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Grooming Marulioides summarized

 

Marulioides in neutral contrast

Marulioides in high contrast








You can see actual results of newly captured Marulioides from the wild retaining its flowers and on top of it new flowers are growing.

Above is 1.5 months progress, when kept properly a newly transferred Channa Marulioides will maintain its flowers and on top of it you can immediately start grooming and have flower progress.

Grooming marulioides summarized:-

1. Choose a potential pc, not all marulioides can produce plentiful flowers. Choosing one with a good potential genetically will save you lotsa time.

2. I've demonstrated too many times, high Oxygen will cause maru to loose flowers.

3. High CO2 will encourage flowers growth. Keep your surface as still as possible. If you are willing to go a step further pump CO2 with DIY or commercial unit. Natural swamp water is high in CO2 and low in oxygen. 

4. Maintain constant PH, PH fluctuation will cause maru to loose flowers and difficult to grow flowers in this condition. example large water changes or frequent water changes.

5. Tanning light is important to encourage flowers to grow. Tanning works best with fish in neutral contrast.

6. Keep TDS low, try to keep your water as close as possible to swamp water. If using artificial light do not keep Black water. Blackwater is only use when you are using sunlight tanning. Reason being artificial light cant penetrate blackwater. I use RIO Lab Series Light Tanning water conditioner to mimic swamp water because it provides all the important phytochemicals and I get very good results from this.

7. Do not keep in bare tank, please use sand, any type of natural sand. 

8. Do not pump the fish, maru are naturally very thin in swamp.  

I will update this from time to time incase I missed out anything and I'm only sharing of things that I've personally experience throughout the years. This is by no means the only way to groom marulioides I'm sure there are other tricks that other keepers have in their sleeves. Follow this if it helps you otherwise you can just read for fun.

Happy grooming.



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  1. hafisFebruary 17, 2021 at 12:08 PM

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  2. hafisFebruary 17, 2021 at 12:09 PM

    ada saiz kecil untuk di lepaskan bos?

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    1. MoorishFebruary 18, 2021 at 9:13 PM

      I dun sell fish....currently just having 1 maru for own keeping

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    2. SeelanMarch 4, 2021 at 9:38 PM

      Good read Moorish. If you only keeping one fish for yourself. What do you do with all other small fishes that you are experiment with?

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    3. MoorishMarch 5, 2021 at 1:31 AM

      I sold them off....what I meant to say is that I'm not a fish seller

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  3. UnknownApril 12, 2021 at 11:32 AM

    Hi, interesting observations and am about to pick a red to groom as to per what youve described. Can I however ask, what happens if u were to transfer the piece from ur tank to a bigger tank when it is more or less stable for deeper grooming? Will u still recommend it to be still? so no filter / air stone but just as it is? Thanks in adv!

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    1. MoorishApril 18, 2021 at 9:17 PM

      There is no right or wrong way to keep, all depends on what you're looking for, better enjoy keeping maru then to make it a burden

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  4. Zaidi Athayan NajibApril 26, 2021 at 9:22 PM

    How about temperature?

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    1. MoorishMay 4, 2021 at 1:05 AM

      From my observations in the wet land, temperature is on the high side, wading the swamp in the morning you feel warm instead of chilling like in stream. Another interesting aspect of warm water is they contained less dissolved oxygen, the ideal marulioides habitat.

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  5. UnknownMay 6, 2021 at 12:27 AM

    Hi bro just to check with you. I am new to channa as well. Do you use salt in your tank? Some say for channa salt is not needed but others swear by it.

    Please advise. Thanks

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    1. MoorishMay 7, 2021 at 2:26 AM

      Read my article "Understanding Salt for Aquarium"

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  6. UnknownJanuary 21, 2022 at 1:17 AM

    I've done this, keeping my maru without filter and mostly just floater plants, It definitely increase the flowers in just 2 months

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  7. ErlMay 12, 2023 at 10:28 AM

    Excuse me sir how do you make it flare by just using the finger

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  8. ErlMay 13, 2023 at 1:43 AM

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