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  1. Dancing Matt
    Did anything come of this?
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    I put 7 or so ghost shrimp in a 40 gal with a female betta (to see if I could add cherry shrimp). I thought she may get one or two but the rest would be able to hide... The next day there was one left. I don't trust my bettas with any tank mates at this point.
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    I always considered my self a "Nerm-lite" like Bud or Miller. The other day my coworker was discussing a fish tank she had for child years ago and I started in on the likely hood that the fish were live bearers, another mentioned that she didn't know fish gave live birth and that launched me into a ~5min explanation about the differences of egg-laying fish and live bearers. I came to the realization during that conversation that I was probably a little more than Nerm-lite...
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    I pulled out 60/70 ~1 month old Golden White Clouds from their 55 gal barrel thanks to the guidance of a certain "Dynasty" with the hope that I can get more fry from the adults.
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    Can those go in the same tank or do they need to grow to a certain size first? (will 1 month old fish eat 2 week old fry?)
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    Depending on how little you want to go, you could do comets or Shubunkin gold fish as "koi-look-alikes". I bought some feeder goldfish early on (in my fish keeping journey) and a few turned out to have longer fins (comets?) and fun patterning looking a lot like koi (at least for now, I guess their coloring could change).
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    I thought eyespot also as soon as I saw it. really cool observation about the differences in coloration and patterning.
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    I was moving a golden male to a pond and his (short) fins were flared out. It was so cool I had to show my wife. White clouds really are neat!
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    When breeding in tubs do you pull out juveniles after a specific time to allow more spawns from the adults (do juveniles prey on fry?) or do you leave them in for the season?
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    Serpa Design, He is aquarium related right? 😉
  11. Dancing Matt
    I currently have a 2014 Hyundai Sonata...
  12. Dancing Matt
    I mostly just hatch baby brine but for longer storage I would expect you would want the same perimeters: Clean water (this would look different depending on brine shrimp stocking vs. water volume), oxygen, food (if you want them to last longer), and survivable temperatures (I hatch mine at room temperature). Cory has a good brine shrimp pond thread, you could look into doing a mini one if you wanted, which it sounds like what AnimalNerd98 is doing.
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    Are you having any luck? I know that the White clouds are not known to actively predate their young but I thought Danios did.
  14. Dancing Matt
    I am breeding Golden White Clouds both in ponds and inside. It is my first time breeding and quite exciting, I think I am hooked.
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    Cory has said that racoons take chunks out of his sponge filter... maybe yours like to destroy plants?
  16. Dancing Matt
    I remember in previous livestream Cory talking about puffers being known to have internal parasites and having to de worm them multiple times (over time). That may be something to keep in mind going forward.
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    grumpy face=mean mugged
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    I throw my hard wood in the dishwasher, haven't had any issues yet though one piece always funguses up every time despite my cleaning (I don't use that piece currently). For my scaping, I allow my self to re-organize the tank if I don't like it. I have a 45 and a 10 gal that have both gone through several iterations since first getting them. Since I am continually learning, this has been instrumental. It allows me to start a project that otherwise I would procrastinate on because of being overwhelmed. I do let them sit for months, to allow plant growth, before deciding if something needs to be changed. Also, I have found that if I am not happy with the scape/tank I don't put as much effort into caring for it. So having an enjoyable setup is important for me. TLDR; Plan it out, have fun, do it and if you don't like it in 6 month, change it up.
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    You could always layer some dirt on the bottom too as a no cost way.
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    I have a 70 gal half sunk into the ground and found that dirt is a fairly good "insulator", at least it keeps the temp from big fluctuations. what is your purpose for insulating? are you trying to keep it warmer/cooler?
  21. Dancing Matt
    If you want some more info about swords. Look up Greg Sage (select aquatics). He has some good info about the swords he breeds and has talked about them in videos including the one Cory did of his fish room on aquarium Co-op's you tube channel.
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    An older article with some familiar names. It motivates me to do more breeding. https://e360.yale.edu/features/basement-preservationists-can-hobbyists-save-rare-fish-from-extinction
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    @Daniel what fry do you consider small enough to need green water and rotifers? Have you had problems with the hydra eating fry? I saw one (white cloud fry) that looked dead and was head first stuck to the hydras stalk (it hasn't shown back up so I am assuming it is dead).
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    I was wondering what kind of fry you breed and most importantly what you feed them (the fry). I was scouring the forum looking for White Cloud FRY feeding recommendations and thought that consolidating this type information into one post would be useful for us who are new to breeding (if there is already one please feel free to tag it).
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    So fry will eat crushed flake? Will they also be able to eat live BB brine?
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