Griznatch

Welcome to the forum, I like the layout with the slate! Heh, male guppies... Natures little persistent optimists 🙂

Might just be the picture, but his scales look pineconed a bit? Dwarf gourami can be quite aggressive to each other, he might be getting picked on... Welcome to the forum, btw.

Looking good, this tank always makes me smile!

Looks really good, thanks for the update!

An Ornate bichir. I saw one in a local fish store last week and forgot how beautiful they were.

I wouldn't be. The sponge is a constant source of food and security. They'll just come out of the sponge as they get older. I had boatloads of them on the large Co-op pre-filter sponge on my HOB, and didn't seem to harm them any. As they got bigger they'd hang out on the outside of the sponge, then eventually join the rest of the colony in the tank. Also, welcome to the forum!

Welcome to the forum!

Have you tried silicone and just bracing it until it cures? I've "glued" some pretty heavy flat pieces of rock together like that.

Welcome to the forum! That size of tank might restrict some of the larger south American Cichilds, but some of the African ones might be ok in there. There's plenty of members here who experience with both, and will have better suggestions then me I'm sure.

I tried sneaking a Nerite back in every month after the treatment, and they'd go into shock within hours. It would take them days to recover in a different tank after I removed them.

Welcome to the forum! The Discus and the Rams might like the same temperature range, not sure about the Tetras Not having kept Discus myself, would they try and eat the Neons?

Planaria treatment can wreak havoc on snails. I've had it adversely affect Nerites for 6 or more months after all the water changes and treatment was finished. My bladder snails cruised right through, no problem however. It's possible it does the same for assassin snails, maybe someone else has had issues with them. I can't say for sure since I haven't kept them before.

These kind of posts always cause me to wonder if I need to either get therapy to help with my addiction, or just figure out how to retire to have more time for all these tanks 🙂 I have 12 if you count my seasonal blue tote/tub, and the goldfish pond. all my tanks have Ramshorns and bladder snails 75 gallon community tank with White Clouds, mutt Guppies, Kubotai Rasboras, Otos, Celestial Pearl Danios all my Neo culls and some Amanos along with a healthy population of Ramshorns and bladder snails. 55 gallon with Emperor Tetras, Glowlight Danios, female Dwarf Gourami, Red Neos, Otos, and some Nerite and bladder snails. 55 gallon with Congo Tetras, Mutt Guppies, Laser Cories, Otos, Neo culls, Ramshorn and bladder snails. 20 long with Chili Rasboras, and yellow Neo colony. 10 gallon quarantine waiting for a new batch of Celestial Pearl Danios (destined for the 75), my green Neo experiment, as well as Ramshorns and bladder snails. 10 gallon quarantine with Panda Cories (destined for the 75), and mutt Guppies. 10 gallon with mutt Guppies and Blue neos. 10 gallon with guppy fry, red Neos , and Nerites. 3.5 waiting on orange Neos, 2 guppy fry to keep bioload. 2 gallon jar waiting on shrimp Seriously plotting a couple of tractor supply livestock troughs for ponds... wonder if the wife will notice a few new holes in the yard? I don't have a problem, I can quit anytime...

Very cool!, Your boy is sure showing off some nice colors, a little spring romance is in the air I'm thinking...

Welcome to the forum!

I'm one of the northern ones, probably be a month before I set up my tub. A lot probably depends on the size of your goldfish. Mine would eat the white clouds most likely.

Thanks for sharing , always interesting to see what you have going on in the fish room.

Welcome to the forum! It's amazing how the absence of a few strips of black plastic make such a difference...

I have done that, and it had little or no effect on the few guppy fry that got sucked in to the bucket.

Welcome to the forum! Do you have any tanks and if so what type do you keep?

Wow, very impressive! I love the shelf, leaves so much more room for the fish.

very cool!

Welcome to the forum!

I use the night time trick. after they've been basically asleep for a fer hours leave all the lights off in the room and use a strong flashlight and net them before they get a chance to wake up. I've used this trick to catch neon tetras in a heavily planted 75, and rasboras in a 55. if you don't get them in about 5 minutes then you'll probably have to wait a while and try again. They catch on pretty quick.

If you cut it slowly, I think they'll scoot out of the way. I have this issue as well in my 10 gallon tanks. My biggest concern is all the shrimp fry that are embedded in it. They don't like to come out and I'm always worried I'll lose them or they'll get tossed out with the trimmings.