. 'koliba' - Koliba bichir

Polypterus lapredai - Lapredai bichir

Other:

Scleropages formosus - Super Highback Asian Arowana

[datfish]

I revamped my 90 gallon into a loose Central American biotope. Now just waiting on the right person to buy the last few South Americans. Really enjoying the change over.