Mine are coloring up a bit except the smallest one. They look best in subdued light so I am excited to see them in the 58g with the cycling light. 1 pair would probably be best but I wouldn't mind 2 pairs for back up.
I can just imagine the little guys going *pong* I am still open to glass tops, just haven't made the trip to get them yet. There is only about 1/2" of open space till the rim in this tank and it is consistent since it's an overflow. In the past I've always had to lower the water level to get them to lay eggs (or not top off or WC every week) so I think if I want them to reproduce successfully I will have to intervene.
Yup, that's what they do when they are happiest. I'm ok with that though.
No, no one does. They were everywhere when I wasn't able to keep them, them and the small rainbows like forktails and celebes, all but gone now that I have room for them and still just as expensive lol.
To each their own. I love frogs so, appealing.
Rachel has them and does not have to hand feed so that is a big plus that makes me consider them. But ease of feeding the tank as whole is certainly a factor. Still considering. Breeding is not a goal of mine and they don't breed readily. But they are probably on the chopping block anyway.
lol I'm confused too! The RCS are in the plan for now unless I add fish, then I would give them their own breeding tank. They are doing good. Breeding, slowly though. Constant saddles but few berried. Literally just looked over at the tank now though and there is a small berried female front and center! The only caridina I could possibly try and have actually seen for sale are tigers (reg, super, red, tangerine), malawa and babaulti. And with their price tag I would want to put them into a breeding situation, at least at first. I'd say babaulti would be tops on that list because I've kept them before but it was yrs ago when I had shrimp issues so I'd like to see how they do now. There are actually some other shrimp I've only seen profiles for that I'd love to try though. But that's for when I hit the lottery.
I'm always on the lookout for other nerite types, love em! Talk about a high price tag and unbreedable though.
They are doing great, all present and accounted for and growing well. Tank is not happening. They would have liked a bigger tank with new options of fish (and the colors and rockwork for the Mbuna was my father's favorite setup) but the house is just too old and broken for such a big tank. My friend's father even offered me his 150g with stand, top, sand, rocks etc for $200.
I was suddenly surrounded by big tank deals! lol Furniture is definitely coming as well so another reason for no big tank.I had no idea paprika was fish approved! Thanks
Yeah, I only have 6 caves right now, 1 each but figured that would be fine cause they were still young. Apparently they had other plans. Working on small caves now.
Absolutely. I would only buy captive bred ones so that helps with the parasite issue too.
Thanks! I wouldn't want to mix Neos (keeping the RCS for now) and yeah the Malawa are kinda blah IMO.
Ok, Mr.Igoeverywhere. Do you ever seen things like rabbit snails, nerites (other than zebra or olive), forktail rainbow, celebes rainbow etc., filter feeding shrimp, thai crabs etc at these events/clubs? I was also looking for aplocheilichthys macrophthalmus (think it's been changed to poropanchax) too but I think my only chance might be local clubs. And it's hard to tell apart from the more common normani but it's water requirements are totally different. Absolutely not expecting you to look for me, just getting a read on the event/club scene. Because when I used to go to these things I never found what I was looking for.
Pictures coming later!
