Ninjoma Posted October 14, 2023 Author Share Posted October 14, 2023 (edited) I wanted a smaller schooling fish to accompany my empire gudgeons in my brackish paludarium, so I got a group of neon blue eyes (Pseudomugil cyanodorsalis). Unfortunately they started disappearing in the night and I think the gudgeons were the culprit, so I moved the gudgeons to my 75g. I got another group of neon blue eyes and a group of pacific blue eyes (Pseudomugil signifer) as an alternate option in case there was some other reason the neon blue eyes were disappearing. I also got a group of bumble bee gobies. They are so cute! I love them. The tank still doesn't look great though. In my 75g, I am trying out blyxa japonica on the left foreground. Edited October 14, 2023 by Ninjoma Picture order 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Nice Rainbow shark! Snap! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted October 25, 2023 Author Share Posted October 25, 2023 Some photo updates: 40g 29g 10g 75g 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted October 26, 2023 Author Share Posted October 26, 2023 I'm finally somewhat happy with my brackish tank. I definitely need to fix up the terrarium next. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 I’m surprised that your plants are looking so good in a brackish tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted October 26, 2023 Author Share Posted October 26, 2023 On 10/25/2023 at 11:01 PM, TheSwissAquarist said: I’m surprised that your plants are looking so good in a brackish tank. It's very low end brackish (1.003 SG) , which gives me some options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted November 4, 2023 Author Share Posted November 4, 2023 I finished redoing the terrestrial part of my paludarium today. Also, got some video footage of one of the barnacles on my nerite snail being active. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Where did the barnacles come from? Is that the brackish tank or are there freshwater barnacles too? Very interesting, thanks for sharing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted November 4, 2023 Author Share Posted November 4, 2023 On 11/4/2023 at 9:23 AM, Pokey said: Where did the barnacles come from? Is that the brackish tank or are there freshwater barnacles too? Very interesting, thanks for sharing! The nerite snails came with the barnacles from my LFS. I believe they are collected from a brackish area. This is a brackish tank. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 Photo updates from this weekend: 29g 75g 40g Brackish paludarium 10g 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 I’m finding it really cool how you’re able to give your 40g a certain visual depth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted November 10, 2023 Author Share Posted November 10, 2023 I got a couple okayish photos and some video of Blueberry the red cheek crayfish today. They have gotten a lot bigger and their color has matured quite a bit since August. Before After Bonus. Signifier blueeye photos 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 (edited) I took some nice fish photos today Neon blue eyes Watermelon fiddler crabs Guppies Cherry shrimp 75g feeding time Edited November 12, 2023 by Ninjoma 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted November 21, 2023 Author Share Posted November 21, 2023 Pomegranate the indian lilac crab living her best life. I also added some more plants to the terrestrial part of my paludarium. It's looking pretty lush. 29g 10g 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 Pomegranate looks so happy and healthy! I bet she’s really enjoying the renovation on her land area too. 😃 Is she part of the vampire crab family? Your tanks are looking good and that angelfish is stunning! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted November 22, 2023 Author Share Posted November 22, 2023 On 11/22/2023 at 8:27 AM, Pokey said: Pomegranate looks so happy and healthy! I bet she’s really enjoying the renovation on her land area too. That's actually the land area in my brackish paludarium for my fiddler crabs. Pomegranate is in my 75g. On 11/22/2023 at 8:27 AM, Pokey said: Is she part of the vampire crab family? No, she is an indian lilac crab (Globithelphusa cf. kaufen). I believe they are from the family Gecarcinucidae. On 11/22/2023 at 8:27 AM, Pokey said: Your tanks are looking good and that angelfish is stunning! Thanks! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted November 23, 2023 Author Share Posted November 23, 2023 Some fish photos. Opal the opalescent gourami Pearl Gourami Pomegranate the indian lilac crab Buttercup the gold gourami Roseline sharks Siamese algae eater Jed the electric blue acara 75g Blueberry the red cheek crayfish 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted November 27, 2023 Author Share Posted November 27, 2023 Some photos and videos from the weekend. 75g "Arrie" the rainbow shark "Jed" the electric blue acarra "Cleo" the gold roseline shark "Opal" the opalescent gourami Blue coral platy Roseline sharks and siamese algae eaters "Buttercup" the gold gourami 10g Guppies 29g "Derp" the angelfish "Arcanis" the gold ram Brackish paludarium Bumblebee goby Fiddler crabs Bonus "Honeybear" the cat 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted December 1, 2023 Author Share Posted December 1, 2023 Some photos and videos of Blueberry the red cheek crayfish from this week. He really likes being in cover, so I haven't been able to get some good full body shots yet. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted December 3, 2023 Author Share Posted December 3, 2023 (edited) More fish photos 29g "Arcanis" the gold ram "Derp" the angelfish 75g Roseline sharks Siamese algae eater "Arrie" the rainbow shark Baby reticulated hillstream loach Platies "Jed" the electric blue acara "Opal" and "Buttercup" the threespot gourami Empire gudegeon 40g "Marmaduke" the dwarf araguia acara Brackish Ghost shrimp My 10g when its overgrown Edited December 3, 2023 by Ninjoma 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted December 8, 2023 Author Share Posted December 8, 2023 (edited) My brackish paludarium is looking the best it's ever has! The only issue is that the buce and anubias died off. I may try one more time with them or just switch to bolbitas fern which seems to do better in low end brackish. Moss are another option. I'm open to suggestions for what would look good on the wood and rocks. Fiddler Crabs This one is missing their big claw, but seems to being doing well otherwise. I'm not exactly sure what happened, but I later saw my flagfish biting at one of the other fiddler crabs big claws so I think they are the culprit and I moved them to my 75g. The claw should grow back on their next molt. Ghost Shrimp bumblee goby Pacific blue-eye rainbowfish 75g "Pomegranate" the indian lilac crab surveilling her kingdom from on high. Look out below! "\Reticulated hillstream loach Roseline shark Rainbow shark Siamese algae eater "Blueberry" the red cheek crayfish 40g "Aileen" the green dragon pleco Apisto Borelli "Marmaduke" the dwarf araguia acara "Gogo" and "Hazel" the fantail goldfish 10g Guppies Cherry shrimp Edited December 8, 2023 by Ninjoma Picture order 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 (edited) Brackish Paludarium I've been trying out something potentially untested with peacock gudgeons in my low end brackish tank. The thought being that many fish in the eleotridae have brackish tolerance and spend parts of their lives in brackish water. Also the family is thought to have evolved from marine fish. So far, so good. They have been doing quite well and are very fun to watch. "Falco" the peacock gudgeon "Foxy" the peacock gudgeon Fiddler crabs Bumblebee goby 75g "Blueberry" the red cheek crayfish Siamease algae eaters and baby reticulated hillstream loaches "Jed" the electric blue acara "Lance" the guppy 10g My two male apisto borelli that were in my 40g were lip locking, so I thought it best to separate them. I decided to put one in my 10g. Also, I was getting tired of breeding guppies, so I decided to take my female adult guppies to my LFS and moved the males to other tanks. Now the tank has a pair of apisto borelli and some sparkling gourami. "Pluto" the apisto borelli. This is the one that was dominating the other in my 40g so I decided to move it "Venus" the apisto borelli Sparkling gourami Cherry shrimp 40g "Comet" the golden dwarf cichlid "Mecury" the golden dwarf cichlid "Marmaduke" the araguia dwarf acara "Aura" the apisto borelli "Hazel" and "Gogo" the goldfish 29g "kuhli loach" "Sol" the apisto agassizii fire red "Luna" the apisto agassizii fire red "Derp" the angelfish Edited December 19, 2023 by Ninjoma 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastie Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Given you have many of my "wish list fish" would you be able to recommend to me, what in your opinion is a better fish? Especially for a standalone smaller tank (for future, I do not have one now 🙂 ) would it be the bumblebee gobies alone? the sparkling gourami? the gudgeons? Thank you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 On 12/19/2023 at 12:45 AM, beastie said: Given you have many of my "wish list fish" would you be able to recommend to me, what in your opinion is a better fish? Especially for a standalone smaller tank (for future, I do not have one now 🙂 ) would it be the bumblebee gobies alone? the sparkling gourami? the gudgeons? Thank you I would choose peacock gudgeon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted December 21, 2023 Author Share Posted December 21, 2023 Here's a bunch of video clips for anyone who wants to see my fish, crustaceans and tanks. "Pomegranate" the indian lilac crab learning about personal boundaries with "Blueberry" the red cheek crayfish. More "Blueberry" the red cheek crayfish footage "Pomegranate" climbing to the top of the universe and dropping down to the world below. My 75g Baby reticulated hillstream loach My 10g "Pluto" the apisto borelli "Falco" and "Foxy" the peacock gudgeons Gold claw fiddler crab Watermelon fiddler crab My 40g My 29g "Arcanis" the gold ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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