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Took the boys out this morning to drop off BN fry to one of the LFS I frequent. I looked over the tanks and there was a group of weird little fish stuck to the glass. I was told they are freshwater flounder, species was not given, just that they were purchased from a customer and they were...

Typically the crown of the plant should not be buried as the plant will rot (Vals). I grow some with my Geos, placing them in a pot can help. Covering the immediate area around the plant with flat stones to keep them from being dug up until there roots are strong enough to hold also works. You...

I have 10 tanks, I do the big tanks on Saturday and do the small ones are done Sunday. The 150 g and 180 g get a 40-50% WC weekly. I vacuum the top 1/4" of gravel of the 150g. I vacuum sand surface in 180g, wipe the glass and trim the plants if needed. I rinse the filter material every other...

It happens here also, depends on what is going on in the house. Usually they go about their business when my husband/kids are in front of the tank. Hubby was helping me change out the background on the tank and he came up to it with a large black sheet of poster board. You would have thought he...

I have never had any issues with my sterbai being shy and they live with some rather large fish in a 180 gallon, including a 16" BGK. I also have Peppers, Green Aeneus, Punctatus, Albino, and False Julli. The only ones that were ever shy were the Punctatus when I initially moved them from QT to...

I feel fish can express emotion to a degree. I do not know to what extent but they have at least some primitive emotion, or maybe basic emotions. I do not think they have the capacity to hold a grudge or be jealous or spiteful. I do believe they can express happiness, affection/or preference for...

He is a blood parrot fish, origins unknown, oooooo🤣. It is a hybrid South American cichlid.

This is older, but as good as it gets, I am usually behind the camera and I am definitely not into selfies. This one didn't turn out too bad though.

Beaker at his best---I love his dumb little face.

Shrimp are fun, I have a tank load. Neocaridina come in a ton of colors. I have your basic red but also have Sky blue, Dream blue, green and orange. I bought a batch of dream blue rili now many of the other colors have stripes too. They are very active, pretty cute and will also keep your plants...

Ages ago (early 2000's) I put a veil tail Betta male in a 55gallon community. It was my cousin's fish that was not doing great in his fish bowl (not even going to get into the issues with everything on that end). So, naturally my relatives were like, " K has a big tank, she could take him". I...

Dark chocolate covered cherry. Little bit bitter, little bit tart, but also a little sweet.

This is Dante, he is the best boy. He will be 12 years old in July. He eats Purina veterinary diets EN as he has EPI. If he eats anything else, we all die🤣 He was born at the Vet clinic I work at. His mother was a puppy mill dog, who was pregnant and sick. The "owner" was going to take her...

Thank you, it was one of the scariest things I have ever been through, if the outcome had been different, I know I would not have been able to adjust as well. He turned 4 in January. He is so sweet and absolutely fears nothing, I am pretty sure he will be the next Evel Knieval😅. Most of my gray...

Ok...this is going to get a bit deep for me...so bare with me. I have always loved watching my tanks. Taking time each day to check on everyone and make sure everything was going well. In 2017, I was pregnant with my second little boy. Everything went fine with the first, why wouldn't it with...

Complete fishhead😅. I have no direction. I like a bit of everything. Each species has its charms. There are big fish with big personalities and little cheeky crustaceans. I love how my fish interact with their environment, with each other and with me. I can watch for hours, always seeing...

Try to eat as best you can, I know you might not feel like it but it will help you keep up your strength. Especially if you can't taste or smell, I know eating is pretty...bland. Your body will still use the nutrients regardless. Hope you feel better soon.

So the concern I have about this fish is the blood, especially if it is at the fins as well as the body. So fish can get hemorragic septicemia, it can be bacterial or viral. It affects a wide range of fish species, both fresh and marine. Ammonia poisoning can cause similar symptoms but if...

Oh yes, sorry, you can grow algae on rocks outside. They really do love green algae. The 6 otos I have live in a 50 gallon planted with no one else as far as algae crew. They are with cories, emperor tetra and a pair of dwarf acara. I still supplement their diet with Rapashy Super Green each...

Otos should really be in there own space, they are pretty calm and quite small. Would not recommend them with any large, boisterous fish. Even if they don't fit in an Angel's mouth, they might still do damage with a nip. Otos are strictly algae eaters, so they eat a good bit for their diminutive...

Does this fish have any red where his fins meet the body, also look around the nostrils and mouth for any red spots. Please take a close look, not trying to scare you, blood/hemmorage in these areas can be signs of trouble and help diagnose what is causing the issue.

There are a lot of questions about genetics. I feel if it is default for the species, those genes are then dominant. Short finned and brown are standard model BN. Albinism exists in nature but is always recessive and extremely uncommon. However, there are also strange colors between base and...

I get it, that is why I bring up Xanthics. They appear albino but truly are not. True albino will carry 2 recessive genes and you can only ever get albino fry. Xanthic have a gene that give them the pale color but if bred to a true albino, the dominant trait prevails, thus the fry are dark or...

There is only one albino, true albino are yellow with pink/red eyes. If the other color morph these people are calling "albino", is in regards to lemon with blue eyes, those fish are not albino, they are Xanthic. Which share similar coloration but are not albino.

I have pest snails in my grow out from plants I purchased. I suspect the bn fry are eating the majority of the egg sacks. The dwarf shrimp I can't imagine, but maybe. When I am messing with the tank I pluck as many adult snails out as I can catch(many about the size of a pea). I toss them in my...

It is amazing how fast critters can move when there is the right incentive. I am not sure I have seen a axolotl with the "zoomies"🤣

I do love Beaker, his squishy face is one of my favorite, and his behavior is clownish. He was a downright hog tonight, ambitious and apparently starving, he out competed the Sevs. He was bobbing out of the water trying to get at the food before it hit the surface. He was being ridiculous.🤣 Poor...

I target feed slow or shy fish, this involves my hand or really long tweezers. It works great. That is until the fast fish catch wind of the game. I usually feed the fast guys first, while they are distracted with food, I target feed the slow/shy fish. Well. Beaker ( my blood parrot) caught...

Aww, so cute. There for a minute it was like a "where's waldo" book looking for that little gecko.

Thank you for the info. This is the first time they have thrown lily pads up, guess it'll be the last as they'll get snipped now. I knew there root system was quite extensive, which I like as many of my fish are cichlids, they can't dig or pull them up with solid roots.

Jeez, that is a lot of seed, even with the chipmunks stealing a bit we don't go through that much. I guess if it works for you, then carry on🤣. We don't have many hawks, the ones we do have seem to prefer the rat snakes. We have bald eagles and osprey but they don't bother our birds. We have...

That sounds much better. No problem upgrading, then you can compare each unit to see how close they read to each other. Keep the old one as a back up just in case as long as it seems to read correctly.

Well, that is less than ideal. Do you think if you removed the feeders for a bit, it would move on and not think of your place as a buffet?

I am a little behind on my trimming. One of my Tiger Lotus has thrown a few leaves, racing to the surface. Part of me wants to nip them, the other part wants to let it grow. Not sure which way to go, I don't have anything with particularly high light requirements. I think lily pads would be...

The price was good too. I agonized over lighting because this particular tank is deep. What I use for the others simply wouldn't work. They are great, everything I grow in this setup grows very well. No complaints here.

This happens to me all the time. That's why my husband doesn't like me going in any LFS alone.🤣I usually end up with something new, you have better will power than I. Especially, if I get the "eye" from any little fishies. I keep telling hubs that I could have a way more expensive spending...

It looks great! I would question the aCcuracy of the meter. I would expect at nearly 100% humidity that tank would look foggy like the glass after a hot shower. I could be wrong.