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    Sloppyscaping, an aquarium journal

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    On 8/20/2020 at 1:26 PM, RovingGinger said:

    It will not win awards, but your husband won’t divorce you for spending more money on Anubias than you do on food.
     

    Welp, long story short, divorces can happen for non-fish reasons too. I have been in the process of buying a new home. Following Cory's advice, I've tried to stage my aquariums for a gradual transition. I rehomed anything I wasn't in love with (why not keep going once you start?) so I am down to mostly livebearers, gouramis, pea puffers, angelfish, parrots and other american cichlids, and finally the kribsensis. I've also temporarily moved all but my three most needy tanks to my parent's house.

    The most annoying part is having:

    • N class endlers
    • 2 pure strains of guppy
    • Mutt guppies
    • Cull mutt guppies (spine deformity)

    It's like that puzzle with the farmer and the goat and the cabbage and the wolf all trying to get across the river. In the end, I rehomed many mutts and one pure strain, and everything else is still separate. 

    In all - most of what I rehomed, I knew I wanted to eventually. They were fish that I found myself not watching very much at all, or just not very interested in. Gouramis, platies, kribs, and my parrots - those I couldn't really part with easily. The people who got them were thrilled to have them, and I told a few about our local aquarium society too. 

    Not a lot of scaping going on right now (mostly plants floating - and I threw or gave away all the guppy grass I could grab) , but I'm excited for a new wide open basement. I have both well water (cold only) and city water (water softener on hot water) so I'm unsure of exactly how I will want to handle water changes yet. Any ideas are very welcome here, especially when it comes to two floors of aquariums - well water outlet is only on the basement floor (split level home). I imagine I will eventually want to invest in RO water just to have the option. Can you install like, a holding tank for water changes that pumps up a level as needed? 

    Also for the life of me I can't figure out where I'm going to put that metaframe triple decker 😅

     

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    Fish in the News!

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    egret-64x64_0.png Mallards Ferry Fish Eggs Between Waterbodies Through Their Poop

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    New research shows that fish eggs don't just survive the journey through a mallard's digestive system intact, but...

    “In two experiments, his team fed 500 fertilized eggs of common and Prussian carp to each of eight Mallards housed in captivity. The researchers chose these Eurasian fish species because they’ve been introduced to many parts of the world in the last few decades. Using a plastic tray placed under the ducks’ cage, the team collected bird droppings seven times within a day of feeding the birds to retrieve intact eggs. Turns out, six ducks pooped out 18 intact fish eggs, and 12 of those recovered eggs housed live embryos. (The embryos within the remaining six eggs died as they passed through the Mallards’ gut.) 

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    Hatching tube containing Common carp eggs. Photo: Balázs Lukács

    Next, the researchers placed the live eggs in aquaria filled with river water to see if they were viable. They found that three of the 12 eggs—one common carp and two Prussian carp eggs—hatched within three days of incubation.“

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    Pea Puffers. The grumpy old men of the fish tank.

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    I had mine in a single tank for a while and he did seem bored. He seems much happier and more outgoing in the live bearer community tank. I have noticed he picks on things that have similar coloration to him though - one poor platy in particular is a hated nemesis. 
     

    I bought three more but they’re about 1/4th the size, so they are growing up in another guppy tank. I’ve noticed they do shoal a bit, but they’re just as likely to be in their own corners minding their own business as they are to be congregating somewhere. Maybe 6 is a magical number at which they become a marauding gang but I am not seeing proof of it being bad to keep less than that. It will be interesting to see how introducing these three younger ones goes. 

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    Recreation. Observation. Motivation.

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    17 hours ago, Dandy Pearl said:

     

    I do a similar thing with my new 37g tank. I set it up next to my desk just so after a frustrating zoom meeting I could 'decompress' for a few minutes while watching my buddies.

    Happy Fish Keeping!🐠

    I keep two right next to me at the computer - a 5g with a betta and a 6g with a family of endlers in it. It helps Zoom meetings so much sometimes. 
     

    I try to spend at least a little time each week observing each tank and the fish in them. Some I don’t care for as much and that’s a sign that maybe those fish aren’t the best fit for me. Some I sit in front of and think “maybe this is my favorite aquarium”... I have a lot of favorites. 

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    LiveStream Live Blog

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    I tuned in a little late because I was playing WoW. I feel like maybe this is accepted here? 
     

    Why are my multies so... boring? Am I doing something wrong or am I just not a Shelly person? It seems like “going into shell” is the one interesting trait they exhibit for me. Meanwhile I love my kribs, angels, guppies, gouramis, etc. 

     

    This may not be a well rounded question but it’s one that’s puzzling me. 

    Single pea puffer in a 5g?

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    On 11/24/2020 at 1:04 PM, Ken Dyer said:

    Having kept a single pea puffer in a 5 before I must warn you... They are attention hounds and will be at the glass distracting you constantly and making it hard to get any work done. So brace yourself for the cuteness! 

    Mine was the opposite. Tank all to himself? Shy. Possibly dead or missing. Emerging rarely and hatefully. 
     

    Community tank full of live breeders? Zooms everywhere happy as can be. Turns out he needed some dithers. So YMMV depending on the fish! 

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    Getting Started with Cherry Shrimp

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    4 hours ago, David W said:

    Thank you for the feed back.

    I am going to start with getting an air stone in the tank to help with the gas exchange. I’ll swap it with the sponge filter later. 

    I will let the plants do their thing. I am not in a hurry. If there are no snails in the plants, I’ll move over some rams horns from the other tanks. I’m hoping some MTS eggs snuck in with this batch.

    MTS are actually live bearers I believe, so if you see little tiny cones sneaking in, that’s them! 

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    Lighting Siestas and Dual Siestas

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    Is there an optimal hour gap to aim for? I currently run lights on my two main tanks on a single timer from 11 am to 11 pm. Both have bearable amounts of algae and good plants growth, both have inert substrate (pool filter sand and black diamond blasting sand). Any marginal benefits beyond adjusting viewing hours? Worth a shot anyway if I report back? 

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    Best tank mates for pea puffers?

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    I have mine in a 40 with guppies, platies, and mollies. He is not aggressive towards them and is not overly shy. He was very shy when in his own tank, but oddly (and admittedly against most advice) he came out of his shell more in the community tank. There are plenty of hiding spots but he can also zoom anywhere he wants and no one is dumb enough to pick on him. If he runs out of snails and gets ambitious the tank is full of fry. 
     

    I recently bought four more but they are like 1/4th his size so for now they live with a guppy colony as they put on some size. We will see what it looks like when they are a little bigger; they look to be a different variant so I’m not sure if they’ll play nicely with original puffer or have to be their own group somewhere else. 

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    Aquarium Memes

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    On 11/19/2020 at 1:41 PM, DaveSamsell said:

     

    💡  Maybe a new, fish shaped,  product could be made and call it "Swedish Puffer" treats. 

    As long as the ratios are in line with Reese’s trees or pumpkins. And seasonally produced so we can be assured of relative freshness. That would be Reese’s perfection. 

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