Ken Burke

I would love to try yellow labs, if my wife would let me move the goldfish out

I luv summer tubbing! I done plattys, goldfish, and mollys. I had great luck breeding the plattys, and the goldfish live in the tub year round. @Fish Folk bred some of the prettiest guppies as well. Highly recommended. here are a few links:

I went ahead moved the other two. I needed someone to control the cherry shrimp population in my 20 tall anyhow. She celebrated by moving the baby’s again

Last April, Hank and Lucy spawned, and I actually was able raise several of fry. A few went to @Beardedbillygoat1975, a few were sold at ye ol’ LPS, and I kept the three smallest, hoping for a female for Ricky. Since the, I’ve half heartedly tried and failed to repeat. Then, three days ago one of the three I kept, let’s call her Baby Girl, finally spawned. Figuring it was her first attempt, and given they live in my BNP breeding tank, I just let her keep them. No WAY they could raise the babies. Not with 2 other angels and a mess of hungry plecos. Welp, 3 days later, still hast most of the eggs/wrigglers and successfully moved them to a new leaf. Here’s the problem: the other angels are still in the tank. Baby Girl isn’t happy about it, so taking a poll - should I move the other angels, or just keep on?

1. What was the first fish you ever kept in some sort of an aquarium? when I was a kid, my sister had a tank of mollys. 2. What tank are you most proud of and why? my 75 gal discus tank 3. How did you get here, specifically to these forums? you tube. I came back to the hobby a few years back. I was trying to figure out why my tank was so cloudy. It wasn’t a bacteria bloom, but the rest of the internet was convinced it was. Cory had to videos, one helped me figure out it was algae, the other the rant about canister filters. He made me think, and saved me a ton of money. So when he mentioned the forum, I was all in. 4. What is something you think you do to make the hobby easier for yourself that others can use? I don’t know about easier, but I would like to see a reimagined HOB. Maybe use an Archimedes screw to lift the water, and chamber running across the back of the tank. I hate messing with/cleaning impellers, and there isn’t enough room in any of the current HOB’s. 5. What is something you specifically wish for guidance with in the hobby? how to talk my wife into “just one more tank” 6. What fish do you miss most? I had an amazing African cichlids named sonny when I lived in Germany 20 years ago. 7. How often do you change water? Is this the same for all of your tanks? I like weekly changes mostly because it gives me ‘touch time’ with them. But the tap water is too cold during the winter. So I’ve backed off on the changes for my 75. 8. What is better, one big tank or a rack of 20Gs, why? why not both? 20s are great for breeding projects and increasing variety, but big tanks are just plain easier. 9. When was the last time you spent 30 minutes staring at a tank? does today count? 10. What is your favorite food to feed your tanks? I love feeding frozen bloodworms with a pipette (brine shrimp is a close second) watching fish race across the tank to slurp up worms is so fun.

You need to keep all that ice stuff on your side of the state line! Been tryin’ to spill over here in Louisiana all week, and tomorrow morning the low is 29.

First: @Fish Folkis a way better fish keeper than I. I have my 5 discus in a 75 with 2 angels, a couple bristlenose plecos and a few cardinal tetras. I keep the water around 83, and (keeping in the internet breaking theme)haven’t changed water in about three weeks. Not recommended, but I don’t have a great way to fill it. I normally use a hose run through the dog door, but the water is just a little too 🥶 chilly with winter going on. Last water change I lost a few tetras from the shock, so I’m watching the water perimeters. I have ecocomplete under a layer of gravel an 20 lbs of crushed coral. The tank is only 8 months old but seems like it is running smooth. These pictures were at feeding time, please excuse all the food floating in the pictures

@TheSwissAquarist yup, those are Amazon swords. They really shine whin you have a big enough tank for them. I had one in my 37 gal, way too much plant for them.

@Lennie I don’t do anything special for my corycats. I feed tetra shrimp wafers and or Repashy. Occasionally frozen bloodworms or brine shrimp. I haven’t bred pigmy corys, but I have a tank full of pandas and a tank with red sailfin corys. here are a few pics of my discus tank. I’m horrible at journaling .

If you start a thread on cory breeding, I’m sure we can help you get your Cory breeding factory going.

Your tank is heaven for community tank, colony cory breeding! I never pull the parents, and manage sell some every month.

IMO: 10 gallons and 3 corys. Not much of a bio load. If you moved a well seasoned sponge over, you should be able to move them pretty fast. Just monitor your water closely, and don’t add any other fish for a while.

Thanks. @PerceptivePesce

It been a solid 6 months since I posted here, so here’s an update. I lost one of the discus, but the other 5 remain solid. I’ve decided, me and gab’s don’t do well. The plants have filled in, though they need some root tabs. I had a problem with cloudy water, so I added a marineland hob to polish the water.

It it possible the pictures just suck, but the fish are actually nice?

D- quality is a non-starter. if you were talking B+, then 10-20 might be better than 5 or 6 depending on price.

I’m another outlier, but prefer a stone appearance. here is the build out…..

I found this little terra cotta pot on Amazon a few years ago. It’s bubba’s favorite spawning cave. The hole is about 1 inch, and he has to squeeze into it. But I never want for a fresh batch of plecos! ! the adult in picture 2 is bubba, about 2 years ago. He’s bigger now….

I have similar results as @Fish Folk with my swords, crypts, etc. they just aren’t as stunning.

Fish are weird. I wasn’t able to get all my discus at the exact same time. I had three adult angles in the tank already. It made a bee line over to them, like one of the family. It took a couple weeks and an angle spawn to break the habit.

had to get the ol’ way-back machine out.the first picture could be venezuelanus

@nabokovfan87 I’ve use the Ipago Explorer, bottom scratcher, even morning wood. They are ok, but not really special from what I could see. I really like mixing the soilent green community plus, especially form my plecos.

Honestly? Community Plus. Bottom Scratcher is another solid option. I drop in a cube as I head to bed. Gone by morning. I have noticed that my pandas aren’t as keen on it, but the sailfins are coocoo for coco puffs

Thanks for the complement! I do have several corydoras (panda, sailfin) so I could help a friend out. I also have a boatload of BNPs. Several are near adult size, with males starting to show their beard. Currently my hobby is on maintenance mode while I spend time with other fall/winter pursuits. After deer season, well more like early spring, I gravitate back to spending time with my fish. I find allowing things to ebb and flow helps with prevents burnout.

My JTDs breed , but I don’t pay attention to it. I just look into the tanks and poof. They appear.