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I think chili rasboras would look really cool in that tank

Thanks for the advice! Since my original post I’ve let the pair lay eggs three more times and each time after a few days they eat the eggs. I knew I would be away this week so I didn’t want to try to pull the eggs and then worry about fry while I’m away. When I get back from vacation I’m going to try to pull the eggs and run some scaled back air and methelyne blue on the eggs to hatch them. I do worry about feeding them but I have a vineager eel culture first bites and sera fry food all to try. @Augustjd27 what did u find worked best for food? I also have floating water sprite and Java moss in there. Thanks again for the input, they just don’t seem to let the eggs hatch.

That makes sense about the tall tank. I’d love to have a big tank with discus but right now I’m limited on space. Thanks for the info and good luck with your room!

Hello, I don’t have a ton of aquascaping experience but I added elevation by using bricks for where I wanted the elevation and then sloped my substrate up and covered the bricks

Congrats on the fry! Your tank looks great. I started my tank around the same time and I’m also experiencing some algae problems

Neat room. Are those rainbows in the last photo? How easy or hard is the maintenance on the 120?

Neat idea! Please be sure to provide updates about this on the forum

I agree feed heavy quickly and/or try Repashy community blend. That will sink before the tetras can eat much

My black neon tetras, ember tetras, and rummynose tetras love the Xtreme nano pellets and krill flakes. If youre looking at smaller size tetras like the embers they sometimes struggle with the nano pellet. In that cause fluval bug bites are good too. Also, make sure you have the krill flakes broken up some.

I had the same experience with 8 sterbais I added to my community tank. The first day or two they glass and bubble surfed nonstop. They wouldn’t even eat. Since then mine have settled way down and spend more time cruising the bottom for food more than anything. They still do glass and bubble surf some, but not nearly like before. Good luck with yours!

Mine is sort of tongue in cheek but I feel like almost every live stream someone asks about betta sorority tanks. I feel like at this point @Cory should just make a sign and hold it up or something lol

I don’t have the full aquarium set up but I have a waterbox stand. Overall it is high quality and looks great but the instructions/assembly was brutal. It’s not much, but hope that helps

I have a smaller school of rummynose a smaller school of ember tetras and a smaller school of black neon tetra (about 10 each). One thing to consider is what other tank mates you plan on having. My rummynose will swim and feed at all levels of the tank whereas my neons n ember swim and eat at the top half. It may get messy if you don’t have a good clean up crew. If it’s just going to be one large school of fish, I would choose a school that will feed at all levels. Good luck all those choices are neat.

Thank you both for the advice! I did move the rams over to the breeding tank and the female laid eggs. Since this is only the second time I’ve had them lay eggs, I think I’m going to let the parents raise them. If they continue to eat them, I’ll separate the eggs. I’ll continue to update this post on what happens next. Couldn’t say enough positive things about Corey and the Aquarium Coop team. Would’ve never been able to even get to the point of rams breeding without all their plants, equipment, and most importantly knowledge.

Hi Everyone I was hoping for some advice on successfully breeding German blue rams. I’ve watched Deans video, read the Coop blog article and have watched a ton of Coop videos. My question is more specific so here it goes... The picture in my thumbnail is from a ram pair that bred in my 40 gallon community tank. Other inhabitants are two mystery snails 10 black neon tetra 11 rummy nose tetra and eight amano shrimp (along with the ram pair). I keep the temp between 82-84 degrees depending on my room temp. Water parameters (going off tetra strips) are stable. Ph 7.2-7.4 no ammonia nitrites or chlorine. Kh low between 20-30 ppm, GH high between 200-250 ppm nitrates steady around 20 ppm. The rams bred on the side of a large rock which was too big to remove. About three days after the eggs were laid the rams are the eggs (I saw them eating them). I understand that’s common for new pairs or if they’re stressed. I would like to raise some rams so I bought a 10 gallon tank with sponge filter, some pots n saucers like in deans video and added some anubias and water sprite. Water parameters are similar to community tank although slightly higher KH (40 ppm) and slightly lower GH (150ish) PH 7.4ish temp consistent at 84. About 8 ember tetras are only fish in there. My plan was to use the tank to raise the fry. With all that said, my question is do you guys think it would be better to move the ram pair to the tank and give them time to lay eggs and raise the fry, wait until the eggs are laid or fry hatch and remove them and put them in a breeder box with some air or just leave the rams in the community tank and hope for the best? If I move the ram pair, should I drip acclimate them or just put them right in the tank? If I move the fry, it seems like consensus best way is to siphon them with airline tubing. Is that the best way? sorry for the long post but from reading other posts and watching corys videos it seems like it’s best to provide tank condition info for a more informed answer. Thanks for any advice!

Awesome, thanks for the information. Next time I set up a tank I may need to try that!

Hi Mary, love the tank! Where on etsy did you buy the cypress knee and did you add the slate yourself or did it come like that? Good luck with the rest of the tank build!

Neat! I’m waiting on some sterbai corys myself. I feel like waiting to get new fish is half the fun.

Hello @Mary K welcome! Love the look of the tank. Is that a real driftwood stump in there?

Hi @Alison, Thanks! What do you have going on with your tank? What stage in the process are you?

@JackI used Fritz TurboStart to start my cycle and I monitor the ammonia and nitrites twice a day. If either are elevated, I add a little of Fritz Zyme 7 I got from Aquarium Co Op. If you're not adding any type of supplementary beneficial bacteria, that may help.

Welcome! Neat pictures and I like the look of the 75. Can't help you with the ropefish, but I'm also waiting for Coop to get Crinums in stock. I've been checking the website for a while now, so hopefully they have some in stock soon. Good luck with the new tank!

This is Boots, my two year old black lab pup!

@jerseychef I do it the same way. On another post in the forum another person suggested putting an aqua clear 70/110 intake tube at the end of the python hook. I tried that and it works really well to divert the stream of water when refilling.

@stumpfinder Neat tank. I just rejoined the hobby and have wondered whether I should get amano shrimp over snails because of the reproduction issue you're having. Please keep us updated on the snail issue.