My sorority girl keeps building a bubble nest at the surface and flaring at her reflection. No male in the tank. Is she just ready to breed or is this stress? She eats fine and her barring looks normal. 20 gallon heavily planted, 5 girls total.
Moved a lotus from my 120 into a new 40 with fresh soil and every floating leaf is yellowing and going soft. Parameters look fine, nitrate around 10. I've read they sulk after a move but this is the whole plant. Do I trim all the leaves or leave them until they drop on their own?
Two liter bottle, rigid airline, a lamp, done. Stop buying the fancy dishes. My hatch rate has been identical for three years.
Metered everything for a month. Heaters are 70 percent of the draw. Insulating the room dropped the bill by a third. Happy to share numbers if anyone wants them.
Went in for a rainbow shark for my 20 gallon. He said no and explained why. That store gets my money forever now.
Sold my first pair on here and the box is packed like it is going to the moon. Breather bags, 96 hour heat pack, double insulation. Tracking says out for delivery and I cannot focus at work.
The cacatuoides pair spawned behind the coconut hut again. The female is herding a cloud of maybe sixty fry around the tank like a tiny sheepdog. Microworms started today.
Reminder to put your heaters on a controller. $18 of prevention would have saved me a two-year breeding project. Gutted.
Testing both this month with temp loggers in the boxes. Early data says the 72s hold above 60°F for a full extra day. Will post the graphs.
Four bags of plants, a proven pair of kribs and a bumblebee goby I absolutely did not need. Total damage 38 dollars. Clubs are the best kept secret in this hobby.
Sold a breeding pair for pickup today, buyer saw the parents, the rack, the water. Ten minute conversation beat fifty messages.
Tubs are filled, plants are floating, the daphnia culture is rolling. White clouds and medaka go out next week. Best part of summer, fight me.
Everyone panics about green water. Meanwhile my ranchu fry in the pea soup tub are growing twice as fast as their siblings inside. Nature knows what it is doing.
Spent four hours arranging and rearranging seiryu. My wife says it looks the same as attempt one. She is wrong and I will die on this hill. Planting next weekend.
Took in a twelve year old clown loach group from someone moving overseas. They own the 125 now. Anyone else running a retirement home?
