Recent content by plecc83

Hi all, I'm currently raising 50 ish sterbai fry, they are about 10 days old now. They are in a 25L bare bottom tank (24.5C) with a sponge filter, daily 20% water changes with prime. There is still a bit of methylene blue in the water leftover from when they were in the egg stage, I'm just...

Great! will do. I was planning on getting some spinach, how do you feed spinach leaves? Do you just blanch them and then pin them under a rock in the tank? Thanks for the help.

Thanks everyone for the great feedback! I did a 20% water change last night and another 20% this morning. I do actually have a free cycled tank available at the moment, that has the high GH & KH that matches my current tap water readings, so relocating them is an option. I was under the...

Thanks for the quick reply :) I just checked out my tap water, GH - 180 KH - 180 pH - 7.0 NO2 - 0.5 NO3 - 20 So the shrimp tanks setup is defiantly pulling down the KH. I have been trying to reduce water changes as much as possible on this tank as most of the YouTube guys recommend for...

Hi all, I have a small 50L yellow neocaridina tank, the tank is quite mature over a year old. But its only had the 6 shrimp and a rabbit snail in there for 3 months. I think I have just had my first failed molt, I left the shrimp in the tank just in case it's still mid-molt but I'm fairly...

Hiya, Apologies for the slow reply. Here you go, this is the best pic I could get. They are really active for cories and my photography skills are a bit weak :) I will try to get a few better ones of both male and female in a day or so when I give the glass a good clean. My largest female 50mm...

Thanks again Byron! The first publication is very interesting. Unfortunately some of the terminology goes straight over my head, but I'm starting to get a feel for it. Thank you for explaining how the species definition has evolved over the years. Great to hear that I shouldn't hopefully have...

Wow Thankyou Byron, amazing answer! I should have referred to the Northern Longnose as "corydoras septentrionalis" Here is a link to a basic info sheet from one of my local fish stores - https://www.fishkeeper.co.uk/help-and-advice/freshwater/catfish/northern-long-nosed-cory And a more detailed...

Hi all, Which Cory's can be kept together in groups without risk of cross-breeding? I currently have a 4 foot tank with a group of Sterbai and a group of Northern Longnose, are there some other species that would be compatible?