Re: One more ? about my aggies

[JerrCarol@aol.com]

Tony,  
  I believe Mike is more of an expert on the subject than I am. I am a fairly 
new breeder and have had many spawns but, have also lost some fish too.
  
  Mike probably doesn't remember but, I use to bug him with questions in the 
beginning including how do I get rid of this green water<G> Mike is a good 
guy from what I can tell and much more learned on the subject. 
  
  It's funny you mentioned about the tank. Seems my beautiful Flametail 
spawned finally today after being here about a month. They were in a 20 long 
with one other small double red female in the tank. 

  I just so happen to get an order of Wild Cockatoos in today. I saw the 
female Flametail out and looking yellow. Actually they don't seem to glow as 
much as the regular female but, they look more yellow then usual with a dark 
brown lateral stripe
. 
  She seem to be out in front guarding the pot. I looked in and sure enough 
the pot was full of eggs. But, where were the other fish. 
 
   They were behind another pot beat up. The male Flametail is now missing 
part of his beautiful caudal. He is still alive and I'm trying to help him 
along but, this is what I was talking about. This isn't the first time this 
has happened to me or anyone else.
  And yes there were places for them to hide.

  As far as RO/DI units go way back when I used the AquariumPham Tap Water 
Purifier In Philly here where water TDS is about 250ppm it would make about 
35 gallons of DI water per 15.00 cartridge. They give you stuff to add back 
so you wouldn't want to drop them down too quick. At least I don't. If your 
talking a 50% change in one water change for me that's a quick drop. Like I 
said in my previous post. In my 20 long I'm starting around 100-150 TDS with 
also using Kent 6.0 for the initial startup. I let the fish settle for a week 
or two. Then I usually do a 25% change every couple days until I see the fish 
looking like it's in the mood. Then I stop a bit and see what happens. If 
nothing then I start dropping a little more. The whole time just checking 
with TDS meter and not adding any types of buffer.

  Some will disagree with this but, the ultimate answer I've gotten is What 
ever works for me doesn't mean it will work for you. I read some books I 
listen to people and oh yes I do pray and love my fish very much. Live food 
is very helpful too. I would say a must but, that too is just my opinion. See 
I won't take responsibility for anything.<G> And yes I do talk too much....
                                                      Jerry...
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