Recent content by plebian

Everything you hear about corydoras requiring a sand substrate is nonsense. Corydoras are found in environments with sand, gravel or mud, or a combination thereof, in real world environments. In most of the Amazon videos I've seen, whatever the substrate might be, it is often completely buried...

I stopped using flake food because every brand I tried left an oily film on the water's surface. I've never had a problem with surface feeders using slowly sinking pellets, or with small fish, using micro pellets. In fact, my blue neons actually seem to prefer the larger Tetra granules even...

This is mostly true, but GH also captures other dissolved ions such as copper, iron, zinc, manganese, etc. These are typical a minor component of public water systems but they can be substantial components of well water, e.g.

There has been no discernible difference in interaction between any of the individuals, regardless of sibling group.

Each variety is a sibling group.

Not to be pedantic, but the reason Latin is still used is an artifact of the Roman Empire, Christianized Europe and later The Enlightenment. It had nothing to do with the British, Dutch, French and Spanish empires accept as an artifact of the aforementioned. All the ancient scholarly texts were...

I've had these splendens for almost 2 months now and have observed no change in behavior whatsoever. They are 5-6 months of age and were purchased from a breeder in Thailand. It's of interest to note that the term "plakat" translates to "biting fish" in Thai. Reportedly, this short fin...

Paracheirodon simulans. I know they are more commonly called green neons, or even false neons, but I think both those terms are less descriptive. Simulans are actually a brighter blue than neons, which I personally think could be more accurately referred to as "common" neons. I do occasionally...

Either there is a lot of misinformation about splendens on the Internet (assuredly) or my female plakats are displaying very unusual behavior. I have two varieties, 3 super reds and 2 red dragons. I added them to my large (680 liter) community aquarium to add some interest to a pair of discus...

Exactly how I would describe it.

I guess you never actually saw an Earl Campbell game? Cambell was bigger AND faster.

I raised Buster and Sailor, a male and female discus, from 3-month old juveniles. At around 10 months they formed a pair. Several weeks later, Sailor spawned but Buster was more interested in eating the eggs than fertilizing them. A week or two later, Sailor spawned again. Again, Buster showed...

Certainly a debate for another forum. Nevertheless, I wasn't "adding supernatural to the mix". On the contrary, I was simply pointing out that from a certain perspective, the very concept of "supernatural" is superfluous. I'll let it rest at that.

Have you ever heard of pantheism? Or the concept of immanence? Personally, I don't think the presence of consciousness in other species is debatable. Every living thing possesses at least a rudimentary form of consciousness. How else could they respond to a constantly changing environment...

Scientists have taught goldfish to drive. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/10/world/goldfish-drive-intl-scli-scn/index.html