What's the next fish you're getting?

Here are a few pics of that tank. I'm actually going to start working on the aquascape again as it needs a bit of work.
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Absolutely stunning. I could see where a little work may be desired by some, but myself wouldn't do a thing but let it grow! I like well manicured scape to a point, but will take an overgrown jungle everytime! Great job!!!
 

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Apparently this one.

Unsure if it's male or female. Up until today I thought female, until put next to a male. Then it's "FLARE YOU TOO PAL!" So for now it's in with the blonde Endlers. Was going to have it as part of a sorority, but if it's a boy, that's fine :)
 

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might get some more mollies to keep my molly company. just have to make sure i don't get the wrong sex!! would hate to have a ton of baby mollies. Also perhaps some more blue gourami? I would need quite a few though
 
Getting striped wizard snails,standard door snails, and white hercules snails.
 
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Regular trap door not as colorful as pictures but more than twice the size of a full grown mystery.
Hercules snails went into the wife's glowfish tank shell glows a bit with glo lights.
Striped trapdoor came in tiny waiting to see how they'll do all alive but don't seem to be in best health.
 

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Oh well wasn't going to buy any more fishes for a year but decided to pick up 2 L397.
 
Oh well wasn't going to buy any more fishes for a year but decided to pick up 2 L397.
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Isn’t that always the way? Best laid plans and all that, but too often temptation makes us an offer we can’t refuse :-).
 
Yea; to make it worse my Ivanacara Bimaculata bred last night - so much for being juvi - so now i will have even more fishes. So those will be my next fish I'm 'getting'. I suspect they are going to be like rabbits.
 
Here are a few pics of that tank. I'm actually going to start working on the aquascape again as it needs a bit of work.
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What kinds of plants are those? Looks beautiful, I wish I could get any of mine to grow that large
 

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Got my Galaxy Koi girl, Andromeda, the other day.
My favorite picture so far. A little blurry. She's always on the move!
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Least killifish came in unfortunately more than half were doa hoping the others do ok.
 

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My M. praecox have been aging out in my 55 gal, and I haven't replaced them. I'm making room for a group of 6x denison barbs.
 
What kinds of plants are those? Looks beautiful, I wish I could get any of mine to grow that large
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Sorry for late reply been away.
I assume you mean the two big ones at the front - Amazon swords. Just the common ones I think, they've now hit the top of the tank. I think that's about their limit though.
A lot of the other stuff are rotala rotundifolia but I'm starting to rip a little bit of that out as its taking up a little too much of the tank.

As is the vallisneria - much more than when that photo was uploaded. Problem is the Val starts to take over the tank and puts out lots of runners.
 
Problem is the Val starts to take over the tank and puts out lots of runners.
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Yes, and always where you don't want them, like right along the front, in the middle and tangled up with other plants, right? Still they do make a good background / jungle...
 
Wife wants one of those new glo angels so will probably be next if I can move enough around to allow.
 
Wife wants one of those new glo angels so will probably be next if I can move enough around to allow.
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Glo angels? I never knew they existed, not seen them here yet, no doubt they will appear sooner or later...
 
Was leaked couple weeks ago supposed to be out this year only seen pictures of redish ones not sure if thiers any other colors.
 

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Was leaked couple weeks ago supposed to be out this year only seen pictures of redish ones not sure if thiers any other colors.
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Apparently the Glo Angel got FDA approval last February. There is definitely a Starfire Red but I’d think likely there will be the same colour selection as the other Glofish, assuming they are popular enough.

Somehow I don’t see Glo Angels working out as well as the tetras or danios. But time will tell.
 
Apparently the Glo Angel got FDA approval last February. There is definitely a Starfire Red but I’d think likely there will be the same colour selection as the other Glofish, assuming they are popular enough.

Somehow I don’t see Glo Angels working out as well as the tetras or danios. But time will tell.
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With some of those starter kits that Glofish sells, I hope they don’t mislead people into putting glo-angels into tanks that are way too small.
 
With some of those starter kits that Glofish sells, I hope they don’t mislead people into putting glo-angels into tanks that are way too small.
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Unfortunately they recommend too small a space across the board from what I've seen.
 
Yes, and always where you don't want them, like right along the front, in the middle and tangled up with other plants, right? Still they do make a good background / jungle...
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Huh! how did you guess. That is exactly what they are starting to do now lol. I guess at least they are making some new ones I can plant in some other tank
 
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Unfortunately these Tri Colors often aren't stable so I will be comparing these pics as it grows.
 
Heading to a LFS about an hour away. Hope to pick up some Julidochromis Transcriptus for my Tang tank. Perhaps a dwarf cichlid for my Keyhole tank. They had a few different Ram variations and a couple of Apisto types last time I was there. Ideal would be a Borelii. Second choice would be a Black Ram. We'll see!!
 
Yesterday I made my annual trip to a city with a really nice store. I have 2 male and 3 female Praecox Rainbows (dwarf neon), and bought 1 more male and 3 females. They're about half the size of the older ones and right away when they went into the water, one of the males started nipping at them. That only lasted a minute, I put some flakes in the water and they forgot about the new neighbors. They're all getting along nicely.

I wanted to get 2 female yellow forktails, too, but they didn't have them. I'll wait awhile and find them someplace. I presently have a male and female.

I had 2 pristella tetras in my tank probably 5 years old. They were left from 6 originals - the other 4 died last year over time, and I wanted these gone. Thursday when I did a WC, I got half my wish when I found a floater, but still have one left. I'm enjoying the rainbows, love their colors under the lighting, and am hoping after I retire soon, I can get another 10 gallon tank going and maybe attempt some breeding. I've read these don't live longer than 2 years and that's so sad! They sound like a difficult fry to raise when they hatch so I'll be reading up on that. I can't afford to constantly replace these - prices are so high for fish now.

I bought 4 more amanos and they charged me $10 each!! I didn't even look at the price or I'd have passed. I remember getting 4 for $10 before!
 

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Well pre-order so i should receive a. wolli by the end of june. These are one of the few species of pair forming apistogramma.
 
I'm putting it here because i don't have a better place. One of my new fishes are Krobia xinguensis frys; i moved some of the frys into a container where they can be raised the rest i left with the parents. Normally after 2 or 3 weeks the mother abandons them and the angels and other krobia eat them. However this time the 2nd breeding female took over raising them so they get a few more weeks of growing in the 120. It is not unheard of for females to steal frys though in this case she seemed more interesting in taking care of existing frys than breeidng again. THe original male is helping her guard them.
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Apparently I'm in line for some additional apistos as my wife has been looking to add to the m/f group in her 29 to get some breeding going. Favorite lfs has reopened and has said it's going to be an apisto weekend.

Anyone taking bets if this spells tank #12??
 
I'm getting my first group of 6 cherry barbs today! They are going into my 29g which has 5 false Julii cory cats and 8 CPDs. Just gotta get off work and I get to pick them up!
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Awesome! Cherry barbs are great little fish, my favorite for many reasons! Congrats!
 
I might be looking at Ruby tetras. Tetras by and large aren’t faves of mine but I like the little Embers and the Rubies are lovely little fish.

A LFS has wild caught stock at a very reasonable price for these days - $3.99ea.
 
I might be looking at Ruby tetras. Tetras by and large aren’t faves of mine but I like the little Embers and the Rubies are lovely little fish.

A LFS has wild caught stock at a very reasonable price for these days - $3.99ea.
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The Embers are my favorite too. Peaceful little colorful fish. :)
 
The Embers are my favorite too. Peaceful little colorful fish. :)
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They are very nice little fish - have you ever seen a very bright coppery-red variant? I had one female like that some time ago and it was extremely bright coloured compared to the average Ember - still on the orange side of red but really bright compared to the usual shade.
 
Yes they are so pretty. I have one currently that looks like a orange rill shrimp. Perfectly clear in the middle. :confused:
 
I might be looking at Ruby tetras. Tetras by and large aren’t faves of mine but I like the little Embers and the Rubies are lovely little fish.
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Same here - not a tetra fan but I do like embers. I typically use a piece of black poster board for my tank backgrounds and I usually use black substrate (black diamond blasting sand). A group of ember tetras really pop against all that black!
 

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Probably some sort of Rice Fish, it depends on what my little baby fish turns out to be :) .
 
Nothing...officially out of space....

Although the wife and my middle son were eyeing up some orange shrimp our favorite lfs has...
 
Picked up some Nannostomus marilynae for the a. wolli aquarium as well as a male nannacara anomale. He went into the eques aquarium. While not the flashiest fish in the world i have a special liking for this species and wish i could obtain some wc specimens.
 

Apparently this one.

Unsure if it's male or female. Up until today I thought female, until put next to a male. Then it's "FLARE YOU TOO PAL!" So for now it's in with the blonde Endlers. Was going to have it as part of a sorority, but if it's a boy, that's fine :)
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Plus these two

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And an updated pic of Rose.
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I just saw a store not far from here has purple pencilfish- Nannostomus rubrocaudatus. Only 8, no idea about what sexes they have and they want $23.CAD per.

Ouch! But they are one of my absolute favourite species.

Decisions, decisions. Can I somehow scrape up the cash? Maybe if I eat mostly bread & pasta for a couple of months?? Arrhghh - hate when opportunity knocks like this when it’s been a tight month!
 
Go for it. What's a couple of hundred bucks? Lol. I've never seen purple Pencil fish.
 
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