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Yeah I usually do ship in warmer months.

I've been breeding my panda cories for about 3 years now. I go in waves of not collecting eggs as much as other times. Panda cories don't lay as many eggs at once as other cory species but they also tend to be more fertile. About a week ago I blasted my old ecord of 83 and collect 124 eggs on one night. Almost all of those ended up fertile! I now have more fry in my shrimp tank than I've never had before. No joke, this sand was pristine 2 days ago. Babies are messy!!! I swear the videos don't do it justice how many fry I'm looking at right now!

I've been planning a temperate tank for about a year now and am finally getting to it. 20 long with cherry barbs, paleatus cories and trapdoor snails.

I feel like people often forget that many corydoras species thrive well in temperate tanks.

Hey! Welcome to the forums! How sure are you of the sexes of the gourami? Often when you get gourami from a store, they are too young to sex. I imagine they are young as well because 4 of those type of gourami in a 30 would not fit at all. I would barely even recommend 1 tbh. I once had 1 gold in my 29 and very quickly realized my mistake and took it back within an hour. Based on the pic they do look young. As they age they will out grow that tank. It also makes me still wonder if they are old enough to sex.

I've been trying to decide on 2 different tank ideas for a 20L for about a year now. I keep going back and forth or getting busy or sick and just not doing it. 1st idea was: betta + neon tetras + maybe a bottom dweller + mini rabbit snails. I already have the mini rabbit snails and the neon tetras so don't need a ton. 2nd idea was my favorite although I don't have some of the parts already: cherry barbs, paleatus cories, trapdoor snails. I went to sell some of my panda cories to my LFS and was chatting with the owner. I mention the cherry barbs idea and he shows me some beautiful ones. So....I got them. I guess I'm going with #2 haha. He only have 4 so I guess I'm forced to get more fish in the future now. Oh darn! Haha.

Its hard to say. They tend to be a fish that wanders all over the tank. They will feed both from the surface and from the ground. I had one that would literally only feed from the bottom once and another that would feed from both but prefer the bottom whereas the one I have now rarely wants to feed from the bottom. I think that would likely be the larger factor here. If they are ones who enjoy bottom feeding more then they will adventure to that part of the tank more often and have food on the mind.

Technically there are very few, if any fish that are fully safe with neocaridina shrimp. Gourami are no exception. They are definitely large enough to eat some and will get larger. Thick-lipped gourami are just as peaceful as honey but both gourami types will eat neocaridina shrimp. If you want to keep these fish with neocaridina shrimp you have to be ok with some losses. You will need lots of hiding places for the shrimp. It also helps a ton if you establish the shrimp colony first so they are producing faster than they are eaten although those who are good with shrimp can make it happen without this step.

It is a long fin as well as a high fin. It's actually very long fins even for a long fin. I wouldn't be concerned about the white for now but def keep an eye on it. If it progresses it could possibly be an infection.

Not "needing" to clean it is exactly the problem though. That's because it's not trapping anything and therefore isn't filtering anything. Call me crazy but I like a filter that filters. I love the inner workings of them but the sponge is nearly worthless in my opinion.

I lean towards dumb because they swim right into the net too. Dumb dumbs

Sorry I only glanced at the other posts. What's the specific question? Has purple and wants to make magenta? Ivory X purple is an excellent way to make magenta babies.

Are you sure they are mystery snails? Mystery snails lay eggs above the water line that are easy to find and discard. It's possible you missed one but it's also much more likely that it's a different species of snail and a pest snail. Putting 2 mystery snails in a tank is not a mistake. I've put 20 in a tank and not had them reproduce before.

Honestly, no fish, regardless of what level they swim at, is 100% shrimp safe. Chili rasbora probably are the most safe of any fish so good choice there but basically anything else, including the otos, will at least eat shrimplets if not adults as well. What I would do is establish the shrimp colony first before adding more fish. Once you get the shrimp colony thriving, then any losses you take from fish eating shrimp will not matter because you will be producing enough to make up for it. Then, you can choose at that time. I love cories. I'm not sure what went wrong with your pygmy. There are other species of cories that can work in a 20L. I had planned on doing paleatus cories in my 20L before i had to cancel my plans. There are also other dwarf cories like habrosus and a unique one I once saw on Dan's fish C123 Yellow Cory 'Rio Nanay'. A non-cory option could be anchor catfish. They stay small and you could get a nice group of them.

AI can read our thoughts before we even think them.

I would worry about keeping ramshorns with shrimp tbh. They will likely out compete the shrimp for food. If the shrimp colony is established enough they will probably coexist but just not reproduce as much but it would worry me personally. Ivory shell pink foot is one of my favorites!! Beautiful! That one has a super cool swirl to its shell too.

If the tank is seasoned enough this is never an issue as there is food you don't even have to give them everywhere. If it isn't seasoned enough then you can do things like scatter food around or add things like bacter ae or driftwood which encourages the growth of biofilm and micro organisms. I have always had far more success hatching directly into a tank than a breeder box. At first I don't even directly feed them if I have others in the tank and they will grab left overs as well as micro organisms and such.

This didn't happen with my guppy line. I considered doing it but I never actually did. I just ended up rehoming the entire colony because of health reasons. If it weren't for the health I wouldn't have reset them even though. I would have started to cull more heavily than before though.

I made this exact post in several fb groups too and based on about a dozen or so responses I've gotten so far this is what I'm leaning towards. Funny part is those posts were in international groups yet somehow word must have gotten out. I've already gotten 3 messages from people in my state asking how much for the colony haha. I have no idea how to price that.

36 is right between being big enough for the larger gourami or not so I would stick with the smaller ones and maybe do a group of them. You have a few options but I want to suggest thick-lipped first. They are slightly larger than most of the smaller gourami. You can often find them labeled as "red honey gourami" but they are a different species as honey gourami. I have had 5 different species of the smaller gourami and they are by far my favorite. They aren't as colorful as some but they have more personality. They are peaceful without being shy. The one I have right now is my favorite individual fish I've ever had. He always comes up to greet anyone who approaches the tank and is happy to see you. You could easily do a trio in there although it can be hard to sex them in the store. Often they are too young to tell. Another option is honey gourami. They are very peaceful and sometimes can be shy. I have had them twice and had 2 different experiences with them. The first time I had a trio who hid 24/7 and never came out of the corner. Right now I have 2 males and they are always out. They aren't as active and personable as the thick-lipped but they can be very pretty. I was lucky and found ones with the orange tail and white belly. Sometimes they come all yellow. I'm sorry I couldn't find a picture of this next one, but another option is dwarf gourami. This is a specific species. It can be confusing and easily mixed up with describing a gourami as small. They are by far the prettiest option. They have been heavily line bred to create different color morphs including powdered blue, flame and neon. They can be a gamble on temperment. Some are entirely peaceful while others are aggressive. Because of this, it's best to go with just 1 but some people do have success with multiple. If you do try more than one, have a backup plan. There are other options as well like sparkling, samurai, chocolate and licorice. I have kept sparkling but none of the others.

I have had my blue dream colony for about a year and a half. At one point early on, I was down to 2 females. One of the 2 was low quality. She also happened to be the one who was berried most often and most heavily. Because of this, I have been struggling with culling the colony for quality. A few weeks ago I decided to cull more heavily. Tonight I realized I've now culled about 90% of the colony. They are still in the next door tank so I can put some back, but it was kind of an eye opener to me how many of them were not desirable. This leaves me needing to make a decision. The way I see it here are my options: 1. Stay the course but don't cull as ruthlessly. Pull out obviously really bad ones but don't be as picky for now. I would also need to make sure I have a decent amount of females so I don't bottle neck my genetics again. 2. Put some back from the cull tank. Maybe I can find the not-so-bad ones and put them back? Idk. 3. Rehome the colony and start new. I wouldn't mind switching to red anyway. I've recently kind of regretted my choice to go with blue. What's your thoughts?

I haven't tried it myself yet but I hear this from many people. I plan to try it after my API kit is done.

@ShineOn75 out of curiosity, what kind of cory is that?

Hmm. If ph and gh are good I'm not sure what's causing that then. It is rot though. Here's one of mine I just took a pic of. The swirl in the shell isn't natural as well as the rough texture. Tbh I never really paid attention so I don't know. Sorry. My guess would be just a couple of weeks but that's just a guess. I do know they have to get a decent size before they can actually reproduce.

That does look like mating behavior but no eggs were released. I'm kind of suspecting that maybe #1 is a male that hasn't fully developed. This may be more of a dominance display than actual mating.