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  1. Swamp Sunflower
    Breed my hillstream loaches Set up a HUUUUGE discus tank Set up a brackish tank Hatch some killifish eggs Scale up my red cherry shrimp colony Move my favorite tank upstairs
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    A little over a year ago, I think I searched "planted tank for bettas" or something like that on YouTube and fell down the ACO rabbit hole. I tried out a bunch of Fishtube channels but Cory had the right vibes and I like his business ethic and transparency.
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    I've never done this but it seems like a cool idea and I'm intrigued. What's the climate like where you live?
  4. Swamp Sunflower
    The treatment seems to be working! 5 gal quarantine tank (symptomatic individuals) - 1 tablespoon Fritz aquarium salt and 1/2 teaspoon of Ich-X at 75F 20 gal tank - 2 teaspoons of Ich-X at 78F The number of organisms that had colonized the glass of the 20L have been reduced to just a few spots. Only a couple of the QT shrimps still have parasites on their heads. There have been 4 deaths so far, but that is out of hundreds of individuals so I am very pleased. Copernicus (betta splendens) is doing just fine. I'm glad I had the meds on hand (shout out to Cory). Big thanks to everybody on this thread. 🙂 I'll continue to post updates.
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    I just went down to dose and now it has colonized all over the sides of the glass😔 It wasn't like that earlier today, so whatever this is seems to spread quickly and doesn't need to be on an animal. My plan right now is to treat the 20L tank with just Ich-X and the quarantine tank with salt + Ich-X. I also removed all the oak leaves. It might be too late to make a difference, but I figure it can't hurt. I was also thinking of taking the 20L temperature down to 78F. Would you? My betta is my favorite fish and these shrimps are all culls, so I don't want to lower it too much. I think I'll take the quarantine tank down to that 72-74 range you mentioned. I keep my breeding colonies at ~74 and haven't noticed any of them affected. Thanks again for your help. I have been scouring the internet and not having much luck.
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    These are neos but I can see why you thought they were caridina based on that photo. I have never owned caridinas and I think they would die in my water parameters -- I am in a region of the US with extremely hard water. Tank: 20 gal long, gravel substrate with some crushed coral, planted with anacharis, water lettuce, guppy grass, java moss, salvinia, duckweed and Brazilian pennywort. Some of the plants are in terra cotta pots with Fluval stratum. I recently added some pin oak leaves from my yard, where I do not use any fertilizers or pesticides. Water temp is 80 F, I realize that this is a bit hot for neos. Surprisingly, they are breeding pretty prolifically in this tank. There is a photo higher up in the thread of parameters on an ACO test strip. Definitely possible that the oak leaves brought in a contaminant, they fell in a fenced in yard away from the roadway but I do have a dog. I think I will treat with salt + Ich-X and see where that gets me. I really appreciate you helping me troubleshoot!
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    To me, they look a bit like these fungal vesicles. This is from a Texas A&M handbook of shrimp diseases PDF I found through NOAA https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/36212/noaa_36212_DS1.pdf
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    Yes, that is it. It has appeared on a handful of adults and 1 juvenile so far and always on that same area of the body.
  9. Swamp Sunflower
    Thanks for the photos, I think scutariella japonica can be ruled out. Here is a sharper/closer photo. I really need to get a macro lens for my phone.
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    @Colu @Shadow @Chick-In-Of-TheSea I was finally able to get a photo:
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    Hi all, I just noticed some sort of fungus(?) on the heads of some of my adult neos. I will try to get a picture, but it sort of looks like a pale whitish color in the shape of little ginkgo leaves. These are all cull shrimps but I would still like to save them if possible. Tank: 20 gal long, gravel substrate with some crushed coral, planted with anacharis, water lettuce, guppy grass, salvinia, duckweed and Brazilian pennywort. Some of the plants are in terra cotta pots with Fluval stratum. I recently added some pin oak leaves from my yard, where I do not use any fertilizers or pesticides. Water temp is 80 F. This tank has my aging Betta splendens so I have set up a 5.5 gal, bare bottom hospital tank using tank water for the sick shrimps. Parameters are in the photo below. The meds/additives I have on hand are: -Fritz aquarium salt -Maracyn -Paracleanse -Ich-X -Tetra Lifeguard -SeaChem Stress Guard If anyone has advice or could point me to a thread that might help, I would greatly appreciate it. Please let me know if additional information would be helpful.
  12. Swamp Sunflower
    4ish weeks old. I turned them loose a couple of days ago and finally caught one up close to the glass this morning!
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    I was concerned that my honey gourami would eat the babies, but that was probably an overblown fear. I think I will just leave future eggs. I noticed panda cory fry pop up in another tank, so the corys don't seem to need much from me. A young shrimp did sneak into the breeder net and live with the false bandit fry for a few weeks. I looked at that little nipper so many times, I think I could pick him out of a lineup haha.
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    6/8/23 - a 3-4 week old false bandit fry
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    Fry update. There are 5-6 fry this size. A decent number of the eggs were infertile (I think I pulled them too soon) or grew fungus.
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    I've pulled about 30 eggs total. This is nerve-wracking. I think the eggs look like they are developing normally but I would appreciate any insight. This tank runs around 73-74F, pH 6.5.
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    I also brought the temperature down to 70F. I am thinking about going unheated. The basement gets down to 63F at night and stays around 68F in the day. Feeding: Repashy soilent green - main staple Frozen bloodworms, baby brine shrimp, mysis shrimp Freeze dried daphnia (I like how this floats around and settles all over) Hikari sinking wafers for bottom feeders
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    Oooh, thank you for the recommendation. I didn't realize she had so much content on these! I have watched her videos before and got a lot out of them.
  19. Swamp Sunflower
    4/24/2023 This pair has lost a lot of their shyness! They seem to appreciate lower light levels. I do a point source of light on one end of the tank to create a lighting gradient. The main river rock pile area (far side of the tank from this end) is pretty dim.
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    4/8/23 Just finished a round of ParaCleanse. They had some sort of external parasites (skin flukes?) and a small sore developing on her underside from rubbing. Looking much better.
  21. Swamp Sunflower
    Pictures from today, 3/28/23. Reticulated hillstream loaches continue to grow and color up nicely.
  22. Swamp Sunflower
    So far, so good. They seem to really go for baby brine shrimp, bloodworms, tubifex worms, and Hikari sinking wafers. I have some Repashy soilent green coming in this week. I would be thrilled if they bred eventually (assuming I have even sexed them correctly, lol)
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    3/10/2023 2 reticulated hillstream loaches (Sewellia lineolata) from Aqua Huna 10 gal quarantine/grow out tank Dosed with med trio Temp - 74° pH - 7.4 GH - 200 ppm KH - 100 ppm 12 hour day/night cycle Plants - anubias, java ferns, java moss, guppy grass, hornwort, duckweed. Mixture of emersed and submersed plants Mixed substrate - soil, leaf litter, gravel, river stones (just experimenting. I use a variety of substrates) HOB filter (hot rodded for better filtration and faster flow) Aquarium Co-op nano sponge filter Photo 1: Looks like a possible M/F pair? Each individual is ~4 cm in total length. Photo 2: Rock caves with smooth, "seasoned" stones pulled from another aquarium. These river rocks already had a nice layer of algae and biofilm going. Please let me know if you have any questions or insights based on your own experiences keeping this species. Thanks! 🌻
  24. Swamp Sunflower
    I just searched for this topic because I had a fish nightmare last night. An arowana ate my betta! I have never even had an arowana.
  25. Swamp Sunflower
    My Aqua Huna hillstream loaches are out for delivery as we speak. I will start a journal this weekend of how they do though quarantine and med trio.
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