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  1. DaniV
    Count me in on team #3! Anubias, ferns, and mosses could look really cool weaved around the log and rocks, maybe some amazon swords or other tall plants around the left side of the wood to compliment the rocks on the other side.
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    I would love to have a big Discus tank someday. They seem so chill! If not them, then a couple Oranda Goldfish. As far as what I could fit in my 10 and 20 gallon tanks... Rummynose Tetras, German Blue Rams, Boesemani Rainbowfish.
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    I honestly didn't know that we had a breed of lamprey here in the US. I always see videos of them in Asia, and they're considered a delicacy there. I took a quick look on Wikipedia and it says that they've begun to re-establish their numbers on their own and have been able to return to areas they had left 60-70 years ago. That's great!
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    I've had more issues with breaking than clogging. The last 2 bottles I've gotten, the pumps have been screwed in so tight that I was fighting to try and open it...only for it to break. I've resorted to just adding a capful of EG once a week for my ten gallon tanks, 2 capfuls for my 20. Haven't had issues!
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    Ah man, I remember fl0w! I've got the PS3 collection that had that, Flower, and Journey bundled together, and while Journey was my favorite of the bunch, fl0w was by far the most relaxing. Short but sweet!
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    Happy October everyone! For my selection, I wanted to delve a little into some spooky territory (if you can call it that), and I found a film that I found to be pretty interesting. "Giant Sea Serpent, Meet the Myth" is a documentary about recent research on the monster Oarfish, a creature that has rarely been seen in the wild yet we know exist when their corpses wash up on beaches. It is available on Tubi and I believe Amazon Prime for free. If that's not an option, it has been uploaded onto Youtube, which can be found here: The director of the film has also left comments on Youtube answering some questions and explaining the filming process. Sadly, there's no extensive info on IMDB for a true parental guide, but there are shots of Oarfish corpses. It's nothing bloody disgusting or anything, just be mindful of fish heads. Hope you guys enjoy!
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    First off, thanks @Fish Folk for going the extra mile! I'll admit, I never really thought too much about the ecosystem of our major rivers, but this was definitely eye opening, especially with the progress these groups have made. I found the stuff about the mussels interesting. Didn't know there were fresh water mussels, and the darters were beautiful! Immediately after watching it, my mind went to East Palestine in Ohio. I live in southern Ohio, so when that happened and they were talking about the toxins going into the Ohio River, I got worried. I remember seeing the chemicals giving the river water a sheen, and of course they showed off the dead fish, but that was roughly the extent of what they showed on the news. I sincerely hope that similar efforts are being made for the Ohio River as the Appalachian.
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    Did a quick Google search on them, and my guess is that the males tend to be brightly colored while the females are blander by comparison. The males are probably more in demand due to this, so the poor females get left behind.
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    I have a bottle on hand, just in case I need to dose a specific plant/area. I tried daily dosing an entire tank and didn't really see any difference, but when I had staghorn coming out of my Anubias, I spot dosed it with an eye dropper for a couple of days. Took care of it real quick! Once I added floating plants to the tank and adjusted my fertilizing regimen, the serious algae problems began to fade away in time. I still have some algae growth on my rocks, but it's nothing worrisome so I'm just letting it be.
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    I've got 3 Red Wag Swordtails from Petsmart, 2 males and 1 female (thought I had gotten 2 females until the tail grew). At the time there were a little bigger than Neon Tetras, so probably 3-4 months old. My female swordtail is probably about 2-3 inches, and add an extra inch to the males strictly because of the long tail. I've had them for maybe about 8-9 months now and I don't think they're getting any bigger.
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    Sounds fun!
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    I've got Otocinclus Catfish in my tank with my Betta, and he doesn't bother them at all. I used to have Neon Tetras in there as well, but they were so sensitive they all died on me. They were all able to swim away from him when he lurked, so I didn't have to worry too much about them being bothered either.
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    Been a while since I posted to this journal, and I wish it was under better circumstances. I came home from work today and saw that every one of my Neon Tetras died. The Betta and the Otos are fine right now. Just did a 25% water change, tested, all the parameters were normal before and after the water change. The only change I did to the tank was that I added more gravel yesterday, it was low to begin with and it wasn't covering the bases of some of my decor. I washed the gravel really well before sprinkling it in, but wouldn't that affect the Betta and Otos too? I'm stumped on this one, and this is the second time I've tried keeping Neons with little long-term success. I'm thinking I'm just not gonna bother with Neons anymore.
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    Harlequin Rasboras: I've got a group of 6 together, and it's fun watching them swim together. Love the bronze coloring they have too, helps them pop a bit in my tank. Mollies: Right now I only have Dalmatian Mollies, but I intend on trying out different Mollies in the future. When they had their Dalmatian coloring (in my avatar), they were gorgeous, but now they've completely lost the white. Still fun to watch, they have adorable personalities. Red Wag Swordtails: They look cool, plain and simple. I am getting a kick out of watching the fry grow, can't wait to see them fully mature! Betta: Have a blue veiltail with red tips at the tail that looks cool, and is very chill in his community tank. I always swing by the betta shelves whenever I go to the LFS, just to check out the wide variety of colors and types that are out there. Corydoras: Have a pair of peppered corys and they're a hoot to watch. Whenever they swim up to get their little gulp of air, they like to chill in the floating Watersprite.
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    Here we go again! I woke up Wednesday morning, went to feed the babies and checked on the other tanks and what do I find? MORE FRY IN THE 20 GALLON!! I found mom hiding in the plants and placed her in the quarantine tub, hoping she'd finish in peace while I was at work, but it turns out she had finished delivering in the middle of the night. No new babies in quarantine when I came home (unless she ate them). I returned mom to her tank, and with my dad's help we moved the first batch of babies into the quarantine tub and began fishing out the new fry. A lot of them were hiding in the water sprite, which made them easy to spot and catch. Couldn't get a final total, but I have a feeling I grabbed 12-15 minimum. Once they get bigger I'll know, but of course now there's the issue of "what do I do with these guys?" I intend to bring the first batch into my 20 gallon to join up with the community, but I'm probably gonna have to ask the LFS if they can buy fish from customers. If so, then I'll do just that!
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    OK, it's been about a month since the babies were born, and they're still growing strong! They're big enough now that I can sprinkle in some ground up fish food to change things up a bit, but I'm still giving them the jar of baby brine shrimp, which is almost out. They look like they won't get eaten by the fish in my 20 gallon, which is where I plan on transferring them, and I was hoping to do that this weekend and get my shrimp colony started already. Dad talked me out of it for now, his concern is the bigger fish (the adult swordtails and mollies) bullying them and stressing them out, so he said still wait a couple of weeks to get a bit bigger. The otos are doing very well, in both this tank and the betta tank! They've been cleaning a lot of the algae build up, but hopefully there will still be some munchies for the shrimp when I eventually get them.
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    Some fish are just greedier than others, it seems. I'll feed by betta a few pellets for him to eat, and then sprinkle some mini pellets for his neon tetra roomies, and despite eating his pellets he will go and nom away on the tetra's food. My mollies and swordtails will eat just about anything in front of them, even if it's the blanched zucchini for my bottom dwellers, all the while my harlequin rasboras are content with just grabbing what they want and going along their merry way. I've been keeping the temps on my tanks around 78, dunno if that helps.
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    Those are fertilizer balls, like the ones you can find in bags of potting soil. Nothing to worry about!
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    I've been learning a lot since I started roughly 8 months ago. Some good, some bad, definitely some frustrations, but ultimately I'm still very much enjoying this hobby. Best of all, my mom and dad are enjoying this as well. Even though these are all my tanks and fish, the three of us have learned so much. When I saw my first batch of fry in my 20 gallon tank, mom and I were so excited to see baby fish. Dad told me to check the filter, there were a bunch that had gotten sucked up and still alive. That night, the three of us were binging Youtube videos on fry for over an hour. These babies have been a real treasure for us! But by far the most frustrating aspect that I'm still struggling with is keeping plants. Some have thrived very well, while others have struggled, even the ones that everyone says grow like crazy and are beginner friendly. It's strange. I can keep java ferns no problem, but most anubias plants I've tried have rotted away. I've gone through a few tiger lotuses, but my 1 dwarf aquarium lily thrives like crazy. I have tried to keep pogostemon stellatus octopus multiple times, and each time they just shrivel up on me instead of growing out as people say they do. So yeah, overall I love my water babies and I anticipate more years to come!
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    My mom and dad got me this book last Christmas. It has basic info on all kinds of freshwater, saltwater, pond fish, and plants. I still peruse it from time to time.
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    Week 3 update! Babies have been growing well and I hope that within another week or 2 they'll be big enough to introduce into the 20 gallon tank without any worries of them being eaten. I went and purchased some Otocinclus to help with the algae until I get my cherry shrimps. Hopefully they'll live. I had bought 3 for my 10 gallon a few weeks ago, and within a day 2 of them died. Don't mind the baby brine shrimp!
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    Week 2 Fry update! Everyone's growing bigger pretty quickly and the colors are far more pronounced. I went and bought some Ocean Nutrition Instant Baby Brine Shrimp at the LFS. I'm aware they're not living BBS, but for now it'll do cause I don't have everything to hatch BBS myself. Might need to look into that if my swordtails keep breeding. I also cleaned up a little bit of the puffy algae that was growing on the java moss. Didn't want to get rid of all of it, as I still intend for this 3rd tank for neocaradina and they'll need some sustenance. So I've been feeding the babies the BBS once a day, and then Hikari First Bites 2-3 times a day.
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    Huzzah! I have pipsqueaks! My first fry, red wag sword tails, and they'll be hitting 2 weeks old this Saturday.
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    First week of fry update! I was able to fish out 3 more that were hiding and somehow surviving in the 20 gallon, so now I'm up to 8 fry! Everyone is healthy and swimming around. Color is coming in. They're starting to turn a pale orange and there's black on the tops on their tails: Red Wag Swordtail babehs! I had ground up some of my regular fish food for them, but they're still too big for the fry so I bought some Hikari First Bites. Been feeding them 3-4 times a day, changing water every 2 days to keep nitrates at bay. It's so exciting to see these little guys swimming around carefree in the tank! At the same time, I can't wait until they get big enough to move back into the 20 gallon and I can get some shrimp to start on the algae tufts that are in there (as is originally intended).
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    While I can't speak for keeping multiple bettas, I do have 1 Veiltail Betta with 5 Neon Tetras in a 10 gallon, and what I do is feed my Betta first with a few betta pellets. He knows to go to the little food window when he sees me, so as he's eating, I sprinkle some of the Tetra food towards the back of the tank in front of the water coming from the HOB filter. The water helps push the little pellets down as well as spreading it, which the Tetras go after. Any of the food the Tetras don't eat, the Betta cleans up afterwards.
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