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I really hope so.
I thought that too but I didn't realize that they would cause this kind of issue.

Im scared to feed them this food now.
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If you are worried, then definitely save the food for another month or so until they get a bit bigger.

Or you could try to crush everything, like use a mortar and pestle, or anything that might crush the stuff into a fine powder. Banging it out with a hammer would work, even. Just see if you can get it small and fine enough for the fry to eat. If you can't get it to the consistency you need, then just hold on to it for later.

On topic myself - my betta has gotten to where he eats very, very slowly. If I throw in a few bug bites, he gets one while the rest fall to the bottom of the tank! So, I spend a bit of time twice a day waiting on him!!!
 

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Huh should I be scared about feeding regular bug bites pellets to my CPDs? They mostly eat daphnia though.
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I dunno , but how’s that concussion ?? Skiing can be brutal ! Mums correct that school and fish lore is important. Hope you’re doing okay.

and hey if it ain’t broke don’t fix it ! Just vary the diet ;)
 
Yeah my heads fine. Doctor said I might have one. It doesnt hurt.

Hmmm school or fishlore. I’d pick fishlore. That said I do both at the same time sometimes.

My moms betta ate the bug bites that was great. Really good. He wasn’t eating much. My betta is as eager to jump for those as his old aqueon pellets. Not suprised.
 
Yeah im sure the food is fine. Just not for these fry.

I feed my big guys Xtreme Cichlid Peewee pellets and I only bought the flakes for the fry....so I don't need the flakes. That's why im throwing them away.

They fry are big enough now that they can grab onto a pellet and swim around with it while it softens and the can chew it up. And its cute to watch.

Just gonna stick with that food for now.
 

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Got some crypt wendetti red and some salvinia minima, along with more Java moss. You can never have enough Java moss. Also got some excel to spot treat my tank full of BBA. BBA is the single worst thing in the freshwater hobby. Change my mind…
 
Got a new light for my betta on Friday, and now I can actually take nice pictures of him.

I'm admiring how well my new red ludwigia has taken to the 30g. It's already growing and, not to brag, but not a single stem has been uprooted by my cories yet. It's made a great addition to my once sad corner.
 

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Water change done on 29g platy tank. Rearranged decor, rearranged substrate so it is more even throughout tank, scrubbed the algae off the glass below the gravel line and found 2 new baby platies! Good day on this tank.
 
I’ve moved the sick rummynoses to a tank I was gifted so they are out of the tote, now I can actually see them ! Added some plants for cover to make them comfortable , no light but I doubt they care. They are continuing to improve so that’s positive.

now I have my tote back I can get on with easier wc for the larger tank ! It’s really not fun doing a 90L change with 10L buckets !! My big pleco decided to come suck on my hand when I moved a plant and scared me half to death , once I realised it was him I just stayed still and we bonded a while :D who says these fish are shy??
 

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Just finished the waterchange I had to postpone from the weekend. Had a deadline last night.
Also added some twigs for the pennywort to grow on above the surface.
 
Looks like it will most likely be a feed n watch kind of day. Looks like the bloated betta is back to normal, so guess i may feed him today, too.
 
Water change is about to be started on the bigger tank.

My sister has shut her tank down so I got all her plants , the down side is the two lone endlers had to come too. Not my kind of fish but they are cute and colourful. They’ve settled into qt but where to put them is the question. Would they eat baby shrimp ? They are about the size of adult one. The biggest thing in the community tank is a female krib ( well pleco , but he won’t bother them ) and I don’t think she would like them.
 
Water changes on my aquariums - here is a snip from the 5 showing 3 bn pleco and a shrimp; whoever sez you can't keep pleco in a 5 haven't tried ;)
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*hides under my fingers*

when they are shrimp sized plecos I’m sure you can be forgiven :hilarious:
What’s the chunky root plant to the left of the wood please ?
 
*hides under my fingers*

when they are shrimp sized plecos I’m sure you can be forgiven :hilarious:
What’s the chunky root plant to the left of the wood please ?
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Lagenandra Bleeding Heart. It is still adapting to the aquarium. I've had it for 4 months but it is slow plant. It has a new leaf forming. While I've had it for 4 months; i believe the seller grew it with co2.
 
I guess I need to change some water in my 25gal bow front.
Right now I have 30 Peacock cichlids in there, im wondering how many more I can get away with adding.
 

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Lagenandra Bleeding Heart. It is still adapting to the aquarium. I've had it for 4 months but it is slow plant. It has a new leaf forming. While I've had it for 4 months; i believe the seller grew it with co2.
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I’ll be interested to see how it grows in ! It looks a little different to most other ryhzome’s. I’d love updates as it grows if you have the time !
 
Busy day for me today. Replaced 2 filters, a WC, and completely drained a tank. It’s either nothing or way too much these days.
 
Came home from traveling all week. Saw that somehow the temp in one of my Rams tanks was down to 78...yikes!! Got it corrected to 83 without any problems.

Also enjoyed seeing how much my Krib fry grew while I was gone!!

Lots of clean glass in tanks from my new Otos and BN pleco that I got last weekend. Plus, no lost Otos!! I always worry about new Otos surviving.
 
Water change and a little rearranging today. Flash the betta seems happy enough!
 

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Just a watch kind of day. Decided all the betta beggards getting fat, can use a day of fasting. Has not been a popular decision thus far. I figure i am probably safe though until they develop thumbs.
 
I'm currently watching my big corydoras paleatus laying eggs. She lays them (about 5 each time), carries them around, cleans a nice surface to put them on, then drops then while she is distracted. Then the angelfish eats the eggs on their way to the ground of course. She seems to be having a great time though, and she's enormous!

I also spent a bit of time today trying to solve the mystery of why every single pest snail in my two betta tanks is dead suddenly. Not that I'm upset about it, just confused and hoping that whatever caused it won't affect any of my fish.
 
Feed n watch kind of day most likely. May do maintenance on one of the betta tanks, got something i want to take a closer look at, if i don't run out of time beforehand.
 
I’ll be interested to see how it grows in ! It looks a little different to most other ryhzome’s. I’d love updates as it grows if you have the time !
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It is a bit different; I have some red ones in my 40B for a couple of years. It has a real root system like a sword plant and the roots will actually drag the rhizome into the substrate. It is very slow growing. I'll provide an update but this plant moves in months - even in the high-tech aquarium it can take month for new leaves to form.
 
Did a 1/3 Waterchange and pulled out all anubias and javafern to cut old and ugly leaves. My Pelvicachromis pulcher have taken over this tank, only the L448 could survive their permanent attacs since they got fry. Countless fry, maybe 70 to 90 of them are in there.
Stuffed the plants to the background to get some free sandy ground at the front side.

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Of course everyone is hiding when you take a picture.
 
Did about a 70% water change on one of the betta tanks. Took out some stuff, very thorough gravel vac, cleaned one sponge filter and its very dirty airstone. Hoping the general cloudiness starts to go away. Only bugs me since all the other tanks always crystal clear.
 
It is a bit different; I have some red ones in my 40B for a couple of years. It has a real root system like a sword plant and the roots will actually drag the rhizome into the substrate. It is very slow growing. I'll provide an update but this plant moves in months - even in the high-tech aquarium it can take month for new leaves to form.
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I researched them. They are absolutely lovely ! Maybe make a plant thread to update maybe ? It’s always great info for others , but obviously only if you have the time ! I’d be feared if it dying and inching the rhyzome up !! It is a beautiful plant .
 
Schools are closed for ice, so rather than grade papers on unpaid overtime or work tirelessly on grad school, I decided to try to measure my fish through the glass with a ruler. My biggest fish are

1. One of my female cories at 2.5 inches
2. My thick-lipped gourami at about 2.25 inches (I swear she looks bigger than that, though)
 

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Schools are closed for ice, so rather than grade papers on unpaid overtime or work tirelessly on grad school, I decided to try to measure my fish through the glass with a ruler. My biggest fish are

1. One of my female cories at 2.5 inches
2. My thick-lipped gourami at about 2.25 inches (I swear she looks bigger than that, though)
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Gouramis always do, i think. Cuz their bodies are usually tall. Might have to try this on my king bettas.
 
Looking to do some water changes, plant some new Crypts, and figure out why my 55 gallon SA Cichlid tank is looking like a Shelly tank the last couple of days.

Someone's doing some serious digging!!
 
Gouramis always do, i think. Cuz their bodies are usually tall. Might have to try this on my king bettas.
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My betta is way too excitable to try to measure him. Plus he bites his tail, so his length is always different... :emoji_upside_down:
 
Feed n watch kind of day. Noticed The Alpha finallly has fully healed fins and tail! Quite a pretty fish if i could get a non-blur pic of him.
 
WC on 4 tanks today 100 gals total also thinned the herd of Africans, sold 14 fish today to a local keeper. Also, started a tear down of the 33 Long. What to do, just might start breeding Bolivians again, with Dunk2 stock in the spring. The possibilities....
 
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