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Oh, yeah, I tried those as well and had them melt away just as you describe. Best of luck with your new tank! I'm glad you are doing research and are willing to consider the welfare of the animal(s) and not just the aesthetics! I fear too many are just looking for a live-action decoration...

Honestly, I'll be surprised if they keep the shrimp alive for long. Shrimp can be really sensitive little critters. I'm glad you were able to talk them out of putting another betta in there. I would be angry with them except that at least they were amenable to being somewhat educated about their...

I don't know about pygmy cories because I haven't had any. I've seen pepper cories go from light-grey and black, to dark-grey and black (totally losing their cool contrasting colors) on black sand. But if the fish were dark naturally, they would not show up well on a black background; however...

First of all, I do NOT recommend black sand. Fish absolutely change their color to be darker over it and it doesn't look good (besides it being unkind to make them feel stressed on it). Besides that issue, black shows EVERYTHING just like black clothes do. Every tiny plant particle that falls...

She's been digging in the sand and hiding under the driftwood. I see her less than I would like, but as long as she's contentedly doing her thing, I'm happy.

There are currently 4 very old tetras in there. Previously I accidentally mistyped 2 instead of 4. I was waiting for them to die off before adding anything new, but I didn't know what else to do in this case. In hindsight, I should probably have set up a quarantine tank for the cray, but at this...

That's good to know. I do have those but haven't tried them yet. Hopefully they'll be appetizing. Do you think the crayfish will find the flakes? I'm concerned that flakes will get stuck in the plants and just rot away before the crayfish finds them. If anyone is interested, I did call the...

Exactly! That was my concern. I tried but did not find what I was looking for. That was my plan. I just hope it eats something. It is not eating the sinking pellets. I'll try the algae wafers next. I'll take a look in my lfs as well to see if they have anything that might be less vegetarian...

Oh dear! I'm afraid to ask the state agency now because I will NOT be able to kill it. I couldn't just drive by it and leave it to die; actually killing myself would be impossible. I was also afraid that it might get back to the water and breed or eat tadpole eggs, or commit some other mayhem...

Hi, Thanks, yes, this was the first one I found as well when I looked it up. The site's information seems to be incomplete however as I found other sites that mention different crayfish in MA, and also, the crayfish I have doesn't seem to look like either of the species it mentions. I do think...

Thank you for responding. That's good to know about diseases going from a tank to the wild. I can't imagine letting anything loose into a waterway for the most part, as that's exactly how we get invasive species in the first place. I had originally thought that if this was a native species and...

Hi All, I found this crayfish in the road near a protected wetland in northeast MA. I looked it up and read that crayfish are invasive in MA so I didn't want to return it to the water, but neither did I want to let it die in the gutter (literally). As it happens, I have a 55 gallon freshwater...

Thank you for sharing! That's really interesting. Do they stay together more or just kind of go their separate ways?

Hi, I've been thinking about your little barbs. How are they doing? Have you come to a decision about what you want to do (re-home/ return them or get a bigger tank for them)? The tall octagon tanks are very pretty and I was tempted to get one myself when I first started fish keeping. Folks on...

First, I agree with Byron, the best solution is to return or rehome those fish. That tank is way too small for that species and too sparsely decorated. That environment is so barren. They have nothing to look at except each other and nothing to explore. Aggression is inevitable under such...

This picture of the Pao Palembangenisis pufferfish in his little boat... 🥰 Image from: https://www.pufferfishenthusiastsworldwide.com/post/pao-palembangensis-pufferfish-caresheet

Oh yes, those are definitely on my list! I've been reading about them recently in fact. I've always heard that they are extremely aggressive to each other but I recently read that this is only when kept in too small groups. They need to be in groups larger than 6, and at least 2 females to every...

Oooh. I just looked these up and that's another really good option. Especially as my water tends to be fairly acidic naturally and they like the type of environment I'm already used to maintaining, so heavily planted that the lighting is a bit dim, lots of hiding places, driftwood, caves, etc...

I'm in serious cute-overload right now. I went to https://www.pufferfishenthusiastsworldwide.com and found these images as well as a bunch of info on pufferfish care. I will DEFINITELY be adding these guys to the research-further list!! They burrow. BURROW!! And they leave their little eyes...