Hi (life again! and 3 tanks to clean
), and thanks all for replys. Matt thanku for info on Oto's, no it wasnt any shop that were starving the otos, it was an article I read (Not in My Tank) on not purchasing Oto's and perpetuating the starvation thing .... I spoke to LFS, they suspect that this may before transport to various LFS's ... however, this raises the question that if they rely on their gut flora to survive and cannot go without food, are the little guys in the various LFS's doomed (if they are starved prior to transport) despite excellent care in LFSs???
Donna, you may well regret suggesting I post pics of my cats, I have literally 1000's HAHAHAHAHA, little curly balls of mischievous gorgeous Devons and a passion for photography
. A question on fish genetics for you, if you have a speckled and a yellow Bristlenose, when you get babies, do you (like mammals) get a mix of both, or do you (like shrimps) end up with a muddy green colour
. And OH OH OH, I think she may have laid (mine that is), mega clean today and opened up the filter (fluval U3 ... its hinged) and in the hinge were small, tho not that small, orange balls in jelly?
? would that possibly be them??? Sorry, they couldn't stay in the hinge, so I'm not sure where they ended up. But if they are, that confirms a male and female then
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Back to original post, although I have not as yet rehomed danios or barbs ... however, if I go to my original wish list, what are the numbers I can safely put in there? I currently have 6 rasboras, 6 corys and the 2 bristlenoses
Update though, one of my pearls is sick, so the newly cycled flex where he came from in the first places, has become his quarantine hospital tank and, I "think" its dropsy and am treating him kinda for that. I think he may have been sicker longer than I noticed tho, with each tank move he seemed to get bigger, but each tank was bigger so I thought this the norm. He seemed to beef up, get muscly, but then it went downhill, his abdomen became distended, his back arched, red gills and spots then finally raised scales .... he seems to be "looking" better, with treatment, however, he now is not really interested in food, and hugs the water surface???
This raises another question (should I be posting seperately???) ... I still have my Edge, but to be honest, setting it up is time consuming, and for as small as it is in reality, its footprint is much larger ... out and about fish thing shopping the other day, and I saw a little 12l kids tank (all in, filter, gravel, lid etc and a dinky little pack away size) for £30. I was wondering about the suitability of this for a quarantine tank if its required???
Have also discovered, my lush, happy, wonderful cory tank is maybe not so!!!! Plants taking over and minimising swim room, so today, during clean, decided to cut back java moss (greatly) .... discovered java moss is just a giant sponge for fish shit!!!!!!!! Ugggggghhhhhhh. Wanted to empty the whole dam tank and start again!!! But resisted, my immediate future is clearly going to be little and often cleans for the foreseeable!!!!! INEXPERIENCE STRIKES AGAIN "sigh"