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I mean I would never see them in my heavily planted dimly lit tank.
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Probably true - they are very small and very well camouflaged.
 

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One of the fishes I had ordered a couple of weeks ago wasn't sent so as long as they were sending that i went ahead and picked-up a trio of these little things; for such small things they are easy enough to find - just look on the sponge ;)
 

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One of the fishes I had ordered a couple of weeks ago wasn't sent so as long as they were sending that i went ahead and picked-up a trio of these little things; for such small things they are easy enough to find - just look on the sponge ;)
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They are fascinating little fish [not to mention they look like they ought to be able to fly :-). ]
 
Around a month ago I picked up a madagascar lace bulb and it's doing great at room temp with moderate flow and low light.

So I've decided to build a tank around it and looking at compatible fish I've decided to go with the classic WCMM. Will be picking up a group of 8 after work!
 
Around a month ago I picked up a madagascar lace bulb and it's doing great at room temp with moderate flow and low light.

So I've decided to build a tank around it and looking at compatible fish I've decided to go with the classic WCMM. Will be picking up a group of 8 after work!
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Post pics!! They are truly beautiful plants but so hard to find (or so it seems) and freaking expensive when they do show up. Maybe one day I’ll find one I can justify spending on.
 
Post pics!! They are truly beautiful plants but so hard to find (or so it seems) and freaking expensive when they do show up. Maybe one day I’ll find one I can justify spending on.
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You bet, was going to use my spare top fin 5g with built in filtration in the rear sorta like the fluval flex to quarantine. I was trying to remove the filtration unit to make more usable room, but in the process shattered the back glass and give myself a fairly nasty cut. Not going back into town tonight so the fish will spend the night in a bucket with a cycled sponge until I pick up a extra 5g tomo.

This build will wind up in a 20 long tho.

I started the bulb in a 2 gallon jar, but didn't realize the thickness and curvature of the container would distort the view so badly. I'll get the best pics I can tho.

Actually ordered my bulb from "dustinsfishtanks" . It arrived with 5 healthy leaves about 4" long, but went ahead and trimmed them off before planting. Planted in 2" gravel and give it a root tab and she's a rocking. The first leaf that grew kinda come in twisted, but the others are looking good. Believe I paid 9.99.

Sorry for horrible pics, this jar is tuff lol but here's trying!

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Fish getting adjusted:

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You bet, was going to use my spare top fin 5g with built in filtration in the rear sorta like the fluval flex to quarantine. I was trying to remove the filtration unit to make more usable room, but in the process shattered the back glass and give myself a fairly nasty cut. Not going back into town tonight so the fish will spend the night in a bucket with a cycled sponge until I pick up a extra 5g tomo.

This build will wind up in a 20 long tho.

I started the bulb in a 2 gallon jar, but didn't realize the thickness and curvature of the container would distort the view so badly. I'll get the best pics I can tho.

Actually ordered my bulb from "dustinsfishtanks" . It arrived with 5 healthy leaves about 4" long, but went ahead and trimmed them off before planting. Planted in 2" gravel and give it a root tab and she's a rocking. The first leaf that grew kinda come in twisted, but the others are looking good. Believe I paid 9.99.

Sorry for horrible pics, this jar is tuff lol but here's trying!

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Hope you didn't get cut too badly - been there, done that.

I use big jars sometimes too and they definitely do distort the appearance of what’s inside.
 
A store not far from here has Rosy loaches for a not too horrendous price - I am sooooo tempted. Been wanting some for a long time.

No idea if they have both sexes of the loaches or not - good excuse to go look at them, right?
 
Around a month ago I picked up a madagascar lace bulb and it's doing great at room temp with moderate flow and low light.
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Little secret - there are 5 or 6 different species of plants sold as madagascar lace; two are quite common- they have fancy names but for simplicity we will call them narrow and wide leaf. Some of these random species can get quite huge - i once had a single leaf that was more than 8 inches wide and well over 18 inches long. Of course growing condition as well as specific species will have an impact on the leaf size.
 
Little secret - there are 5 or 6 different species of plants sold as madagascar lace; two are quite common- they have fancy names but for simplicity we will call them narrow and wide leaf. Some of these random species can get quite huge - i once had a single leaf that was more than 8 inches wide and well over 18 inches long. Of course growing condition as well as specific species will have an impact on the leaf size.
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Interesting, I wish sellers would be a little more specific on what they are offering. Went back to check and "Aponogeton madagascariensis" (small) is all that's specified.

I know I once grew an aponogeton boivinianus and in a month and a half time it filled my entire 20T.

Thanks for insight!
 
A store not far from here has Rosy loaches for a not too horrendous price - I am sooooo tempted. Been wanting some for a long time.

No idea if they have both sexes of the loaches or not - good excuse to go look at them, right?
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Great excuse!
 

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Little secret - there are 5 or 6 different species of plants sold as madagascar lace; two are quite common- they have fancy names but for simplicity we will call them narrow and wide leaf. Some of these random species can get quite huge - i once had a single leaf that was more than 8 inches wide and well over 18 inches long. Of course growing condition as well as specific species will have an impact on the leaf size.
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Best I can tell the current belief appears to be that there’s one species, A.madagascarianus, which has 3 variants rather than multiple species. In botany changes like this are pretty common.

The names of the 3 variants appear to be Fenestralis, Bernierianus & Henkelianus but you’ll also see Major & Guillotii mentioned, though they won’t lead you anywhere particularly helpful if you search those last two.

As it happens. Aquasabi offers A.madagascariensis Fenestralis - which they describe as having broad leaves but not as tall as others.

Aponogeton madagascariensis "fenestralis"

There is an interesting article on them in TFH, and in the article a botanist mentions that observations of this plant in the wild show great variability in leaf form & size.

Length can be anywhere from a mere 2” to near 3 feet and the size, shape & number of frnestrations in the leaves are also extremely variable.

Secrets of the Madagascar Lace Plant | Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine

Incidentally, they are not true bulbs. They grow from a tuberous rhizome.
 
I know I once grew an aponogeton boivinianus and in a month and a half time it filled my entire 20T.

Thanks for insight!
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As far as i know there is only one species of a. boivinanus and it is by far my favorite plant. It can fill a 29 but the leaves are super dark and well i just like it a lot. I had hoped c. aponogeton woudl be similiar but alas it is not - the leaves are not quite as dark green and the leaves are less dense (fewer leaves?); the hope here is that crypts are sometime more predictable than aponogeton esp around hibernation and such. My boivinianus never went into hibernation after 4 years but the books i've read insist it will sooner or later. a. cripus the book i have indicate it won't go into hibernation and it loves hot water making it good for the discus tank (which is also one of my taller aquarium - though in the discus tank it easily reaches 25-30 inches long leaves and it was such a tiny thing a year ago i didn't even think it would grow at all.
 
Best I can tell the current belief appears to be that there’s one species, A.madagascarianus, which has 3 variants rather than multiple species. In botany changes like this are pretty common.

The names of the 3 variants appear to be Fenestralis, Bernierianus & Henkelianus but you’ll also see Major & Guillotii mentioned, though they won’t lead you anywhere particularly helpful if you search those last two.

As it happens. Aquasabi offers A.madagascariensis Fenestralis - which they describe as having broad leaves but not as tall as others.

Aponogeton madagascariensis "fenestralis"

There is an interesting article on them in TFH, and in the article a botanist mentions that observations of this plant in the wild show great variability in leaf form & size.

Length can be anywhere from a mere 2” to near 3 feet and the size, shape & number of frnestrations in the leaves are also extremely variable.

Secrets of the Madagascar Lace Plant | Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine

Incidentally, they are not true bulbs. They grow from a tuberous rhizome.
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According to Kassleman book the flower has different colours - violet, white and pink. One confusing thing is she notes the plant should be kept at the temperature of origin as there are some from highlands and others from coast but of course she provides no hint as to how you can determine the appropriate temperature. She also notes the substrate needs to be very rich but the water extremely soft and acidic. Last but least she talks about special treatment due to rest period. Given all these factors she concludes it rarely does well in the long term in the aquarium though she neglects to quantify long term. So we don't know if it has 50 years or 50 seconds to success ;)

Henkelianus is the one i associate as being large leaf. I've never seen one with pink flowers :(
 
According to Kassleman book the flower has different colours - violet, white and pink. One confusing thing is she notes the plant should be kept at the temperature of origin as there are some from highlands and others from coast but of course she provides no hint as to how you can determine the appropriate temperature. She also notes the substrate needs to be very rich but the water extremely soft and acidic. Last but least she talks about special treatment due to rest period. Given all these factors she concludes it rarely does well in the long term in the aquarium though she neglects to quantify long term. So we don't know if it has 50 years or 50 seconds to success ;)

Henkelianus is the one i associate as being large leaf. I've never seen one with pink flowers :(
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What’s the title of that Kasselman book? My reference library went missing when I moved - hope it’ll turn up one of these days.
 
What’s the title of that Kasselman book? My reference library went missing when I moved - hope it’ll turn up one of these days.
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Aquarium plants; she only sells via her website and it is ok i guess. It misses a lot of uncommon plants which i encounter more these days.
 
Aquarium plants; she only sells via her website and it is ok i guess. It misses a lot of uncommon plants which i encounter more these days.
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Thanks! I’ll have to take a peek at it.

I peeked - it looks very nice - Amazon was offering it for close to $300 CAD. Too rich for my blood unless that elusive lottery win comes my way :-).
 
This one is a pretty boring addition but still nice.
I picked up 10 each of the black ruby barbs and red rasbora hengeli.
Barbs into a mixed barb tank and the hengeli into a tank with other harlequin raboras and some tetras.
 
Got an email today informing me that Badis badis is back in stock at a store about a half hour drive from here. I’ve never been there except online - and am now terribly tempted to go see about some badis.

They’re a bit larger than my usual favourite tiny species but ever since the first time I laid eyes on some I’ve wanted a group of them. Something about them is extremely appealing.

Next thing I know I am trying to figure out how I can get my hands on a nice looooong tank so I can have multiple males.

They’re cave spawners & very territorial when ‘in the mood’ so each male needs his own cave & territory to defend.

I was thinking it would be fun to build a tank for them - around 40” long, 12” wide & high. Rimless of course - the glass would be so freaking expensive though.

I can get a 33long for about 175 tax incl. but it’s too long - 4 feet. I think I can squeeze in 40” but not 48 - just isn’t anywhere for that.

Or maybe 30g breeder - 36”x12”x18”. Slightly less expensive but not much.

Decisions, decisions - they really should have a species only tank. I’ll have to think hard about it.
 

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Guess you'll have to settle for the 30g breeder. Never cared for species only tanks, especially cave dwellers. Not enough action, Dither fish add a nice dynamic and keep the tank lively. Most like zebra danios are quick enough to avoid confrontation. Galaxy rasboras are my new choose for small Dither fish.
 
Guess you'll have to settle for the 30g breeder. Never cared for species only tanks, especially cave dwellers. Not enough action, Dither fish add a nice dynamic and keep the tank lively. Most like zebra danios are quick enough to avoid confrontation. Galaxy rasboras are my new choose for small Dither fish.
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I really like pencilfish as dithers - or Kubotai rasboras.
 
I picked up a 2nd L239 for my discus aquarium and as long as i was paying shipping i went and ahead and ordered a pair of lonely wc a. nijjensi. On the one hand the last thing i needed was another species of dwarf cichlid but on the other hand i was already paying shipping.... Anyway it is what it is - no more fishes for a while now - i'm only looking for 4 species:
a. lineta
a. D37 indria
pangio sheffordi
pangio myersi.

Been waiting for 2 years counting on the pangio - the lineta and d37 well next spring i'll check with some importers....
 
A relatively LFS has Blue Badis and they are 25% off for Boxing Day! I am going to have to go get some - been trying to find them for years now.

I think they’d look pretty great in my proposed new landslide scape if I can score the 33g long I want . Be easy to incorporate breeding caves at either end & the middle so I could get 3 males and maybe 5 females.

They could live in my 29G until the new scape is ready for fish.

Another LFS has Hara jerdoni and there will be a Boxing Day sale there too, I would really like to get some of them - a few of them might be ok in the planted jar tank I started -or my other little tank which has a lot more length. But they aren’t very active fish - very sedentary as well as tiny.

I swear next year I’ll start saving for Black Friday & Boxing Day fishy purchases around about the first of May!
 
Went to a great LFS to pick up an order & left with more.

No Rosy loaches so instead, half a dozen Hara jerdoni (Anchor cats), some giant kuhli loaches (P.meyersi), six more Ruby tetras, and happened to notice a tank marked T.espei which contained T.espei but also had Purple harlequins mixed in with them - shipped that way.

So now I have 9 more purple harlequins - 3M & 6F. I rather hope I can coax them into producing some purple fry when they’re a bit more mature - they are only about half adult size.

Got a bunch of nice plants too - mostly 40% off. Yay Boxing Day sales.
 
Went to a great LFS to pick up an order & left with more.

No Rosy loaches so instead, half a dozen Hara jerdoni (Anchor cats), some giant kuhli loaches (P.meyersi), six more Ruby tetras, and happened to notice a tank marked T.espei which contained T.espei but also had Purple harlequins mixed in with them - shipped that way.

So now I have 9 more purple harlequins - 3M & 6F. I rather hope I can coax them into producing some purple fry when they’re a bit more mature - they are only about half adult size.

Got a bunch of nice plants too - mostly 40% off. Yay Boxing Day sales.
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Dang been waiting for pangio meyersi for 2 years; however they did get (wetspot) pangio sheffordi in stock this week (also been waiting 2 years) so i ordered a pile of them.
 
Dang been waiting for pangio meyersi for 2 years; however they did get (wetspot) pangio sheffordi in stock this year (also been waiting 2 years) so i ordered a pile of them.
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This store had P.shelfordii awhile back but I didn’t find out ‘til it was too late. I hope they’ll get more at some point.
 
Well, Boxing Day sales are done and I spent more than I should because of a leaking tank & fish that I’ve wanted for too long that became available.

I will be bringing home my so-long-desired Badis badis (Blue badis) & to go with them, what I think are the most colourful of the danionins (at least the ones that aren’t truly miniature in size, though they are quite small) - Celestichthys choprae.

Choprae are very tight schoolers that prefer the upper levels and they’re between 1.5 and 1.1 inches.

Both Choprae & Badis are good with relatively cool water so I plan for them to be the inhabitants in the 33 long when I get it set up and hopefully it won’t need a heater or at least not a powerful one since the room gets quite cold especially at night.

Also one Black Tiger badis - first chance I’ve had to get one and nobody seems to have Dario dario.
 

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I wanted to get endlers or guppies but at my LFS they're like 7$ a piece and imma be real, I aint paying that for one fish so Im gonna get some other nano fish for in my shrimp tank (recommendations welcome)
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Purchase endlers online from a breeder. Breeding pairs or trios are usually somewhere between $6-$20 each (varies depending on the supplier and the strain) plus shipping. It's quite a lot for a few fish but the price is worth it in the long-run because they usually come disease-free and they will breed and produce many fry.
 
Finally got a dozen Pethia galeata (Dwarf Golden Barbs). All are looking good, but small. So, I’ll grow them out a bit while in QT to go into my 65g nano fish tank with the Espei Rasboras, Green Neon Tets, and Ember Tets.
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I went to my LFS today and picked up 18 cardinal tetras. They are all less than a half inch in length. I apologize for the dirty glass and blurry photo.
 

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They are very showy little fish, that’s for sure.
 
I've ordered a male Amatitlania septemfasciata which will be another display fish.
 
I’ve an order of Microdevario kubotai (green neon rasboras) coming this week…….can’t wait. :rolleyes: Ordered a nice shoal of 18 to have them color up nicely and feel secure after QT. These will be the last nano fish I get for a while………famous last words:cool:
 

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I was browsing one of my fave LFS sites & discovered that they have Brachydanio tinwini in stock.

I have only been trying to find this species for the past 20 odd years so needless to say I am planning to go get some!
 
Picked up a couple new platy and 5 guppies. 3F/2M. Some really nice colors on them hopefully they fill our 55 back up. Miss seeing 20-30 babies of all different colors. If anyone can id the platy sexes that would be appreciated. Not sure if they’re still too young to tell. Thanks!
 

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LFS has Kohaku Lame ricefish - on the pricy side but boy are they pretty.

Lame ricefish have scales with a diamond glitter effect and the Kohaku have red ‘n white patterning to go with that.

Apparently the patterns are unstable so no two fish look alike but they’re really gorgeous. I may be unable to resist the temptation.

Picked up a couple new platy and 5 guppies. 3F/2M. Some really nice colors on them hopefully they fill our 55 back up. Miss seeing 20-30 babies of all different colors. If anyone can id the platy sexes that would be appreciated. Not sure if they’re still too young to tell. Thanks!
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Orange is female, the dark one is male.
 
I'm planning on setting up another planted betta tank. Would love a calico female, but we'll see. I already definitely have enough fish, but I'm still itching for another lol
 
D39 for me. Apistogramma sp D39 - look it up - a stunner. Monday my winkies (and i have a lovely male fry in the mix) get a 90 and their old 29 will get some D39 when it is warm enough for the seller to ship.
 
Picked up a couple new platy and 5 guppies. 3F/2M. Some really nice colors on them hopefully they fill our 55 back up. Miss seeing 20-30 babies of all different colors. If anyone can id the platy sexes that would be appreciated. Not sure if they’re still too young to tell. Thanks!
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Blue guppy are my favorite. Have one similar, hoping to breed.
 
I picked up a group a these guys the other day; seem to be doing well enough - they are in the discus aquarium which is nice and warm and very soft (ec 20 ph 4.7):

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I picked up a group a these guys the other day; seem to be doing well enough - they are in the discus aquarium which is nice and warm and very soft (ec 20 ph 4.7):
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What are those fish?

As for me,

I found out just a wee while ago, while browsing as I often do while slurping up a big mug of tea, that there is another batch of Blue badis at the store that lost a whole shipment of them not too long ago.

I asked if they’d be getting more & was told maybe, but who knew when. So it was a surprise to see them listed again so soon. I called to ask what kind of shape they’re in and was told they look good.
If they’re still in decent shape at this time next week, maybe I will finally get my so-long-desired Badis badis.

Fingers crossed.
 
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