[Rainbow Shiners & Darters Breeding Set Up]

I will definitely want to know if they spawn. Are the Rainbow Shiners egg scatters like Danios? 

[Products and Plants now showing Walk In Purchase Availability on the website.]

That's awesome! I was hoping your team was working to add that. 

[Interesting Angelfish Genetics Article]

So I should separate a pair in a 20 (high)-29 gallon for them to take care of their own fry. Should I leave it bare bottom if I want them to take care of the fry? Or would be easier to have gravel. By the way thank you for all this information and your time! I couldn't really find anything online about allowing the angelfish raise there fry.

[Interesting Angelfish Genetics Article]

Right, but I kind of want to angelfish take care of their own fry. I'm only going to pull the eggs if they won't stop eating them or if I get the satisfaction of watching my apistos take care of their babies then I may pull. Is 12 angels to many for a 90 gallon? They be the only fish in there.

[Interesting Angelfish Genetics Article]

19 hours ago, James Black said:

Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE angelfish. 

I came across this article explaing the recessive and dominant genes of an angelfish. Keep in mind that when breeding angelfish this isn't a must have information all though it can be very helpful when trying to breed a desired trait for an angelfish.

This a very interesting read and I reccemend it to any nerm that likes sience or biology. 

https://pethelpful.com/fish-aquariums/How-to-keep-Angelfish-Tropical-Tank-Set-Up 

Here are the  recessive and dominant genes in a angelfish:

Common Phenotype	Genetic Symbol
Domestic Silver	+
Dark	D
Marble	M
Gold Marbled	Gm
Gold	g
Zebra	Z
Sripeless	S
Smokey	Sm
Veiled	V
Streaked	St
Pearlscale	P
Albino	a

 

a Capitol letter being a dominot gene and lowercase being a recessive gene. 

I want to grow some Pinoy Paraiba Angelfish, let them pair off, and then let the pair lay and take care of the fry themselves instead of me pulling the eggs, how long do you think it would take for them to figure out how to parent.

[Apistogrammas]

My red brick pair will be a species only tank so there will no be competition. I think I'll just let the trifasciata hang out in my 29.

[Apistogrammas]

Thank you @dorsalfin. I love the Inka's but I couldn't find a pair. I do have a coconut cave and both of my tanks are heavily planted. There is a website that has like all the varieties of apistogrammas. When I remember it I let you know to help you figure out what your mystery types are.

[I cooked my tank]

1 minute ago, Larrimore said:

Cory may have a better answer than me; but, I would determine what fish I’m thinking of putting there.  I would match their ideal temperature and let your  plants adjust to that.  It seems to me it would be harder on the plants to keep dealing with temp swings.

 

4 hours ago, Cory said:

Removing any bodies. Then I would let the temp come back down to normal levels. Monitor water parameters and ammonia and such will eventually be process by bacteria that made it through and is now recouping. Consider getting a temperature controller so it can't happen again if  you're worried about it.

Do both, do what Cory said and what Larrimore said. Or you could wait if your not ready for new fish and let it sit and then switch the temperature.

[How do I know when to add/replace root tabs?]

I don't know the answer to this but if it very thick and there are a lot of plants I would do every 6 months. Stem plants suck nutrients mostly out of the water so if I were you and to save the hassle I would just use Easy Green. But make sure if you do use root tabs, do a 2 inch by inch grid style (once it's heavily planted). If you have any swords it will eat those root tabs like crazy.

[Neon Tetras in 10 Gallon Aquarium]

Depends on how planted the tank is. I would do 15 with a semi planted tanks. But make sure to stay up on water changes. Remember no less than 6, it will stress them out.

[Apistogrammas]

Thank you Ali! What kind were they? Were they just triple reds or orange flash?

[To pull the eggs or not pull the eggs, that is the question.]

I really thought about getting Electric Blue Acaras because of this topic. But I want to buy 12 Pinoy Paraiba Angelfish and let them pair off, and them let them breed and raise the fry themselves. Not many people do it but I want to watch them raise there fry. I've been caught up in the breeding for profit I forgot how beautiful nature was and just watching fish do their thing.

[Apistogrammas]

I am buying some apistogramma trifasciata and apistogramma bitaeniata rio tigre red brick. Does anyone have any advice for keeping these. I have done my research but I was wondering if anyone else had kept these. The trifaciata is an f1 I don't know about the bitaeniata. Thanks

[Guppie]

If you're thinking about pulling her out of the tank so the fry can raise up, then the answer would be once she pops. If you're talking about a breeder tub on the side of your tank it would still be the same answer. Just make sure the fry have baby brine shrimp or crush up flakes really small for them. 

[Guppies are brutal]

On 1/7/2021 at 5:42 PM, redmare said:

I witnessed my first guppy baby murder today 😰  my big giant female was finally having her babies, and a pack of about 20 fry was gathered on the top. Another female chased down one baby and grabbed him and thrashed like a shark and didn't even eat him, but also didn't kill him. I think I'm going to start a fry grow out tank so I can decide which ones get to live! But of course that means I have to be the brutal one... darn. 

 

I saw a fry going up for its first breath and one of my male porkchop rasboras swims over it takes one gulp and it's gone, just like that.

[Whats your favorite type of schooling/ shoaling fish???]

I like Congo Tetras for schooling and for shoaling I think corydoras is a great choice. They like to sift through everything as a group I think it just fun to watch them pull bloodworms out of the substrate.

[Would like idea for shrimp tank setup]

Maybe because it a longer tank you could do a river bottom set up. That's the only suggestion I can think of.

[Would like idea for shrimp tank setup]

I don't have any suggestions for tank setups.  But I have a suggestion and that is don't get a betta or don't get shrimp. The betta might eat the shrimp, even if he/she doesn't start right out eating them, down the road he might start snatching them up.

[What breed of guppy is this?]

They look awesome! You should breed them so the front of the endler guppies colors show off better that would be amazing.

[Who has mollies? Needing advice.]

Mollies like to nip at fish with longer fins but seeing as you don't have anything I think they will do fine.

[Who has mollies? Needing advice.]

3 hours ago, Colu said:

Molly like salt in there aquarium to do well 

I disagree with you. I have bred mollies in a 30 gallon tub and they grew like weeds. I am not saying they may not do better in salt but in my past experience they seem to do fine in all freshwater. 

[Worms]

I have no clue but I saw some type flat worm that was white in 2 of my aquariums, it kinda just floated there (not high flow) so it went up and down in the water. If anyone knows if it's harmful to fish or shrimp please let me know.

[I got a L333 today!!]

That is the King Tiger Pleco right?

[Amazon frogbit]

@quirkylemon103I have a Finnex stingray on mine, but my sister still has a light from a 10 gallon kit and they are doing fine in their. The water lettuce does like a little bit stronger light like the Finnex but they'll do fine with a basic light.

[Amazon frogbit]

I love it in my shrimp tank because it has lots long roots for the little guys to climb up and hide in. If you are trying to get lots of fry I would do water lettuce because it's roots are very bushy.