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A few more pictures - this will be last photo dump unless something changes:
These were taken during water change and for whatever reason they all moved into the open area - most of the time they seem to like the back front corner where the first picture is taken.
Also this critter showed...
Yea - obviously there is no way to know for sure unless I catch them myself or have a personal relationship with the catcher - as the exporter might not actually know where the catcher obtained them.
Anyway here are some more pictures of three different individuals - i used a flash-light in...
These were sold as wc bitaeniata - one of 5 - this one might be a miss or if stuffy Ms.
My understanding is the rio Nanay population is a little less flashy then some of the other populations but of course this is what the seller told the importer so who knows - maybe it is really a bunny from...
All of these pictures are from one aquarium. When i first set it up it was 20 long that looked like this:
This was may 2023 - they bred and i the aquarium wasn't tall enough so i moved the pencils.
Time passed and the plants grew and it looked like this fed 2025
You can't see them but...
I was just reading some comments and you mentioned the frys took you by susprise. I have several pairs of fishes that hide for years and refuse to let me see them - in fact i found that with one particular species if i move them they will never let me see them again but anyway the bigger issue...
I had a 3f 1m wc that i kept in a 65 and all three females would breed easy enough; they each staked out their own territory though only one of the females was esp aggressive - the other two mostly got along though i'm not sure they shared frys. The male would circle the aquarium checking on...
Should i just leave it alone or try to catch it and put it down; my only real concern is contagious though my understanding is healthy fishes will mostly resist getting infected. The aquarium is 100 gallons and i would say modest at most stocking with ec 30 and ph around 5.5 - i do weekly 40...
This is one of 8 junior tetra i've had for 3 1/2 months and only this one had something weird on its fins - I can't tell when it started but it isn't on the body or body mass just the petral fins which is weird:
My first instinct was it was that contagious stuff and i should catch him and...
I've had several 'carriers' where the fish will have something that it is immune to but others are not. I've heard that some of the discus folks will mix one of their discus with new discus to as a guinea pig prior to moving new discus to the display aquarium (after they first qt new discus). I...
The question around target tds depends upon the target species. Some species of fishes require mineral in the water others do not and prefer very little to none (esp if breeding).
The typical rules for cycling exist - though if you manage to get very low ph then the rules change a bit. I cheat...
Sigh so I moved them tuesday morning @MacZ and it is now thursday afternoon. One big problem with the move is simply finding them. Instead of a nice large cluster they are scattered every where and the dense planting makes it very difficult to spot them but they do look 'different':
red form n. equeus are truly lovely but i've only seen pictures and there is a red form of uni again i've only seen pictures - i don't like uni because they are so bloody large but otherwise there isn't anything wrong with them i just wish more of the red forms were available. Not talking about...
Lots of differences - i find n. eques and n. epesi (quite lovely) hand near the top and are more mellow, n. margarita use the full water column and while aggressive at eating other other wise fairly tame, n trifs and their related species like pink lip can be quite territorial and aggressive...
That part (lethargy) might be unrelated or the cause of his scrape. Unfortunately i'll have to let someone else chime in on that issue as i find domestic cockatoo (unless hobby bred a bit more delicate then they should be); was he lethargy before the use of Metronidazole and why are you using...