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Lovely tank. How are the peas doing? This is the kind of growth I expect would make these little guys more passive, lol.

With a heavily planted 10g tank, 3 puffers is considered “acceptable,” by most keepers. Of course, sex is very important when determining how well they get along. The thing is, until the peas are adults, no one can really tell the sexes. So...when buying puffers young, nothing is set in stone...

My beloved Cpo’s!

Thats what I meant. They will do fine against dark substrate.

Yep, thats new growth.

They will do fine.

I I only have planted tanks and wouldnt have it any other way. Im thrilled you are giving it a go. I am confident you can never go back after this! Welcome to the twilight zone!

Finally out of qt and so happy!

Red shrimp are easier if you are new to them. They breed like mad and are so satisfying to own. Blue “dreams” can be more finicky, the further down the tree you go, the more difficult they can be, i recommend starting with red neos and working out from there.

Thanks. I added just a couple here and there, and root tabbed the heck out of it. Now its just a waiting game.

Mine are very bronze with no need for all that. I was curious with an added dose of iron if they would redden up a bit. I’m thinking of experimenting with it anyway, for sh*ts and giggles, hehe. (Or so the saying goes)

I only have a few danios and alot of dwarf crays so I thaw a cube, add enough with a pipette until the danios are full (they do get full) then save the rest for an afternoon feeding. The crays and snails mop up the rest. (The danios will scoop some off the bottom if still hungry).

Yea, crypt wendii, Im sorry, im terrible with plant names.

Im curious why a shrimp would need to eat a fish fin? I have shrimp and this idea is just so strange to me. With enough BB they are harmless.

I doubt its the shrimp. But I can see the difference. Do regular water changes and if it doesnt improve or gets worse, I like melafix. Its a gentle medication that may take a few weeks but its safe for plants and inverts. I had panda cories with torn up fins and Im not sure if it was the...

I used melafix for some issues with torn fins on my cories. I cant confirm if it was fin rot or just getting nipped by my CPO crays, but I put them in a quaratine tank and dosed melafix for a few weeks and the fins came back long and healthy. Either way, melafix is pretty gentle and doesnt harm...

I was curious about this too because I have those “red weigalas” that Ive heard tell if I added more iron they would redden up and be less bronze.

Ahh...ok. Looked like sand in the pic, my bad.

I forgot, and I should mention that I am assuming your shrimp came from a shrimp only tank and you are adding them to a shrimp only tank. if any fish are involved, its a risk. (Had to say that just to ease my conscience, lol)

Yes, it would. Likely the water is fine since shrimp dont typically carry any diseases you could transfer to your tank! Congrats on the new babies!