[feeding technique for community tank]

On 5/23/2023 at 7:32 PM, venzi said:

quick update: i've been having success with using a feeding ring. the platies generally roam around frantically but the bettas stay in a particular area waiting.  So when I put the pellets down for the bettas, the feeding ring "hides/breaks the line of sight" for the platies and the pellets.   So the bettas can easily have their share.  It's pretty cool to see the different feeding habits.

That's a really clever solution.

[Building Co-op Style Racks for My Fish Room]

This is going to be great to follow. Please post often!

[Can 2 Zebra Dainos go into a 10-gallon tank with 5 guppies?]

 

• zebra danios are so active that they'd prefer the biggest tank possible
• add more so there's at least 6 but preferably more
• guppies will likely get fin nipped by the zebra danios
• zebra danios will likely eat most/all of the guppy fry
• zebra danios will likely outcompete the guppies for food

I've kept the same group of zebra danios since 2018 and they're really an active group of little monsters. These two types of fish really aren't a great mix together in a small tank. It could be done but imho, it won't make either group of fish happy.

[making hardscape safe for loaches]

On 5/17/2023 at 3:55 AM, nabokovfan87 said:

Welcome to the forums!  I would definitely avoid ohko stone (aka dragon stone) as they can go in and get stuck.  I think the mopani will be fine.  Keep an eye out on them for how they act and what they interact with. Adding something like pvc or ceramic pots with the bottoms knocked out might be an option as well.  Making some stuff out of slate might also be a cool option and you can custom make it to fit the tank.

Thanks for the welcome and the response. The slate sounds like a great idea and I hadn't considered that before. 

[New Guppy strain update]

I know that's an older thread but good grief, those are some beautiful guppies. Is there an update to be shared?

[making hardscape safe for loaches]

Hi all, I have a glorious set of 4 loaches - possibly angelicus, but they were sold as yo yo loaches - and I want to make their tank beautiful and give them good places to hide.

I have large pieces of mopani wood but there are lots of little crevices and holes. I'm afraid when I stack the different pieces together, it might be too small for the stripey chonkers and they'd get stuck and die. Am I overthinking or what can I do to take precautions? (I currently have mopani/driftwood in the tank along with seiryu stone but they're all relatively flat surfaces.) The new pieces are more like tree roots.

Thanks in advance.