[Catfish loss of whiskers]

Fin rot wouldn’t take half the whisker in a matter of days. It would be a bit more drawn out than that. Again, that’s assuming he had full whiskers when he went in. 

[Catfish loss of whiskers]

If he had them when he went in the tank then my guess would be that he got spooked and bumped into the glass, that cave, the filter, or the lid. What size aquarium do you have him goin into next? 15 gallon is really small even for a quarantine for these guys. 

[Catfish loss of whiskers]

Photos would greatly help your cause. What size aquarium and what’s the decor, tank mates, etc. 

[Does anyone have any idea what this is?]

@Schuyler https://aquariumscience.org/index.php/16-13-a-few-oddities/

It’s a fascinating read. 

[Rock hardscape for African Cichlid tank]

Lights just came on and everyone seems to be hiding. I believe there are 2 up front. I just moved them into this aquarium a couple of weeks ago so they seem to spook easily. They did not like my phone near their aquarium. @AAE

[Does anyone have any idea what this is?]

@Tony s agreed. It freaked me out at first, but curiosity has the best of me. I want to see how big it will get, it’s got plenty of room to grow, whatever it is. The fish and plants seem unphased by it. 

[Does anyone have any idea what this is?]

@Schuyler I found a spot online that described it. If I can find it again, I will attach it here. 

[Stock recommendations on a 20 gallon long]

Personally, if you’re going to go rainbows, I’d stick with pseudomugils and please don’t put an angelfish in a 20 long unless you have something taller to move it to. If it were me, I’d add to the gouramis. 

[Looking for a hard water fish ideas in 13 gal]

I’ll always vote shellie, they’re insanely entertaining. 

[Does anyone have any idea what this is?]

And it grows, pretty quickly and is spreading throughout the same piece of wood. It looks like black coral. Just as a size reference, that’s a 4” rainbow and way in the background are 5” Denison barbs. First time, I wanted the fish to dive bomb the photo for size reference, but apparently they had an etiquette class earlier today. 

[Rock hardscape for African Cichlid tank]

@AAE it’s lights out at this point but as soon as I get the chance, will do. 

[Aquarium Bucketlist]

1,500 gallon reef 

[Saw a video by Cory on CPDs keep rainbow fish with them?]

Sounds cool, I would imagine you’d have to be sure the CPD’s get to the food. Other than that, it sounds pretty spectacular. 

[Moderatly Peaceful fish, with lots of personality?]

4-6 Bolivian Rams

[Rock hardscape for African Cichlid tank]

Wow that sort of throws an asterisk after the “brichardi death squad”

Those are great fish, I have a colony of Daffodils from Germany, they are one of my favorite fish. 

[Rock hardscape for African Cichlid tank]

@AAE very cool. Have those brichardi bred? How do they interact with the julidochromis? 

[Rock hardscape for African Cichlid tank]

@AAE I just snapped this photo, however lights were off so everyone is sleeping. You get the idea though. 
 

[Rock hardscape for African Cichlid tank]

@AAE I have a 75 gallon species only with some Chindongo Saulosi and they love their cichlid stones. I probably have somewhere in the neighborhood of 35-40 of various sizes. It makes a really cool scape if you have enough of them and the various sizes help create a ton of depth. Their customer service is also excellent. 2 of them arrived broken so they shipped out replacements plus an extra. Great product. 

[When to feed newly hatched medaka (Japanese rice fish) fry?]

Agreed with everything stated above. I’ll add that I also treat my ricefish to hikari (saki) ricefish formula for fry and also a different formula for breeding adults. I’ve had mine shipped from Japan and shipping wasn’t too bad. Try eBay if interested. The packaging is ridiculously cool. 

[Opinions on boring tank inhabitants]

Wow that was quick. 

[Exodon/Bucktooth Tetras]

@IanB as a species only, it went excellent, however quite boring. At the time, I had about 20 other aquariums to occupy my brain, but if I didn’t then I probably would have gotten rid of them sooner. 

[Exodon/Bucktooth Tetras]

I’ve had a school of them in a 90 gallon about 5 years ago. Anything that went in the tank got attacked. It’s quite brutal and torturous to have it in anything other than a species only. 

[What spray paint to paint the back of an aquarium?]

@Pepere there’s no need to spray unless you want to. I prefer spray over roll on. 

[What spray paint to paint the back of an aquarium?]

@Charestv I’ve done it. It looks great until the algae kicks in. Then you become a slave to algae. You can also get some frosted cling on wrap paper. Works better and is removable. Mine lasted 3 months until I couldn’t justify the maintenance on it. Now I always go black on everything. 

[Tank stand brackets]

@Travis that’s a very cool find. Does it state a max load?