Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Well I’m pretty excited- placed a couple orders for fish. I picked up 2 pairs of @Bentley Pascoeblue Hawaiian Moscow guppies. I have a female and fry from my last foray. I have a very stable setup to put them in this time. Finger crossed 🤞! Well my boys have been pushing me to continue to stock their 20 g long tanks. My youngest loves his shell dwellers - tells stories about when he scares or spooks them “he had to go get his wallet.” It’s adorable. For his tank I picked out some platinum wrestling halfbeaks - grabbed 7 of them. They stay to the top which has tons of floating water lettuce and also guppy grass to help things stay copacetic. I got the “those are cool!” From both the boys and eventually if we get fry I see my sons dwarf rainbow tank as a good place to put them. I’ll have to watch them carefully and hopefully we can get a pecking order that’s not too violent. Shooting for 1-2 males and 4-5 females. My other son has a trio of Pseudomeugil luminatus- blue eyed dwarf red neon rainbows so I got 7 more. Shoaling blue eyes are one of my favorite things to watch - males courting females flaring out it’s awesome. I’m getting some Hawaiian variatus platys, I have a hifin male and female so I’m going to get them some friends and see this as a long term project to breed out hifins. They’re destined for a pond. 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottieB Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Good looking fish! I’ve always loved the halfbeaks though I’ve never had any luck with fry. If you get any please share your details. It’s on my wish list! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_M Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Cool fish! I've reeeeeally been wanting to get some halfbeaks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph’s Fish and Plants Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 I’ve been eyeing a few different species of halfbeaks myself recently… nice score! Be sure to update once all the fish get settled. That play breeding project is sure to be a lot of fun as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted June 7, 2021 Author Share Posted June 7, 2021 I will definitely update on this. Tank the halfbeaks are going in is slightly brackish (Tang shell dwellers) so I wonder if that will help or hinder breeding. It’ll be interesting. Thanks @ScottieB @Mike_M @Steph’s Fish and Plants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph’s Fish and Plants Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 I didn’t realize that shell dwellers could go slightly brackish, Thats cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted June 7, 2021 Author Share Posted June 7, 2021 I use a reef salt instead of cichlid buffer - cheaper and has all the same minerals. I don’t use a ton just 2 teaspoons with each water change so not “brackish” but not normal either. I have opae ula shrimps and that tank is true brackish with a spec grav of 1.010. With the crushed coral and aragonite sand substrate it keeps the pH at 7.8-8, gen hardness >10 and they’re happy and healthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 Just got word one of my orders is arriving today (variatus, rainbows and Halfbeak) and another is shipped and due tomorrow. My wife will be a bit miffed she’ll have to acclimate the guppies tomorrow. Oh to be a fishkeepers widow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted June 10, 2021 Author Share Posted June 10, 2021 All my fish have arrived safe and sound. Had some worries about a male Hawaiian variatus but he’s rebounded after some salt added. They’ve eaten well. Think I’ll pull the trigger on the med trio and see how things shake out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentley Pascoe Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Some notes: The Blue Hawaiian Moscows have been super stable for me as a fish, but they do like surprisingly softer water than your usual guppy. I don't buffer quite as hard as someone like Cory would in our water. Hopefully they do well for you and the near proverb of most fish applies, once you get to the second generation born in your water, you should be gold from there on out. I just hope you enjoy the color as much as I do - the camera really cannot capture the full beauty those little fish have! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted June 10, 2021 Author Share Posted June 10, 2021 The Color! - It just evolves as the day goes on and I really resonate with it. Agree my iPhone camera captures 30-40% of what my eye is seeing. I have fry from the loan female that survived my previous debacle and now have 2 males and 3 females in a 30 gallon tub. I have a ton of guppy grass, Java moss, water lettuce and duck weed in there. @Bentley Pascoedid you find they predate on shrimps like Neocaridina? I haven’t seen that so far. My pH is neutral, I have aragonite sand I there but a very fine layer. TDS around 200, kh and gh at 2 and 4-6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 @Bentley Pascoethe guppies are doing great. Settling in nicely. The Halfbeaks - whole different story, I’ve only seen 3 of 7 so not sure what happened there. I have scoured the tank and no bodies. 1 is very happy, the other 2 super shy. The variatus 4 look great, 1 looks soso and 2 look a bit not so good-skinny. That’s not a good quality on a platy. I tossed in the med trio. I’ll do 2 rounds of paracleanse I think. The Pseudomeugil luminatus are awesome shoals moving around quarantine super happy. I dosed them with salt the second night and then did a water change fed them then did the med trio about 12 hours later. I’ve added some Fritz ACCR last 2 days with the meds in the tank water especially after no bodies were found I don’t want an ammonia bump before I’m able to water change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 Guppies are fantastic they’ve settled into their tub beautifully! The Pseudomeugil luminatus are doing great, active and shoaling. Lost all but 1 Halfbeak! Ughhh! Didn’t find any bodies I checked and couldn’t find them. Lost all of the Hawaiian Variatus Platys - looked like parasites, saw a worm like protrusion from the gills of a couple. When I received them one had a sunken belly and wasn’t swimming effortlessly. This was after the Paracleanse so I just think they were in rough shape and the stress of it all just put them over the edge. Damn really wanted them to do well. I have a hifin male I was so excited to get him some friends. My neighbor consoled me with 11 baby black mollys. Gorgeous little fish. Tried a few with the shell dwellers (Brevis) and well they had a very nice snack. Damn feel awful dumb move on my part. I put a group In with the trio of adult luminatus I have in a 20 long for my son and they’re doing wonderfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted June 19, 2021 Author Share Posted June 19, 2021 A bit of an update - turned out all the mollys in the shell dwellers tank ( Brevis) are alive and well! Survivors. No issues so far. I put the single Halfbeak along with the 5 surviving luminatus in the 20 long and everyone looks fantastic. Received my golden back Neocaridina- yellow variant a guy in Oregon has been working with for awhile. Really liking them so far. Blue Hawaiian guppies are still as beautiful as ever. They’ve done really well in the tub with my blue dream Neocaridina. I’ve seen more and bigger fry. I need to work on getting them a proper tank. I’d like a 29 or 36 g for them. Today I received some fish from Hawaii - Japanese blue lyretail guppies, fireball platys, and some Japanese silver and black lame ricefish. Everyone made it here alive and safe. All the eggs are eyed up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 Well these things happen but I lost all those Japanese blue lyretail guppies. Last night I noted some stress and one of the smallest expired so I pulled that one out, added salt and a bit more O2. Didn’t make it. All the other fish are thriving and looking good. Eggs are still eyed up and I did a water change. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 My fireball platys developed some white spots on 2 of the 7 so I’ve used the med trio, some salt and heat (up from 78 to 81). Gosh they are cute! I hope they make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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