What's the next fish you're getting?

When I had the group of 10 they didn't bother or pay much attention to the other inhabitants. They were always buzzing around, but primarily interacting with each other.
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Great to hear, as I've presently got them drip acclimating to their QT :D
 

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Trumpet snails do breed like rabbits but one positive; unlike some other snails; is that they will dig into the substrate which has some benefits at reducing aneraboic pockets. Not a perfect solution but does help.
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As for my next fish have some cheap schooles (glowlight ember and cardinals) from aquahuna. The cardinals will be used to help ensure my wc discus aquarium is fully cycled before i put in the discus. I did add a couple of random angles i had laying around to the aquarium. The embers will go with my eques cory. I'm actually quite partial to ember tetra and think they are under rated. Probably put the glowlight with the cardinals as I think they can handle the heat but a bit depends on their size - sometime aquahuna fishes are very very young and i've gotten schoolers as small as 3/8 of an inch in the past. glow light are another nice fish.
 
Mts will only explode in numbers when you first get them. They will be eating anything in the substrate. So numbers will grow because of that food. Once established the numbers go down. Unless you’re overfeeding. I find mts great in planted tanks. They eat all dead roots and leaves. Keep your tank clean.
Trumpet snails do breed like rabbits but one positive; unlike some other snails; is that they will dig into the substrate which has some benefits at reducing aneraboic pockets. Not a perfect solution but does help.
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As for my next fish have some cheap schooles (glowlight ember and cardinals) from aquahuna. The cardinals will be used to help ensure my wc discus aquarium is fully cycled before i put in the discus. I did add a couple of random angles i had laying around to the aquarium. The embers will go with my eques cory. I'm actually quite partial to ember tetra and think they are under rated. Probably put the glowlight with the cardinals as I think they can handle the heat but a bit depends on their size - sometime aquahuna fishes are very very young and i've gotten schoolers as small as 3/8 of an inch in the past. glow light are another nice fish.
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if new to discus and buying new discus cycling the tank isn’t needed. New discus should be getting new water for at least the first month to help them adapt to your tank.
 
+1 for MTS. Every tank has them on purpose. Working on ramshorn next.


My next fish purchase is unfortunately going to be a Betta. Kiddos passed away over the weekend. Very attached, was a prize for finishing therapy after two years of begging prior :( So we're visiting the new fish store in the area (Eurofish) plus the two usual spots where we have purchased our other Bettas (Luke was a Petco) and see if we find a worthy successor to his tank. Must be Endler loving :) (optional)
 
Mts will only explode in numbers when you first get them. They will be eating anything in the substrate. So numbers will grow because of that food. Once established the numbers go down. Unless you’re overfeeding. I find mts great in planted tanks. They eat all dead roots and leaves. Keep your tank clean.

if new to discus and buying new discus cycling the tank isn’t needed. New discus should be getting new water for at least the first month to help them adapt to your tank.
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These are wc and already rather large - around 5 1/2 inches - it is what the seller has. I will do regular water changes - at least once a week maybe twice a week with ro water. I realize some people do daily water changes the aquarium is quite large - around 250 gallon and the stocking quite sparse - probably 6 to 8 discus; 6 to 8 wild caught rams and a few cardinals. I do not plan on increasing the fish density population beyond that but will take regular measurements to ensure the water chemistry stays very pure and adjust water changes as needed. I'm not sure small wild caught discus are commonly available - or at least i haven't seen small ones for sale.
 

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Well, heres the kiddos new Betta Blaze.
 
I bought 5 zebra loaches today! They are SO funny! I've never owned a loach before. I'm surprised how confident they are.
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loaches, in my opinion, are the goofiest fish. mine are the craziest fish in the tank and they've got this insane look in their eyes
 
loaches, in my opinion, are the goofiest fish. mine are the craziest fish in the tank and they've got this insane look in their eyes
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That's funny! I'm going to have to watch some videos to see normal behavior. They are just busy little things. Going through the gravel, checking out all the plants, etc.
 
I don't currently have plans for new fish, but i may be taking in a cory catfish and a pictus catfish from someone at work. Currently trying to figure out what to do with almost 60+ Japanese trapdoor snails. Started with 8....
 

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That's funny! I'm going to have to watch some videos to see normal behavior. They are just busy little things. Going through the gravel, checking out all the plants, etc.
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Oh yeah for sure! Mine also check the other fish for food during feeding, I thought it was fin nipping at first but they just kind of tickle other fish with their tentacles
 
Oh yeah for sure! Mine also check the other fish for food during feeding, I thought it was fin nipping at first but they just kind of tickle other fish with their tentacles
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So interesting! Mine don't believe in personal space. They just lay all over each other!
 
So interesting! Mine don't believe in personal space. They just lay all over each other!
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Would love to pictures! (And videos if you can!)
^_^

Just waiting on my new MTS and additional yellow back Neocardina shrimp to arrive in the post. One of the packages keeps going back and forth between towns instead of leaving the state. Trying to not be too anxious, but they've been "en route" for a week now. I know it's out of the seller's hands, but I'm not sure if I should do anything. Like, call the post and ask them why they decided to take my aquatic life joy riding for a time before bringing them to me? It's so weird. Maybe it's just a glitch in the tracking?
 
I'm also a huge fan of Loaches.
They like rock caves & overhanging ledges.
Make sure enough food reaches the bottom. Be sure to post pics.
 
On my next trip to the lfs i'm planning on picking these up, what is the next fish you plan on getting?

Harlequin Rasbora
White Cloud Mountain Minnows(Gold)
Panda Corydoras
Zebra Loaches
KuhlI Loaches
Celestial Pearl Danios
Liquorice Gourami
Snakeskin Gourami

Obviously they aren't all going together and the majority are adding to existing schools. I hope they have the Liquorice Gourami, they had not long sold out last time I was there.
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Hi community member.
I'm planning to add Harlequin rasbora and tetras what should i do before i add my new fishes in newly dirted planted setup to ensure the minimal mortality in fishes how should i acclimatize them or quarantine them.
 
Hi community member.
I'm planning to add Harlequin rasbora and tetras what should i do before i add my new fishes in newly dirted planted setup to ensure the minimal mortality in fishes how should i acclimatize them or quarantine them.
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Hi! Is your tank cycled and did you check the water parameters? Just make sure they're safe. There's a section on quarantine here on the forum. (Usually the word quarantine will show up as a link or you can search for it). Will these fish be from the same place and only additions to the tank? I know when I get new fish if they're the only ones being added and there were none before them I'd add them to the tank and treat the tank as a quarantine.
 
I don't currently have plans for new fish, but i may be taking in a cory catfish and a pictus catfish from someone at work. Currently trying to figure out what to do with almost 60+ Japanese trapdoor snails. Started with 8....
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Just know pictus cats can stress other fish. They all constant movement and like to bump other fish like they want them to move too.
Would love to pictures! (And videos if you can!)
^_^

Just waiting on my new MTS and additional yellow back Neocardina shrimp to arrive in the post. One of the packages keeps going back and forth between towns instead of leaving the state. Trying to not be too anxious, but they've been "en route" for a week now. I know it's out of the seller's hands, but I'm not sure if I should do anything. Like, call the post and ask them why they decided to take my aquatic life joy riding for a time before bringing them to me? It's so weird. Maybe it's just a glitch in the tracking?
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this happens. Seems to deal with the live or live fish sticker. Not much will survive a week in postage. Postman see the sticker and leave it for the next guy/special delivery.
 
I'm also a huge fan of Loaches.
They like rock caves & overhanging ledges.
Make sure enough food reaches the bottom. Be sure to post pics.
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Mine always hang out in my rock cave with my gourami. He doesn’t mind them at all even though they’re always zipping around the cave while he’s trying to relax
 
Just know pictus cats can stress other fish. They all constant movement and like to bump other fish like they want them to move too.

this happens. Seems to deal with the live or live fish sticker. Not much will survive a week in postage. Postman see the sticker and leave it for the next guy/special delivery.
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Luckily, it is a very active tank, but i will for sure keep an eye on it.
 
i'm mixed on loaches; i have 12 clown loaches and 12 zebra loaches and one day they are like get away from us you creep and the next day they are eating from my hands.... can never figure em out. my largest loach is a male that is maybe 6 inches and a female who is a wee bit shorter but much more massive.
 

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i'm mixed on loaches; i have 12 clown loaches and 12 zebra loaches and one day they are like get away from us you creep and the next day they are eating from my hands.... can never figure em out. my largest loach is a male that is maybe 6 inches and a female who is a wee bit shorter but much more massive.
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Interesting! You must have a large tank for that many clown loaches! That's amazing.

I'm excited to keep watching them. If nothing else, I'll laugh at them from a distance. They are definitely funny.
 
Interesting! You must have a large tank for that many clown loaches! That's amazing.

I'm excited to keep watching them. If nothing else, I'll laugh at them from a distance. They are definitely funny.
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Yea it is not small - 10 ft long... so they have lots of swimming room.
 
Thinking about picking up a juvenile arowana (leichardti). Breeding season again around my part of the world. I bought a couple 12 months ago and didn't last any time at all. My fault entirely though as I put them in with other fish. They are so delicate when young, I'll have to house them in their own tank I think and let them grow out in peace.
 
Thinking about picking up a juvenile arowana (leichardti). Breeding season again around my part of the world. I bought a couple 12 months ago and didn't last any time at all. My fault entirely though as I put them in with other fish. They are so delicate when young, I'll have to house them in their own tank I think and let them grow out in peace.
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Wow, very cool. You must have a massive tank. I love looking at them, but I have personally never had a desire to own such large fish. I'd probably max out at like 6 inches even in a massive tank, haha. But I love large groups. Add pics when you get it.
 
It's my day off today, so I'm planning to go for a drive to a fish store and see what they've got and maybe get some other ideas for fish in my tank :D
 
It's my day off today, so I'm planning to go for a drive to a fish store and see what they've got and maybe get some other ideas for fish in my tank :D
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I should have known better that I wasn't going to buy any fish, lol. I ended up increasing my pygmy Cory to bring them up to a school of 12. I also ended up buying nine more Ruby tetras to bring that school up to 19. I took every last Ruby there was :D

Hopefully this helps in making them less skittish, otherwise now I have 19 hiding rubies instead of just 10. :confused:
 
Thinking about picking up a juvenile arowana (leichardti). Breeding season again around my part of the world. I bought a couple 12 months ago and didn't last any time at all. My fault entirely though as I put them in with other fish. They are so delicate when young, I'll have to house them in their own tank I think and let them grow out in peace.
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There are some cheap ones in Brissy at the moment ($90), some other juvies are more than $200,
Saratoga Leichardti Fingerlings | Fish | Gumtree Australia Brisbane North East - Nundah | 1318949366
 
This is always a tricky question, because I never seem to know the goal is definitely more kuhlis first once the upgrade is done and then something to go with them. Then I'm converting the old tank to saltwater and try out some 'easy' corals
 

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Wow, very cool. You must have a massive tank. I love looking at them, but I have personally never had a desire to own such large fish. I'd probably max out at like 6 inches even in a massive tank, haha. But I love large groups. Add pics when you get it.
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I have a 10ft tank but wouldn't be able to go in there for probably 12 months.
There are some cheap ones in Brissy at the moment ($90), some other juvies are more than $200,
Saratoga Leichardti Fingerlings | Fish | Gumtree Australia Brisbane North East - Nundah | 1318949366
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Thanks mate yeh I saw that add.
MAD aquariums in Brissie have them for $80 a week or two ago so hopefully they still have a few left.
 
I have just seen some Rio Cenepa red pencilfish advertised for $9 each (not in my city but they will send them). Last year they were $28 each. I have space for them and so I am sort of tempted, though $9 is still quite expensive for a species that needs to be in a group. Also I'm going away this weekend and really don't think I will have time to get more fish before Christmas. After that, if they still have them then maybe...
 
I have just seen some Rio Cenepa red pencilfish advertised for $9 each (not in my city but they will send them). Last year they were $28 each. I have space for them and so I am sort of tempted, though $9 is still quite expensive for a species that needs to be in a group. Also I'm going away this weekend and really don't think I will have time to get more fish before Christmas. After that, if they still have them then maybe...
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I couldn't believe how small the pencilfish really were when I saw them here on Monday lol
 
Hoping to find a female common Pleco, have a 3" long male who needs a mate.
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If they even get along well enough to mate, what will you do with the babies? I don't know many people that want them.
 
If they even get along well enough to mate, what will you do with the babies? I don't know many people that want them.
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One big problem is going to be that they are virtually impossible to sex even as adults. Are you sure you have a male?

Though they breed readily in the wild and have become an invasive problem on warm enough areas for that reason, in captivity in a tank breeding them is extremely difficult.

It requires a tank at least 100 and better closer to 200 gallons and it is incredibly difficult to replicate their preferred river bank spawning caves in a glass box.
 
Hoping to find a female common Pleco, have a 3" long male who needs a mate.
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How can you sex a common pleco at 3" ? You do realize they can grow over 2 feet and aren't sexually mature at such a young age. Perhaps you meant bristle nose pleco ?
 
How can you sex a common pleco at 3" ? You do realize they can grow over 2 feet and aren't sexually mature at such a young age. Perhaps you meant bristle nose pleco ?
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Yes, I'm sorry all, I meant bristle nose Pleco
 

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I have some medaka midnight ricefish that I got like last friday
 
The other day, I got six more Otocinclus Cats. Today, I’m about to get my order of 25 Cardinal Tets w 3 Pygmy Corys. Can’t wait. :) And then tomorrow I’ll be getting my trio of Electric Blue Rams. QT will be busy for a while.

My 75g established tank’s one large Angel is being given to a friend for his 300g tank today as the Angel has become too aggressive for the Rams, Black Neons, and Corys. Thus, I’m going with an additional large school of Cardinal Tets along with the others. This grouping should look really cool in such a big tank. I’ve never had a schooling-oriented tank, but 30+ Tets schooling w Rams and Corys messing around in the mid to bottom should do the trick in a 75g.
For so many years, I’ve had larger fish as either species only like Discus, groups of Pearls, or centerpiece like the Angels.

My 60g tank still has my favorite centerpiece koi Angel w Honey Gouramis, Kribensis, Corys, and Otos. Her larger size seems fine bc the others are larger than the Tets and she is more docile.
 
I'm thinking mosquito fish. Big, huge colony. Like 2.7 acre aquarium large ;)

I steward a local nature park. It has a small lake stocked with pumpkinseed and a couple bass. Everything is stunted due to a lack of smaller foods like baitfish. I have been trying to do it right with native species, but getting breeding etc ... Is tough. As it is already stocked with invasive species and is not connected to any water way, I'm going to break state laws and introduce a restricted species


Just like the county already did lol So I'm just going to steal some of their fish. If I get caught, it's the counties fish not mine lol Planning on breeding out fish from the Transit center pond and probably buy some fresh genetics to mix in later. Breed them in my back yard, add them to the lake and hope a population builds up. The lake needs a base food for the web.

Guerilla Aquarist lol
 
Well in about 30 to 90 minutes my next fish will be arriving; a fairly common fish though not all that popular for some reason:

Krobia xinguensis; wanted 6 but one sold out from under me so ended up with 5.

Next time i'll sit on them to keep them in place until i pay ;)
 
I'm thinking mosquito fish. Big, huge colony. Like 2.7 acre aquarium large ;)

I steward a local nature park. It has a small lake stocked with pumpkinseed and a couple bass. Everything is stunted due to a lack of smaller foods like baitfish. I have been trying to do it right with native species, but getting breeding etc ... Is tough. As it is already stocked with invasive species and is not connected to any water way, I'm going to break state laws and introduce a restricted species


Just like the county already did lol So I'm just going to steal some of their fish. If I get caught, it's the counties fish not mine lol Planning on breeding out fish from the Transit center pond and probably buy some fresh genetics to mix in later. Breed them in my back yard, add them to the lake and hope a population builds up. The lake needs a base food for the web.

Guerilla Aquarist lol
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i’d recommend getting a pond stocking package
 
i’d recommend getting a pond stocking package
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It's on the list. I am still working with the city and WDFW still. I figure either way a couple breeding populations of small bait fish scattered around the areas fish congregate can't hurt. I've been adding infusoria from a local vernal pond (1/4 mile away) as the pond didn't even have that (it does have scuds and amoebas)

City wants to stock trout and have it a kids fishing hole, but WDFW is advising against that as it tends to draw sports anglers. I just want to improve the fishing for the kids that fish there lol
 
Well in about 30 to 90 minutes my next fish will be arriving; a fairly common fish though not all that popular for some reason:

Krobia xinguensis; wanted 6 but one sold out from under me so ended up with 5.

Next time i'll sit on them to keep them in place until i pay ;)
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Well they arrived !! and promptly ate 4 of my cardinals :(
 
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