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  1. Same! I'd love to have a swimming pool with fishies, and actually swim with them. Even a pond big enough to wade in would be great! (At the moment, I'd just love some kuhli loaches though.)
  2. I got shrimp with the hopes of having easy live food for my fish, but now I won't let the fish have any. 😂 They really are fascinating! Welcome back to the hobby.
  3. I think they're corydoras paleatus. I have a few.
  4. I love the idea of a little jar like this. When I've tried, it soon gets a very thin oily residue floating on the surface. It looks like you don't have surface agitation. Is the surface of your jar staying clear?
  5. Cool lava rock! ETA: All of your new scapes are amazing. Beautifully done.
  6. Interesting thought. A couple months ago, the water company sent a letter, saying they would soon switch from chlorine to chloramines. Maybe you're on to something. Yeah, these are the same kits I've always used. Always been zero before.
  7. I'm reading ammonia at 0.25 - 5.0 straight from the tap today, using 2 separate API liquid test kits, and the co-op strips. 1) Is this something to call the water company about? 2) I added Fritz Complete to a tank that was reading ammonia. I'll stop feeding until it tests at zero. Anything else I should do right away? TIA
  8. I collected 10 eggs. 4 hatched. 2 survived. Those 2 are now 6 months old and healthy. So I'd guess about 1 out of 5 will live. I kept mine in a little floating basket, wrapped in hosiery so they couldn't get out, until they outgrew the basket. I kept 2 neocaridina and 2 snails with them to keep the interior clean. Hikari First Bites is all I fed them, several times per day.
  9. I just bought dark blue a week ago. If I were going to buy more, I'd buy light/bright blue.
  10. @JettsPapa That sounds almost identical to my situation. Maybe I'll try just a couple shrimp for a few days to see if it works before I put in more.
  11. No feed of cooler water. I'd call the breeze moderate, and I could run 3 airstones. I'd say I can shade about 95% of the water's surface. It's above ground. I don't know about rocks, but I could add shade to the sides when I add shade to the top. How's that sounding?
  12. I'm currently trying to breed medaka fry. I use a syringe to collect the eggs and drop them into a breeding net in the same tank. The adults eagerly try to eat the fry through the barrier. My experience is very limited, but I'm guessing you could raise a couple of fry for fun in a tank heavily planted with dense things like blobs of moss. I don't think they'd breed high numbers without active intervention though. Since my oldest fry is still very small, I can't speak to tank space overall. It's looking to me like fry would need to be at least 4 months old before they can live with the adults. As for resale value. My LFS sells rice fish, so maybe yours would, too. And, really, I guess almost any species can be used as feeder fish if need be.
  13. My little outdoor pond has a ton of biofilm, so I'm considering letting some of my cherry shrimp loose to spend the summer pigging out. My only concern is the temp. The water will probably hit 90 F repeatedly. Based on googling, that seems to be pushing the heat limit for neocaridina. Any experience?
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