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Thanks Siggi, my tank is a 20 gallon long :))) not liters.
I forget the world uses liters, I'm still in the land of gallons lol.
I think things are settling down, but am starting to think the smaller is a tiny male, he is almost stunted.
He seem healthy other than his tiny size, the two were in...
Here is an update, after adding charcoal to filter, doing 50% water change and removing wood.
Within an hour fish seemed better, by morning all seemed well and borelli were eating and swimming normal.
I learned my lesson, don't pull up or move plants with 2-3 week old root tabs. I also added...
Aloha, so far still not sure if i have two males or a pair. They are quite young. No aggression, lots of courtship like behavior but female/male? not colored up or receptive.
They go in and out of the coconut huts and wag and dance, no locking jaws or aggression, some chasing but all in all they...
Thanks so much for your helpful comments. Lights up on sunrise mode, all looks better. Male is back to courting her, she is still slow and not eating yet, but has color and is moving more normal. Will do more water change this am. I use the drops for the test kits, but I am with you, observation...
Oh I forgot to mention, the wood was bought at an aquarium shop locally, looks like maybe sandblasted, no bark, I boiled it for a few hours, then soaked it, looked so pretty, water was looking good, then after moving plants I did have slight cloudiness, thought it was just from disturbing the...
Thanks Darrel. I did an ammonia test right away, O ammonia, did all my water chem tests, all good, my pH7.5 is always like that, and I have lots of plants in and on tank. Tank is newly cycled, so no real build up and not a deep substrate. Have been fish keeping since 1990, but I have just...
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I feel horrible, I added some new Manzanita wood to my planted 20L. I had to move a few plants and push the wood into the gravel some. I am afraid a few fish may have ingested some partially dissolved tabs, as well as...
I feel horrible, I added some new Manzanita wood to my planted 20L. I had to move a few plants and push the wood into the gravel some. I am afraid a few fish may have ingested some partially dissolved tabs, as well as making the water unsafe for all. My poor young Borellis are moving slow and...
Thank you so much for the quick response. I have fingers crossed that this is what is happening too:)
At least they are not showing aggression, will post as the relationship progresses.
Thanks again Mike
Thank you Drayden, I have lots of caves, large rocks and plants to block line of sight. There is chasing, but it doesn't seem to last long and then they seem to court each other with wagging and going in and out of caves together. Maybe since they are so small and young I should just set tight...
Aloha, new to the group, nice to be here.
I have a planted 20L tank. I would like to create a peaceful tank with A. Borelli, I have 2 very young fish that seemed to be a pair when I bought them, but now the smaller may actually be a she/male? There has been alot of tail wagging and coconut cave...
Aloha, new to the group, nice to be here.
I have a planted 20L tank. I would like to create a peaceful tank with A. Borelli, I have 2 very young fish that seemed to be a pair when I bought them, but now the smaller may actually be a she/male? There has been alot of tail wagging and coconut cave...