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  1. TL:DR Please help sex the rainbow fish in the pictures. I need some help with my bosmani rainbow fish. I bought these 4 fish a few months ago in the hopes of breeding them long term, when i got them i dropped them into a hospital tank for a week or so. Then when it came time move them to a breeding tank I noticed some little orange eggs on a piece of filler floss. They did hatch out as tiny surface swimmers so likely rainbows but were eaten by some other fry in the system so I wasn’t ever able to confirm. Now the 4 adults below have been in a breeding tank for a few months being fed lots of live food and I have had no eggs so I have started to doubt if there are any females in there at all…. I will try and get a photo in the morning when they have coloured up but in the mean time thanks for any help.
  2. Thanks all, I have a reasonably planted 40 gallon tank with orange Venezuelan corys. Was just looking for something bigger for a centre piece. I’ve allready and and bred Pearl gourami so I was leaning toward a barb but was worried about nipping my long fin pleco.
  3. Hi all, Please could you let me know your thoughts on adding black Ruby barbs or Odessa barbs to the following community. 12 rummy nose 10 corydoras 1 long fin bristlenose thanks in advance
  4. Thank you, emperors look amazing I will be giving them a try
  5. Would a group of congos be okay in a 40 breeder? I’ve seen mixed responses to tank size online….
  6. My water is super soft less than a drop in the hardness test kit and about 6.5pH great for Amazon species. I have had and bred a lot of common big box store type of stuff. So I’m hoping for something a little different?
  7. Hello everyone, I’m after some ideas for my tank. I’m planning to trade in the fish I have at the moment for a more active community. I will have an adult male long fin bristlenose pleco in the tank but that’s all I am set on so far. It’s a 40 gallon breeder planted with some slow growing crypts (pictured below) currently it houses harlequin rasboras, orange Venezuelan corys and some microctenepoma Ansotegi but nobody seams to come out much.
  8. I do trust corys med trio, despite not being able to get it in the uk. But based on my experiences I’ve only been able to cure fish illnesses using salt….
  9. Agreed, If you’re happy to do the work you can be successful keeping them in a 20G. The adults can be surprising once they are fully grown happily reaching 4 inches each.
  10. Hello, I haven’t ever used RO water, I had a couple of questions for those who have. My main question is, is there a difference between rainwater and RODI water? Secondly have any of you had issues using only RODI water to soften water for breeding? -Adam
  11. I forgot to mention that figure is for the last laid eggs to hatch. You could have fry as quick as the next day. The rainbows will last every day so if the mops in for a week the eggs laid on day one will be incubating and be ready to hatch once it’s been pulled. The newest eggs laid just before pulling the mop will still need a week before hatching.
  12. It’s usually around a week. They are absolutely minuscule though so could be easily missed if there aren’t many.
  13. Yes @AllFishNoBrakes I’ve raised a whole batch of praecox on boiled egg and repashi powder then crushed flakes. It is much faster with bbs though. As for size praecox will breed straight out of the store pretty much ( at about an inch) there just won’t be loads of eggs
  14. @nabokovfan87 This is exactly why I just started hatching the eggs in the hang on breeder box then I didn’t have to transfer them anywhere.
  15. I have used plastic home storage tubs before. You could always use that make sure it’s cleaned out thoroughly before hand. Just fastten up the killis in their normal tank then move them into the breeder tub for a day. Assuming it’s all cycled and set up for killi breeding.
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