Solstice_Lacer

Po the panda garra at mealtime with his new non bully friends. He hasn't shown any interest in pursuing shrimp or endler fry.

Swapped one anubius "tree" with one from the other tank, and moved my panda garra in here recently. The white clouds were stealing his food, but the endlers are too polite to steal from shrimp so he seems like he'll be happier here. Hard to get a pic of him when he's in zoom mode, but I got him lurking like a distant shark.

Thank you, he's an awesome guy. I actually just moved him a couple days ago to my other tank, because the minnows kept stealing his food pellets. He seems pretty pleased with the move.

As usual once I take pics of my tank I feel compelled to re scape it. Went from 3 island to 2 island, and put all my big leaf anubius on the right. I've learned I like the look of similar plants being in big groups to make an impact.

As Captain Picard said, "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not weakness. That is life."

Got a better video of the little fellows.

A look at the jungle jar, where leftover clippings go to thrive. Along with shrimp and snails.

I haven't been particularly happy with this tank for a while, so I decided to do a lil re scape. Moved my filter and heater to one side and I think it helps a lot. Also big news for this tank is I got some awesome endlers ❤ Started with 4 adults and 4 fry and they have built up a nice colony. The cherry shrimp don't seem to be suffering at all, if anything they enjoy the extra food. Still need to work on filming 😋

I have coveted these guys as well, look forward to seeing them in your care. Hope you feel better soon

I have seachem flourite black as well, I like it, but it is rather fine and could probably stand to be mixed or layered with something with a larger grain for optimal planting

Does your panda garra have any favorite foods? I tried to give mine a green bean once but he never really seemed to notice it. Loves his pellets though

I'm fond of anubius nana petite

Between 3 and 5 is probably good

You can try pushing one root tab as deep as possible and see how it goes. If you have aquarium coop root tabs they become a kind of foam that just sits on the substrate in the couple cases I didn't push mine deep enough. Pretty easy to clean and not toxic

I set up my 29 gallon in summer 2021. It's been through a lot of changes, had an algae problem, but is currently going well. Here is a most recent pic.