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  1. Awww @CinnebunsI am proud. Armored catfish are a real passion for me. Presently I have 3 types - Venezuelans, Pygmy’s (albino and regular) and Gold Lasers. I’ve been on the verge of getting pandas again recently but I’m trying to make sure I don’t over extend myself. As my journal and posts indicates over and over I have a collectoritis problem and well I don’t know what’s good for me. Anyways yes I love when people post here. It really warms my heart. ❤️ and ☮️ to all my fellow Cory keepers!
  2. Nothing better than new baby panda corys. I may just have to start back up again!
  3. I’d say that from an online retailer I’d expect these kinds of loses. Locally I’d be shocked. In general the younger the shrimp the better they adapt. Sometimes they sell you old shrimp and they can’t cope with another set of parameters. Several months of seasoning the tank could mean 1-2months could be 4 months. I would say that 3 months is minimum to build up enough biofilms and algae’s. Food should be left less than 12 hours. Don’t let rotting food be the end of your colony. In general, underfed is better than over. Gel foods like Repashy work well. Do your know your tds, gH and kH? As you Move forward that could be helpful as you move through your shrimp keeping and try to refine things. I hope this time is the one for you. My own journey was after a long break from the hobby my wife purchased me a Fluval Flex 15 and I just couldn’t keep the cherry neos alive. Turned out I had babies in the filtration section but I did lose quite a few adults as the tank seasoned. At 6-12 months it finally became mature enough for a good colony of shrimp. Honestly my most successful setups have been more leave it and forget it setups - 20 g tub with moss, duckweed and guppy grass did better than my 20 g long that was “ideal.” Or the tank is so big it just can’t fail - my 60 g Orange Sakura tank is like that with 100s of neos. Good Luck and let us know how we can help.
  4. Shrimp and Fluval Flex’s are interesting- always found the shrimplets in the filtration chamber. I think it could work. Keep a test kit or strips handy and watch your parameters after the fish are added.
  5. I make batches of it in squares and I also feed it in the powder form. Then there’s small particles all over for them to eat.
  6. Lots of options. Sponge filter would work. A hang on back with a prefilter sponge on the intake could work - Aquaclear makes a nice one, I have this one on some 10 g cube tanks and they work well with easy flow for the fish you’re talking about An undergravel filter would work well. If you’re just going to use low level stocking you could heavily plant it and go no filter or Walstad. I think the questions more about how you want to run and maintain the tank. How quickly do you want to set it up and have it running? The beauty of being an aquarist is that you can take multiple approaches and get different but equally interesting results.
  7. Yep and @Patrick_G has supplied us both with fish!! He almost got me to take some of his Nothos!
  8. I agree with @Tony sthat when their water or tankmates are not to their liking they’ll stop breeding. In general, they like harder water. Ideally pH is greater than 7. Many times initially the pH will be up at setup and then as time goes on and the tank matures the pH and hardness sometimes can fall. So checking your parameters is a good place to start. I love crushed coral. Next I’d look at the dwarf frogs - African Dwarf Frogs are carnivores. They are super derpy but are ambush predators. Platy fry often hug the substrate after birth and will be a little lethargic initially. They are an easy target for the frogs. I’d bet that your Platys are having fry but you’re not seeing them.
  9. The Bronze Cory or Coryadoras aeneus like their water a bit cooler low 70s. In general, Cory’s like water on the softer side but these fish have been in the aquarium trade for so long like can accept a wide range of parameters. Feeding should consist of mostly meaty foods - worms, insect based foods with black soldier larvae and brine shrimp or other small crustaceans like daphnia, cyclops. I often will take the freeze dried tubifex and bury it in the sand for them to find. It’s a hoot to watch them! Breeding - Optimally you have a 2:1 ratio of males to females. Age wise probably 9-12 months old. Then when you’ve got some females who are looking rather broad through the girdle I feed them heavy on blood worms, tubifex and brine shrimp for 3 days. If I can time it I’ll do this when I know a weather front is coming. Then I’ll do a large volume water change with cooler water 5-10 degrees usually and within hours to days I’ll see eggs on the glass, moss and plants. They can be colony bred but if you want a higher yield pull the eggs and watch @Dean’s Fishroomvideos on raising Cory fry!
  10. Make sure to get a mat or some styrofoam to protect the desk. Best of luck with this project!
  11. I’ve thought many times when the big box sale happens about this cube tank and now I’ll think doubly hard! It’s a beauty of a tank. Well done! If you give white clouds some bushy plants like Pogo Octopus or floaters or moss they’ll community breed. They tend not to hunt their young.
  12. I have 25 or so Pygmy corys in my 60 g and it’s almost like they aren’t there. Only at feeding time do I see big groups. I keep telling my wife I need to add another 10-15!
  13. Fun to catch-up on your journal and always nice to see a fellow GSAS member! Have fun!
  14. Just a little update on my puffer keeping. I unfortunately lost my trio of Pea Puffers. I never effectively got them dewormed and decided to pull them out of their 11 g bowl for a 15 g QT hospital tank but they quickly died one daily for 3 days. It was a bummer. On the positive side of things my Tetraodon schoutedeni - Congo Spotted Puffer aka Princess Peach is thriving. She has carved out her territory and is very happy. Especially after a water change and a good bloodworm/Vibra bite feed. Hope all the puffer keepers are well. Have fun!
  15. I feed Repashy in powder form for my Pygmy group. Works great and they’re community breeding which is lots of fun.
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