Recent content by Fishy_Dan

when you say surprised...will they be dead on the floor/floating, or will the parents eat them?

oh dear, I'm just realising I may have bitten off more than I can chew with these guys. I never imagined they would spawn so easily and frequently!

The problem I have is that I never intended to raise any fry. So I am totally unprepared and have very little space for a new tank. It sounds like I have a few weeks before it gets ugly, but really what can I do? Can I give them away when I take them out of the tank at 4 weeks? How big will they...

Proud mother

I got a pair of apistos about 2 weeks ago, now I have a ton of free swimming fry!! It's amazing but I have no idea what to do with them. They're in a peaceful community shared with rasboras (T. Hengeli). What will happen to them? Will they get eaten? Will they die without special food? My...

the female was protective about her cave for a few days, but not overly aggresive. She would swim up to where the rasbora hang out and chase one or two briefly then return down to the cave. It looked more like token aggression rather than anything to really worry about. Only did it while the fry...

Well, I waited a month and so the other fish were fine. Added 5 more T. Hengeli, waited another month, no problems. 2 weeks ago I added a pair of apistogramma cacatuoides, today I have a ton of free swimming fry!! Will post in a separate thread about them, but no idea what to do now!

I won't add anything in a hurry. I think I'll take the T. hengeli up to 15 for a larger shoal, and a pair of Apistogramma hongsloi when I'm sure nothing else is awry.

I'm also fond of Bolivian Rams, but could I have one in a 60x30x30cm tank?

I don't spray anything above or near them. I'm in a bind as it's a 15G tank that was designed for the honey gourami. If something is killing them I'm not sure what to replace them with. At the moment I have 5 amano shrimp, 10 rasbora hengeli, a zebra snail, and pest snails that came on some...

Feed standard flake food and hikari micro pellets. Weekly water change of 70% including sucking up dirt off the sand substrate Clean the filter every 4 weeks Other fish are just the rasbora espei and amano shrimp The first batch I got from a different shop, they lasted fine for nearly 2 years...

Hello! I've recently lost 3 honey gourami, one at a time about a week apart. Two followed very similar pattern, started having stringy white poo, then bloated up with dropsy. Eventually lie on the ground without being able to move until they die. The third seemed to be ok, but one morning I...