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I'll definitely get fry, she's produced a significant amount in the past few months. I'm somewhat more interested in this hybrid than the others, so I'll probably save a few for myself. I don't generally support hybrids, so they won't leave my house.

Wasn't an expected outcome, as I have other vieja in there – including a v. zonatus she's spawned with 6 times now, but apparently the Texas was irresistible! 😂

Japanese trapdoor snails are a staple for ponds.

They're already tucked away with the other plants, but here they are.

Canada. They're endangered in the wild, but are bred in captivity.

It's dark out, so pics tomorrow!

My friend and I were finished work early today and figured we'd hit up a couple of nurseries today. Turned out that there was a 30% off sale at the one local to my house! I scored 10 western hemlock that were potted together, a pacific arbutus, and a decent jade cutting for $65!! The hemlock...

People probably shouldn't be able to own fish.

Paratilipia Polleni is what I'm referring to. We bring in a batch of 50 every couple of months to wholesale out for approximately $8 to stores, who then sell from $20-40 depending.

They're like... $20 here? That price tag is absolutely insane.

Sorry to hear, my cat just died of organ failure last month and then last week my parents 23 year old cat had to be put down. Always tough.

I finally caught up on sleep and woke up this afternoon.

I've been growing mine emersed for a few years now without issues.

The purist in me is struggling.

Right now I have a three beacon, vampire, thin bar King Tiger, gold vampire, queen arabesque, sunshine, blue phantom, flash, lineola, and a cactus... I traded all my loaches in for a small fortune and splurged 😅

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Cold brew and then espresso are my two favourite. Really need a cold brew coffee maker.

As long as my fish are healthy, if I'm tired aesthetics be damned

This is my 6 gallon Fluval Edge that I removed the lid from. It's become a home for oddball fish that get shipped in to us at the shop. There's a wildcaught farlowella that has a bizarre short body mutation, two different individuals from seperate dwarf loach species, and a king betta. I've got...

Housing turtles with fish isn't as problematic as the vast majority of hobbyist would say, it's matter of bad PR because of sliders, cooters, and the like.

Figured we could drum up discussion about the hobby in our lives. I've been fishkeeping since 2008, so I'm in my 14th year. I have actually only worked in the aquarium trade, starting out in 2014 working at a local fish store, bouncing between stores as they went out of business till 2017 when...

Electric catfish North-American Burbot Whichever species of Sea Robin this is: Toss up between a crocodilian and an elephant trunk snake or other aquatic snake species.

Feel free!

All my tanks are open top, as long as you have sufficient surface agitation you won't develop a biofilm. There are specific riparium planters you can buy, but you can use hang on back filters, breeder boxes, or any other container - you could also just let the roots hang into the water column if...

Terrestrial plants still utilize ammonia/ammonium. They aren't as effective at storing ammonium versus nitrate, as in excess it can cause cell damage; however pothos can generally utilize it efficiently enough to avoid this, unless the concentration is high enough to kill the aquatic...

Not much left to be said, everyone has summarized the situation nicely. The petshop hasn't set you up for success, selling you inappropriately sized fish, too many fish, and too quickly. I think with this situation you should do a little Google sleuthing on species you like while finishing...

Here's a relevant infographic I made for my streamkeeping group about them when contaminated moss balls were discovered locally

Once they're large enough, they'll go into my 210 gallon Central American tank.

A m. argenteus and m. regani. There were plenty of argenteus in stock, but only a single regani whose dorsal fin has some permanent damage. Happy with the two fish regardless though!