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The lampeyes were the first thing I had breed which is what got me into killis. they were super easy and I just randomly saw fry one day. Both they and the gresensi have been laying eggs in my water lettuce which gets really long and dense because I somewhat overfeed my community tank... I have frogbit that grows in that tank as well that I occasionally might find an egg in, but they love laying eggs in the water lettuce. Some of the other fish I have I got as eggs or juvies so no breeding there yet. And some others Ive been trying to see if a hands off approach with moss or other denser plants in a pretty looking tank would eventually yield me fry, but I haven't found any so far so I'm going to take the blockii tank this weekend and strip it and do the traditional green yarn mop method and see how that works. I also might play around with temps because I noticed for the lampeyes at least, if I change the temperature around even within their acceptable temp range, it can still affect the spawning activity. at least for me with those fish. In general though I've been pretty passive and probably have missed some eggs in the tanks I've been waiting to see if fry would appear in.

Nothing overly difficult for me so far. None of them have been picky eaters. The aphanius mento is the only one of those that prefer harder water which I had to adjust for since I have softer water; the males also pick on each other. The Diapterons prefer cooler water (like mid to high 60s) which is a little more difficult to maintain in the summer, but otherwise no issues. The lampeyes and gresensi I have in community tanks and they get along with everyone else just fine as well.

I've been obsessing collecting the last few months. I have fundulopanchax gresensi, norman lampeyes, epiplatys roloffi, aplocheilus blockii, diapteron cyanostictum, diapteron georgiae, and aphanius mento kirks... So a lot of non annuals. I got a bunch of these from an auction right before winter and in general this is my first year with killis but I'm obsessed now.

I love killis too and am glad to see another killi keeper/breeder!

Just curious, do you run an airstone in that?

The two bettas I've had had no problems with any other fish that I had with them, but never worked with shrimp.

I got some co-op sponge filters used that didn't come with the uplift tubes. Anyone know the outer dimensions so I can just pick something up from the hardware store? Thanks

I personally might be comfortable putting my pair of diapteron killifish in a 2.5 gallon of that dimension. Some killi breeders would be fine breeding pairs of killis in such small tanks. I specifically am saying my diapterons though as they are particularly small, but also quite inactive I've found, which is also a large component to this suggestion. Another small killi might be the clown killifish but I don't really know their activity level as well. However, since you want you tank to breed shrimp, maybe no killi would work out for focused shrimp breeding. Otherwise maybe I could include dwarf anchor catfish if I had such a tank. They wiggle around during feeding time and at night, but otherwise theyre very inactive, very small, and have very poor vision as well. Just give them places for them to lay on and theyll be happy imo. Others may feel free to chime in if they disagree of course, but those are some things I'd be okay trying personally. Edit: I should note that dwarf anchors would prefer to be in a group, but I think you could get away with a few.

Where did you get your driftwood from? If it's from a fish store it's probably safe anyways. Hot water could still be used to leech out the tannins or make it sink. Even hot tub water would still help to open up the pores to waterlog it faster, as well as leech out tannins.

If theres a sponge prefilter or sponge inside, I'd clean that out. rinse it in some water and put it back and see how that works

I used a TV console in the past. It was a long, wooden, lower to the ground one. It was not on 4 peg feet though. It was in contact with the floor along the whole lengths of all 4 edges basically and some parts in the middle.

A similar light to the fluval that I like is the Aquaticlife Edge LED light. The 36 inch is $90 so its a good value in my opinion, but the 48 jumps to $160 on amazon. Seems like the brand/light is pretty unknown, and if there are negative reviews I think it's mostly due to the app, but once I spent an hour or two tuning the app once, I was very pleased with the result and I personally prefer it to my fluval 3.0. I believe it actually has higher wattage than the fluval but I don't remember about the lumens or par. I actually found it easier to tune than the fluval light for having varying colors of light throughout the day (sunset, daytime, sunset, night). It's still not the most refined app in the world, but I was able to get everything how I liked it and don't have to touch any settings anymore.

I use the gladiator ez connect shelf. super easy to set up and take apart and holds 1000 lbs per shelf.

reminded me of my nerite snail and his poop but I haven't kept a rabbit snail

I'm literally just starting up a reef tank so there are a lot of things that I'm newly finding fascinating from that world. One animal that I find particularly amazing that would be very cool to have possible in a freshwater tank would be dwarf cuttlefish. The color changing, movement, behavior, I just think theyre super cool.

Maybe look at sraquaristik's website. you can see the exact pieces of wood that you would get. I haven't ordered from them before though.

At some point I'm going to add a rain system to the underside of one of my lids. Very simple with just a pump from the tank to tubing with holes on the underside of the lid so I can make it rain. No real practical purpose except for the effect and maybe a tad bit more 'nature' simulation for the fishies. Also might make it smart so I can either control it from an app or the rain coincides with the actual outside rain (although I live around seattle so that might be a lot of rainy days during the cooler months...).

I wouldn't worry about the plants too much if you just keep them clean and wet.

Probably a longshot because that TDS is so high, but if you're using a substrate that might be adding to your TDS like aragonite you could try replacing or capping it with something neutral and see if that helps at all. Good luck.

The Greater Seattle Area Buying and Selling Facebook group, as well as the Washington State Aquarium Rehoming Facebook group will surely have lots of people that will be happy to take the fish or the whole setup if you make a post about it.

Not sure how many people this is news to but this is the first time I've seen a GloFish corydora in stores. I've heard that was going to become a thing but it seems like it has now made it into the big chain stores. Not really my jam but I don't have strong judgements on GloFish. I am curious what is the next fish they will attempt this with though. Glo Mbu puffer when?

Yeah the males get a nice color but the females stay more plain. The shimmering blue comes out when they have a flashlight on them.

I'm currently obssesed with killifish, and a lot of those could work in a 5 gallon, but right now one I'm keeping is the diapteron cyanostictum. These guys also are smaller killis.

I'd try the Greater Seattle Area Buying and Selling Facebook group if you can't find anything here. Or dennys pet world since co-op doesn't have yellows right now.

Lucky for me I'm actually very close to aquarium co-op and have a couple other solid lfs options as well. Excited for the new store expansion!