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Thursday supplemental. Finished three tanks this morning. Noticed some new Platy fry in the 45 gallon, tall tank. We're going to be changing out the water more often in all the tanks. I'm convinced that pure water conditions are the key to keeping fish healthy and reproducing on a regular...

Thursday. Pretty busy today with three and maybe four tanks that need water changes. We're looking at increasing the amount of water we change out too. May try to change out half the water every four days, just to increase the amount of clean water the fish are getting. We'll see how this...

Hello. Interesting. Have been getting conflicting information on the size from my readings. I'm changing the setup on this particular tank. I put in a large terrarium filter and dropped the water level about 6 inches on this 75 gallon tank. The water Lettuce grows so much better if it's not...

Hello again. This fish research thing is getting to be an obsession! But, a good one. We're keeping so many different species of fish, it's hard to decide on which one to talk about next. I'm thinking Giant Danios next. So, we'll get on with the research of this aquarium fish right away...

Wednesday late A.M. post. I almost left out what type of plants to have in your Scissor Tail Rasbora tank. Let's start with some Java Fern. A slow grower, but you can just drop the plant on the bottom of the tank and place a small rock over it to weigh it down in the water. The plant roots...

Today, I'm talking about Scissor Tail Rasboras. So far in my research, I'm confused as to the adult size of these fish. Some say near 4 inches and others say longer than that. Anyway, the fish is slim and a silvery color with some black and white stripes on the tail. Some say these's some...

Wednesday, mid morning. Just finished the water changes on a 100 and 55 gallon tank. All those water changes do several things to benefit my fish. Near pure water conditions for one. No filters are really necessary, because the water is renewed and aerated every few days. There's never a...

Wednesday morning. Sitting in the dining room with a second cup of coffee and thinking about the Scissor Tail Rasboras we have in a 75 gallon, heavily planted tank. I suppose the tail of this fish resembles a pair of scissors, so their name fits them. We have these fish in near neutral water...

Tuesday P.M. post. Thought the next fish to talk about would be the Scissor Tail or 3-lined Rasbora. I picked up a few of these fish at the local fish some time ago. Didn't realize at the time that they are some of the elite swimmers in the aquarium world and need open tanks in order to show...

Something more for Tuesday. It just occurred to me that we might research some of the other fish that we're keeping and pass on that information to the forum. We've kind of done this with the Platy fish we keep, but really haven't gotten into depth on some of the others we have. We could...

Sorry. Tuesday again. This is great! I'm picking up quite a few things about Rainbow Sharks and they're not even my fish. I'm keeping them for a government office. So, apparently, thinking the Rainbow Sharks are all females may have been a bit premature. Further reading says that they need...

Hello. Just some observations, not based on anything very scientific. I'm just watching the activity in my tanks on a daily basis. Sorry, but this is way too much information to read. I don't have a lot of help with all the big words. So, anyway, I'll keep my observations to a minimum here...

More Tuesday observations and information. More on our Rainbow Sharks. Originally from the freshwater bodies of countries like Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The size ranges from four to six inches and they can live up to 6 years. So, we have two that are about three inches and one that's...

Thanks for the information. It's much appreciated! 10

Interesting. That hasn't been my experience. My schooling fish will school for a couple of days, but once they feel secure in their tank, they completely stop schooling. Just another observation. 10