Badger's 150g Rio Negro/Orinoco Flooded Rain Forest

[WhistlingBadger]

Snapped a photo mid-water change. All is looking good. I'm going to have to remove a couple of those red lilies in the middle--they have gotten HUGE over the past couple months. And maybe thin out the swords too. The angels are acting a bit cramped. Nice problems to have.

 

[Boundava]

Beautiful! The plants are loving it and the angels are huge. The office and patients must love watching the tank.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

New Fishies!

 

[WhistlingBadger]

So, I had one sterbai Cory who as been by himself since his buddies died in the Great Ich Battle, back in March of 23. I kept expecting this guy to die too, but he soldiers on, all by himself.

So in this last order I got him ten buddies. Today, when I went over to do a water change, all the little sterbas were packed together in a school, patrolling the tank. And right in the middle of them was one sterba that is twice as big as all the others. It made me happy.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Which reminds me: @AJ356 did you ever find some driftwood?

 

[CassCats]

Fantastic tank, and great to hear about the sterbai's new buddies one of the best things to see is a lone fish first meeting more buddies, it warms the heart for anyone

 

[WhistlingBadger]

New Fishies!

Whew, I chose my music unwisely. There, I added something less annoying. Thank you, Youtube Royalty-Free Music Library.

 

[anewbie]

Are your angels domestic or native to the rio negro orinoco blooded rain forest ?

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Are your angels domestic or native to the rio negro orinoco blooded rain forest ?

Domestic. Didn't want to try wild angels in a business tank I only see once a week.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

The new angelfish are growing like weeds, vividly colored, red eyed, mugging for attention and food, as baby angels should be. Cories look well too, and it’s always good seeing the whip tail cats.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Well, as mentioned in another thread, my biggest angel died about a week ago, probably from hihd. No sign of anything wrong with the others.

 

[Boundava]

That's too bad.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Yeah, it's a bummer, but at least he seems not to have spread it to anyone else.

 

[Boundava]

I don't remember the last time I had a fish with that ailment, oh wait I do it was my big female golden dojo loach in my 75 gallon. She was the only one in the tank who had that problem so I'm not sure if it's contagious, I did wind up euthanizing her due to quality of life.

 

[Alice B]

Well, as mentioned in another thread, my biggest angel died about a week ago, probably from hihd. No sign of anything wrong with the others

I treat pet store angels or any whose tank of origin were not treated with metronidazole as part of quarantine, then my parent fish are clean and I don't have to treat babies.