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Yeah I wouldn't suggest putting neons/tetras in general in with them as have heard they're quite nippy and 22 litres is pretty small. Personally I'd only put him in by himself in there but a group of ~6 pygmy corydoras could also work, and they have the upside of being totally and completely adorable

Very cute Depending on your stocking, a 200L would be more than enough of an excuse to get a few more

Huh, weird, my guy always liked them. That said, my honey gourami haven't figured out that they're food yet and of my other fish the ones most likely to go for them are the harlequin rasbora and the spiny eel. Every one else doesn't really seem to get it. Fighters are quite 'individualistic' compared to other fish species as well so you can get a range of personalities. I'd say if he prefers his pellets just go with that and maybe try him on some other stuff occasionally, e.g. mosquito larvae, squished snail, bloodworm, blackworm, whiteworm, BBS and figure out what makes him wiggle

Huh, weird, my guy always liked them. That said, my honey gourami haven't figured out that they're food yet and of my other fish the ones most likely to go for them are the harlequin rasbora and the spiny eel. Every one else doesn't really seem to get it. Fighters are quite 'individualistic' compared to other fish species as well so you can get a range of personalities. I'd say if he prefers his pellets just go with that and maybe try him on some other stuff occasionally, e.g. mosquito larvae, squished snail, bloodworm, blackworm, whiteworm, BBS and figure out what makes him wiggle

My most recent boy was clueless to whiteworms as well at first lol. He did have an association that human finger=foof bringer tho so after he accepted one from my finger he immediately clicked and would accept that shaped/coloured object every time afterwards. Smart fish but you need to give them clues occasionally I miss my boy heaps, he jumped through a small crack in his lid few weeks ago.... good luck with yours

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Glad to hear it How cool! Ha yeah all my lot (looking at you spiny eel) clean up if they're spawning and I don't follow the female's every move. They /love/ it when they get fed food whiteworms/bloodworms/etc, mine also seem to have gotten into a pattern and spawn every second week after the water change. First thing I'd recommend for eggs are to set up the fry tank beforehand with the water from the main tank, then use a cup of water from the same tank to roll eggs off the tank and transfer to new tank I've found if the water is different that the eggs tend to die/fungus more readily. Only way to find out who it was is to grow out the babies unless you see them actually spawning Mine still haven't gotten adult markings and are near 2 months now so may take a while to tell for certain (no idea what albino babies look like) Good luck! Indian Almond Leaves-- Maxxi on here may have some, else you can get them at HFF and /maybe/ places like Animates, but for a lot more than you would off Maxxi. Trademe may also be worth a look. Don't use leaves unless they are dried out IAL or dried out oak leaves as an alternative (they don't tend to be as effective in the same quantity but do essentially the same thing I believe). I haven't found water depth to be a factor, mine are all in a fluval chi tank which is over 20cms high. I basically originally filled it to the top of the sponge filter when they were just hatching, then have gradually just ended up filling it to the top. They're quite happy to swim to the top, sit part way down on the filter or on the bottom. I also have plants which I'm growing out in there atm which they love browsing

Very nice, the little girl is very pretty

I would think so Just rinse really thoroughly as its often going to be cloudier than you initially think lol.

I have also done what Caryl said with no issues. I think an alternative to 'wild caught' in terms of sand which is soft and reasonably cheap is play sand (unsure of brand sorry). Always good to give whatever substrate you get a good thorough rinsing

Definitely Malasian Trumpet Snails I'd say, you probably wouldn't have noticed them because they often hide under the substrate and mainly come out to feed or at night. Interesting creatures though, they give birth to live young as opposed to laying eggs apparently! Can quickly get out of control if overfeeding is an issue though I unfortunately have more than my share of them

Not entirely sure. It's at least poisonous to cats and dogs

Lucky bamboo in my experience is fine being partially underwater so long as a decent amount of it is above (like...at least the leaves and a few cms of stem, they do prefer just having roots wet ideally though) I have read about the roots being poisonous when injested though, so would advise caution on that front

And now I'm jealous of you that I couldnt tell the difference seriously though, I need some sort of ground cover plant for one of my tanks so my Kuhlis can poke their little heads out of it :3

Well done for doing a fish less cycle. Yeah, I've generally been told not to do water changes/clean up when cycling. It doesn't look nice for ages but after the tank starts showing as cycled you're able to clean up before adding fish having nitrates is very encouraging and means you're almost there, it just may be a little while before there's enough bacteria to keep up with how much ammonia is being put in

Welcome! My only softly worded criticism is that you have dwarf hairgrass and I do not very jealous, I've been meaning to get some. Lovely tanks you have there

I haven't updated on what I've done with my tanks on FNZAS recently, so thought I'd better do something to keep track. I've also had to downgrade recently to just 3 aquariums, which is a huge change as I got up to 8 at one stage, but I'm happy with the tanks I have left.They're not the best aquariums in the world, but they're mine and as always are a work in progress, which is the fun of it after all 200L Tropical Community Current tank inhabitants: 21x Sterbai Corydora 17x Harlequin Rasbora 10x Steel Blue Apistos 3x Banjo Catfish 2x female Guppy 1x Pearlspot Gourami 1x Indian Green Spiny Eel 1x Blue Phantom Pleco I recently had a shuffle around in stocking-- I used to have an angelfish pair in this tank who I am very fond of, but unfortunately the male had so much a go at the female that I was very worried about her chances for survival, and so have rehomed them both to a larger tank with Alexyay, where hopefully aggression is more spread with other angelfish in the tank. It has allowed me to add the apistos though, who I am enjoying watching already :3 The banjos, eel and pleco I don't often see, but they are nice 'surprise' fish to bump into a couple of days a week The sterbai army is marching along really well, and I have a tank full of their babies who have made it through their first month so far The pearlspot gourami is lovely but I feel like shes a bit lonely, so may get a male/another female down the track. I am also looking into getting some threadfin rainbowfish, and possibly swapping the harlequin rasbora for rocket pencilfish, but that would be a long while from now Anyone had any experiences with these fish/possible combinations with fish I have in this tank? 60L Almost-Biotype Current tank inhabitants: 17x Emerald Rasbora 9x pygmy corydoras 9x Banded Kuhli Loaches 4x Black Kuhli Loaches 6x Golden Honey Gourami (Trichogaster chuna) This is probably the tank I am happiest with at the moment The rasbora are busy, simple yet beautiful wee fish, the honeys have intriguing wee territorial conflicts and breeding habits to watch, and the kuhlis snuffle along the bottom, hide in tubes and dance on the glass surface when they feel the need. I was going to move along the pygmy corydoras, but they have recently become more active and I've fallen in love with them again, so I'm happy with this being an almost-biotype tank for now I got a fluval 106 recently and it has done wonders for the water quality and the fish are enjoying the increase in flow I'll probably tinker with the hardscape and occasionally have wild dreams of upgrading it to a Rubix 80 with a proper shiny stand but am definitely in love with the tank overall 20ish L Fighter Tank Inhabitant: Fidget the HMPK male marble siamese fighting fish I love this tank for it's inhabitant had this wee guy about 6 months now and he's still as hyperactive as on day 1, is so cute to watch hunting for live food like a 'real wild fish', ferocious against his mirror, jumps up to bump your finger out of the water, and sleeps in a floating tube. He recently had a downgrade because his bigger version of this tank (an aqua one trio with the dividers ripped out) developed a leak, so he now lives in an aqua one duo with the dividers ripped out . I'll be fiddling with the scape at some stage as am unhappy with it but have been distracted by other things recently. The tank is super stable with readings of under 10 nitrates every time I bother to test it, probably due to the low stocking and the large abundance of plants. All in all its a tank I go to to interact with the fish in it, rather than one that I sit in front of to watch for extended periods of time.

The other thing to note about borneos is they tend to need specialist foods-- I think you're meant to put several large smooth rocks outside in a bucket until they grow a particular type of algae on them, then swap them with rocks inside when those rocks run out of algae, and the borneos eat the critters that live in the algae? Could be wrong but my understanding is they don't just eat algae wafers and flakes Also would be looking into what /species/ of borneo you're getting-- we actually seem to get several different species and they require different tank sizes due to their different activity/territory levels--- I've seen some care sheets that list one species needing a minimum of 70L, and another needing a min. of 40L (http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/sewellia-lineolata/ vs http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/beaufortia-kweichowensis/ ) I believe they're also wild caught so are very sensitive to water conditions, which isn't the /best/ feature to have in a fish for a small tank unless you're doing multiple water changes a week. Also keeping water at a low temperature in such a small tank consistently could be challenging, and not very good for the fish if it zig zags from high to low temperature within a day. Dwarf puffers could be a better option as they don't tend to need so much room as borneos but have the same issues with generally being wild caught in terms of water quality and temperature. I found my boy got bored very quickly in a 21 litre, so I moved him onto a friend who could give him a bigger tank as although I was constantly changing decor it didn't seem enough for him, and I had my time split between my general life and other tanks at the time as well. They're a fish who are /so/ /so/ smart and are really worth the larger tank. If I were to get puffers again I'd probably get a 60L and have 3-4 If you do end up going the puffer route, it's best to treat them for internal parasites as they do seem to come in with them relatively often. Imo a 13 litre is a tricky set up, but if you're committed to it a fish like a fighter could thrive. It's just a challenge to keep stable

Whoops I think I changed the privacy settings on that video the wrong way lol should be viewable now

I managed to pick up a whiteworm culture from the Albany Animates a few days ago, they might have some more in stock but would be worth ringing ahead

Nice tank +1 to everything Alexyay has said always best to have a snail supply outside of the tank the puffs are in else they will definitely eat them all. I had /some/ success with feeding MTS to my puffer-- he would pick at them and maybe be able to eat 1/3 of them before they disappeared. Would not recommend relying on them as a staple diet, particularly since DPFs are sight predators and MTS usually come out more at night when the puffers won't be hunting, whilst during the day they are under the sand so the puffers can't get to them as easily. I'm not sure if you've given them a close inspection before but they're also /very/ /very/ prickly so don't look to be as appetising as, say, pond snails or ramshorns. If needed you can teach them to take to frozen bloodworms-- it's not the best food for them, but it's good in a 'just in case' situation such as if you run out of snails/don't have enough time to catch them on a given day. You just need to wiggle it between your fingers (once they're used to your fingers) and once they've eaten a couple they often take onto it. But yeah better as a treat food anyways.

3 days until these guys are 30 days free swimming Seem to have 17+ still hanging around

Good point-- If you haven't tried them or heard of them I've found parlour palm, syngonium, lucky bamboo and peace lily to also work well when grown with roots in the water I keep my lucky bamboo roots in a place where they can't possibly be reached/nibbled on by my wee fighter though, as it is thought to be toxic to them when eaten and I like to be on the safe side

It feels somewhat finicky of me, but just something I've noticed so thought I should say something! When logging into the forum, if you enter an incorrect password, it does not give you a message to that effect, it just doesn't log you in--- well the side of the top of the 'forum' page where it usually displays your username looks different but if you expect that password to work you may not notice straight away. It resulted in me browsing the site as guest for half an hour and then when I went to post I realised I hadn't logged in Not a criticism, I like the new site thus far, just an observation which I thought worth mentioning as a lot of forums do have this small feature

I believe that it is toxic when injested as opposed to upon contact. Plenty of cats and dogs will occasionally chew on houseplants but I am yet to see a frog do so