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I concur! :nod: What fish are you getting besides the catfish?

I've never seen them eat flakes. Not sure who told you that - hopefully not the lfs.. :unsure: I've not had good luck with the adfs I've picked up lately. 5 in total. Don't ask how many are still around.... (O) :blink: I do think that they are generally not very healthy from the stores...

don't add mom to the salted tank.... she'd die off quickly. No salt for adults. :crazy: If you hatch them out in a jar or small volume container, you can then remove mom easily (back to freshwater tank) and dump entire contents of jar (ie - all zoes included) into the already prepared/...

Sounds like you are in the same place I was a month or so ago. You can check out my thread just down a little ways entitled 'green eggs'. That was my newbie attempt. Start to finish. Bloo's link was very helpful in all that. :good: Good luck, and great that you've got a chance to read up...

That seems like a lot to me actually... I can get them from the local pet chain for about $7, and from a lfs for $6 each. Just bought a pair of balloon dwarf blues..... BEEEEAUTIFUL.... if I do say so myself! :drool: They were pricier. $14 each. Well worth it.

I don't know what's up with the colour differences of the eggs... Obviously Bloo is testament that white eggs hatch successfully... Mine have only ever been moss green in colour..? And hatched successfully (and that was about all :() the first time too. This time started green. Then she...

Looks like I jinxed it. This cluster of eggs turned white-ish, and it looks like she must have dumped them all. No eggs left when I saw her around today. Maybe she knew I needed more time to 'recover' and gather patience for the next round still!!! ;)

I'm assuming LR is lava rock? None in the tank. It is a bare bones (no substrate even!) quarantine tank that has been converted over to house the little guys temporarily until they can handle freshwater. Hence my confusion. :blink: no where for anything to hide. ONLY added a few plant...

Ok, all fine and wonderful.... the natural food bit, except that they have decimated the one food source that I worked SO hard to grow - my phytoplankton filled green water! :angry: And since amano zoes are microscopic, I've only seen green water listed as a food source for the first month...

:lol: :lol: I"ll vouch for that truth... (the original one - not so sure about the ensuing story... !! :D) :good: Truly is illegal. Cannot take a single thing out of a National Park that you didn't arrive with. Better hide that moss and bog quick if you hear a knock at your...

Hoping someone here can shed some light... I have a 5 g salt (28 sg), green water tank running with a sponge filter for amano shrimp zoes. Nothing else in the tank. Shortly after putting some algae covered leave cuttings in there to float (from my 55g freshwater) I noticed teeny white dots...

I will post in the marine section to try to figure this out... I am thinking rotifers may be accurate. Last night there seemed to be more than ever - in the green murkiness. This morning - CLEAR green water. Amazing tranformation. I can see everything in the tank again. :blink: It kind of...

Ok, white dots are not shrimp 'heads' without tails. Upon closer inspection they are a little teardrop shape, and motoring around independently in the water. Seemingly gazillions of them. Like little white water fleas?????????? There are so many, it's almost like dust moving with the...

Hmm... I can't find that info anywhere...? I've only read that it can take anywhere from 30 to 90 days..? Sure would like to know though. Would love to start changing out the water if that's possible. I think it's safe to say I've suffered massive losses in the tank. Seems to be a lot of...