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  1. Schuyler
    Pipettes, yeast, salsa jars, but meat thermometer is probably my biggest one. I can instantly check the temp on my tanks without having to have a thermometer in each one or try and read those little glass thermometers. Bonus, you can check the temp if the water for a water change. Definitely turkey basters so many uses! What are you doing with that?
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    That feels like an awfully big "but" there If you have a separate grow out tank and know that you'll have a place to sell them then this could work.
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    I promise he's in there lol Here's a much better picture:
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    Welcome! Normally I recommend killifish but fit this one I agree with @Fish Folk a pair of an Apistogramma species would be cool. Something that would make full use of those caves. Another option could a pair of a Pelvicachromis species (kribs or a similar species). Then you could go for an almost biotope with you anubias, kribs, and some Killifish like Aphyosemion Australe, Striatum, or Gabunense (though that temp range would be a bit toasty for them). Gourami are great too. I have three sparkling gourami in my 40 gallon tank. They live to lurk under anubias and lotus leaves. Honestly, they may even enjoy the caves too. If you're pretty new, one thing I would suggest is to pick a species you absolutely know you want to get. Buy that, keep it for a while on the tank, learn how it acts when it's healthy and it's behaviors. Then add another species and repeat. That way you know them and you can make sure they are all getting food while getting used to the tank. The second benefit is that it gives you more time to figure out what you really want. I would also do fewer schooling species but bigger schools. The more the merrier and you'll get more interesting behavior. For me, adding more pygmy corys made them more comfortable and come out of hiding more often.
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    An interesting thing happened today. When I feed white worms I'll pick them out of the culture, rinse them in a cup of aquarium water, and then use a pipette to feed them to the fish. Today I was feeding when my wife asked me to help her with something. I came back and am hour later to find that the worms were crawling up the pipette to get out of the water:
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    Maybe 10 ppm nitrates and pretty soft but there was a water change yesterday. My main worry is that they will just eat the eggs immediately after laying them. I guess it's with a try before trying a breeder tank.
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    I like Lowell's videos. I thought about doing this but decided against it because it wouldn't really work in this tank with the river bank and roots. That said, I may just do it in the breeding tank. Move both in at the same time but add the divider. Then take the divider out after a few days. That said, I take offense to him pointing out that breeding killis is an old man thing
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    Maybe it's just wishful thinking but it seems like her lip is looking better. It's not as fuzzy and almost looks like it healed over? I'm going to hold off on treating with the kanaplex I just got (I couldn't find Maracyn 2) But the the tank over, the small male Nothobranchius Eggersi is pretty beat up and in rough shape. It looks like he's developed popeye. He's been moved to a shoe box with moss and a filter for treatment and to give him a break. The female is reaching guppy levels of round: I'm pretty sure she's just really full of eggs but I'm going to keep an extra close eye on her. Their tank also got a water change (with a pinch of salt). On Jan 1st, I started my last bag of Nothobranchius Guentheri eggs. I figured that would make it really easy to render how old they are. There were roughly 10-20 fry but this was a second wetting and the eggs are pretty old so I'm not sure how strong the fry will be.
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    They're color has really started to explode and they are not shy at all. I went to take pictures and the one with the spot came to investigate the camera: The palm frond is pretty much completely gone now. I may add a few leaves to replace it. The licorice fern is starting to show signs that it's dieing off. That's disappointing but half expected for something that is native to a temperature climate and mainly grows in winter. Luckily, it was just picked from my parents back yard. The water lettuce is surprisingly struggling too. Maybe the just isn't enough nitrates in the water? But the important thing is that the fish seem happy and healthy. I'm debating between putting a sparring mop in here directly or moving the female to another tank for a couple days to condition her and then adding a male and a mop. Any suggestions?
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    The tank has had some new arrivals and departures recently. Departures: First, the small belly slider killifish passed away. I'm not sure exactly why, I had noticed that he was getting skinnier so I was making an effort to target feed him directly but I suspect it was just his time due to birth defects. Second, I gave away a bag of guppies. Still a ton left to figure out but better than nothing. Arrivals: A pair of American flagfish. They just got done quarantining. They were surrendered to the LFS near me because they were "too aggressive". From the looks of them they weren't in great shape. They were extremely shy when I first put them in quarantine but their appetite came back and they aren't as shy now. So far I haven't seen anything that looks like aggression. Hopefully there's enough cover for them to feel comfortable. I am a bit nervous that they may get territorial if they start breeding but then seem very young Not the greatest picture of him but honestly he's not much to look at just yet:
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    They like to rest on things. I just went over to my tank to check:
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    I second this. My outdoor culture did amazing in late spring, slowed down during summer, exploded again in fall, and now that it's winter it's just barely dragging along. They seem to like cool but not cold. Also, bigger containers have been easier for me than small ones.
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    Yeah my opinion of that guy's information has changed over the last year. He seems to have pretty extreme views.
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    Fuzz. It started as a spot at the tip of her bottom lip and has slowly spread over the last month and a half. Occasionally there are dangling pieces and a redness around it. This was it a few weeks ago
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    I think I'm leaning towards them right now. I already have them and there is a place to put them afterward. Another option could be to try breeding sparkling gourami. Maybe not in the 20 though that's a bit excessive. Here's one of the males: And the female which was being a bit more shy so I couldn't get a great picture to show the difference: Sad news is that after two rounds of antibiotics she still has that on her mouth and it seems like it's spreading. She still eats vigorously but she has been acting a bit lethargic. I did do salt with the water change and I'm going to try giving her kanaplex to see if that works. More disappointing news... I don't see any fry and I can't find any eggs on the mop. Not totally sure what happened.
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    You may be doing this already but here is a tip for getting the best picture: take it at night, turn off all other lights in the room, and crank up the light on the tank to fill power. That's what I do when I want a full tank shot. How did you add tannins?
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    The LFS finally had springtails. Although at this point I'm not totally sure how helpful they are. We'll see if the mold on the roots goes down. There is a decent amount of new growth on the plants: The males seem to be fully colored up. The is one that's easily distinguishable from the others because of a large black spot on his dorsal fin. There's another that is larger than all the others. Then the last two are basically indistinguishable. The palm is completely decomposed at this point. That's surprising that it went so fast.
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    I gave her a big handful of established filter media to hopefully jump start the cycle
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    That's fun. I figured there must be something like that for them to have stuck around for so long. I know @Fish Folk keeps some US native species too
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    I have a coworker who bought her son a fish tank for Christmas. Luckily she didn't get fish yet because I suggested holding off until things are ready. I'm trying to put together a list of videos to help cover the absolute basics. So far I have the nitrogen cycle video. What other videos and/or articles would you share with someone stating at square one? Edit: Actually... I just remembered the advice center on the aquarium Co-op page. It looks like they have a beginner information section: https://www.aquariumcoop.com/pages/help-center#/collection/5204
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    Welcome to the forum! What draws you to mud minnows? Just that they can be collected locally or is there someone more about them specifically? Just curious
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    I don't think I mentioned but this picture ended up winning the photo contest. I used a portion of the gift card prize to buy a pair of American flagfish from an LFS. They've been quarantining for about a week now and seem to be perking up and eating more. They're still pretty shy so no pictures yet. I put the spawning spot in their tank again and the male seemed pretty excited and started digging around right away It wasn't too long before they were spawning I took some time off around Christmas and during that time I was able to rearrange things to make space for a 20 long: Things aren't totally finalized yet though. I have a few different options in considering: 1) Get some type of dwarf cichlid that likes coconut huts (my son likes making them so we have quite a few) 2) Set up a mini fry grow out system 3) Move pygmy corys from another tank and attempt to breed them in here 4) Do a botanical heavy clown killi tank and try to breed them
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    Looks like a skud to me. Depending on who you ask they are either a pest (they eat plants) or a good live food
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    Rocket killis come from a very similar niche to gourami. They both live in stagnant pools. Here's info about where rocket killis come from if you're curious: https://cefishessentials.com/blog/biotopes-of-africa-epiplatys-annulatus-the-clown-killifish/ I would be more cautious about aggression from the gourami. They both spend a lot of time at the top and the killis are much smaller. I haven't kept either of these species though. So take this with a grain of salt.
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    Another killifish keepers? That's plausible. Until recently she was being aggressive towards the male and he would hide in the back. Looking at the pictures it looks like she's had this for a while. I probably haven't been keeping up with water changes enough. I've already started the meds so I'm going to finish the full round. Then do more regular water changes.
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