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    Under promise and over deliver. Anything yard work related always takes twice as long and is twice as expensive. Over estimate your time and material to start out. If things go as they normally do, you will be right on time and on budget from your inflated estimates. If everything goes fantastic and you are done early and below budget the customer will be over the moon! Make sure you check to see if you or the landowner need permits. And if you are close to a property line get a survey!!!! Never take the landowner or Realtor's word for it. If you don't see monuments in the ground or the fence isn't already built beware. There is nothing worse than getting something built and finding out its on the neighbors property. (Shameless plug as this is what I do for a living, but I've seen it thousands of times)
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    Update: Survival rate had been very good. These pictures don't do justice to how many are actual swimming around (75-100). I might have to get another 50 lowboy after these grow up 😳
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    My bristlenoses love it. I make larger batches then stick in silicone ice trays and freeze the correct portion size. Stick them in the freezer still hot and you come up with a ice cube/jerky combo that last a long time in the tank without making a mess. Once froze solid just stick in a plastic freezer bag and feed one at a time. In my guppy tank they will come knock it along the bottom till it gets to a corner or under driftwood to keep the ravenous guppies away from it. Its quite comical.
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    So happy to hear it! Keep an eye on him and monitor his eating. He will have open sores from the experience so be cautious of a bacterial infection. Keep us informed on how he recovers!
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    Yikes! Sorry about your Cory but your rainbow is in real danger also now. I am going to summon my outdoors hat instead of my fish keeping hat. I have encountered this in the Lakes of Minnesota with fish swallowing things they shouldn't. My suggestion: have net, needle nose pliers (planting tweezer would also work) and meds ready. Net out the Rainbow and hold him in your hand. make a circle with your index and thumb for his head to go through, grip with your middle and ring finger against his back and the tail across your pinky. (The same way I would take a hook out of a sunfish). If to small to hold in this fashion grip with thumb and index right behind his head on either side. Grab the tail of the cory and pull gently back and forth till it is out. It might not come out easily or in one piece. This isn't going to be fun for either one of you. A couple of things to know. Leaving it in is not an option, the barbs on catfish are designed just for this reason and are designed to get stuck in a fish that eats them which will eventually kill them. Have meds ready to treat the rainbow. He is going to have tears on the inside of his mouth, try to be proactive. These are my suggestions from my experience with native species. Not all of them are going to make it after something like this. I wish you the best of luck.
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    I think you can rule out Otocinclus macrospilus and Macrotocinclus affinis. With no black band around the base Macrospilis is out and they are to dark to be affinis. http://www.scotcat.com/loricariidae/otocinclus_macrospilus4.htm http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/otocinclus_affinis.htm This doesn't identify but hopefully narrows down your list.
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    Silly Neolamprologus Multifasciatus
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    Officially fell off the deep end of the MTS pool... 4 x 40 breeders, 8 x 10 gallon 5 x 5 gallon.
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    Baby shrimp from my blue dream tank. For reference those are baby bladder snails and grains of sand. Then the almond leaf and a half inch juvenile.
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    Congrats on the fry! I think you will have to grow them out a bit to determine what they will end up looking like. I have 5 week old Dalmatian Molly fry and it is still hard to tell what characteristics they will end up with. Also consider that your female may have been pregnant prior to introduction to your current males. It might take a few fry dumps to start showing characteristics of the current males in the tank. Either way, time will tell once they are raised up to 2-3 months old.
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    When you picked up the original shrimp did they put anything in the bag with them? Like you said, the timelines don't match up especially considering how tiny newborn shrimplets are. If the store put some media or plant cuttings in with them to aid in transfer they might have been hidden inside or on these items.
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    Tank 3) 33 long with 13 Neolamprologus Brichardi and 4 Julidochromis Ornatus. This tank was set up on April 8th with pool filter sand, rocks, shells and established sponge filters. Fish were added from our local aquarium club auction on the 17th and the caves went in on the 19th. At this point territories are still being established between the Brichardi with the 3 largest running the show. The 4 smallest are being left alone but those that are young adults are have sought refuge in the distant corners of the tank. The Julie's seem to get along with all so far and have claimed caves as their own. This tank will definitely be the biggest challenge for me as Brichardi can be the most aggressive of all the fish I have. Tank 4) 33 long with 12 Julidochromis Transcriptus and 4 juvenile Neolamprologus Caudopunctatus from said local Auction. The setup was the same as tank 3, sans the rock. So far everything is peaceful and the largest Julie's are establishing their territories. I will update both these as soon as I see any fry. General notes: My water is hard out of the trap but I also supplement with Seachem Tanganyika Buffer and Seachem Cichlid Lake Salt. I have not seen the escargot shells used in tanks 3&4 where tanks 1&2 use them almost exclusively. All fish are fed spirulina flakes, BBS and the occasional black worm meal.
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    I know there was interest in members learning more about shellies because of some of my other posts. I am by no means an expert yet, but thought I would share my triumphs and fails along the way regarding my now 4 tanks dedicated to these fun fish. Tank 1) this is my Lamprologus ornatipinnis kigoma tank 33 long that started with 5 fish. Setup was on March 17th and as I have shared in another post things are going great. My daughter counted 20 fry just before I took the pictures tonight. Tank 2) Neolamprologus Multifasciatus species tank 33 long. This was also started on March 17th with 9 adults. I believe 6 female and 3 males, two being dominant with established territories. There is at least 30 fry in this tank now. 18 that may have been eggs or swimming eyeballs when I brought everything home (the adults came in their own shells) and another dozen that I noticed 8-10 days ago. Surprisingly the fry are not part of the largest males territory. The substrate on this tank started as flat as could be but they have landscaped it to a beautiful cratered landscape. Everything will eventually be moved to a 50 Low Boy to accommodate the growing population.
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    Update. Things have been going great in the tank. A large % of the first hatch have survived and are growing well. Just last night I noticed a large group of fry from a different female. It seems everyone is happy and I'll have a colony bursting at the seems in no time.
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    Amazon delivery at 7 pm. Come 7:30 my daughter comes out of her room after hearing boiling on the stove. Daughter: (sniffing the air) "what's for supper Dad? Me: "uhhhhh..... Well..." Daughter: (makes it to the stove to take a look) "seriously dad?" Me: "go grab a frozen pizza from the freezer" Daughter: (shaking her head) "you have a problem dad" Me:"I know kiddo, don't tell your mother"
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    I use time and an air stone... I have a 65 gallon horizontal drum on a stand near the ceiling of my basement. Have water running to the top with a ball valve shut off. An air stone runs constantly in it to gas everything off. That then can gravity feed to all my tanks in the basement (12) I still have to run buckets to my 75 upstairs. My theory is a chemical is a chemical is a chemical. If I can avoid adding one to combat the other I'm money ahead.
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    Been an eventful weekend. Yesterday was pick up day for our aquarium society spring auction. 30+- different items to load up, acclimate and get in tanks. 5 types of lake Tanganyika ciclids (juli x2 variety, neolamprologus & Lamprologus x2 variety) split tails, tiger limia, koi angels, 4 different colored shrimp (blue, red, orange and green) and 5 different plants. (For you math people multiple lots were the same species 😉) Today for my 165 gallon pond dug in. Here in minnesota the ground is still in the mid 40s so couldn't get the early jump most of you did. It will be stocked with guppies and most likely cherry shrimp. At some point this water will be pumped up to a gravity feed hydroponic system made of PVC that will sit along the deck. Washed play sand as a substrate. Ledges will have semi aquatic plants and if course floaters throughout. The upside down pots are a holding place for hostas (more to come) as I get the fabric and granite rock placed around it to complete the landscaping. I will post more about all things started this weekend but wanted to throw out something for an excuse to sit down and take a break!
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    My pair of 6 gallon longs. Yellow neocardini and blue star endlers Green Jade neocardini and Dalmatian Molly fry. My Otos needs to kick it into gear.
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    My two 40 gallon breeders. Platy, albino cory and Otos Cauliflower swordtails, gold lazer cory, blue neon goby. They have come a long way in the last month.
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    Baby cherry shrimp
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    I've never dealt with them, but here is a remedy to take care of them. It can also be used for spider control.
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    I agree with @CorydorasEthan and @lefty o. Its about the size of the fish not the size of the tank. My current "Nano" tank that just got fish yesterday is a 38 gallon tall. I have a number of tanks between 3 and 10 gallons but this is the only one i affectionately call the "Nano" tank. I can't wait to get it fully stocked but for now it has 8 CPDs, 10 Chili Rasbora, 6 Emerald Rasbora, 6 Asian stone catfish, 5 endlers (2M 3F) and a few Neon Blue Goby (them being the largest and only there for detritus cleanup after setup)
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    As long as the bulb is firm leave it in. If you check on it and it goes from the current firmness to squishy take it out as it is rotting.
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    Anyone know what these macro sized green guys are crawling above the waterline? If I was overly concerned I would post it elsewhere. Just curious.
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    Days old Lamprologus ornatipinnis Multiple generations of Multis.
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