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Does anyone has a Blackwater bowl? I'm thinking about trying and I need inspo!!
u/PetiteCaresse — 6 days ago
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40G / 160L
Corydoras Black Venezuela (They always hide in the dark except when I feed them)
Corydoras Pygmaeus
Impaichthys Kerri Super Blue
Hyphessobrycon Amandae
u/fuzzytoothy — 8 days ago
Thoughts on my black water tank? I feel a lot of things are missing?
It’s 12 gallons and currently has valesenaria and Amazon sword
I feel a lots missing but can’t figure out what?
Help?
u/avian_bi — 7 days ago
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UNS 90L
Crypts have been growing steady despite duckweed taking over. Found a lot of new little crypts popping up today. Did a water change and topped up the grass and fern fronds. Tinted the water more on the red side than usual, I kinda dig it with the red rocks.
Just an assortment of shrimp, snails, and scuds for now. Betta mahachaiensis will be coming soon.
u/Alden-Dressler — 9 days ago
How did you guys cycle low pH aquariums?
My tank have been running for 8 months now, its a 10 gallon tank, pH stabled at 5.0 and I kept 10 neon tetras with 5 pygmy corys. These fishes all died quite gradually in the 5th month.
I did some researches on low pH environments that traditional nitrifying bacteria often stall or go dormant below a pH of 6.0. I suspect ammonia/ammonium buildup killed the fish because the cycle wasn't processing waste. I tried using coral crumbs and baking soda to buffer the water, but the pH inevitably crashes back down to 5.0. Currently, the tank is having 2 neon tetras (actually 5 but 3 died off pH shock) and 1 wild caught croaking gourami, they are doing well for a few weeks now since I’m relying to Seachem Prime and water changes to reduce ammonium (this also kept me away from checking the presence of NO2 and NO3 too lol).
Is there a specific way to cycle a tank for these acidic conditions? I'm curious if anyone has experience with ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) or other methods for keeping a cycle active in blackwater or very soft water setups where traditional BB fails.
u/TQ157 — 11 days ago
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First time aquarist here! How is my black water tank looking? I'd love some tips and advice.
Been cycling this 10 gallon tank for about two weeks using coconut husk as a substrate capped with black sand. There are currently 3 ramshorn snails eating up the leaf litter and cleaning up algae. Lots of plants including 2 avocados growing long roots in the back. I've also got one of the roots from my planted monstera dipped in it and it's growing rapidly.
The tank is currently unheated but I do have a heater if needed. My windows only get sun for a few minutes in the evening and the temperature hovers in the "safe zone" on my thermometer between 21c-24c. I can also close the blinds if need be but the plants get lots of light this way.
Tested the water yesterday and it's at these levels:
PH: 7.1
KH: 60
GH: 80
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
These levels have been stable for at least a week. My hardness did go up a bit after I added a bit of crushed coral for the snail's shells.
I'm starting to think about what fish to add into this tank once it is cycled. It's a small tank so probably just some micro fish, but I'd like to have some bottom dwellers to clean up and some small middle or surface swimmers. I'm thinking rice fish since they are pretty hardy and maybe a couple borneo loaches? I really want corydoras but I think this tank might be too small for them unless I get pgymies.
I'd love some general thoughts, suggestions and advice!
u/Patty-Jack — 10 days ago
Went manic and decided to do a black water tank, pardon the butternut squash
Its width is 29cm, 59cm long and 28cm tall.
It’s settling but it currently has valisenaria and a massive amazon sword.
Stocking wise I’m not really sure? It’s 10 gallons so I could do some rasboras?
I want waterlice and scuds in it and stuck between water lettuce and frogbit.
u/avian_bi — 10 days ago