Recent content by bettas_in_DE

They can get the iridovirus which has no cure. This is why I would never buy one. (Other than the fact that I find them to be too bright and flashy lol) Really, it could be anything, from shock to water parameter issues, to getting a sick fish. Did you check the water parameters after he died to...

Yeah I guess mine are more continent based. But you can get the Indian Almond Leaves , origin SE Asia. Also on Tannin Aquatics I got Guava Leaves which are also originating in Asia. :) The wood though, I totally don't have that all being Asian, and I accidentally put in some botanicals that...

I order things from Tannin Aquatics. A lot of that is from Asia. Or the origin of the plant is in Asia.

Do you get them from your yard? I’m so OCD about keeping things from the same general area together, I only wanted leaves from Asia in here.

I know how to get black water, which I actually don’t like... I just like the look of the leaf litter and the pods etc. Only with clear water! I had a black water tank and it got so dark that I couldn’t see the fish. No matter how many WCs I did, it stayed dark.

HMPK are my favorite tail type. Usually I like the Koi the best for coloration.

I am unsure if the palm does break down, but that natural black water thing is all the rage now. My only concern with all the leaf liter (though I do have it in my current Gourami tank) is that it does break down or it hides detritus, so you may not notice a build up until it is too late, which...

You use water sprite as your floating plant? I had some salvinia in the tank, but with the HOB filter it kept getting messed up. (Really need to baffle -sis that the word - the filter to make the flow slower) I also had water lettuce in the previous tank set up that I loved, but it got BGA and...

Sparkling Gourami would be my top choice, yet are very hard to come by. I have only seen one for sale anywhere in the past 6 months. The barbs I was unsure of, as in all my years of keeping fish, I have never kept a barb before. Usually just bettas and rasboras. I could always put my rasbora in...

Really? I've never heard about this in all the years I've kept fish. I've heard that female bettas could be kept with gourami, never anything about diseases.

Hello all! I have an Anabantoid biotype aquarium that I was thinking of upgrading to a 33 long over the summer. It houses... 2x Honey Gourami (1M, 1F) 2x Croaking Gourami (1M, 1F) 1x Sparkling Gourami 1x Female betta 5x Golden Barbs If I upgraded this to a 33 gallon long, what other types of...

I have a cycled tank and I want to move the shrimp in that tank to a different tank and use the current cycled tank for other fish. I have 2 sponge filters, and want to use one in the new shrimp tank. To cycle this, do I just put it in the cycled tank for a couple of weeks or do I need to...

This is the father of some of them. No papers of course but be I am not sure what he is. Endler mix or wild guppy. He has a high dorsal fin which you can’t see in this photo and his tail had a pattern which doesn’t show that great in photos either that is different from other wild guppies I’ve seen.