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    Brine shrimp - solo aquarium owner

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    Just came up from feeding bbs after not hatching for a while. It brings me extra enjoyment and the fish go nuts for it. Start small. I used 20oz soda bottles for a long time and it worked fine. I have the Ziss hatchery now. It's okay, but not a game changer in my opinion. Totally your call, but you can get into it with minimal investment and I think it's a good addition to the hobby. I do have 9 tanks, but it's just a matter of scale.

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    How do micro-fauna make their way into our tanks?

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    It's a great question.  I wonder if some of this stuff is in foods as well, particularly when feeding live or frozen.  I never saw any sort of detritus worm or leech or anything like that until I started feeding live baby brine and frozen baby brine / bloodworms.  Of course I did not start feeding those things until I got MTS and a lot more fish, so it is possible I'm just experiencing the law of probabilities.

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    Dominant Male Praecox?

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    I feel like have seen stripes in other varieties before, but not in these.  I would not think it was ALWAYS indicative of a hybrid.  Regardless, all of my others are the iridescent blue that is typical.

    Where's @Bob when you need him?  His videos are what got me into rainbows to start with.

    Dominant Male Praecox?

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    I've had 6 Praecox (Dwarf Neon) Rainbows for quite a while now.  Ended up with all males.  Have this guy that is quite a bit larger than the others and always has a pronounced horizontal stripe.  I assume this is just the dominant male (as opposed to a different species or hybrid), but this is my first time keeping them and I've never seen one quite so large or with that dark stripe.  Looking at picking up some females and trying to spawn, so I wanted to make sure. Thanks in advance.

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    Supporting the COOP

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    My next order will be the linear piston pump.  Just got a busted weld repaired on my gladiator rack which means its time to set all that back up starting tomorrow, and I wan to do it right.  Will be glad to have everything organized and better maintained again.

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    Hello from West Virginia

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    Posted · Edited by Eric W-Farmhouse Fish Room

    On 11/8/2020 at 1:49 AM, MichelleN said:

    How do you keep your fish alive on such a long drive home?

     

    Keep in mind fish often travel for days from the other side of the world before they're available at your local fish seller.  I'm also sure they get handled kind of rough along the way.  A 1-2 hour drive should not be an issue so long as the fish are healthy and handled properly.

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