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The shape of the rocks would end up looking something like these hills that appear in a few places in BotW/TotK, but wider and flatter

I have a cool idea for redecorating the back right corner: At the moment I just have a patch of java moss there. It's like the shrimps' little fortress; they retreat there to molt or just when they don't want to deal with the fish. I'm going to keep that, but instead of just placing it on the...

Yes, the otos love the driftwood! As do the platies, both pecking at it and exploring it. I don't like this piece (And I think I have to give it back; its from the Petsmart crab tank courtesy of dad lol), but I might try to work in a smaller piece when I rework the back right side, which is...

Speaking of breeding, the other female (Gertrude) is pregnant! :D I've noticed she's a little bit rounder than the others for about a week, and today I noticed a prominent gravid spot. I'm a little bit confused tho, because judging by her shape (rounder but not square at all) and how long I've...

Fish photoshoot! I really enjoy how one of the female platies (Susan) has more of a yellow color compared to normal painted platies. I almost wonder if she has a little bit of sunburst or bumblebee in her; I would be interested to see if I could eventually try to selectively breed for that...

I'm glad there's one coming up soon! I've been lurking here for a while and was disappointed that I joined a little too late to contribute to December's totm.

No, that one is part of my own aquascape, and I too really like it :D I used a picture from before I added the driftwood; this is what the tank looks like at the moment I just kinda threw it in

Here's one oto! Unfortunately the other one still looks pretty skinny (haven't been able to snap a picture but it looks the same as they did before 🙁), I'm not sure if it found the food. I did notice that the other fish were also eating the food at night, but it might just be because I had a...

I also lost shrimp after doing a large-ish water change. I wonder if it takes too long for the water-hardening measures to counteract the new, soft water? I'd be curious if the result is smaller water changes or just a better product; I was using a bottle of shrimp mineral supplements with each...

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Hi, I'm a relatively new member here, but you might have seen me already. I first took an interest in fish tanks this fall, and for my birthday in October my dad's coworker gave me their used 20 gallon. It's been up and running for about 3 months now, and I feel like it's really coming together...

Last night I put a cracker-sized slice of repashy in after all the other fish were asleep, and in the morning it was completely gone and the otos look much rounder! :lol: I haven't been able to watch them on the glass for a picture but I'm really happy I got them to eat it. The first time I...

Is that bamboo going out of the tank or is it fully submerged? Does it do well submerged?

My current thoughts for feeding plans are: Repashy Soilent Green (For otos, snails; shrimp and plays will also enjoy) Bug bites, ground small (For corys and shrimp, will put under something with a small opening) Omnivore flakes (For platys and whatever schooling fish I get) However, those live...

Also, repashy soilent green food just came, so I will be trying that out in a bit.

Again, I can't thank you enough for all the advice! I am happy to hear that about emerald rasboras, and the advice about live food is something I'll look into. I would be very delighted if the cories started breeding in the tank. Unfortunately one of the six I bought was very small and stressed...

Side discussion: I won't be introducing anything new for a while, but do you have any suggestions for schooling fish (to replace the danios/WCMMs) that would be peaceful and not bother the cories? I was looking at emerald rasboras before the cory/oto saga, and descriptions say they're peaceful...

Alright, I've got a big piece of driftwood covered in biofilm in the tank. Too big, in fact; I'll keep it in until the otos are healthy and there's biofilm elsewhere and more stuff for it to grow on, but I probably won't keep that piece in the tank permanently because there's just no good place...

I'm getting an algae-covered piece of wood from a mature tank this afternoon, and the repashy gel food comes tomorrow (unfortunately neither my local LFS nor Petsmart carry it, but we can get next-day shipping). In the meantime, I blanched a couple of cucumber slices and put them in there, but...

I feel like one of the biggest challenges styling electric cars is that they often dont have a "mouth".

Noted. I had actually been using a black background that I made of construction paper, but I dropped it in the water and didn't replace it because I'm going to buy a real one instead. I would like to try to borrow an algae-covered rock from someone's more mature tank in order to introduce the...

I will be monitoring for any ammonia spikes.

Cories and otos are now in the tank! LFS sadly only had 2 Otos, but I will get more so they aren't stressed. It's very fun to watch the cories school. I expected the danios to be nipping them because they're usually kinda mean, but the cories actually keep going to investigate the larger as a...