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  1. A new update. We are now sitting with 30 males that show the right colouration. Busy preparing a 3ft aquarium for their new home.
  2. Unfortunately I'm still waiting for my DSLR, but couldn't pass this up. Sleeping duo Competing to see whose bluest.
  3. If it's anything like amazon sword I think it might. If you see it turning more and more into something resembling the plant... What I did with my swords was cut beneath the new 'flower' / plant shoot and planted that into another tank. It's currently growing into a full Amazon sword.
  4. Hi all, I thought I'd share my long term project of getting these to breed true. They are at about 2/3 at this stage, hopefully closer to 100% soon. Even the ones that end up culled look beautiful to me (I drop them off at my LFS). Endler x Guppy mix (looks like Japan blue in there). Latest Image: Screenshots from videos taken: And, of course, my profile pic: What do you people think? Update: Culls tank - some of the females have come out yellow. Is this a recessive gene? I've not seen this before except in some pure guppies.
  5. Not the best camera (still saving up for a decent SLR again). I do like the composition here - totally accidental.
  6. Thanks, We have some really fantastic ones in South Africa. There's a dedicated following as well as Facebook groups. Some of the stores are even ADA partners and are really into aquascaping. Nothing on the level of what you get in the US in terms of quantity of types of fish, but enough to go around I guess.
  7. Good day everyone. I started this hobby January this year. Needless to say with certain regulations I ended up having an hour or two extra per day due to not having to commute. I started with Guppies, they made more Guppies as they do. I was instantly hooked. Before too long I had 5 fish tanks (one of which has full C02). Still getting used to trimming the Monte carlo (it looks better now than on that photo) without uprooting it. So far my Albino Cories and Japan Blue x Wildtype endlers have been breeding regularly as well. I'm really enjoying this journey so far. Nice to meet you all.
  8. Update on the cory. It unfortunately passed away during the night in the quarantine tank. I believe @Ben Ellison is probably correct. I'll have to add parasite treatment to the initial quarantine period.
  9. Hi @Ben Ellison. I've not done the parasite treatment. Is it possibly something internal parasite leading to a weak immune system compounding other problems? I've had this one for 6* months now. It's one of the only two survivors out of 8. They all inexplicably died one after another despite all I tried. Whatever it was seemed to have zero effect on the other fish. The 8 new tiny ones were introduced after two weeks in their own quarantine tank two weeks ago. They are doing fine. I guess I need to start adding para cleanse or something similar if I can find it out here to the quarantine regime. Edit: I also only noticed the tail looking like that today. Hopefully there's still a way to save this fish. Thanks for taking the time though.
  10. Hi all. I need advice. I have a pygmy Cory that seems to have fallen ill. It's lethargic - not sure if it's fin rot / bacterial, but I've tried treating with half dose of Seachem Polyguard (as instructed), bearing in mind that there are shrimp and this is not ideal for them. I've now removed this cory and put it in a quarantine tank. What I'm trying to do, however, is remove the underlying cause. In terms of water quality and parameters: pH: 6.8 Nitrates: < 10 Hardness: Water is on the soft side, but within allotted range on strips Nitrite: 0ppm Ammonia: 0ppm Water Temperature: 25 degrees Celsius I'm not sure of buffering capacity, but my ph doesn't seem to swing all that much before / after water changes. Aquarium setup: 8l/m (4x2) 2 sponge filters on a 60l/15gallon tank, Stocking: 8 Eyespot Rasboras, 10 pygmy corydoras (8 of which are juvenile) 40 Neocaridina shrimp (Various ages) 1 Female Guppy 2x Nerite snails Few bladder and other pond snails Water change schedule: weekly 25% water change I suspect it might be in the substrate, or below it that might have gotten bad. I'm not sure. I'm using Prodibio Aquasoil, but do have some of the old gravel that was washed below it for some height. Is this where I'm going wrong? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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