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  1. Maggie
    They molt every couple weeks or so when younger, less often when adults. They also only live for 1-2 years, so they reproduce quickly. Fish get some, maybe a lot, but hopefully you'll still see a whole lot of new shrimp in a few months.
  2. Maggie
    This plant (ludwigia repens, I think!) is about 20" tall. I love how the leaves get wider, lighter, and redder on the underside as it grows. Will it break the surface? Flower? I've "heard" it grows 20" tall but its already there and new leaves form all the time! I was going to trim it so it would get bushy, but don't have alot of tall plants right now and wanted to let it grow for the rasboras. It's a miserable day outside but I'm in a great mood, got a lot done fishy wise, and am loving all my critters today, even the flora ❤🧡💚💙
  3. Maggie
    I was wondering where my yellow shrimp went, and found them in the danios' treasured hide-out/pass-through wood area. Someone's not happy about the intruders! 😀
  4. Maggie
    I agree with @Koion floating plants. I bought a corral for them that has plastic attachments w/suction cups to hold the airline tubing in place, but lots of creative people on here have made them with everyday items (I saw one made with a plastic storage container top and airline tubing). Good luck!
  5. Maggie
    Talk about expansion - it quadrupled in size, at least!
  6. Maggie
    Mark's Shrimp Tanks has a quick 2 minute YouTube video showing the molting process. Super interesting! I've never seen one of mine molt but have found plenty of exoskeletons!
  7. Maggie
    I love that background music but with your breeding success, I think your fish all hear Barry White, instead!!! He might even be before your dad's time but I bet he's heard of him (giving away my age...yikes) 😃
  8. Maggie
    Are you saying you have a sponge filter from a seasoned tank, and put it in a new tank that has water but no fish yet? After a certain amount of time (a day or two is my guess but I am not sure), the bacteria will need to be fed - you could add a small amount of fish food for that purpose, until you add your fish.
  9. Maggie
    @Diceyour betta is stunning! I want like 10 more aquariums now because everyone's fishes are so pretty.
  10. Maggie
    Hi @Cory, could the search issue be caused by the exclamation point in the title? Having spent years as a paralegal, including working the business side of case management applications development, it always seems like special characters cause issues with search features. Just a thought! Nope, that is not the issue. I just searched for another title "Wish me luck!" and the result appeared.
  11. Maggie
    @Hobbithere are some new pics of parents I took this morning.
  12. Maggie
    That seems very risky to me on a 55 gallon tank, since the cost to have it supported correctly is a lot lower than the cost if it fails, but I'm a low-risk person. Also, it would void the manufacturer's warranty, which I believe for a tank that size is usually around 5 years.
  13. Maggie
    I can easily count my rasboras (19), but have not been able to count all 6 otocats since about a week after putting them in. I also have trouble counting my dwarf danios - I lost two and didn't even know it until I moved them to a new tank and 2 were missing and I was down to 9. Now I have fry in there, but no idea if any will make it. It's easier to scan the tank for a non-moving fish than to try to count them. I also have two different species of shrimp in two tanks, and they disappear and reappear all the time. I have no idea how many shrimp there are, as mama shrimp is giving birth soon and there are too many hiding spots. At first I fussed over all this too much. I wanted to know exactly how many of each were in there and check their health. It's just impossible to do in a planted tank with small fish that swim very fast. I had to stop thinking of them as pets like cats and dogs, and think of them as wet pets, and know that one could just disappear or die for known or unknown reasons, but mostly they're just hiding. I started this hobby for mental health purposes and the last thing I needed was to stress out over missing, injured, or deceased fish and not know why. So I looked to how they live in nature where the same kind of stuff happens or they're dinner for a bigger fish. If you are providing them with a good home and the best care possible, then they're doing at least as well there as they would be just about anywhere else in the world, hopefully that brings comfort to you.
  14. Maggie
    Here are some photos from when they were in the 10 gallon (now in a 20L). They're much prettier with a black background. The males are very easy to distinguish by their color. These might be the parents but I have 9 adults, so maybe they're auntie and uncle.
  15. Maggie
    Hi Frosty, welcome! I suggest you check out @Irene 's (Girl Talks Fish) YouTube video on algae control and plant nutrients. Lots of great info and it does take time to reach that balance with plants, algae and nutrients (still working on that myself!) Good luck!
  16. Maggie
    @Hobbittomorrow I'm going to try the 12 hour old BBS and see if that works better until they are a little bigger. These fry are still too small for "regular age" BBS even tho they're the same age as your cute honey gouramis! Full grown they're only about 3/4" and pretty slim - meant for a prime combo of maneuvering ability and speed, and the males can be absolutely vicious! They must be one of the smallest fish in the hobby, and not super popular, which is unfortunate because they are an endangered species.
  17. Maggie
    Day 7: some live BBS got eaten and some got chased and picked at. I saw four very active free-swimming fry in breeder and two outside tank! Note the visible fin development!
  18. Maggie
    So cute! Does dad try to attack mom if she gets too close to the nest? I'm thinking of honeys for my danio tank and am wondering if I should get a pair, 2 females and 1 male, or just females (3 or more probably).
  19. Maggie
    Aquarium Coop, Girl Talks Fish, Rachel O'Leary, KG Tropicals, and a few others occasionally.
  20. Maggie
    I've done a small bit of research on gas bubble disease. It is not cause by airstones. It is caused by excess air being trapped in water by pressure and temperature, such as through city water pipes. The colder and higher pressure it is, the more gas it will hold. The gas bubble disease scholarly article that I looked at was from the State of Alaska and related to commercial fishes held in ponds, where very large water changes are done sometimes. I've never seen it discussed it other than as a possible cause of death, but not a definitive one. Most people with lots of aquariums on here use the python right from the sink without issue. I age mine in jugs for various reasons including to remove the excess gas. I also use airstones (sponge filters) in every tank.
  21. Maggie
    I love and want algae in my main tank for the otocats, and today when filming the rasboras eating baby brine shrimp, I could see the "lovely" brownish green algae on the back of the tank, with lines through it where the cats have been feasting. I'll take that trade for otocats and their amazing cleanup abilities (they've cleared off many of the plants). I also have black beard algae in the danio tank, mostly on the Java fern and water sprite, and I'm treating it with Easy Carbon along with being more consistent with fertilizing.
  22. Maggie
    Hi Julien, @Irenefrom Aquarium Co-Op has a great video on YouTube about algae and different ways to control it. Snails help, too.
  23. Maggie
    @James Blackthat is a gorgeous angelfish!
  24. Maggie
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  25. Maggie
    Potassium permanganate is an algae-control product. I'm not sure what other uses it may have, and have heard it stains if spilled (carpets, floors, clothes) so I have never used it.
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