Re: Need a few suggestions

["Scott Davis" <unclescott at prodigy_net>]

See if you can get some water sprite (alternatively Najas or hornwort)  for
the top of the tank. More expensively, get some peat fibers for the tank
bottom.

A cheaper alternative, gravel the back 2/3s of the tank, feeding brine
shrimp in the front. Include a couple of pond snails for K.P. detail. Plunk
in a couple of  those "Lock Rocks" you won "way back when" in a raffle. They
will provide shade and shelter. And they are better than filching Leggos
(sp?) from the kids. ;)

All the best!

----- Original Message -----
From: <alsup at localnet_com>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>; <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 11:30 PM
Subject: Need a few suggestions


> Hello,
>
> I need some help. I have 8 Fp. Cinnamomeus young in a 10 gal. tank, bare
except
> for some Java moss. I've got a lighted hood with a Penn-plex Aquari-lux 15
watt
> bulb. If I leave this light turned on, the fish almost panic trying to
hide in
> the moss. Yet without the light, the moss has not been doing well. The
fish are
> about 1 inch to 1.25 inch long at this point.
>
> Questions:
>
> 1. Is this way too much light? Should I get some surface plants to cut
down on
> the light getting to the bottom? If so, what plants would you suggest?
Should I
> leave the light on more and hope the fish acclimate to it? It kinda
defeats the
> purpose of keeping killies if they can't be seen!
>
> 2. So far, I have been feeding frozen BS and BBS. Should I switch to
another
> food, leaving out the BBS? If so what would you suggest?
>
> Al
>
>
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