Recent content by MuddyWaters

All I cannot remember what this plant is. It is very slow growing- this is over a year. I think some kind of cryp? There are a couple of tiger lotus leaves in there- I'm asking about the other one.

I just watched a video from Aquarium Coop yesterday on gravel vacuuming. I watched it thinking, "there's nothing he can tell me about doing this," but I did learn a couple of tricks. It's a great watch, and not too long.

I will admit that I have 4 neon green pristella tetras. Caught my eye and I couldn't help it. When people see that tank, those are the ones they ask about. I've got a ton of other species in there with them, but they do stand out.

Those are popular at my club auctions. I love them- 3 pair that are about 2 years old. The colors get better over time- they're really active and fun. Buddy at the club said they're easy to breed if you pull the female when she's showing (which is pretty much always), but I haven't bothered...

I like the pellets more than the flakes. I've heard the flakes can foul water more easily, but I have proven that you can foul water with enough of any kind of food :D. The hardest thing for me to do has been to learn to feed them less. I feed my fish only on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday now...

I have chili rasboras that won't go to the bottom at all to get food. They will zip to the top a little bit, but 90% of what they eat is as it falls.

I wonder if these are ones that are very closely related to something we know, but a fin on this one is a little longer or something like that - or are there really new- never seen anything like it type fish?

I know mosquito larvae are great for fish but there is no way on God's green earth I'm going to cause- on purpose- more of those devil-spawn to appear.

I put a betta in with a bunch of cherry shrimp and plants. He's way too lazy to go after them, and even if he did, he'd never catch them. The tank is full of plants, so the shrimp have the advantage of speed, agility and obstructions in the way.

This is interesting - not sure I totally get it, but wow! The fish still needs a male partner, right? The babies just end up as clones of the mother?

I bet your Dad had some stories to tell....

ooh those emperor tetras are pretty- I have never gotten them, but they're on the eventually list.' How about a picture?

Long fin anything doesn't do much for me. I do like the sailfin platties (or Mollies? I can't remember), but not really a fan otherwise. Having said that I do have a dang betta...still not sure why I bought it, but it hangs around sitting on plants LOL.