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So one of my favorite swordtails are the pure green ones that they use to sell when I was a kid. These days I find them hard to find and when i do find them can be pricey. So i ended up with two 'velvet' red swordtails that in my opinion are closer to pine apple (not using that store again); BUT...

I have a lot of wild caught blackwater fishes like discus and b. cupido, b. wavarni, chocolate and so on. While one could argue that some of them are more tolerant than others several like the discus are extremely fussy and if anything is off they throw a visible tantrum to show their displeasure.

I was trying to think of something totally random to say in this thread of random discussions but alas I can't think of anything random right now. Pity we can't say something unrandom.

I'll let others comment on # of honey - i've read various things but prefer someone with first hand experience chime in. Do not keep dwarf cichilds with pygmy unless a single male.

yea - something a bit smaller would work better with pygmy; not dwarf gourami unless you can find wild caught ones but there are plenty of alternatives. Maybe honey gourami ?

There won't be extra ammonia per say if the tank is truly cycled - though you should probably test it daily the first week and have some prime (or api equiv) nearby to neutral ammonia if it occurs. I don't see the tank size and water volume will play a role here. I'm not sure i would keep...

I have one - to be honest the only tests i use are ammonia when setting up a new aquarium to make sure it doesn't creep up; and nitrate which i test on my 500 and 600 once every 5 to 6 months again to make sure it is being contained and not creeping up. I find the rest of the tests pretty...

blue keri tetra: This is a blue keri somewhere between 4 and 6 years old. He inhabits a 29 with some ember tetra, eques cory and a very mean male hybrid a. cf ortegai. They are actually very nice looking fishes but sometimes they are a bit moody; like all of us.

They are likely not nerite snails; what you are describing is the breeding behavior of mystery snails (small version of apple snail) where they lay large egg sacks out of the water. They have to stay moist but can't become submersed until the baby hatch (they actually breath air and will go to...

read the bloody thread. I posted a question; got an answer; transitioned the tank and gave the results. You jumped in at the very end AFTER the results were given.

I have no clue what you are talking about. I never stated the target gh. I merely gave the starting point. The EC is now below 30.

Ah but now that you've come to that conclusion you ahve a chance to change history and correct it via the EDIT button !

If we were to go the route of Romans and by extension Greeks we could talk about social issues they resolved that we are now unable to handle. If only they had known to build their pipes out of ceramics instead of lead.... who knows how things would have turned out.

Well i wouldn't have phrase it like you did; after all i have this 40b; it is being repurpose for a fish that requires blackwater and the question is would the guppies have much of a chance if i left them in. The suggestion is they would so i dind't make an attempt to remove them and the...

The greens are more expensive but no where close to $50; the orange can be found for a *lot* less; vaguely i think i paid around $8 each.

Just remember the orange and green laser are both aenus.

These are over-priced but Dan does have 5 for a small school: https://dansfish.com/product.detail/6812/CW111-Vulcan-Cory-(Hoplisoma-sp.) worse they are tank raised and not wc.

If you want something truely unique you could try for cw173 or cw146....

Yea that is what my brother said when he fed them toothpaste.... - sigh. - now that i am old and less wise never again will i buy farm bred fishes. First choice is wild caught. Of course that has its own problems...

Those are really expensive; they run around $10 each.

I would for sure say the ones i had were genetically weak - very weak with high turn over even before moving to blackwater. I'm not particularly sad to be rid of them - i do wish they had a better ending but it is what it is. I would not object if the swordtails passed because it would save me a...

This i did not know about the spines but it explains a lot.

Personally i find my guppy poo'ing in public disgusting and i put up a piece of card-board so they can poo in private. I mean really what has society become when public pooing is allowed.

While they might be too small for you - i think you are missing what makes these guys unique - it isn't just about looks but how they school. They are one of the few species of cory that actually will form a school when traveling around the tank - of course - like tetra - the schooling behavior...

You can get wild caught cory eques (I have 8) for less than $70 - i think i paid $20 a shot. Unfortunately the seller shutdown a month ago because he went back to school. However if you look around you can find them in the $20-$35 range and tank raised ones for less. -- I just checked wetspot...

Personally in a nice cool aquarium i would go for panda cory - not domestic of course - but wild caught. Of course the minute we talk about long fins - we aren't really talking about natural fishes but slectivly abuse - er farm bred - fishes for a particular trait; though having said that there...

I'm not going to argue you but rather report my findings. Also i don't care about all species of live bearers just domestic guppies and swordtails. 'Larged fin' is of course relative they were not super fancy guppies with overflowing large fins. Many had reverted to more colourless form with...

Update on the aquarium - also talked to the importer and he said they were delivered and they will likely be shipped in mid/late November after qt period:

Updated picture of my family of b. cupido (I have 7 now for nearly a year):

Yes they are one of my favorite dwarf cichild; the one i had for 4 years was extremely adaptive and show a great deal of intelligence learning to deal with new situations - sadly it died and i haven't found a good quality replacement. The one i had was a hobby bred fish that had been dropped...

Do you know if your water is soft or hard ?

Dwarf cichild can live 3 to 5 years; but no they will not live forever. Cory can live 10 or 15 years but it is not common; though i admit my group is only living about 5 years. However over stocking or 'bad' water and 9 months isn't uncommon. Over-feeding and over-stocking are probably leading...

Well - over the past couple of months all the guppies died off but the swordtails seem to be doing quite well.

Just because Dan over charges doesn't mean everyone charge that much .... so perhaps the thread should be Dan price gauge...

Yep nice soft acidic water; the common name for them is golden eye and i'm very familiar with them having kept them for around 5 years. It appears there are several different catch location and some stay small and others are larger; the blue form i've had have all stayed much smaller than the...

Hey since you've made 20,000 plant sales do you have any crypt Purpurea or crypt cordata var siamensis for sale ?