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    I have two of them in my 65, but haven't seen any babies. Of course it's possible that the angelfish and rainbowfish get to the babies before I know they're there.
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    I do also. I won't judge other people who like them, but fish that are intentionally bred to pass along a genetic defect don't appeal to me.
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    You could try removing it with a turkey baster.
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    I have pygmaeus corys in my 20 long, along with some cull neocaridina shrimp, panda corys in my 65, and trillineatus corys in the 40 breeder. And they all have "healthy" populations of bladder, rams horn, and Malaysian trumpet snails.
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    Howdy from southeast Texas.
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    Neocaridina females carry the eggs until they hatch into fully formed, but very small, shrimp. Because of that it's doubtful that the cpd's are eating the eggs, but they'll happily eat the baby shrimp (as will almost any fish).
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    They're neocaridina shrimp. There are a large number of colors and patterns that have been developed by selective breeding, and since all of the colors and patterns are of the same species they will readily breed with each other. When that happens it's anybody's guess what the offspring will look like, but after several generations they'll usually revert to brown, and often be at least partially translucent.
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    I don't know if you have one near you, but I found a lid for mine at Pet Supplies Plus. It leaves about 2" open along the back, which is typical for the glass lids I've seen, but it has a plastic strip you can cut to fit around the filter, heater cords, etc that attaches to the glass to cover the remainder of that opening.
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    I haven't kept them, but from extensive reading I believe all that is correct. My pH is 8.2, which is a big reason I haven't tried them. I've been tempted, but it's much easier to keep fish that like my water, and I'm too old and too lazy and too busy to go to that much trouble.
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    . . . and the same with the harlequin rasboras. Then you can't go wrong with a school of black neon tetras. Though their colors aren't as flashy as common neon tetras, I think they're just as attractive, and don't seem to suffer from as many health issues.
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    I'm sorry the pearl gourami didn't work out. They're one of my favorite fish. It likely would have done better with more of his own species. While gouramis aren't shoaling fish like corys, tetras, rasboras, and rainbowfish, they are social, and do better in groups with females outnumbering males. (Dwarf gouramis are the exception to this. Multiple males will often result in them fighting until only one is left alive, and females are rarely sold in stores in the US.) I had just one male in my 40 gallon breeder tank for a while, and he'd halfheartedly chase the other fish, but when I added more pearls he stopped that completely (I'm up to 8 now, 2 males and 6 females). Now that I have that out of the way, since you have the angels already I wouldn't add another centerpiece type fish. I would suggest adding a school of fish near the bottom, like the trillineatus corys (commonly labeled as julii in stores) you mentioned. Other than that if you want more fish I'd just add to the existing school of tetras. To me a single large school looks much better than two small ones.
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    Howdy from southeast Texas.
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    I'm curious. Why do you have your tank lights on at night? Mine are on from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm and it's working well.
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    I agree with @3vi1p3nguin that they should be fine. I have 9 in my heavily planted 40 gallon breeder and rarely see more than two or three at any one time. By the way, not to be the cory police, but the fish often referred to as julii really aren't. Corydorus julii are rarely seen for sale, but corydorus trillineatus are, and are usually labeled julii in stores. That's probably what he was referring to.
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    Hello, I'd add fish about every two weeks: Start with half the black phantom tetras (great fish, by the way) Then the other half After that I'm not real sure, but probably the rams. Finish off with the corys (all one species, but you probably already knew that). I wouldn't be so presumptuous as to disagree with @Cory, but if you pick one of the smaller species I think you could do more than six.
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    I don't know exactly what happened, but I'd be very hesitant to put it back in the tank.
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    Shrimp tank

    JettsPapa replied to Kimi's topic in Diseases

    I did a little research, and saw a recommendation to put the infected shrimp in a net, then dip it in two cups of water with 1 tablespoon of aquarium salt dissolved in it. Leave it for 30 seconds (with the shrimp still in the net), then remove it and put it in a container with tank water for a few minutes. That's supposed to make them fall off. Repeat several times and then return it to the tank. I hope this helps. I've had shrimp for a while now, and got them from a variety of sources, and luckily haven't had any problems so far.
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    Hello, I'll agree that you likely don't need to worry about it. Snail shells grow so slowly that it's unlikely they'd get stuck. Also the sponge material isn't rigid, so that will help too.
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    I will agree with the above about temperature acclimating them, but to be clear after doing that don't just dump the bag in your tank. That water will be pretty nasty after the fish being in it for a week. My usual method is pour the water through a net and into a bucket, then transfer the fish from the net to the tank. You likely already knew that, but I wanted to add it in for others who may see this. Also, a few months ago I shipped a 3" pearl gourami that was in the mail from Tuesday until the following Monday, and he arrived fine, so it's likely your guppies will be also.
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    Did it bloom (send up a long round shoot with very small flowers, probably white, that really don't look like flowers)? If yes, they will typically die back after blooming, but then come back after a while. Or at least that's what mine does.
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    I hope this doesn't bother anyone, but I use intake sponges one size smaller than recommended on the website, even if I have to enlarge the hole a little. The large just takes up so much room I can't quite make myself use one.
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    I kept track of mine for a while with a simple Excel spreadsheet.
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    If it was my tank I'd add to the existing groups of fish instead of adding new types, especially the rainbowfish and honey gourami, but it wouldn't hurt to add a few more of the corydorus trillineatus (usually sold as julii, but really aren't, so I assume that's what you have).
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    That looks like a medium to me, but the size is shown in the picture below from the website. If you have a ruler or tape measure you can make sure.
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    My blue and red shrimp . . . . . . and my culls.
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