RogueAquarium

Removed. Do they do well alone? I've only seen the one.

I thought I had watched closely for eggs, and was planning on transferring any lotus stems that had eggs on them to their own grow out tank to protect from the parents, but apparently I missed the eggs, because I have at least 1 fry hanging out at the top of the tank..... Should I just leave it and see what happens, or try to fish the little guy out with a net and raise him in it's own small grow out tank?

Good guess on name being inspired by the Rogue River, but alas no. I'm in a far more sad, brown, hot and desolate place, lol. The name is actually because I also own a business by that same name in a very different business sector and I just wanted to carry the name over. I DID spend several years crawling all up and down that and other Oregon rivers though. Beautiful place. I'd take the Rogue over the Willamette any day of the week.

Hey, sorry, would have answered faster but was on vacation. That is just a plane ole wire rack shelf from a big box store. I used some precut shelving wood to spread out the weight of the tank evenly across the whole shelf, but apart from that it's stock. If I was to do it again, I would probably go with another of the much larger/black one I got from Costco a number of years ago. The selves are rated for MUCH more weight, and are a solid plank already so weight distribution is much less of a thing to worry about.

So....Not a fish, but Neo-Cardinia shrimp mothers are pretty parental towards their shrimplets even for a little while after they detach from her tail. I've always found that endearing, cute, and fun to watch.

Hello and welcome!

Actually, to be super fair, I paid 20 each for my first pair, and a bit less for the school for 4 I got at (Un-Named online US fish retailer) I was seeing them for up to 35$ over here as well. Also not too sure about Dollerydoo to US-Monopoly money exchange at moment, but it could be that we are not too far off on price. From what I understand, they are thought to be currently extinct in the wild. They come from a single stream in Papua New Guiney, and that stream has been heavily polluted by run off from a gold mine. I suspect this, and their relative rarity in the hobby, make them a pricey specimen. I think if they got more popular the price would come down though, and they have EVERY REASON to become SUPER popular. They are probably my favorite thing in my tanks right now. Between their shockingly beautiful colors, unique sexually dimorphism, doofy and strange fins, fun behavior and relative ease of care and breeding they could be one of the next "things." then again, I am fairly new to the hobby and probably not fit to judge such things, I am just REALLY passionate about these awesome fish!!! *Edited for clarity and humor*

Bag trick?

I would ABSOLUTELY Defer to Huck on this, as I JUST started trying, but the literature I read had me believe it would likely be best to do it like guppies with 2 females to a male so that the male doesn't over pester the female. I personally plan to just let my 5 stay together and then transfer them to a new tank when I notice a few eggs around the tank to keep them from eating it.

Pretty sure I've got all Luminatus, but I am not sure though. First pair I got was labeled as "Paski's red" but the male passed, and I ordered a school of others to replace him. Doing research nearly everywhere I read said that "Paski's red" and "Neon Red" are all Luminatus, so that's what I ordered. (Wasn't even able to find anybody selling Paski's red by that name, so makes sense) HOWEVER, as you can see from the video, the on female I still have left from that pair is MUCH darker than the others that came in. IDK if that's just that I feed a lot of red foods, or if maybe they are a different species. Also the old male had white "pom-poms" on his fins, but the new boys have Orange.

Video of the Pseudomugil schooling around their tank about an hour after I got them acclimated with some chill music.

I got a membership for a month to say "Thank You" to Cory for hosting this community (which in turn saved my now beloved BB puffer), but I have a deep and abiding hatred for Alphabet and all their companies, so unless Cory offers another way to become a member that will ALSO host the members only video's then I will not be doing it again. I have never looked at any Alphabet company the same way ever again after working at an AI startup. That is a company humanity would be better without.

I live in a place that is almost entirely COVERED with lava rock. The only places that are not are the fields farmers have spent generations slowly removing the lava rocks in order to be able to use it as a field. I have found several colors, consistencies ECT. What would I need to do to make this abundant and free resource that people are LITTERALLY tossing into giant piles and trying to get rid of into a resource for my aquariums? Are only specific kinds of lava rock usable for aquariums? What kind of sterilization could I do, considering the usual methods are unsafe with lava rocks? (boiling or oven heating can cause explosions of water trapped in the pours turning into steam)

I just posted a video where I show off my new fish room and talk about all my breeding projects. Already posted it under my photo journal so I feel a bit silly posting it here as well, but it's a cool look into what I'm doing and what progress I've made. For a quick run down: I am working on a new kind of guppy. I want to make "Koi Guppy" that look like actual koi. those are in the pond in the video. I have got the orange spots on white body, but want to go for calico. I'm also trying to get "Santa Clause" guppy's. I started with one and random females, and what I have now is the 3rd tank. Then there is my newest fish, the Pseudomugil Luminatus (blue eye neon red rainbow fish) Just got the males 2 days ago. Super excited about this. I am likely to start a 3rd guppy breeding program with some of my culls who have got this BEAUTIFUL emerald green color to them now. We have a pea puffer trio who we someday hope will have babies someday I will be doing a Pygmy cory breeding tank in the next month or so and I have several neo-Caridinia breeding programs revolving around my Main line of blue diamonds.

Had so much fun doing this post I decided to do a video tour as well. here ya go!