WhistlingBadger
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Short version:
Has anyone on here kept Daisy's ricefish (Orzias woworae)? What's your experience with them? Do they like shallow or deep water; what level do they tend to hang out in; do they like dense planting or open water; how do they behave toward each other and other species?
Long version:
I am thinking about setting up a small (maybe 16"l by 10"w by 6"d) rice paddy environment. I'd like to either leave the top open and plant it with semi-aquatic, emergent grass, sedge, and weed species, or cover it and plant with grass-like aquatics (crypt balansae, dwarf sag, and similar). Little hardscape except some tonkin canes to complete the look, and some bamboo tunnels and/or flowerpots for breeding habitat. For critters, a breeding pair of small gouramis (licorice preferred, if I can find tank-raised ones) or wild bettas, amano shrimp, and a tiny, peaceful, bright-colored schooling species. I have an eye toward breeding licorice gouramis if I can find a non-endangered source.
I've kept blue rasboras (Rasbora axelrodi or Sundadanio goblinus) and they are wonderful little fish. From across the room they look like little blue sparks swirling around the tank, but they reward up-close examination, too, with their bright blue backs and maroon bellies and fins. They are a bit tricky about water quality, and extremely vulnerable to ich, but other than that they're pretty easy to get along with. I would love to try breeding them, and I could design this tank around doing so.
I am also considering Daisy's ricefish for schoolers. Based on my reading, they are small enough that I could conceivably keep a breeding school in a tank this size; they look nice and have interesting behaviors; they are unfussy as to water parameters. But I've never kept them, and as details matter much more in a nano tank, I'd like to know more before I commit. Any help?
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Has anyone on here kept Daisy's ricefish (Orzias woworae)? What's your experience with them? Do they like shallow or deep water; what level do they tend to hang out in; do they like dense planting or open water; how do they behave toward each other and other species?
Long version:
I am thinking about setting up a small (maybe 16"l by 10"w by 6"d) rice paddy environment. I'd like to either leave the top open and plant it with semi-aquatic, emergent grass, sedge, and weed species, or cover it and plant with grass-like aquatics (crypt balansae, dwarf sag, and similar). Little hardscape except some tonkin canes to complete the look, and some bamboo tunnels and/or flowerpots for breeding habitat. For critters, a breeding pair of small gouramis (licorice preferred, if I can find tank-raised ones) or wild bettas, amano shrimp, and a tiny, peaceful, bright-colored schooling species. I have an eye toward breeding licorice gouramis if I can find a non-endangered source.
I've kept blue rasboras (Rasbora axelrodi or Sundadanio goblinus) and they are wonderful little fish. From across the room they look like little blue sparks swirling around the tank, but they reward up-close examination, too, with their bright blue backs and maroon bellies and fins. They are a bit tricky about water quality, and extremely vulnerable to ich, but other than that they're pretty easy to get along with. I would love to try breeding them, and I could design this tank around doing so.
I am also considering Daisy's ricefish for schoolers. Based on my reading, they are small enough that I could conceivably keep a breeding school in a tank this size; they look nice and have interesting behaviors; they are unfussy as to water parameters. But I've never kept them, and as details matter much more in a nano tank, I'd like to know more before I commit. Any help?
T