What's the next fish you're getting?

Laetacara curviceps. First cichlid I successfully bred & responsible for a serious case of MTS.

Apistogramma ortegai. Ridiculously beautiful, undemanding & not too difficult to breed.

LOTS of runners-up.
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I have 2 pairs of Laetacara araguaiae, they breed non stop. I would love to have any of the Dicrossus but never seen them for sale here.
 

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I have 2 pairs of Laetacara araguaiae, they breed non stop. I would love to have any of the Dicrossus but never seen them for sale here.
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I lucked out when I stumbled upon D. maculatus at an LFS being sold as checkerboard barbs.

My L. araguaiae pair, born here 11/19, stopped spawning and either ignore each other or briefly squabble.
 

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Umm whats the D. Maculatus. I searched that and got some sort of bug?
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Dicrossus maculatus, spade tailed checkerboard cichlid
 
My new chex are settling in nicely, but I suspect the smaller one is also a male, which may lead to some difficulties when it comes to breeding.
 

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My new chex are settling in nicely, but I suspect the smaller one is also a male, which may lead to some difficulties when it comes to breeding.
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What are those fish in the background. May have just fallen in love
 
What are those fish in the background. May have just fallen in love
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Firemouth panchax, Epiplatys dageti Monroviae, probably the best killie for community tanks & super easy to keep & breed.
 
Well I waved goodbye to Big Red, my spare adult super red male, this evening. A bit bittersweet since he’s the first fish I’ve sold/traded where I could tell him as an individual (unlike guppies/endlers), but he was part of a trade for two young L183 starlight plecos. They’re a species I’ve always wanted but are hard to find. Super excited!!! They’re only about an inch right now, but looking forward to watching them grow.

Currently acclimating them, then they’re going into a fry/grow out tank. :)
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pH 8.2, dKH 7 (60), dGH 16 (300). It's desert water. Squeezed from cactus and stone!
Livebearers and bettas and a few others do fine. One species of Cory do okay and I've had clown loaches and kissing gouramis and a couple species of rainbowfish. Giant Danios do okay also. There are actually plenty of fish that do okay in this water, just not the ones I want lol!
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I've got desert water too. I'm in the Phoenix area. So for now, I just have a 5 gal and a 2.5 gal. I use bottled water mixed with some tap. My big want is a whole-house RO system for both me and the fishies. Then I can have any tank I want! I can dream. Sigh
 
Well I waved goodbye to Big Red, my spare adult super red male, this evening. A bit bittersweet since he’s the first fish I’ve sold/traded where I could tell him as an individual (unlike guppies/endlers), but he was part of a trade for two young L183 starlight plecos. They’re a species I’ve always wanted but are hard to find. Super excited!!! They’re only about an inch right now, but looking forward to watching them grow.

Currently acclimating them, then they’re going into a fry/grow out tank. :)
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Sadly I hate to inform you that your fish is very ill. It has the measles. All those little dots; they look a bit like ick but it is actually the measles and he should be given warm soup and a good blanket until he recovers.
My new chex are settling in nicely, but I suspect the smaller one is also a male, which may lead to some difficulties when it comes to breeding.
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These are really nice - what water condition are you keeping them in? Fyi: I read that worms (black/blood) can cause bloat in these fishes.
 

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Just put in 3 new false Julii and a super red pleco
 
These are really nice - what water condition are you keeping them in? Fyi: I read that worms (black/blood) can cause bloat in these fishes.
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NYC tap water - GH >1< , 31 ppm TDS, pH 6.3. I keep some oak leaves in the tank, which they enjoy flipping over in search of snacks.

Blood and black worms DO cause bloat. I stopped feeding them years ago and none of my fish have bloated out since.
 
Got these guys today :). I may have to seek professional help:rolleyes:!2B336D56-185B-4E66-B68D-89C9652BD058.jpeg1197CF72-5C6C-4597-9D87-EF1E4C6EA68F.jpeg250984F2-D9A0-41A1-9EB7-744164DBC974.jpeg87C2BA4C-D9BA-4584-97E9-11B50AB88D5B.jpeg
 
Going to get a panda garra for my 29 gallon
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Oh those are heaps of fun :). Get ready for hand massages whenever you clean your tank and trim your plants :D.
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How are they so bright :O ? Are they bioluminescent or something :D.
 
I think these guys have been fed something to enhance there color. A few months will tell. But they can get this brightAB3535F2-0CAE-456E-A03F-877B8E9A37C2.jpeghad this guy for a year now.Though I bought it yellow. Go figure!
 

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Because shipping is expensive (esp from the smaller dealers) when I order fishes I tend to order a lot. This is what i received today:
8 cardinal tetras - these go in the hongsloi aquarium
3 borelli - 1 m 2f - these were split - the male and 1 female went into the guppy tank which already had a female that I'd been trying to catch the past month. The other female went into the 40 which had a male and a female (picture of male i own attached).
8 eques cory - these went into the 29 with the new borelli. I've been wanting to try eques for a while since they are said to be much less skittish than sterbai.
8 otto - the guy has had these for a couple of months so they should be well adapted - these join the 8 i have in my 40b. I've tried to add otto before without success for various reasons.
4 pygmy cory - these join my school of 8ish in the 40B. One looked pretty unhealthy runt so that was a downside of this order - also the borelli one of the female looked defective or runt male - but it was a freebie so can't complain - will keep an eye on it. The eques were pretty decent they were wild caught and adults.

My existing male borelli:
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And a couple of the new eques:

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Because shipping is expensive (esp from the smaller dealers) when I order fishes I tend to order a lot. This is what i received today:
8 cardinal tetras - these go in the hongsloi aquarium
3 borelli - 1 m 2f - these were split - the male and 1 female went into the guppy tank which already had a female that I'd been trying to catch the past month. The other female went into the 40 which had a male and a female (picture of male i own attached).
8 eques cory - these went into the 29 with the new borelli. I've been wanting to try eques for a while since they are said to be much less skittish than sterbai.
8 otto - the guy has had these for a couple of months so they should be well adapted - these join the 8 i have in my 40b. I've tried to add otto before without success for various reasons.
4 pygmy cory - these join my school of 8ish in the 40B. One looked pretty unhealthy runt so that was a downside of this order - also the borelli one of the female looked defective or runt male - but it was a freebie so can't complain - will keep an eye on it. The eques were pretty decent they were wild caught and adults.

My existing male borelli:
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And a couple of the new eques:

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Oh my goodness I love the eques!!
 
Because shipping is expensive (esp from the smaller dealers) when I order fishes I tend to order a lot. This is what i received today:
8 cardinal tetras - these go in the hongsloi aquarium
3 borelli - 1 m 2f - these were split - the male and 1 female went into the guppy tank which already had a female that I'd been trying to catch the past month. The other female went into the 40 which had a male and a female (picture of male i own attached).
8 eques cory - these went into the 29 with the new borelli. I've been wanting to try eques for a while since they are said to be much less skittish than sterbai.
8 otto - the guy has had these for a couple of months so they should be well adapted - these join the 8 i have in my 40b. I've tried to add otto before without success for various reasons.
4 pygmy cory - these join my school of 8ish in the 40B. One looked pretty unhealthy runt so that was a downside of this order - also the borelli one of the female looked defective or runt male - but it was a freebie so can't complain - will keep an eye on it. The eques were pretty decent they were wild caught and adults.

My existing male borelli:
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And a couple of the new eques:

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Love the Borelli! Where did you order from, if I may ask?
 
Love the Borelli! Where did you order from, if I may ask?
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The one pictured came from wetspot; the new ones (not pictured) came from a small store call aquaticclarity.
 
Really wanting to find some neon blue clams from Asia buttttttttttttttt it’s a no go… also really loving some neritina juttingae but again finding them is the issue.
Snails tend to be the same types locally and practically no where in the U.K. stocks clams, 100% no local shops do. I love my clam and he definitely needs friends. My shrimp tank needs one too… I should of ordered moss balls in lock down ;)
 

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Looking for juvenile electric blue acara and seriously considering a electric blue jack Dempsey. EB jack gotta be the coolest fish I've seen in freshwater, especially when they are small.
 
Yesterday I was doing a regular check online (on New Zealand's equivalent of Ebay I think) to see if there were any cheap tanks for sale, when I came across a 65 litre (~18 gallon) tank that was listed earlier that day, which came with a heater, filter, thermometer, some plants (ambulia, hair grass and rotala wallichi), and six female bettas, for $120 (about $180 US). My first thought was "yes, I can sell the bettas for $25-30 each, and then I'll have a tank that I have paid nothing for or even made money on, without doing anything!". So I bought that last night, and agreed to pick it up today.

I hadn't been to my favourite LFS lately, so went for a drive to see their 60+ new tanks, and see what plants they had in stock. I came home with two SAE and some wisteria. I added the SAE into my quarantine tank (where there was already another single one) and then went to pick up the new tank. I put the bettas in the quarantine as well, as it is heavily planted with java fern, ridden with BBA and I was worried about aggression (even though they've been together for 4 months now with no issues). Oh, I also learnt that my LFS lets people take in SAE when they get too big and swap them out for small ones! So I'll definitely be keeping that in mind.

Any advice on how to not get too attached to my betta sorority would be much appreciated? I'm going to think about it while I decide whether to put the new tank on the floor or on my dresser... I feel like a crazy cat lady, but with bettas, as I now (even if it's only temporarily) have 8. The other question is, should I have a go at breeding one with my ~8 month old male betta...
 
Just grabbed 5 papa plecos. The Wabenmusters were NFS.. Same for another exotic Pleco that was in. Papas won out over the paras and rangers that were also tempting me.
Next week I hope to get a bunch of Rio Paraguay BNs.
 

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I have actually recently acquired some new little emperor tetras in my large planted tank. Not sure how many but at least 4. Amazing that they have managed to survive while the Laetacaras who try hard to defend their fry have not managed to rear a single one in that tank!
 
I don't know Lol....trying to decide that now. I have a 55 gallon with 10 cherry barbs right now. I know I want a few Cory's for bottom level. I've considered adding like 3 Boesman Rainbows and 3 Turquoise Rainbows. I've also considered adding an Angel.
My PH stays around 8ish. My temp stays 76-80. My GH is 11. I don't want to get into a battle of changing PH and hardness or anything like that. So, my goal is getting fish that will do good with each other and with my water parameters.
I see so many pretty fish! I can't make up my mind Lol
 
I don't know Lol....trying to decide that now. I have a 55 gallon with 10 cherry barbs right now. I know I want a few Cory's for bottom level. I've considered adding like 3 Boesman Rainbows and 3 Turquoise Rainbows. I've also considered adding an Angel.
My PH stays around 8ish. My temp stays 76-80. My GH is 11. I don't want to get into a battle of changing PH and hardness or anything like that. So, my goal is getting fish that will do good with each other and with my water parameters.
I see so many pretty fish! I can't make up my mind Lol
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I hear ya, I have similar water parameters as you and don't want to bother with pH changes. Everytime I go to a fish store I find more fish I want. Think I'm going to pull the trigger on a electric blue jack Dempsey at this lfs that has it on sale.
 
I hear ya, I have similar water parameters as you and don't want to bother with pH changes. Everytime I go to a fish store I find more fish I want. Think I'm going to pull the trigger on a electric blue jack Dempsey at this lfs that has it on sale.
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Those are pretty too! I decided against that type because I knew I wanted a variety of fish and there could be compatibility issues.
 
Okay, so today, there has been a milestone in my fishkeeping life. I’ve finally conformed to getting a snail. I know I have slammed on them forever, but I decided I’d get one.

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Welcome to the snail life:) Before you know it, you will love them, and wonder why you ever didn't love them:)
 
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