Nik_n

I have a plastic cover on my tank. works great, very light and easy to clean when it gets dirty. The top side never gets dirty, but sometimes there is a layer of dust. I got the cover as a part of the set, I could upload a picture is you want.

So they would need a year before they are ready to be sold? I thought it was much faster than that, that they could be sold 2 months after they hatched? Is this the case with all types of appisots? I assume it is.

Ok thank you! I'm not against snails but I wouldn't want them in this setup. I have plenty in my main tank. But they do a great job in keeping the glass clean.

Yea sorry the plant is a crypt. My mistake😅

Ok thank you!

Yea thats my thinking as well. It just that they feel like hard jelly rather than softer jelly. Do you think it's ok to put them in the tank or should I cut off the leaves carrying them.

Today I got some new plants from a friend. He has an established tank and wanted to get rid of some plants. I took them, as I will use them in my new project. I did a salt bath (15min) with the plants to kill off any pests (he has pond snails in his tank). After the salt bath I washed the plants in freshwater, lest them in a bucket for a couple of hours. Now I noticed some weird baubles. They feel like hard jelly. I will include a picture. The fact that they feel jelly like and look like snail eggs makes me think that they are snail eggs after coming into contact with salt? I have no idea if that's true or not.

Thanks a lot. How long did you grow the fry out until you sold them? I went to my local fish store yesterday and asked about the apistos. They said they are getting a new shipment in on Friday, but they don't know how big the fish will be. Dose anyone know how old are the fish when they first get in. I would probably need to grow the fish out for 6 months before mature, but thats fine too. The ph of my water is high but the water is very soft, so I don't think the gh and kh would be a problem.

No, there aren't any different sized fry, other than a couple of mm. I figured as much, I could hardly find anyone who has done it before.

The angelfish are fully grown, that was one of my biggest worries. It would be complicated during feeding times. I wanted to ask if I could keep apistos with corydoras or bristlenose catfish? I wouldn't be breeding or keeping any exotic types in this tank, maybe sometimes in the future. About the size: the ones in my LFS are usually pretty small so thats why I wanted to make sure. Also, at what age do they start breeding?

Yea it can be complicated to get a pair. In the future I would love to get a bigger tank and put around 6 angles in there and hopefully get a pair or two.

Oh wow I didn't know that. Thats very very interesting thanks! Both fish are a bit over a year old. I would say a year and 3 months

Thanks, I was thinking about getting bristlenose plecos.

Thanks, I both it as a sent (not the bookshelf) I have forgotten the name of the company that made the tank😅.

I would say that its a female based on it's behaviour. So what could be the reason they aren't pairing up and breeding?

yea I said that based on their behaviour. There used to be a diamond white anglefish (also male I think) who were often competing for the female. At least thats how it looked like. The koi "won" but didn't harm the other too heavily. It just refused to eat after that.

I have joined a few weeks ago but was away so I couldn't upload the pictures. Here are some quick photos of the tank, I will add more later when the lighting is better. Little bit about it: It's a 50gallon planted community tank, inhabited by two anglefish (koi and scar diamond) and one blue gourami. There are also 3 assassin snails, 2 nerites and heaps of pond snails. The 4 smaller amazon swords are runners form the bigger one. It produced 10 more a couple of months back. I'm currently deciding on what new fish to add.

Here are the long promised pictures of the angelfish. I suspect that the koi angelfish is a male and the scar diamond is the female.

I have no plants in the fry tank, thats why I do so many water changes. I'm planning to add moss and other floating plants to the tank tomorrow. I have an EHEIM liberty 75 HOB. It doesn't produce much flow but I can always make the flow slower. Parameters ph-7.6, gh-53ppm, kh-268ppm (18°) NO2-0, NO3-15mg/l ppm Here are the pictures of the fry. Most of them have good colour but the size is what concerns me.

I thought that the fry would get eaten in a community tank, with two angelfish and a blue gourami. However if its possible to get the fry to survive I would love to try the natural approach. I'm not sure if I can get my pH to be that low. The ph of my water is 7.6. I have driftwood but I could always add more and almond leaves. Would the lower ph affect the gourami? I keep my tank at 80°C. I will go to the fish store tomorrow and decide on which pair I would get. How big do they need to be in order to be a ready to breed? Thanks

I had my pair of blue gouramies spawn in my community tank back in January. I pulled the eggs out and decided to hatch them out in another tank. The tank is an 20 gallon plastic tub with a heater and hang on the back filter. I have been feeding the fry live baby brine for most of their lives, high protein flake, frozen cyclops and marine mix etc. The problem is that they seem to be tanking FOREVER to grow. They are putting on size incredibly slowly. I perform a 50% water change 3 times a week, and these guys are barely growing. I was told that fry can reach sellable size in 2-3 months but these guys are about 8 months old and nowhere near being ready to be sold. Am I doing something wrong with the fry?? I had to leave the tank on the auto-feeder for more then a month and lost about 6 fish. I expected to sell them way before but I had no idea they are growing so slowly. Is this just a species thing or is it my upbringing??? I would like to get into breeding fish but if these isn't working and the fry take forever to grow, despite my best efforts I feel really discouraged.

I would probably add them to my planted community tank (50gallon). Would love to see get them to breed, but would definitely pull the eggs out afterwords.

I will upload the pictures as soon as possible, but I can't be 100% sure about their sex.

Well this makes my decision even harder now 😅. I never kept any of the spices, and I would love to try them both. But because this is my first time setting up a non filter, non heater nano tank I will probably go with a more forgiving and cheaper option and whats available at my local fish store. Also how many of each could I possibly get (i was thinking about 4-6)

The temp of the tank is 27°C. I will be able to get you the pictures in about 2 days time. So if they aren't a pair, there is no way of breeding them? But how come breeders can switch their angelfish around and they breed even if they are not an original pair?