Recent content by Kevin1962

Ah. Thank you! Yep. All males with a freshly shed molt sitting under the filter.

Hi all, I have 15 yellow dwarf shrimp in a well established 10g with plants, flourite black sand, spider wood and a fine sponge filter. 6 have been in the tank for 3 weeks and 9 for 4 days. Parameters: Temp:78.6 (usually around 77) pH:8.2 Amm:0 Nitrite:0 Nitrate:0 to barely reading The shrimp...

I've had a male dwarf gourami in a 10g for 9 months. He came with a mate who he squeezed a few times but his nests seemed to last for one day then build another ad nauseum. She passed after a month so 7 months ago I brought another female and he was merciless. Kept them separated for a month...

Ah. A blurb on guppies pointed me to Sunrise, and she's almost certainly one. The care sheet said they get to 1.75 inches and the females are larger. Used my tape measure and she's 2 5/8 inches long. Now to search for a male and at least 1 more female.

I received this girl with a group of fish that were to be discarded last September. She's 2.25+ inches long, very healthy and active. I'm confident she's a guppy and would like to find a male of her species. All I see are males of similar colouration which are an inch at most. Anyone willing to...

I bake all of bread and buns. Got a sous vide from the family at xmas. Makes meat and poultry nearly perfect after the initial learning curve.

Title asks the question. My 120 is 5+ months along. Moderately planted, 0, 0, 5-10 pH 7.8 Diatoms get bad on my anubius, other slow plants, glass and substrate (flourite black sand). I keep cleaning it off and bleach dip the anubius every 4 months (only once so far) and the other affected plants...

A damsel fly nymph can easily kill a neon tetra. The loaches may eat him but the nymphs are pretty tough.

HI all, I have my 10 gallon hospital tank, well planted, parameters very stable at 0 ammo is, 0 nitrites and 5-10 nitrates, 80 degrees. Sponge filter to keep the current calm. I put a pair of dwarf gouramis in January 3rd and the male built a bubble nest nearly every day and would squeeze the...

Generally, once an oto has little food (during shipment and waiting to be purchased), it may refuse to eat and die from starvation. Luckily, a LFS does a great job of feeding during a long quarantine and the otos are fat, healthy and ready to move into my tank.

I'd like to have your algae problem. Your plants look great based on the pics. I've been battling diatoms for months with monthly bleach dips and replanting. Decided to follow advice on this forum to dip my large anubius today after watching it increasingly brown for 5 months. Members here will...

Depending on the flow of your filter. Putting sponge and floss in the bottom tray of an fx would not be good.

Just speculating here, but don't many shrimp have spikes on the heads?

Thank you, Jinjer. I need to set up a place for her and him for their post spawn home. I tried placing her in my display tank after the last episode but the aggressive flow drove her crazy. I have a 33 long which I am trying to accommodate for their needs.

Definitely my brine shrimp hatchery. The 2 litre bottle, the handkerchief and associated equipment keep my dwarf puffer and (12 each) lemon and red phantom tetras fat, healthy and vibrant.