Griznatch

Great post! I'm running two of these for about 6 months now, with check valves. Curious to see how they hold up.

Welcome to the forum! You are off to a great start, take it slow and enjoy. I agree with the livebearer suggestion. If those do well try some shrimp.

I've also had Anoles. They are pretty good starter lizards as well. They are extremely fast, not a typical hold in your hand type of critter. Something to keep in mind when doing maintenance...

From personal experience, a leopard gecko is very newbie friendly. They are desert animals, but I've had good results in a planted terrarium. They are very handle-able and sometimes remind me of a cat. in mannerisms. To give you a good idea of how hardy they are. When I had mine, my son and his friend let him out and lost him in the house. Two months later I found him in the closet, none the worse for wear except the fat reserves in his tail were almost gone.

I'm with @OnlyGenusCaps, thanks for the updates! I get to live vicariously through your efforts and updates.

Very impressive colors!

Might have to go to individual sellers to get something like that. Big flowy tails are popular so that's what sells. You could always get a few good males with the tail you like and some moscows, and breed your own line.. That's the beauty of guppies, doesn't take long to see results since they are so prolific. If you do go the "grow your own" route please post a journal or keep us posted. I'm very interested how it goes either way.

Wow, that's a boatload of color packed into one small fish!

Welcome to the forum, seating/viewing arrangements are just as important as the rest of the hardware 🙂

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome to the forum!

Those are some nice looking boys you have there!

snail eggs on something you put in tanks recently?

Welcome to the forum!

we have an outdoor aquarium of sorts here in Boise at the MK Nature Center in Boise. Its a large pond/aquarium. with trout, salmon and some sturgeon. I have been there in winter and I don't remember freezing temps/ice being a problem.

This is so awesome! Here's to everyone and their furry and fishy friends having a good one!

Welcome to the forum! love your tanks and that pond is awesome!

I don't have embers, but my chilis seem to act the same as described above. They will eat off the surface at top, or grab anything slowly sinking to the bottom. They won't touch anything on bottom. I use the Co-op easy fry and grind down flake foods as well as bug bites. They'll eat bbs and newborn daphina but leave the larger ones alone.

You are welcome1 I started thinking to myself I could post an image of one of my shrimp tanks.. then I realized all my tanks are shrimp tanks!

I have all three of the colors you mentioned. Of the three, yellow and red show up the best on dark substrate. The blues are gorgeous but almost invisible on black or dark substrate. The key thing to think about after you decide what you want in your tank, is to make sure your water temps, etc. are going to be compatible with your shrimp. Good news is Neos are pretty flexible. To have better success with starting out your first time with shrimp it's really helpful if the tank is "seasoned". A couple months of plants getting settled in, biofilm and some algae growth helps them get started. It also helps if they get established before adding fish.

Welcome to the forum, love your tank layout!

Welcome!