Thai wonder

vanalisa said:

Those bright green swimming things aren't too shabby, either,

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It is a schooling species typically occurring in groups of 20-50 individuals in nature, therefore the purchase of at least 8-10 is recommended. Maintaining it in decent numbers will not only make the fish less nervous but will result in a more effective, natural-looking display. Males will also display their best colours as they compete with one other for female attention.

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seangee said:

I got this as an emergency tank last year. Like any 3rd child (at least when I grew up) it's mostly hand me downs and cast offs from the 2 older siblings.

The sand is black limpopo sand. Its not really black but shades of grey. Plants are frogbit, anubias nana, cryptocoryne wendtii, 2 types of hygrophila and an amazon sword. Also some duckweed which was not really planned

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Barry Tetra said:

@seangee Can you send me the picture of the bag if you have one, I might order it from LFS.

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Retired Viking said:

I like the look what are the small fish?

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seangee said:

This is the one where the plants are doing least well. I can also now confirm that JBL Ferropol root tabs are not as good as Seachem flourish tabs, which I cannot currently source in large packs. This tank has been running at 0dGH. I don't think its the problem but I started gradually increasing this today to aim for a target of 3dGH.
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Russjw said:

Nice shot Sean

Whats the thin leaved plants in the back row, from the centre to the right?

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seangee said:

Microdevario kubotai. The don't seem to have a universal common name. Saw them referred to as green rasbora on another site today but every store labels them differently. Pretty sure when I bought these they were labeled emerald tetra, but I did ask for them by name. You could not actually tell what they were in the store as they were so pale they appeared colourless.

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Retired Viking said:

That is what I thought they were, I was thinking of picking some up. On Ebay one seller had them for 4.50 each plus 15.00 postage.

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seangee said:

Microdevario kubotai. The don't seem to have a universal common name. Saw them referred to as green rasbora on another site today but every store labels them differently. Pretty sure when I bought these they were labeled emerald tetra, but I did ask for them by name. You could not actually tell what they were in the store as they were so pale they appeared colourless.

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vanalisa said:

I remember these, will definitely take a look if they show up. Are they about the size as Ember Tetras?

Also, I'm glad you posted again , I watched a rerun of "It's War!"
My CPDs are strong and healthy. I added 4 (3m 1f) into a 10g that housed 6 (5 adult, 1 juvie) WCMMs, and 2 Amano shrimp.
So I have the 10 fish and 2 shrimp in that tank and it's doing great.

I'll post some images on the other thread.

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vanalisa said:

I remember these, will definitely take a look if they show up. Are they about the size as Ember Tetras?

Also, I'm glad you posted again , I watched a rerun of "It's War!"
My CPDs are strong and healthy. I added 4 (3m 1f) into a 10g that housed 6 (5 adult, 1 juvie) WCMMs, and 2 Amano shrimp.
So I have the 10 fish and 2 shrimp in that tank and it's doing great.

I'll post some images on the other thread.
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You are right they are the size of ember tetras. No one around here carries them so I will have to spend more and buy online if I decide to get them

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seangee said:

I don't have ember tetras, but they are a similar size to the CPD

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