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Hopefully someone sees this! But so far I think they’re doing ok. I’m adding “first bites” a little bit at a time to not foul the water

Thanks for your reply - I have changed the water now and will stow the Methylene blue for next time around. I see them trying to swim up to the surface or at least “glass surf” and they can’t quite make it to the top.Perhaps that’s an age thing and they’ll get there. I just measured the depth...

So I have About 30 Fry hatched 3 days ago. This side-car tank is about 6” deep and it has an inlet and an outlet, so water cycles from the main tank to the side tank, then back out slowly, keeping it fresh. However... I worry that this water level is too deep, for the cory to develop their...

Hi everyone. Well, the miracle of life... My albino cory female has been laying eggs and I've been trying to hatch them for months. I've tried all manner of nets, sectioned off plastic containers, etc. To no avail. They either get fungus'd and die or get eaten by other fish. Well today on my...

Saw the pleco already chowing down on one group of the eggs :(

Next question is. How do I keep them from getting eaten? Will these be a delicacy for any of my other tank dwellers?? Thanks for the help. I’m glad they’re not bacteria or something! I think the tank’s doing pretty well!

No snails in the tank... I figured fish eggs would’ve been in the dense foliage or something not on glass! There’s standard tropical... like zebra danio, Cardinal tetra, BN pleco, Cory cat, harlequin raspbora and red eye tetra.

Hey everyone! Long time, no post. It’s been a long busy year. I’ve been continuing to grow and develop my fresh water tropical tank thanks to all your guidance and help, especially Byron of course! https://imgur.com/gallery/lUFMFin I have uploaded 3 pictures to the public IMGUR linked above...

so in reading about the MLS/MTS I see that their population can explode and go from a half dozen to dozens or more in relatively short order. Do you have that problem Byron or do you see that as a problem? I want to get them as they do seem incredibly hard to kill, but after reading some horror...