Siett88
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20 hours ago, JudyS said:
Imperial Tropicals has some Daisy's Ricefish (Oryzias woworae) for sale online. They are a tropical fish farm in central Florida.
As stated above, daisy's like more tropical temps than medaka rice fish, but are so worth it. The males, in their deep blue spawning dress when the lights first turn on, is something to behold. And you can't go wrong with a school of two colors (males with the shimmering blue, and females more of an orange). Very cool fish.
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8 hours ago, BM3 said:
Does anyone have any thoughts on tubbing and raccoons? I’d like to give it a try but am a lil worried raccoons will eat all the fish or at least pester them regularly.
Last year I threw together a crude top using plastic mesh screwed into the tub itself, with a small area to open (I kinda made the tub on a whim) and it worked up until about a day before I would take in the fish for the season. I'm guessing a racoon pulled my sponge filter up by the airline and took a good chomp out of it, but as far as I could tell the top held and fish were fine. This year I plan on being more elaborate, framing the tub and making kind of a planter thing, with a hinged top. (Just searched my phone and can't believe I didn't take a pic of it!)
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Pics would be appreciated!
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I was wondering if anyone has mixed any of the color strains of medaka? I currently have gold that were in a pond last summer, but when it's warm enough (here in WI that might be July lol) I was looking to put a few different colors in the pond (100 gal.) Do they eventually revert to natural colors like cherry shrimp or become something else like guppies? (Third option: how dare I even suggest, they all need separate ponds, you heathen!)
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No wonder it's just called ich, by the time you get done saying the Latin name, it might be too late to treat!
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I can second what corydorasethan said, my male pearl would divebomb the corys and chase the bolivians relentlessly around an entire 55 gal tank during feeding. He was moved to an angelfish tank and ran them around too. He currently has his own 20 gal.
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Bolivians will sand-sift and dig pits if breeding but won't disturb plants, if that's what you're worried about. Bolivians are (in my experience) very hardy, personable, super peaceful cichlids, with some short squabbles amongst themselves. Id say go with them, but I may be partial (see profile pic)...
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I'm looking to put sand in half of my 29 gal and leave the rest eco complete (the substrate already in the tank). Has anyone had success with plants in sand, if so what kinds? I was thinking replanting my crypts, as they are undemanding, any other suggestions?
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Yup, I'd say you got Bonnie rather than Clyde! Honeys are great, gentle, personable little fish.
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Since you guys seem intent on busting discus myths, and I've been interested (but scared) in keeping them, I'm going to throw some (dumb) questions out there that might get my head bitten off elsewhere:
-Can you keep a single discus as a centerpiece in a (hot) planted community?
Well I guess thats all I got today, lol.
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I have a 40 breeder that had just corys, so I added 2 male and 4 female guppy, because the tank was at eye level for my daughter, and what kid doesn't like babies? Fast forward 3 months and I have a full (I mean FULL) tank of guppies. The parents seem to have no interest in predating (the tank is well fed). Is there any fish that would pick off some here and there, but not decimate them? I had a thought that a few scarlet badis would be cool, but any suggestions would be appreciated.
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In my experience, sae are fine with corys. They kind of ignore each other. If you are still planning on the school of harlequins, I'd say after the corys you're fully stocked. I'm assuming peppered are the paleatus (at least in the Milwaukee they're referred to as such), they are a large corydora. If habrosus, that's a different story lol, they're one of the smallest, and you could get away with 9-10.
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2 hours ago, josh world said:
omg I just got some albino long fin plecos yesterday to stir up the bottom of my grow out tanks. how old is marshmallow she seems much wider than mine.
Got her in April at about 1 1/2 inch long, so tiny compared to today.
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Marshmallow, the longfin albino bristlenose (featuring a photo bomb from my bolivians, attention hogs lol)
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Never kept either, so this is anecdotal, but try severums instead of discus. They can hold their own in a 'dispute' way better than discus, and in many cases, are just as beautiful.
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Well, I probably won't start the project til after the holidays, so I have time to mull it over. Thanks to everyone for the input and advice.
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41 minutes ago, pedrofisk said:
I think Bolivians are highly under rated. They are more hardy than GBRs and while they don't have as much surface area covered in color they are very colorful. Plus they have all the fun Cichlid behavior with few of the down sides.
I'd put a fully breeding dressed bolivian up against any variety of blue ram!
Disclaimer: I'd still love to keep blues at some point, no hate!
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Will do! On a side tangent, does anyone know if fry take to frozen (thawed) baby brine shrimp like they would live? I'm afraid I wouldn't have time to do live (though I'd love to).
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3 minutes ago, pedrofisk said:
Yes they are more closely related to the German Blue Rams. There are videos of watched on Bolivians that use the same setup as the GBRs. I love Bolivians myself and hope to start breeding some as soon as I get my fishroom setup.
My favorite fish! (See profile pic!)
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Oh man, I totally forgot they did that one, too! I guess I have an advantage in the fact that they already have a favorite rock!
39 minutes ago, ange said:I'd lean more toward his GBR setup video, but I think the experience would be very similar. The main reason I like his GBR setup is it uses terra cotta pieces and I can get those cheap (0.25/piece) locally.
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I have a pair of bolivians in a 29 gal community, and they have spawned three times. First time was a dud, but the last two produced swimmers, but gradually over 3 or so days they all disappear. I just watched Dean's apisto breeding setup vid, and would that work for rams? Replace the caves with flat rocks, maybe another sight break?
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And these are sterbai (not my pic)
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Just did a water change, so they weren't cooperating lol. First pic is aeneas, second is paleatus, third is paleatus on left aeneas on right, fourth is vice versa. Looking at them next to each other, paleatus is overall larger, seems more slim and elongated, while aeneas are chonkers (especially females). Funny thing is, these are the only paleatus I keep. I bought them as 'hi-fin albinos', quarantined them, added them to the tank and said "wait a minute!"
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I have both albino aeneas and paleatus in the same tank. They mingle but lounge around in their own little cliques. I've also seen albino sterbai for sale online, in body shape they look like Aeneas, but still have the yellow pectoral fins. Pictured are my paleatus, tomorrow I'll try to get a pic of the two species together for reference.
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Rice Fish Medaka
in General Discussion
Posted · Edited by Siett88
Nailed it, closely related and there are several other species in the genus oryzias. Also, while medaka have been in captivity for hundreds of years, daisy's were only discovered in the late 00's!