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  1. Eclipse
    I have not heard they get sick often. Puffers do need to be treated for parasites as most are wild caught. And that's usually all you need to do. That price sounds about right though.
  2. Eclipse
    Aqua Clear. Extremely customizable and no stupid cartridges.
  3. Eclipse
    My lfs hasn't gotten any in recently either. They're doing great business-wise though. Prices haven't gone up either.
  4. Eclipse
    That could be it. My rams are usually the largest fish in their tanks with the exception of my puffer in my community tank. But my puffer prefers being a lazy bum and only chases other puffers away from her food. My ram can literally snatch her worm right out of her mouth and run off with it.
  5. Eclipse
    Lighting is actually one of the most important things for getting the red to pop in plants. A 55 may be too deep for your plants to get the intense light it needs. It might sound crazy, but you might have to double up on lights. Low nitrates is also important sometimes. Keeping it below 20ppm is what i usually do. I don't use CO² either.
  6. Eclipse
    Not sure this is an achievement considering I did absolutely nothing, but my pea puffers are constantly spawning. I've even thrown some into my shrimp tank to control the snail population for a bit. And a month after I removed the adults, what do I find? Pea puffer fry! They're now the size of my pinky nail. I don't even feed them. They eat whatever they find in the tank. They also camouflage so well, it's difficult to find them in all the plants so even if i wanted to catch them all to transfer to the big tank, I'll have to wait until they're the size of young adults.
  7. Eclipse
    Welcome to the hobby! Hillstream loaches are wonderful little fish and one of my favorites. I have six of them myself and they're absolute dorks. Remember to give them some protein as well. They love chowing down on frozen foods like bloodworms or brine shrimp too.
  8. Eclipse
    I also agree with this. I mean, there is always a general layout to create depth (large things go in the back, small things in front for example), but knowing the livestock means you can cater your aquascape to them. For the small tanks, I do think trying out something like an Ikebana style would be interesting and unique. You're limited with what you can stock in those tanks and this style of aquascaping caters to almost all the types of fish or inverts that can go in them.
  9. Eclipse
    I have the opposite experience with my rams and they will eat absolutely everything I give them. They're also one of the first fish to swim to the top for food. Sometimes I'm afraid they'll explode with how much they stuff themselves.. I have them in almost all my tanks and they're the first to swim to the glass for food. Flakes, frozen food, repashy, live worms, pellets, even blanched zucchini will have bites taken out of it. They're fearless and the one I keep with my puffers will even run off with whole earthworms, stealing them from my puffer, even though she can't eat it. Edit: Reading the other responses, I feel like my rams are very broken or just weirdos. No sane fish would challenge puffers for food after all.
  10. Eclipse
    I am for lids unless you don't have potential jumpers or escape artists, but you can never guarantee you won't have a startled fish jump. Even shrimp only tanks may have a few escapees. Not only does it prevent fish suicide, you can reduce evaporation as well as retain heat. You can also prevent water deposits from fogging up your lights. I got all my aqueon glass lids from Amazon.
  11. Eclipse
    Very young pea puffer. Currently about the size of a pinky nail.
  12. Eclipse
    Nope. The adults living in my community tank also has neocaridina shrimp (my culls) living in it. The one time a pea accidentally grabbed onto one (during feeding time), he immediately let go and backed off. Not to say pea puffers are shrimp safe. Mine simply do not consider them food.
  13. Eclipse
    Oh, I see. Yeah, some groups can be a bit toxic so I understand.
  14. Eclipse
    That's great to know, thank you!
  15. Eclipse
    Thanks!
  16. Eclipse
    You can join the NYPT (New York Planted Tanks) group as well as their marketplace group on Facebook. Lots of the members will ship plants to fellow NYers even if you are upstate. I got tons of free plants or plants for cheap and only paid shipping.
  17. Eclipse
    Do it! Just make sure you have a large enough group of them to entertain each other with. They are a social species. At one point, there were ten plus pea puffers in my community tank. I sold some to a fellow hobbyist because he wanted peas and they're hard to find due to the current climate. Now I'm raising four pea puffer fry in my shrimp tank. Well, I say "raising" but I don't feed them. They're eating baby snails and snail eggs.
  18. Eclipse
    Some mosses are very sensitive and will be killed by hydrogen peroxide so I would be careful with that. I accidentally killed some with a spot treatment. If you're selling plants, just put a disclaimer up that it may come with pests or a bit of algae. Most people are fine with that. I actually put my plants with algae into my shrimp tank and they go to town eating it all.
  19. Eclipse
    I have pea puffers in my community tank. No snail lives. The shrimp are living their best life though.
  20. Eclipse
    Any of the micro rasbora species. They're small and fast so they can get the hell out of dodge if the betta decides to chase em.
  21. Eclipse
    Not me. I used some temporarily for a week in a new tank while waiting for my plant orders to come in because I hate how an empty tank looks and I think fish would feel more comfortable with some kind of plant even if it is fake, but haven't used them again since. I just don't like the look of them.
  22. Eclipse
    This is true. It's only when the female's shell is still soft that the male can do his thing. He also has to find the freshly molted female that's hiding away before her shell hardens. If the males miss the timing, no breeding is happening until the next molt which can take a few months.
  23. Eclipse
    Angels, I'd go with a pair or a single one. You can get a bunch and wait until they pair off and return the ones that don't. Rams, you can do two pairs in there. I'd look for bonded pairs at the fish store because they can be picky about their mates. Even if you get two sexes, they might not find each other compatible.. They're both territorial fish with their own species and need plenty of space to establish their own territories. Rams need 20 gallons per pair. Angels and rams should get along just fine if that's a concern as they occupy different levels of the water column. But when they spawn, that's when all hell can break loose.
  24. Eclipse
    I don't recommend harlequins because they get way too big, but if you can find their smaller cousins, the pork chop rasboras, they would fit just fine. They look like miniature harlequins!
  25. Eclipse
    I can't wait to see the tank when you're done! It's easier when you keep cultures of their food so you never have to worry. It's even easier if you can get these stubborn fish to accept frozen food. Ruby sadly has never been convinced to convert to frozen even though I've tried fasting and tricking her. I highly recommend trying puffers at least once though. They're very unique and have such big personalities, even the dwarf puffers. Yes! They're wonderful fish with such big personalities. I highly recommend SCPs in particular because they aren't as aggressive as other species.
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