Small Tank With Bororas Brigittae

In the situation of having a second tank, presumably duplicates of aquarium equipment (syphon, net, etc) would be required, to avoid potential cross-contamination?

Also, I note that there are some warnings against bororas brigittae being kept in biologically immature aquaria. Obviously, mature media from the main tank could be used to speed up the cycle, but, once that's complete, is there anything else which could be done to make the tank more "biologically mature" besides transferring some of the substrate and decor from the main tank (which would hopefully contain at least some of the micro-organisms required)?

If you want to be super-safe, yes you should have separate equipment for each tank. In my case it did mean that I didn't transmit whitespot from my 180 litre to the 50 litre and betta's tank. But I do use the same equipment for the 50 litre and betta.

In the case of equipment that is used rarely and dries out between uses eg nets, there should be no problem in using the same one, as long as it does dry out between use on different tanks. I just have two siphon tubes and 2 water-out buckets. They don't cost much to buy twice. The reason for 2 buckets is filter washing could transfer anything nasty if the water was changed on the same day.


I think transferring substrate and decor would help enormously, and especially plants. B. brigittae are shy fish which do like a lot of plants so moving some from another tank would help.

And as Fiona says, bacter ae.

With 9 tanks it would be crazy for me to have a set of equipment for every tank.

Much ado about nothing again, in my opinion.

I've only used separate equipment since I got shrimps. Since most medications kill shrimps, I don't want to run even the tiniest risk of introducing something into that tank. And since I clean the betta's tank at the same time I just take water out of the shrimp tank, then the betta's tank, then fill them both up using the same siphon tube.
I suppose if the fish in the shrimp tank did come down with something I'd have to move the fish out to treat them.

This is another reason for quarantining everything that goes into the shrimp tank.

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I have a similar non fish related book issue. I've got x2 6ft bookcases in the dining room and I need to completely clear one as we're extending my son's bedroom into the dining room and we're downsizing furniture. How do you clear a prized sci-fi and gardening book collection?  Getting there slowly mind you.

Thanks, Cod - yes, I've got that edition of PFK and it was indeed a great article. My very soft water should suit them; my PH would be on the high side of the acceptability range but I should be ok, especially if I add in the catappa leaves and the alder cones as it suggests.