Think Fish Keepers Daily News. [2016-2019]

Marvellous - thanks @Paddyc 

random question: I have tetra active substrate. It's inert, small, brown - and very light. How will panda cories adapt to this? Sifting through it should be fine for them because it's so light (it's a wonder it sinks), but the particles aren't as small as fine gravel (didn't want fish choking on it!) and nowhere near as fine as sand. Google images of it - will panda cories be fine with this?

If it isn't sharp to the touch, then it's less likely to wear the barbels down. Richard W posted recently about his views/findings that his cories never had problems with gravel - best have a look for that thread, just to be sure I haven't misquoted him. As for fish choking, generally, most people will reassure you that it's unlikely to happen butalthough I did have a couple of goldfish who were prone to swallowing the substrate and choking on it and I ended up opting for a barebottom tank ultimately.

Harlequins provided a gentle reminder that I'd completely forgotten to feed any chopped pea to the tank this week.  A 1cm thread of poo coming from the vent of one of them was a subtle hint.

Oh that reminds me @fcmf, I fed my community a couple of chopped up peas the other day! They looked a bit puzzled at first, most probably due to the colour of it and because it was sinking much faster than the micropellets do... But everyone seemed to love the unexpected treat 

They mystery gourami is completely cure now, I'll leave the meds in until I do a water change on Saturday just to be sure. When I first put this fish in the tank she followed the big round round for a few days and then he started following her (I'm pretty sure its a her). She has the stripes but she doesn't have the amazing colours he does and she doesn't display. Its quite funny because he kind of tilts on his side with his fins wide open and I swear the colours intensify for that period. Its a real "HEY LOOK AT ME I ALL MY GORGEOUSNESS" moment 

The pygmy cory egg that looked ready to hatch appears to have done so and I think I saw a fry, there was something on a java fern leaf and I gave it a very gentle nudge with a skewer and it zipped off. There's only shrimp and pygmy cories in there so who knows ......

I don't hoover the floor in the shrimpery as I'm taking a leaf out of Richards book and I'm going to let the poop feed the plants, so there won't be an hoovering upsets.

Its quite funny because he kind of tilts on his side with his fins wide open and I swear the colours intensify for that period. Its a real "HEY LOOK AT ME I ALL MY GORGEOUSNESS" moment 

The pygmy cory egg that looked ready to hatch appears to have done so and I think I saw a fry, there was something on a java fern leaf and I gave it a very gentle nudge with a skewer and it zipped off. There's only shrimp and pygmy cories in there so who knows ......

I don't hoover the floor in the shrimpery as I'm taking a leaf out of Richards book and I'm going to let the poop feed the plants, so there won't be an hoovering upsets.

The first part made me laugh 

Keep us posted on the progress of the fry, how great would it be if it made it to adolescence and adulthood! 

Wee update on my QT from yesterday...

As I said yesterday my nitrite reading was still quite high (somewhere between 5 and 10ppm) and today I can confirm the cycle is definitely no longer stalled (given that I replaced half the tank water and then got up to 10ppm nitrite I'd bet it was).

Th nitrite reading is between 0.5 and 1.0ppm today. I'll do another 3ppm ammonia dose this evening (to give the nitrite level a few more hours to come closer to zero, then it's on to 48 hour tests.

Quote from: Paddyc on June 16, 2016, 02:25:34 PM

my Nitrite reading was still quite high (somewhere between 5 and 10ppm)

I'd call myself blessed if my nitrates were that low 

Ummmm.... 

 

My tank photos are here:
https://goo.gl/photos/Qxa3fo9cM3pRjaj26

He is very shy but I will try. Hoping to get up to 4 more rineloricaria falax!

Hooray, photos. We're doing well on pictures today.

I have now realised that I am going mad as far as fish are concerned. I've previously admitted to talking to my fish, but I have just found myself saying "hello pandas" when looking at Apache's photos. Doh. 

I like the tanks and congratulations again on the eggs.
Any chance of a close up of the whiptail, whenever you have time? This is a bit like me asking Paddy for a picture of his bristlenose plec before I got one. Unfortunately I don't think I've got space for a whiptail, they are just something I like the look of, so just going to have to look at your fish instead of getting my own. Hope you don't mind.

 
  for loving my pics

#picsoritneverhappened

Love the names you've given to your fish.
Hope to see pics of Mr Whippy when he gets a bit more adventurous.