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ECHINODORUS BLEHERI

Rotala 'Vietnam H'Ra'. I find it needs strong light and co2 to turn bright red - here is some floating near the top:

Win or not this is by far the prettiest fellow:

Just tetra flakes - they aren't picky eaters. I actually mix a couple of different brands of flakes into a small container (tetra, spirulina and omega-one). I've lost a few the past year - not sure when probably when i first go them - but over the past 12 months i've not lost any of the kubotai. I suspect when i first go the galaxy the kribs ate a few - the tank is hard to see if the fish makes a decision to hide in the back so it is hard to keep count of folks who don't come up front to eat - i swore i lost one of my rosy fin but it was just hidden - here is a picture of the tank - see if you can find the lemon bn cave:

fyi this is my tank with the fx6; I keep the canister filter well hidden in a natural way. It also has a much smaller ehiem that has a spray bar on the right (the fx6 output is actually on the left but it is fairly well hidden).

Yea. Tell me about it. My lemons dug a nice cave earlier this week. One can only guess what is going to happen down there.... On the bright side it is so well hidden it is barely visible (and invisible from the front of the tank).

100% not frogbit. Not sure what it is - doesn't look like a sword or a crypt - but looks like something that is planted.... it reminds me of my banana plant (after it dropped the banana 😉 )but the leaf structure is not quite right.

I have an fx6 on my 120; opposite rear corners.

Just make sure you get one of the less active ones. I'm not familiar with chili rasbora behavior (i have galaxy and kubotai); the galaxy don't swim an enormous amount but the kubotai would require a larger tank as they are very very active (even though they are the smaller of the two). The ember are not very active - and tend to just sit around looking pretty. About the most activity i can get out of them is when i put food in and they rush to the other side of the tank to eat 😉

You mis quoted me. I was commenting on the second post in the thread in which a 'regular amazon sword' was being kept in a pot. I know exactly what a E. parviflorus is and did not comment on it being kept in a pot.

Well by all means rush home; try it and report back !

In your case it would likely stunt the growth of the plant until removed. Those can get over 24 inches tall and have massive root systems.... though it doesn't happen overnight.

Yes you can.

273. Mystery snails always lay exactly 273 eggs unless you happen to get one that laid 153 eggs or one that laid 129 eggs or one that laid .... but 273 is the magic number. Now the next question how many will actually hatch in your environment. That's hard to tell - if it was in my tank 0 because i'm sick of mystery snail and would move it as fast as i could remove it. But in your tank one can only guess - if your lucky (unless you are like me and unlucky) you will get 273 baby snails.

and did it work or did it fall off ?

None of the above. You should get ember tetra and blue shrimps 😉

Bit off topic but what is that kizmo you are using to feed them bloodworm and where did you obtain it? I mean on the one hand it looks simple enough but on the other hand it is a great way to reduce the mess in the tank. Btw nice fishes - are they difficult to keep ?

Every blue moon aquahuna has them....

Picked up a few new plants for the 5 gallon. Red plants are always a bit of a cross your fingers when using inert substrate and low-tech so we will have to keep an eye on these. If they don't take we will revert to green plants. The banana plant is responding rather quickly as it has generated 3 new leaves (very small at this point) since my last update. Guess it prefers the clean substrate to the poisonous stuff that was in there before. Btw there is a reason why the fishes are on the left side in this picture as they normally prefer the right side. Every morning i feed them on the left side so as i walk into the room they collect on the right side for food and then they will go back to the left side 😉

Just for the record I too have two bulbs purchased last week of dec that have not yet sprouted but are still firm.

Doesn't look right. It is all green. The ones i've had before are solid pink.

aquahuna is cheap and has a good policy but for delicate or more interesting fishes i tend to prefer wetspot. If you are buying tetra or rasbora aquahuna all the way; if you are buying winemilleri or cupido i'd go with wetspot.

Why are you using so many root tabs? They are suppose to last months not days. I only give my 2 feet tall swords 1 or 2 root tab every 4 months.

Nannacara - they are sa.

I have a pair of these the last couple of years. Both the female and male have really nice but distinct personalities.