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What are y’alls experience with kuhli loaches?
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There’s a local-ish fish store that I’ve gotten chili rasboras from before that has khuli loaches, yellow shrimp and the CPD but the danios are out of stock rn. I could try to find the danios somewhere else ( like aqua-hana ). They have both pygmy and panda corys too ( and long-fin corys! )
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Oooooooooooooooor could a betta, CPD, kuhli loaches, AND shrimp work? Loaches would be a change from what I already have…wiggly fish that can live up to 10yrs ( which I didn’t know! ). I could always have my corys in my empty 15gal ( has sand too )
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On 6/8/2022 at 3:38 PM, billango said:
I like the sound of that. I might personally pick one type of cory to get larger groups of corys and CPDs, but thats just me. My two bettas that I keep (in separate tanks) have had no problem getting along with venezuelanus and pygmy corys, lampeye killifish, cherry shrimp, and chili rasboras, but I've heard other bettas can have less accommodating dispositions. Good luck!
Oh, yeah, it’ll be either pygmy or pandas. I already have pandas in a 29gal tank but then again I already have 3 bettas ( all in separate tanks ) lol. Why not have some more? I do have a 15gal I could put the pygmys in….hmmmmmmm
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Okay, okay — how about this: betta, CPD, pandas or pygmys, AND shrimp? Or is that too much?
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On 6/8/2022 at 2:21 PM, lefty o said:
i'll toss in another option, with the darker substrate, and green plants, give ember tetras a try. they really look good in that kind of environment.
I’ve always liked the look of celestial pearl danios too….I am so indecisive
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On 6/8/2022 at 1:31 PM, Colu said:
You could do Panda Cory's neon tetras and a pair of apistogramma as your center piece fish
Would cardinal tetras be better? People have mentioned they aren’t as inbred and are a little hardier than neons.
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On 6/8/2022 at 10:21 AM, Guppysnail said:
Pandas may be a bit to rambunctious for a betta. Mine are all over every level of the tank all the time non stop. That may stress a betta quite a bit.
Also my shrimp population in the panda tank struggles where every other tank they take over. Pandas naturally dig in everything and newborn shrimp are ideal live food size hidden in nooks and crannies.
Yeah, it’s hard to tell how bettas will react to anything. I have empty ( cycled ) tanks I could always put them in. As for the shrimp, I was wanting something where their population would be kept in check but they wouldn’t be decimated, y’know? Would khuli loaches or pygmy corys be a better choice with a betta?
On 6/8/2022 at 10:08 AM, Theplatymaster said:german blue rams are difficult to keep and not very hardy
So probably not the best choice, huh? Are apistogrammas the same way?
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On 6/8/2022 at 6:37 AM, Cinnebuns said:
Guppies and white clouds both require different temp. White clouds are temperate fish that can't have temps go above 72 and guppies want 74 and above.
Tbh I don't know enough about bettas or rams with shrimp to advise there. I do think the centerpiece, schooling, cleaning combo is a great one to do. Between rams and betta that's up to you. Keep in mind what parts of the tank they use. If you go with cories, shrimp, and ram that's all fish that stick to the bottom. If you do go with rams, I would probably not do the cories but pic a schooling fish that would use mid or top. If you want with the betta, you can probably still do a small school but in addition to the cories.
Just because in completely biased and in love, I want to throw snails into the mix. If you do them I would do it instead of the shrimp. The 2 most popular snails are mystery snails and nerites. Here's a quick pros cons of the 2. Tbh, you could probably add a couple of nerites in addition to shrimp.
Nerites:
- amazing at eating and cleaning algae
- comes in pretty colors and patterns
- small size and bioload
- boring to watch
Mystery:
- eats only small amounts of algae
- comes in a variety of colors
- large size and considerable bioload
- entertaining to watch
Bettas are a gamble with any community tank….I’ve never had them with shrimp, but they can either be okay or genocidal with them from what I’ve seen/been told by other people. I have an empty 15gal & 10gal I can move the betta to if need be. I have a nemo koi plakat that can’t even be with oto cats because he took one of their eyes out. I love bettas but they are a gamble, lol. I’ve never had German rams….but I guess I could get a dwarf gourami. I have a neon blue in my 29gal with chili rasboras, panda corys & oto cats. I thought about endlers but I do like a bigger centerpiece fish and then smaller schooling/shoaling fish
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20gal long tank with sand substrate, a plastic bonsai tree decoration and an assortment of live plants. Aquaclear 20 filter and a sponge filter. I’m kind of stuck on stocking because I can’t make up my mind. I thought about panda corys or khuli loaches, cherry shrimp & a betta or german blue ram ( could I do a pair? ). With the hope that the fish could keep the shrimp population in check without decimating them entirely. But….I don’t know. Which should I pick or do you guys have a better combo?
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Got the plants ( that i bought from the co-op ) in the tank….except for the moss. Not sure what I want to do with that.
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On 5/7/2022 at 7:08 PM, xXInkedPhoenixX said:
Very sorry for your loss. Betta fish are a lot harder to keep than the industry admits- as charming and as beautiful as they are they break my heart so I can't keep them. I hope your others thrive for you.
Yeah….it seems like they’re real healthy/hardy until they’re not. After they get sick, good luck in treating them. Putting him down comes just days after the unexpected loss of my super gold plakat, Auric, that I got back in February. I still have Calico and Karl with the newest addition of Eclipse ( black orchid betta ), though.
S.I.P.
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I had to put Rascal down today. He’d been sick for a while and he started to pinecone and develop dropsy.
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Sorry I haven’t updated but I just had to put Rascal down a little bit ago. Whatever he had, it just got progressively worse and he finally developed dropsy and started pineconing. I figured that was his way of telling me he wasn’t going to get better and I was just prolonging his suffering.
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How much/often should I feed him the kanaplex food mix?
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On 2/23/2022 at 7:10 PM, Colu said:
I would do 25% water change and run carbon for 24hr if you don't have carbon I would do a 50% water change worst case scenario cross that bridge when you come to it hopefully kanaplex will do the trick
Yeah…I hope so too. He’s what got me back into fishkeeping. Anyways…do you have any idea of what it might be that he’s suffering from? Also, should I keep his heater set at 80f or drop it down some?
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Finally got the kanaplex and focus to bind it to his food. Got garlic guard just in case, but he‘s still wanting to eat. Tomorrow is the last dose for the maracyn. I know it says to do a 25% water change, but since I used both maracyn 1 & 2 should I do a 50% or just stick to 25%?
Also.
Worst case scenario: what do I do if both the maracyn & kanaplex doesn’t work?
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Took a quick picture of him tonight.
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On 2/14/2022 at 5:49 PM, Colu said:
Still look like he has some fin rot if he still lethargic he's probably still fighting an infection as you have add salt and Indian almond leaves and treated with maracyn and maracyn2 what I would do is course Kanaplex in food it's a more broad spectrum antibiotic treatment
Thanks for the advice, but I still doesn’t have the kanaplex yet ( it’s ordered but taking forever to get here and I don’t have anywhere local that has it in stock ). He started looking worse, so I’m trying maracyn 1 & 2 again but keeping a better look at his parameters this time. I know it says it can be hard on his organs, but I don’t think he has a whole lot of options at this point. If the maracyn doesn’t work, how long should I wait to give him the kanaplex once it gets here?
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Hey, so, I’m not really sure Rascal is getting any better. To me, it seems like he’s getting worse despite getting back to regular water changes and IALs and driftwood being added to his tank for tannins. Could it be something else wrong with him?
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guess what? tank #7
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On 2/9/2022 at 4:50 PM, Streetwise said:
If you are getting upside-down photos, make sure your phone camera lenses are always on the high side of the phone for each orientation.
Would you like me to move this thread to journals?
Sure
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On 2/9/2022 at 2:25 AM, Torrey said:
I am so sorry, it's hard whether we just got them or had them for a while.
At least you gave him a good home with more space than the cup for his last evening...
Yeah, I hoped he enjoyed being out of that cup even if it was brief. He had a 15gal all to himself and finally had swimming room in warm water.
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Got the plants ( that i bought from the co-op ) in the tank….except for the moss. Not sure what I want to do with that.
what should i got with stocking wise?
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Oh, no, I’m still wanting to add plants and hide holes. I have one thing of java moss, but I definitely wanted to get more and maybe some monte carlo