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They are nice looking fishes; is there a particular reason they are not kept with angles and similar ?

Just got a school of 7 Praecox Rainbowfish, currently in quarantine. One of them looks sick though.
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They are nice looking fishes; is there a particular reason they are not kept with angles and similar ?
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Not that I can think of. They are generally recommended as community fish and are fine in average water parameters. They tend to be a bit more expensive than most tetras and they are from a different region which might be factors.

Also Rainbowfish in general tend to go unnoticed in stores. They don’t show much colour until they are settled in a planted tank and even then they are not at their best until they mature.
 
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3 new additions, 2 planned 1 was on the list for the future
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This is the unplanned one....
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...a Black Lancer Catfish.
 
Once I feel my tank is planted heavily enough, I'm planning on adding 9 Ember tetras to my 10 gallon with my betta fish.
(Dont worry, I will be changing the layout and keeping him in a breeder box for 3-7 days to monitor aggression and get him used to new tank mates )
 
I think aside from some shrimp, I’m holding out for Peruvian Blues.
Though I am eyeing honeys.
Best way to not buy more fish, wait for the fish that never show up..
 

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Just bought another EBA off of Mcassella, hoping to get into breeding some EBA's. I already have a male EBA and I'm 90% sure the one coming in is a female.
 
I'd like an eba; i'd like a lot of things but I have now sworn no new fishes until either something dies or I throw a fit and toss them out of the tank (looking at the black angels). I think everyone of my tank is overstocked. but that black lancer looks really interesting.
 
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Another lovely catfish! And a gentle giant at that. Very jealous, it looks beautiful.
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It was on my list a while ago but I passed it up, then realized it was a large Asian Catfish. I couldn't pass it up this time
 

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Hum. I had an upside catfish that never hid but I also have a male bn pleco that goes for weeks unseen (the female never hides). I think people like cat fishes because people confuse them with cats ?
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Ok I just read up on Harlequin lancers; they might be stunning but I do not want one. It would eat everything in my tank and then probably eat me.
 
Do you have pics? Harlequin lancers are stunning.
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Well they are more stunning when not 3" long and hiding in a dark corner.
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At least his belly is round. I moved him out of the old tank as I was worried the 3 of them were not feeding.
Lost one when moving that tank's java as I didn't notice it was tangled/stuck.
So that is one of them. I haven't seen the other since they were moved.
Hopefully in a year they are stunning. When they will eat astaxanthin injected shrimp.
 
Well, my carefully planned out idea of not getting any new Bettas failed last week, and then this weeks plan of not getting new fish because they weren't even available failed miserably as I got a notification that the fish had arrived! And not only that... so had a bunch of new fish I was eyeing.

So now I've got:
Panda Corys
Rainbowfish
Nebula Shrimp
Endlers

All on their way and I'm pondering adding a few more species to the order.

Anyone hear that toilet flush? It's my plans going down the drain..

(And I couldn't be happier! I love my Betta buddy and I'm looking forward to seeing how the Corys do with a true 'school' environment, the rainbow fish should add some activity in my other tank, the endlers will give the group some females finally {the poor late males are getting harassed ALL the time}, and the shrimp will hopefully not be as tasty a snack to someone in the 45 {I think the pleco may have found the smaller ones})
 
Oh Thursday, first day of the week the LFS is open!
 
I haven't seen it since I put it in. Why do people love Catfish!?
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I think i'm watching the tanks a lot at night (or in the evening) so I see my catfish. But it is a nice treat when he's out I guess (speaking of my albino BN in my 120g).
 

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Screaming in delight over here You planned a welcome back party eh?!

I just saw my local supplier finally got in a new batch of dayI (probably same source as yours?), I can replace the poor sheep that jumped all those months ago!
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I got mine from Scotland, no idea where they got them
Eh no I mean who are you?
 
I got mine from Scotland, no idea where they got them
Eh no I mean who are you?
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I'm the stranger hiding behind a mountain of gourami. Who else?

Well since they are wildcaught over here (assuming yours are as well?) they were flown in so good chance that they have the same origin.

Edit: Wait, what's that avatar o.o
 
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I'm the stranger hiding behind a mountain of gourami. Who else?

Well since they are wildcaught over here (assuming yours are as well?) they were flown in so good chance that they have the same origin.

Edit: Wait, what's that avatar o.o
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I can't remember if I actually asked or not I know the Chocolates they have are captive bred from a Dutch breeder I think they said

RikkiTikkiI how could I not?

Edit: Czech breeder
 
I can't remember if I actually asked or not I know the Chocolates they have are captive bred from a Dutch breeder I think they said

RikkiTikkiI how could I not?

Edit: Czech breeder
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Regular chocolates nearly always are captive bred (assuming you mean regulars?). The only time I've seen Vaillanti's on offer they were F1s (locally bred from someone who wildcaught himself). All other members of the Sphaerichtys and Parasphaerichtys and Pseudosphromenus genuses that I've seen for sale were always wildcaught. I don't think there is a commercial breeder of them in Europe at least.

P.S. I finally managed to confirm btw that the banded gourami I have are indeed T. fasciata, most stores were poorly informed themselves and couldn't even give me the contacts of the wholesaler or accurate info about their origins, but I managed to find a middleman that had pictures of the *exact* same fish that I have up as well as pictures of non-wildcaught wildcolour T. labiosa and the difference between them was clear. Mine are definitely the fish in the wildcaught T. fasciata picture. The middleman in question is really reliable so I don't doubt their info.
 
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Regular chocolates nearly always are captive bred (assuming you mean regulars?). The only time I've seen Vaillanti's on offer they were F1s (locally bred from someone who wildcaught himself). All other members of the Sphaerichtys and Parasphaerichtys and Pseudosphromenus genuses that I've seen for sale were always wildcaught. I don't think there is a commercial breeder of them in Europe at least.

P.S. I finally managed to confirm btw that the banded gourami I have are indeed T. fasciata, most stores were poorly informed themselves and couldn't even give me the contacts of the wholesaler or accurate info about their origins, but I managed to find a middleman that had pictures of the *exact* same fish that I have up as well as pictures of non-wildcaught wildcolour T. labiosa and the difference between them was clear. Mine are definitely the fish in the wildcaught T. fasciata picture. The middleman in question is really reliable so I don't doubt their info.
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I do

I've seen pictures of wildcolour T. labiosa, needless to say I want them one again so much prettier than their domestic colours. How are all the fish?

In other news I kept 8 Dwarf Gourami together with my darling Honey's.... oh, no divider
 
I do

I've seen pictures of wildcolour T. labiosa, needless to say I want them one again so much prettier than their domestic colours. How are all the fish?

In other news I kept 8 Dwarf Gourami together with my darling Honey's.... oh, no divider
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you got 8 dwarfs? You sure like playing the lottery. I genuinely hope they will do well for months to come! Good to hear they aren't being aggressive though I'm suspecting the large groups has something to do with it ;-) Pics? What colours?
And how are all of your honeys doing?

Eh, I opted not to have a fish-sitter despite my long absences because the person who looks after the other pets doesn't seem like she would be very good with fish.. that is not overfeeding fish xD Our good ol' four-footed girls are always obese from all the treats they are fed by the sitter and have to - with much whining - be put back on their weighed-by-the-gram diet.
All my long-time fish are fine, I guess they are pretty much used to it. Plus I keep them pretty cool in the winter = low energy = less food required.
Some of the newer additions have thinned visibly and they'll need some power feeding.
I did end up losing a betta, he wasn't doing so hot when I left for the last trip and was still alive when I got back but doing poorly. He passed away the day before yesterday despite effort to revive him. And for some mysterious reason, all five of the cardinals that were in the tank with my pearls passed away on the same day, in between the second and third trip. I don't get it at all, how all of them died on the same day. There was nothing special going on that I could notice. All of the other fish in the tank are fine.
Though to be fair, they were inherited with a tank I bought last summer and I was never that much into them. Guess that saves me having to wait for the group to die out.
 
I presume you tested the water. Don't know what other fishes you have but the cardinals can be uppity if things are out of balance and perhaps you arriving home was the final straw.

And for some mysterious reason, all five of the cardinals that were in the tank with my pearls passed away on the same day, in between the second and third trip. I don't get it at all, how all of them died on the same day. There was nothing special going on that I could notice. All of the other fish in the tank are fine.
Though to be fair, they were inherited with a tank I bought last summer and I was never that much into them. Guess that saves me having to wait for the group to die out.
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you got 8 dwarfs? You sure like playing the lottery. I genuinely hope they will do well for months to come! Good to hear they aren't being aggressive though I'm suspecting the large groups has something to do with it ;-) Pics? What colours?
And how are all of your honeys doing?

Eh, I opted not to have a fish-sitter despite my long absences because the person who looks after the other pets doesn't seem like she would be very good with fish.. that is not overfeeding fish xD Our good ol' four-footed girls are always obese from all the treats they are fed by the sitter and have to - with much whining - be put back on their weighed-by-the-gram diet.
All my long-time fish are fine, I guess they are pretty much used to it. Plus I keep them pretty cool in the winter = low energy = less food required.
Some of the newer additions have thinned visibly and they'll need some power feeding.
I did end up losing a betta, he wasn't doing so hot when I left for the last trip and was still alive when I got back but doing poorly. He passed away the day before yesterday despite effort to revive him. And for some mysterious reason, all five of the cardinals that were in the tank with my pearls passed away on the same day, in between the second and third trip. I don't get it at all, how all of them died on the same day. There was nothing special going on that I could notice. All of the other fish in the tank are fine.
Though to be fair, they were inherited with a tank I bought last summer and I was never that much into them. Guess that saves me having to wait for the group to die out.
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I do hehe, though i've split them up into 2 groups. They're all female Powder Blues, I went to a store further out from my locals, that was disappointing. They did have a Giant... Giant Gourami but that was about it, maybe a bit unfair they did have a nice selection of fish but mostly not for me. Anyway on the return journey there was another store that was a bit more quaint and they had a tank full of female Powder Blues. The girl there told me they get them in because of their temperament and they're much more healthy than the males. They had 8, how could I not take all 8? I have added a male to the group separate from other Gourami, hopefully health wise he's ok.

Honey's are doing great even with the 4 Dwarf Gourami, I currently have the 4 Black Paradise in with them including 2 males. My pair were separate but the male was being really rough with the female, so I thought moving them in with the Dwarf Gourami would give him something to think about and to be fair it's worked out. Then an opportunity in the form of an Ebay auction to get a second pair for half the price, since I was considering paying full price it was a no brainer.

I'll post pictures tomorrow
 

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Lovely gouramis and I can see they won't need feeding straight away and just looked the Pseudospormenus dayI up and there's some beautiful colours in those.
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Where do you purchase your fish?
 
I can't remember if I actually asked or not I know the Chocolates they have are captive bred from a Dutch breeder I think they said

RikkiTikkiI how could I not?

Edit: Czech breeder
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I was quite confused for a moment here
don’t remember a thing about Scottish gouramis,,,,
but OH you meant the avatar hahahahah
Yes I did draw the dog indeed

good ol gouramis tho
 
My pinoy clown angels will be ready for me to get in three weeks!! I've been waiting MONTHS for them I'm so excited!!
 
I was quite confused for a moment here
don’t remember a thing about Scottish gouramis,,,,
but OH you meant the avatar hahahahah
Yes I did draw the dog indeed

good ol gouramis tho
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Ohhh so that's where that cute little dog came from. I can't believe I didn't piece that together. Same art style. You're good I like it


Fingers crossed they have chilI rasboras when I go to my LFS tomorrow. Ya know I think these weekly trips really help with my self control and not going on a buying spree. Granted if I could have more tanks it would definitely be an issue
 
I think x6 blind eyed red neon/pseudomugil luminatus.
I'm waiting for my LFS to track down Rasbora espeI for me, and I’m hoping to find wild type honeys. Trying to figure out how hard they are to find.
Cant stand waiting any longer so I’m looking forward to the rainbowfish
Need something besides my corys!
 
I presume you tested the water. Don't know what other fishes you have but the cardinals can be uppity if things are out of balance and perhaps you arriving home was the final straw.
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I'll have to admit I did not actually test. It is a long running tank, the other fish were fine and I was tired and a bit lazy to be honest. I didn't particularly care that much for them unlike the other fish in that tank so I kind of shrugged and moved on =# It's definitely possible, I just thought it weird that all of them died within a couple of hours whereas I saw no other sign of problems. It's been three or four weeks since and there has not been any more trouble in that tank either. One of the pearls is missing a small chip in the caudal, maybe also a sign of some chemistry issue? I doubt it was one of the other inhabitants, there haven't been new additions and I haven't seen it before. I have a 'reset' water change of 60%+ planned on that tank for this weekend anyhow, that should resolve any remnants of the problem.

Thanks for the interest though

I do hehe, though i've split them up into 2 groups. They're all female Powder Blues, I went to a store further out from my locals, that was disappointing. They did have a Giant... Giant Gourami but that was about it, maybe a bit unfair they did have a nice selection of fish but mostly not for me. Anyway on the return journey there was another store that was a bit more quaint and they had a tank full of female Powder Blues. The girl there told me they get them in because of their temperament and they're much more healthy than the males. They had 8, how could I not take all 8? I have added a male to the group separate from other Gourami, hopefully health wise he's ok.

Honey's are doing great even with the 4 Dwarf Gourami, I currently have the 4 Black Paradise in with them including 2 males. My pair were separate but the male was being really rough with the female, so I thought moving them in with the Dwarf Gourami would give him something to think about and to be fair it's worked out. Then an opportunity in the form of an Ebay auction to get a second pair for half the price, since I was considering paying full price it was a no brainer.

I'll post pictures tomorrow
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Ebay auctions are a thing in the UK? I thought that was strictly american. Now I'm curious, I'll have to check that out.
How are the male paradise behaving towards each other? I have still never actually seen a black myself, do they have that blue sheen that I see in pictures or that usually invisible when they swim around?

Powder blue females.. not going to lie, that wouldn't have been my choice Though I love how you went for 8 females from the same source. Probably your best bet healthwise though. And it'll help with them all getting along so well. xD You totally didn't get badly tempted on that one.
Yes, it is very disappointing when you travel far and then they have nothing outlandish right?! I hate it when that happens... on the one hand online catalogiI are boring but on the other hand they are really helpful with disappointment.

I think x6 blind eyed red neon/pseudomugil luminatus.
I'm waiting for my LFS to track down Rasbora espeI for me, and I’m hoping to find wild type honeys. Trying to figure out how hard they are to find.
Cant stand waiting any longer so I’m looking forward to the rainbowfish
Need something besides my corys!
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Pseudomugils! I love those so much They are absolutely amazing to watch! They didn't really agree with my tanks (I suspect my water) and tended to live for a couple months only in my tanks even if I bought them young, unfortunately. But they were so much fun, regular old tetras completely bore me since I'd had these. For most people they turn out to be very hardy as well. Lovely, bright, engaging fish.
 
I'll have to admit I did not actually test. It is a long running tank, the other fish were fine and I was tired and a bit lazy to be honest. I didn't particularly care that much for them unlike the other fish in that tank so I kind of shrugged and moved on =# It's definitely possible, I just thought it weird that all of them died within a couple of hours whereas I saw no other sign of problems. It's been three or four weeks since and there has not been any more trouble in that tank either. One of the pearls is missing a small chip in the caudal, maybe also a sign of some chemistry issue? I doubt it was one of the other inhabitants, there haven't been new additions and I haven't seen it before. I have a 'reset' water change of 60%+ planned on that tank for this weekend anyhow, that should resolve any remnants of the problem.

Thanks for the interest though


Ebay auctions are a thing in the UK? I thought that was strictly american. Now I'm curious, I'll have to check that out.
How are the male paradise behaving towards each other? I have still never actually seen a black myself, do they have that blue sheen that I see in pictures or that usually invisible when they swim around?

Powder blue females.. not going to lie, that wouldn't have been my choice Though I love how you went for 8 females from the same source. Probably your best bet healthwise though. And it'll help with them all getting along so well. xD You totally didn't get badly tempted on that one.
Yes, it is very disappointing when you travel far and then they have nothing outlandish right?! I hate it when that happens... on the one hand online catalogiI are boring but on the other hand they are really helpful with disappointment.


Pseudomugils! I love those so much They are absolutely amazing to watch! They didn't really agree with my tanks (I suspect my water) and tended to live for a couple months only in my tanks even if I bought them young, unfortunately. But they were so much fun, regular old tetras completely bore me since I'd had these. For most people they turn out to be very hardy as well. Lovely, bright, engaging fish.
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I’m sorry to hear they didn’t last in your tank! Hopefully they do OK. I’m really happy to hear that feedback, as I haven’t really been able to chat with anybody who has them. The ones they have are pretty young, so hopefully it ends up being a good mix of males and females and they make it through!
 
Tomorrow my latest fishies & snailies arrive

Was going for Guppies but changed that to Platies.....and it will be a Nerites vs Algae battle from tomorrow too

Platies will move into the prepared & rescaped Hex....the Nerites will be going into the tropical 20 longs to do battle

Platy babies will give Phoenix Axolotl something to chase in his/her own aquarium, especially since he/she swims like a demented torpedo around the aquarium so might as well have something to chase/swI'm after

...Also have 11 packs of mixed frozen food coming as well.... variety is the spice of life and all that
 
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Ebay auctions are a thing in the UK? I thought that was strictly american. Now I'm curious, I'll have to check that out.
How are the male paradise behaving towards each other? I have still never actually seen a black myself, do they have that blue sheen that I see in pictures or that usually invisible when they swim around?

Powder blue females.. not going to lie, that wouldn't have been my choice Though I love how you went for 8 females from the same source. Probably your best bet healthwise though. And it'll help with them all getting along so well. xD You totally didn't get badly tempted on that one.
Yes, it is very disappointing when you travel far and then they have nothing outlandish right?! I hate it when that happens... on the one hand online catalogiI are boring but on the other hand they are really helpful with disappointment.
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Ebay auctions are a thing in the UK, new to me but have been around a long time
Too soon to tell with the males, they're from the same batch so size/age they're the same and still young. Again with colouration and fin appendages, they're still too young.
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The Dwarf Gourami were a total impulse buy, I was quietly hoping for T. Vittata for which I have an empty 15 that would of been setup. The females just looked too good, the girl at the store was confused when I said I'll take all of them
They get on fine, there was some scuffles and a few nipped fins although watching at night, that may of been from my Mystus, those things are scary when they want to be .
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Great fish they always look lovely and healthy, i've gone mad hubby brought back 6 Guppies
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I did see, be careful adding too many fish in a shirt period, that being said you should be fine Pictures?
 
I did see, be careful adding too many fish in a shirt period, that being said you should be fine Pictures?
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I can't do pic's with my fish as they move to quick so another video sorry, my hubby loves the fish as he sits right by the tank, I just told him that's the limit and this is what I got back...you could go to 50
 
jinjerJOSH22 right here we go..it's called Spot them and clock them

1 Black one
1 Yellow bodied with red tipped end
1 Black body /Red tail
1 White body with yellow towards end with red tipped
2 Small identical pattern tailed ones

 
Okay, I've settled.
For next week I'm ordering both P. dayI and P. cupanus. And in total a dozen, just to be sure I don't have some oops and lose my entire stock again. I'll probably get 8-9 dayI and 3-4 cupanus, though may switch to 7:5 if it turns out I can't gender-pick them. Going to divide the dayI in two groups and place each in a different tank, put the cupanus in another tank and keep them separate since they may be hard to tell apart. Cover all my bases.

I'm deliberating whether I'll also order 2-3 additional banded gourami while I'm at it, since they have them on offer. I'm pretty sure now that my two have grown a little that they are both females, and I did plan on breeding them. But my past experience with them has left me a little iffy. Out of the 5 total I bought at different shops (but probably same batch), only these two made it past the first month (and have since been fine). Two different shops that had them in had the same problem with the whole stock. No identifiable problem, they just wither and die suddenly, rapidly.
(Though if they are wildcaught, that may also help explain that problem. Getting them straight from the source may help me bypass that).
 
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Okay, I've settled.
For next week I'm ordering both P. dayI and P. cupanus. And in total a dozen, just to be sure I don't have some oops and lose my entire stock again. I'll probably get 8-9 dayI and 3-4 cupanus, though may switch to 7:5 if it turns out I can't gender-pick them. Going to divide the dayI in two groups and place each in a different tank, put the cupanus in another tank and keep them separate since they may be hard to tell apart. Cover all my bases.

I'm deliberating whether I'll also order 2-3 additional banded gourami while I'm at it, since they have them on offer. I'm pretty sure now that my two have grown a little that they are both females, and I did plan on breeding them. But my past experience with them has left me a little iffy. Out of the 5 total I bought at different shops (but probably same batch), only these two made it past the first month (and have since been fine). Two different shops that had them in had the same problem with the whole stock. No identifiable problem, they just wither and die suddenly, rapidly.
(Though if they are wildcaught, that may also help explain that problem. Getting them straight from the source may help me bypass that).
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Yes to everything
I wish I could’ve got more P. Dayi, they only had 2 pairs but I had zero extra funds

Bandeds really interest me so I say get more!
 
Yes to everything
I wish I could’ve got more P. Dayi, they only had 2 pairs but I had zero extra funds

Bandeds really interest me so I say get more!
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Oooh now I'm curious what you paid for them? Because they are really cheap over here, costing about the same as a honey.

I thought you got both of the pairs? Or did I see more on the pics than there actually were?
 
I hope to get some female celestial pearl danios soon. I accidentally got 3 males and 1 female and I'm gonna try to re-home 2 of the males... or, in the very least, spread out some of the attention. Trying to scoop out fish is impossible in an overgrown tank.
 
My LFS tracked down the Rasbora espies I’ve been waiting for!!!!
They just got them in today! Looking forward to picking some up tomorrow! So excited!
How many do you think I could put it a 30 gallon at one time?
 
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