Recent content by Mudminnow

Welcome to Fishlore, Kuhli Loaches and White Cloud Mountain Minnows are compatible. Both are adaptable to a wide range of conditions, so there's plenty of overlap between them. I've kept them together myself. What kind of shrimp do you have?

Indeed. Those little gobies are awesome.

This is my 40 gallon Goby Tank a little more than 1 year after set up. So far, the tank's been heathy and the fish are thriving. The plants are a variety of Bucephalandras. There's some Java moss in there too (which I didn't plant), and there's some struggling Cypress helferi, but I'll probably...

My experience is the same. I replaced my Sicce pumps with Reef Octopus Pumps, because the Sicce pumps were too noisy for my taste. Probably the quietest filter I've had so far was an Eheim Ecco Pro canister filter.

At least with my Pearl Gouramis, I've found the ratios of 1:2 or 1:3 are more important with small groups. Once you get a whole school going (with sufficient space), the aggression seems to spread out more. I suspect Honey Gouramis would be similar. I've noticed that in bigger schools some of...

Wow, that's a long time. Thank goodness they don't always take that long. Most of the crypts in my low-tech tanks took about 2 or 3 months or so to settle in; those in my high-tech tanks took much less time than that. In fact, many of the crypts introduced to my well-established tanks didn't...

My experience with lilies is limited, so, if the bulb's still alive, I can only guess as to why it stopped sprouting. Perhaps it "thinks" conditions aren't correct for resprouting anymore. I suppose that could mean something isn't to its liking, or maybe some trigger it needs to sprout hasn't...

I've had some Annie's gobies for over a year now. They seem perfectly happy on smooth surfaces to me. They spend most of their time out and about, but they like to hide away in holes from time to time. So, your slate cave idea seems like it'd suit them well. Freshwater Blue Neon Gobies could be...

Any fish that likes to hang out on rock would probably like the slate. With a bit of added current, there's a bunch of fishes that would probably be happy. NoRoom4Shoe mentioned Hillstream Loaches. There's plenty of other sucker type loaches out there too. Several Garras, Gobies, and sucker...

Very cool! That's a good picture too. How long have these been in your tank? I've had a couple of colonies appear in my tanks too, but, unfortunately, they never persisted for more than 6 months or so.

Most cryptocorynes are very difficult to tell apart. I certainly can't do it. Part of the issue is that there's a fair amount of variation within species and any one plant can look dramatically different in different conditions. Most crypts can change color, size, shape, or texture depending on...

Other easy rhizome plants include: Bolbitis heudelotii Java Ferns Bucephalandas

Despite the perfectly undisturbed CO2 columns you see, I think blowing the CO2 around the tank does a better job at raising the CO2 concentration in your water...just as the quote you shared stated. Good water movement also helps keep the concentrations of CO2 more consistent throughout your...

White Clouds are awesome little fish. It's understandable to skip them if you'd like other warmer water species. Although, I've kept White Clouds in the mid to lower 70s F, and they've seemed happy enough. Agreed. Cory cats do seem to love sand. They nuzzle around in it constantly. This doesn't...

Welcome to Fishlore. What kind(s) of shrimp do you plan to keep?