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Sue · « **Reply #360 on:** September 22, 2016, 05:16:13 PM »

Re eSHa Exit, I haven't tried using it with shrimps, but back in March I couldn't find one of my nerite snails so had to add the medication with it in the tank. I finally found it 21 hours later and removed it. It is still alive crawling around the 180 litre.

Sue · « **Reply #361 on:** September 22, 2016, 05:19:38 PM »

Quote from: Littlefish on September 22, 2016, 05:08:21 PM

....and to hear that the male is displaying is pretty awesome, even though his tactics are less than subtle.

I've had these fish in the past so I knew what to expect. I even had them spawn in the QT last time I had them.

As SF says

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Whenever a gravid female approaches the cave of a male he will flutter and flare his fins at her, and attempt to get her to enter the cave. Sometimes he even employs physical force, nudging the female in the direction of the cave entrance.

fcmf · « **Reply #362 on:** September 22, 2016, 07:57:28 PM »

Quote from: Sue on September 22, 2016, 05:03:39 PM

I'm beginning to think that moving the fish from the 50 litre to the 180 litre wasn't a bad move. I have done a water change on the 180 this afternoon and the fish behaviour was quite interesting.
The hengel's rasboras clustered together in the corner as usual
The ricefish swam all over the tank, including dangerously near the siphon tube, as usual.
In the 50 litre, the cories and Boraras all hid in the hornwort tangle. Today they swam round the tank in their shoals (all Boraras as one shoal) and ignored what I was doing. Their behaviour was totally different in the big tank.
I keep reading that even 60 litres is small to fish, and I'm beginning to think they are right.
And the 100% sure male I got yesterday spent the entire water change displaying to a female, and pushing her into his cave with his body

This is quite fascinating - thanks for that insight.

Sue · « **Reply #363 on:** September 22, 2016, 08:11:36 PM »

I have taken a few photos this evening.

A pygmy cory quite happily sitting at the front of the tank. In the 50 litre as soon as they saw me they scampered away to hide.

A piece of wood showing black brush alga and the rather pretty green alga.

And a full tank shot of the 180 litre. There are a few fish visible.
The orangey ones with black markings are the hengel's rasboras (Trigonostigma hengeli).
Right at the top, to the left of the java fern which is disappearing behind the tank lid you can see a few fish - two rasboras, a fuzzy one with blue eye rings (a ricefish, Oryzias woworae) and a pygmy cory. Yes, pygmy cories do swim off the bottom of the tank

The red onion/racing track nerite is upside down on that same piece of java fern.
And near the top of the hornwort next to the filter is a cherry shrimp.

Littlefish · « **Reply #364 on:** September 22, 2016, 08:45:37 PM »

@fcmf I'm not convinced that using that quote will get you very far with Mr fcmf if you think it will get you a 180L tank to replace your current tank, but it's worth a go.

@Sue your tank looks awesome.

Your pigmy cory looks quite comfortable sitting there, and utterly adorable.
I like your green alga, it is pretty. The other algea is exactly what the wood in the puffer tank looks like. My mistake. I thought black brush alga was much darker and more tufty looking, especially after looking at some pictures on the internet.
Your full tank picture is brilliant. I saw the fish, chuckled at the upside down snail, and was very pleased when I saw the cherry shrimp. fantastic.
I live seeing pictures of everyone's tanks.

Littlefish · « **Reply #365 on:** September 22, 2016, 08:47:53 PM »

My brilliant spelling - I meant to say that I love seeing pictures of other tanks.

fcmf · « **Reply #366 on:** September 22, 2016, 09:28:42 PM »

Quote from: Littlefish on September 22, 2016, 08:45:37 PM

@fcmf I'm not convinced that using that quote will get you very far with Mr fcmf if you think it will get you a 180L tank to replace your current tank, but it's worth a go.

@Littlefish: I do genuinely find it fascinating but - oops - you obviously saw the cogwheels in my head going 19-to-the-dozen and knew exactly what I was thinking as well.

Brilliant, pics, @Sue - I thought you said you couldn't keep many plants alive... that tank looks fantastic! Also lovely to see the pygmy - I forgot how lovely they were with their tails tilted upwards like that.

Matt · « **Reply #367 on:** September 22, 2016, 10:03:09 PM »

Your tank looks great @Sue.

My hornwort arrived arrived today - thank you again. Ill be putting it into the tank on Saturday and will also post a picture. Thanks again.

Sue · « **Reply #368 on:** September 23, 2016, 09:28:43 AM »

Thank you all for those kind words.

Quote from: fcmf on September 22, 2016, 09:28:42 PM

I thought you said you couldn't keep many plants alive...

It's plants that are rooted in the substrate I have problems with. The plants in the tank are attached to wood, except the bucephalandra bits which are on rocks and the water sprite floating at the right hand side.

@Matt, glad to hear the hornwort arrived OK. If you let it, it will grow like mad. I started with half a dozen pieces about 4 inches long. The stems will get longer and longer but can be kept under control by breaking them to the length you want.

Sue · « **Reply #369 on:** September 23, 2016, 12:44:55 PM »

Why do fish make life tricky for us $:-\$

I know from experience that peacock gudgeons like to spawn in very small spaces. I had put in the tank two slate boxes with 1 x 1 inch openings and one piece of narrow plastic pipe attached to a piece of slate to stop it floating. The male that was displaying to the females yesterday used the pipe and slate cave. During the water change I replaced the slate boxes with one of those plastic ornaments that looks like a pyramid shaped stack of hollow logs and a small terracotta plantpot placed upside down.

Yesterday evening after taking the photos, I noticed one male had a white spot on his side. PANIC!!!!!! Because he was lurking in the foliage, I shone a torch on him, and the spot didn't look right for whitespot, it was shiny.
The lights have just come on and the male swimming round has no sign of any spots. The other is inside one of the tubes of the hollow log pyramid and won't come out even when I shine the torch in there. But I did notice that all the tubes in this ornament have bubbles inside, and the crevices between the sections on the outside also have bubbles in them. Was the shiny spot on the fish yesterday evening just a bubble from this ornament stuck to him?

He won't come out of his tube to let me check on him

Edit:
I dropped some food just outside the ornament. That didn't move him, but a female went to eat it and he dashed out to chase her.

No sign of any spots **huge sigh of relief**

ColinB · « **Reply #370 on:** September 23, 2016, 04:00:59 PM »

They're playing with your mind!

Sue · « **Reply #371 on:** September 23, 2016, 06:49:12 PM »

A couple more photos to share.

I spotted the stiphodon when I fed the fish this evening. This is what makes them so hard to catch in shops that have gravel on the tank floor

And when I looked in his ornament the male gudgeon popped his head out to stare back at me so I couldn't resist a photo of him. I think he's claimed the whole of the ornament as he's in a different tunnel every time I look.

The smaller male (the one I was only 90% sure was a male) seems to be disappearing into the plants on a piece of wood. maybe he fancies a more natural home.

fcmf · « **Reply #372 on:** September 23, 2016, 07:45:36 PM »

Absolutely loving these updates about your fishes' antics as well as the pics.

Fiona · « **Reply #373 on:** September 24, 2016, 11:58:04 PM »

@Littlefish I've used eSHa 2000 in tanks with cherry shrimps and they've been fine, I've no experience of using it with amanos though, hope that helps.

BTW I swear I just heard a croak from my 200l tank....do your sparklers croak at all @Matt ?

Matt · « **Reply #374 on:** September 25, 2016, 07:02:22 AM »

Quote from: Matt on March 21, 2016, 06:28:18 AM

I know there are others on here that have heard sparkling gourami croak, but mine are in the living room and so I've never heard them, what with the other noises in the room. I don't believe it is a hugely loud sound nor is it especially distinctive from what Google can tell me. Sue's experiences are:

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I had them several years ago. I did hear them croaking - more a sort of football rattle sound. I could just about hear it from the other end of the room if it was quiet.
See more at: http://www.thinkfish.co.uk/forums/welcome-to-our-tropical-fish-forum-please-read/introduce-yourself!/msg21775/#msg21775

I still haven't heard croaking.

I got a few bubbles of bubblenest recently but it never amounted to much... yet!

Sue · « **Reply #375 on:** September 25, 2016, 02:57:28 PM »

My 50 litre tank has gone, so no resetting it up

I put it on Aquarist Classifieds a couple of days ago, then this morning I listed it on Ebay. Within an hour I had a message asking if I'd sell it Buy It Now so I added BIN and sold it. I've never sold anything that fast before.

The chap's 14 year old son wants a tank in his bedroom and his dad says there's no way he's having his 6 foot axolotl tank in there so he had to get a smaller tank

Littlefish · « **Reply #376 on:** September 25, 2016, 10:26:47 PM »

@Sue I love the pictures. It always makes me chuckle when a little fishy face peers out of something, glad you managed to catch that.

Also good to know that your tank has found a new home. I'm not sure I'd want my axolotls in my bedroom as they can make some very strange burpy/farty/croaky noises when they go to the surface to get air. A nice 50L fish tank is a much better option.

@Fiona thanks for the information on the esha 2000 in a tank with shrimps. Mummy fish is doing well in the quarantine tank, not sign of spots, and she seemed to enjoy a bloodworm for dinner this evening. I was considering doing the single dose disinfectant treatment of the esha 2000 on the temperate tank, then leaving it for a while before taking the platy out of quarantine and putting her back into the main tank at the end of the week/next weekend. Is this a ok or not? I'm just a little concerned about the platy, but don't want to cause more problems.

Matt · « **Reply #377 on:** September 26, 2016, 07:39:14 PM »

I think I just heard croaking

If I'm right it's a kind of rapid clicking/vibration for half a second or so kind of like a cricket...

Not exactly loud but reasonably loud for such a teeny tiny little thing

Sue · « **Reply #378 on:** September 26, 2016, 08:00:16 PM »

I had sparkling gourami quite a few years ago and the sound was a bit like a short burst from a football rattle

apache6467 · « **Reply #379 on:** September 28, 2016, 02:29:30 PM »

Got some news... I GOT A BETTA!

His name is Borris (the betta) and he really adds some exitement to my tank! Pics coming soon!

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