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As far as shell dwellers, you could do a pair of N. Multifasciatus if you got the lake cichlid water hardener. They do frequently a lot though, in my experience. I have had a continuous colony for several years and they are fun. They much prefer length over depth, though, so the top half of the...

You could do a small group sparkling gourami, maybe. They are a small labyrinth fish, very fun to watch. I find pea puffers very entertaining, they have a lot of personality.

Cool, it is an interesting little thing. He can continue hanging out on the driftwood then. Only ever found the one, so it must not be too quick to spread.

I would definitely never dump them down the drain. All of my aquatium water gets pumped out the window into the bushes. I switched to a powered pump for out water a couple years ago and only use my python for my refills now. The city has enough problems without adding invasive mussels.

Boundava has the right idea. Nano rasbora are pretty nice, and are very small schooling fish. I just got some Strawberry Rasbora and they are fun to watch and starting to color up nicely.

Long time no see! I found an unknown mussel on a driftwood piece that hasn't moved in over 2 years, until today. Background on tank(s). I was tearing down my 20g long and transferring all of my livestock, plants, and decorations into my 29 gallon. The 20g was in rough shape and kinda...

I have lids on almost all of my tanks now, but they used to mostly be open to the air. Duckweed goes crazy with or without, but with a lid I occasionally have problems with my frogbit. Without a lid I also find myself doing a water level top off midweek between water changes. It can take a...

That is actually super cool. Makes me wonder what the original common name for them was.

Well, my LFS doesn't sell them yet, so hopefully I can give them for credit. That is how I pay for all of my frozen fish food anyhow.

Been a while since I have been on the forum, this last year has been rough. Hoping to be a bit more social in the future. I went to Fishtoberfest last weekend and acquired about a dozen Black Chin Livebearers, Girardinus metallicus. I put them in my 40 gallon breeder tank (36L x 16H x 18W). My...

55 gallon community peaceful tank, with Black Ruby Barbs. They are very lackluster in the store, but once full grown in the tank are absolutely stunning. I have a dozen now and am going to move out other fish so I can have 20 or more.

Yeah, that always sucks. I was so happy when I heard my coworker had gotten his kid a fish tank. Someone to share my hobby with! Then they went and got a hodge podge of fish, even after asking my advice and me helping them with research. It is so disappointing.

Maybe an umbrella cichlid? https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/apistogramma-borellii/

If you want cichlids for a 10 gallon, I would look at N. Multifasciatus. They will need very hard water, and giant shells to live in. You could probably do a couple pairs in a 10 gallon. They are fun little fish.

I have a vampire crab tank and a fiddler crab tank. I used an aquaclear in my fiddler crab tank (not a duper big fan) and an Aqua Dream filter in my vampire crab tank. I really love my Aqua Dream filter, even though I have only had it a couple months. Easy maintenance and it comes with a spray...

I started my shell dweller colony with 1 male and 2 females. There are over 30 fish in the colony now, with the 3rd generation currently breeding. I trade my extra adults to my LFS for credit. It does take about 6 months to get to a good stocking point (for a 30 gallon, at least) if you only...

Or would they go okay with 4 pea puffers in a 20 gallon tank?

I have a 29 gallon tank (30×12×18) with a trio of Dwarf Chain Loaches in it. Unfortunately I cannot get more any time soon from my LFS (six months or more). The tank also has a group of Sparkling Gourami and 3 otocinclus. Ph 7.4 and hardness 110ppm. The tank has been set up for over 2 years. My...

It is possible that at one point the tank had chemicals used on it (unless you got it brand new), which leached into the seals and is now leaching back into the water. But then it should have had an effect on all fish, not just 2 batches. Does the tank maybe get sun during the day? That can...

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Betta, especially in a community/sorority setting are very territorial. It is probably them just getting uppity about you being in their space.

Sorry, the only gourami I have kept myself are Pearl gourami, and it has tank 6 months out of the pet shop to reach sexual maturity for them. I am sure someone with experience in them will come along soon. Edit* correcting autocorrect

Glad you have a good set up and plan for him! After the first year they do slow down in growth, if he is already nine inches I don't think there is anything to worry about. My cousin's common came out to around 20" after almost 5 years.

Is that a common pleco? If so, they grow very big fairly quickly. They get to be over 2 feet long eventually. I know in their first year they can hit 7" if well fed. I hope you have a very large tank. Growth rate will depend on diet, water quality, temperature, and age of the fish.

I agree with Byron, it is likely the water is too soft. I believe that when mollies suffer from softer water and act like this it is called "the shimmies".

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One of the local wholesalers will sell to the rest of the lower 48 in the US, but not the state they are located in.

With the pea puffers, if you are feeding them live snails you might have to do larger water changes occasionally. They cannot always get all of the snail meat out of the shell, and this can cause ammonia spikes if there are not any live plants to take up ammonia. It is just something to keep an...

Not sure if it shows well, but here is an adult male and female compared to my hand.

Sorry about the pic. My phone was being stupid. Here is that. The males can reach almost 2 inches, the females a bit more than 1.25 inches.

Here is a picture of my Shelly tank. Right now they are in with a pair of (unfortunately both male) N. Caudopunctatus.