New Fish

[MHunt]

Howdoo all,

Just returned from pets at home with my latest aquisitions. I went for 6 congo tetras and that's what I got for one, 6 nice juvis. don't know how many male or females, we'll see what develops.

I also noticed in a little display tank some galaxy rasboras, so I ended up coming away with 5. They're tiny fish and they're in my 60 litre community at the moment till I decide where to put a species breeder. I just hope my apisto doesn't eat them, he appeared to have a nip at one of them! Hopefully i'll have 5 galaxy's in the morning!

 

[Colin_T]

the galaxies can't be kept with the congos because they will get eaten.

 

[bordercollie05]

Oooooh, I'm hoping to get some of congos in a couple weeks. Pics? Congrats on your new fish

 

[pippoodle]

galaxys are soo small even when fully grown they are best to be kept with nothing bigger than a guppy
doing research on them 0- cos i'm going to have some - i have read in sevreal places that they are happier with similarly sized small fish like pygmy corys and brigitte rasboras ,cardinal tetras , neons and emerald dwarf rasborsas

i have my pygmy corys now just waiting for my brigittes to come into stock then i'll be getting some galaxys
They also prefer a planted tank

good luck

Sarah x

 

[MHunt]

the galaxies can't be kept with the congos because they will get eaten.

There in different tanks, the congo's are in my 200L, my galaxy's are in my 60L with mainly small fish apart from my apisto. I'm thinking about putting the apisto in my 200L but i don wany him to get nervous in such a big tank or have a problem with my angels when I get them.

 

[Colin_T]

ok no worries. I thought you were going to keep them together.

 

[MHunt]

ok no worries. I thought you were going to keep them together.

My biggest concern was my apisto with the galaxy's as he appeared to have a nip at a couple, but I still have 5 this morning, but in the long term i'm going to have to do something different with them as they seem a bit too timid to be in with the harlequins and my cherry barbs. They just get lost at feeding time. I prob need to do a small species breeding tank, but I need to find the space first!

 

[Jallen]

Just to let you know, Galaxy Rasbora's also known as Celestial Danios are often caught in the wild and are endangered.

 

[rocknurworld2006]

Just to let you know, Galaxy Rasbora's also known as Celestial Danios are often caught in the wild and are endangered.

as far as i know theyrestill banned from import as they are endangeed. so the ones in shops nowadays should be tank bred.

ok no worries. I thought you were going to keep them together.

My biggest concern was my apisto with the galaxy's as he appeared to have a nip at a couple, but I still have 5 this morning, but in the long term i'm going to have to do something different with them as they seem a bit too timid to be in with the harlequins and my cherry barbs. They just get lost at feeding time. I prob need to do a small species breeding tank, but I need to find the space first!

ye s i wud remove apisto.

i keep my galaxys wi baby corys, pair of LDA25, and 5 badis badis(scarlet badis)

how much did u pay for ur galaxys?

 

[MHunt]

Just to let you know, Galaxy Rasbora's also known as Celestial Danios are often caught in the wild and are endangered.

as far as i know theyrestill banned from import as they are endangeed. so the ones in shops nowadays should be tank bred.

ok no worries. I thought you were going to keep them together.

My biggest concern was my apisto with the galaxy's as he appeared to have a nip at a couple, but I still have 5 this morning, but in the long term i'm going to have to do something different with them as they seem a bit too timid to be in with the harlequins and my cherry barbs. They just get lost at feeding time. I prob need to do a small species breeding tank, but I need to find the space first!

ye s i wud remove apisto.

i keep my galaxys wi baby corys, pair of LDA25, and 5 badis badis(scarlet badis)

how much did u pay for ur galaxys?

I've baught them with the intention of breeding them so hopefully I can propogate this species. I'm going to move the apisto, my harlequins and my cherry barbs into my big tank for now, as long as they'll be alright with my angels when I get them.

I paid 1.95 each for them! The guy at P@H knew what they were but didn't have a price for them so letr me have them for that, he had a few left too.

 

[rocknurworld2006]

Just to let you know, Galaxy Rasbora's also known as Celestial Danios are often caught in the wild and are endangered.

as far as i know theyrestill banned from import as they are endangeed. so the ones in shops nowadays should be tank bred.

ok no worries. I thought you were going to keep them together.

My biggest concern was my apisto with the galaxy's as he appeared to have a nip at a couple, but I still have 5 this morning, but in the long term i'm going to have to do something different with them as they seem a bit too timid to be in with the harlequins and my cherry barbs. They just get lost at feeding time. I prob need to do a small species breeding tank, but I need to find the space first!

ye s i wud remove apisto.

i keep my galaxys wi baby corys, pair of LDA25, and 5 badis badis(scarlet badis)

how much did u pay for ur galaxys?

I've baught them with the intention of breeding them so hopefully I can propogate this species. I'm going to move the apisto, my harlequins and my cherry barbs into my big tank for now, as long as they'll be alright with my angels when I get them.

I paid 1.95 each for them! The guy at P@H knew what they were but didn't have a price for them so letr me have them for that, he had a few left too.

rare for pah to get summit like this in and thats a really good price to pay aswell

any questions on breedinng them dont hesitate to ask

 

[MHunt]

Yeah I'm aware of their endangered status, which is why I was keen to get some and try and breed them, but i've also read that breeding isn't too hard, so there's my main fishy project this year, apart from setting up my 200L.

 

[MHunt]

Right, 32 litre tank started with sand substrate, sponge filter and being heated to 26C. Planning to use that as a galaxy breeder when i get a couple of plants and some java moss in there. Any other suggestions, ideas, experiences?

Edit - After reading a couple of articles on Galaxy breeding I've dropped the temp in the breeding tank to 23C and I'm off to try and get a load of Java moss, which I'll be honest, I haven't seen very often at my lfs's.

 

[rocknurworld2006]

Right, 32 litre tank started with sand substrate, sponge filter and being heated to 26C. Planning to use that as a galaxy breeder when i get a couple of plants and some java moss in there. Any other suggestions, ideas, experiences?

Edit - After reading a couple of articles on Galaxy breeding I've dropped the temp in the breeding tank to 23C and I'm off to try and get a load of Java moss, which I'll be honest, I haven't seen very often at my lfs's.

keep it at 24-26degrees

use spawning mops nstead of java moss so it can be removed

 

[Jimbo1984]

I got some Java Moss off eBay...