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  1. Depending on the size of your Flowerhorn, you can get Okiko in several different pellet sizes, and a variety of types. I feed mine Okiko Platinum, Head up and Quick Red Mark. I have always had issues with Okiko taking awhile to get in and have to order quite a bit ahead of time though and make sure to keep extra. The shipping takes awhile. Flowerhorns are messy eaters and sometimes have a hard time finding food. (Their heads kind of get in the way 🤭) Flakes may not be a good option. Mine started with tweezer feeding and moved into hand feeding without any issues. That isn't an option for everyone as some are far more aggressive than others. Mine was trained to tolerate hands. With his rotation of pellets he also enjoys krill, dried crickets, and cut up chunks of tilapia.
  2. The shrimp on the bottom is a male. Looks like they're just enjoying their meal.
  3. I have too many to pick a true favorite, but the favorite of the house seems to be Yoshi, my Flowerhorn. Even the dogs like to come see him and play with him.
  4. I keep a small handful of male Endlers in my dirted 5 gallon portrait at work, and tons of shrimp. They do very well and this tank is unheated and unfiltered and wall to wall planted. At the moment there is also a handful of small CPDs in here while they wait for my summer tub to be ready 🙂
  5. Mine are generally good once they make it past the first molt. A stable and well established tank is really the key to keeping them alive and healthy.
  6. Quite possible. The initial acclimating period can be rough if they aren't strong and healthy to begin with. People always label neo shrimp as hardy, but usually fail to mention just how sensitive they can be especially in the beginning. Once they are used to your water, they will take over 😊
  7. I'm testing some helferi on driftwood right now in a panda guppy/shrimp tank 🙂 so far so good.
  8. Mine are kept in about 10-12 kh and anywhere from 20-30 dgH without issues. It helps if you purchase them from someone who already keeps them in similar water parameters, or start with culls. They tend to be healthier and a little more bulletproof.
  9. I feed mine various pellets by hand under water to keep them from pigging it up at the surface for everyone else's food, that's helped it from happening so often. I think they really like the special attention anyways.
  10. When my Dojos graze the surface and gulp a lot of air, sometimes they take in too much. Dojo loaches are pretty well known for their floating butts. It will usually correct itself within a day or 2. If it doesn't, I take them out of the water and place then in a container for a minute or so, and it helps them expel the excess air. Yes, Dojo loaches fart, and that's what a back end floating dojo needs.
  11. In my 40 breeder full of Endlers, mystery snails and shrimp, I just use the tube without the attachments and keep my thumb hovering over it. Water changes with the python are tricky in that tank. Tiny fish and shrimp see that tube go in and it's immediately something they want to swim over and check out. Shrimp crawl all over my hand the second it goes in the tank, so I have to be very careful. I don't gravel vac in that tank, so it works for me.
  12. I keep mine with Black Diamond Blast Media and have never had any issues with it. I use Tidal HOBs on his tank and they have pretty short intakes, so he's never kicked up enough to get picked up by the filter. He does love to dig around in it. I have also kept him with pool filter sand and had the same experience with that. Lots of playing in the sand, no issues. It's pretty easy to to vacuum everything off of the surface of sand. As much as mine loves to play and dig around in the sand, I can't imagine keeping him in a bare bottom.
  13. I use Sulawesi malawa shrimp with Rainbow eggs and have watched them pick at and around them and then leave them alone.
  14. I have never caught mine eating plants. I think as long as they're well fed, they leave them alone.
  15. I'm working my way down to smaller jars 🙂 I really like the way your 1.5 gallon looks. I started with a dirted unfiltered unheated jarrarium style 5 gallon stocked with male Endlers, moved onto a 3 gallon planted bowl with orange shrimp, and would like to eventually get down to something this small.
  16. Plumatella repens colony on large ACO sponge filter. And a regal shrimp on Alternanthera reineckii throne
  17. @Colu beautiful Jewels... are they yours?
  18. You may still end up having to trim his teeth down the road, so be prepared for that. They grow crazy fast and crunching snails doesn't always keep them trimmed the way it should.
  19. If you can get your hands on some mini Ramshorns, they make great puffer food for small puffers. Mine still prefers the tiny ones over larger snails, it just takes a lot more with him now.
  20. Yes I ripped the whole thing out and tossed it. I run over 30 tanks so I had cycled sponge filters laying around. For awhile I used a clip on light, but now it sits under one long light. If I ever move it I will probably use another clip on.
  21. I have one of these tanks and removing that internal filter was the best thing I did to it. I run a corner sponge filter in mine and use it as shrimp tank.
  22. Probably one of the most important questions is... what size is the tank? I don't know that I would suggest Flowerhorns for a 50 gallon. Short body or Bonsai maybeeee, but a full size Flowerhorn has the potential to get up to 16" and they are absolutely filthy. I've had a lot of big cichlids and Flowerhorns are by far one of the dirtiest. Mine has been in a 50 while I get his 3D background siliconed and his 75 gallon ready for him to go back in, and it requires water changes every other day, if not daily just to keep it clean. @James Black is right though, they are full of personality.
  23. Here's a quick peek into your future 😄
  24. I keep my Whiteclouds in the basement where their tank ranges from 66-70° in late fall and winter. In the spring and summer, they go outside in tubs and the water temperature ranges from 60-80° (outside temps can be anywhere from 50-110° in that time period) and I have never had any issues with them. The only difference I've noticed is when the temperatures are much warmer, they stop spawning. They are tough little fish.
  25. Went to clean my coarse AC sponge filter in one of my basement tanks and found this cool little Plumatella repens colony living in/on it. I lost my last bryozoan colony somehow, so I was excited to see these pop up again in another tank. I plan to get down there this evening with a macro lens and hopefully get a better photo 🙂
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