if you don't like the "stingray" shape of them there is others, like botia loaches. just be careful which species you go for, some of them can be ****heads
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Mmm i only loaches I like are Ambastaia sidthimunki and rosy loaches. But i'm not familiar with loaches generally.
But no I was wondering if you could suggest any hillstream species actually since you said they might do well in here. The water might be too warm for them though.
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My CW51s seem to be getting better. Starting to see signs of their barbels recovering. The big one who wasn't eating a couple of weeks back is actively looking for food whenever I feed the tank. Will be releasing them from their confinement in maybe 3 weeks.
Went out to buy another breeder box today as I want to get more fish next weekend and will be keeping them in the breeder box for the time being. My LFS has Corydoras hastatus and CW155s in stock so will be going down to check them out. Not sure which one I will end up buying. I really should be quarantining them in their own tank but I'm not sure I want to set one up for them since I only have a very tiny tank on hand and the water would be much too warm for them. I might run a little corner filter in this tank to get some media going in case I want to quarantine, but in all likelihood i'll just pop the new fish into this tank but keep them separated with the breeder box.
Anyway just wanted to share a picture of my Otocinclus cocama. Glad that they are doing ok!
20240427_153304 by Lenny Lim, on Flickr
Went out to buy another breeder box today as I want to get more fish next weekend and will be keeping them in the breeder box for the time being. My LFS has Corydoras hastatus and CW155s in stock so will be going down to check them out. Not sure which one I will end up buying. I really should be quarantining them in their own tank but I'm not sure I want to set one up for them since I only have a very tiny tank on hand and the water would be much too warm for them. I might run a little corner filter in this tank to get some media going in case I want to quarantine, but in all likelihood i'll just pop the new fish into this tank but keep them separated with the breeder box.
Anyway just wanted to share a picture of my Otocinclus cocama. Glad that they are doing ok!
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One of my Otocinclus cocama died. It was rather unexpected since both of them were eating so well. They were surprisingly not picky at all about what they would eat.
I kinda wonder if that might have contributed to it, since Corydoras and Otocinclus have rather different dietary requirements (I think). Perhaps my Otocinclus weren't getting enough algae based foods? As I tend to give my Corydoras a brine shrimp based pellet which my Otocinclus also gobble up. I'll probably have to throw in algae tablets more often or even better make my own algae based food.
I really, really like Otocinclus cocama, but I'm not sure if I want to try keeping any more of them only to have them die a month later. The first one I kept also died after a couple of months with me.
I've also modded the chiller with an external probe. It does help to cool the water down more, but it also takes very long time to chill the water. It took about 1 hour to reach 1 degree above target temp, but it takes more than 40 minutes for it to cool the water back down. I'll probably undo the mod because my bills are going to skyrocket and then consider getting a brand new, larger chiller in the meantime.
I kinda wonder if that might have contributed to it, since Corydoras and Otocinclus have rather different dietary requirements (I think). Perhaps my Otocinclus weren't getting enough algae based foods? As I tend to give my Corydoras a brine shrimp based pellet which my Otocinclus also gobble up. I'll probably have to throw in algae tablets more often or even better make my own algae based food.
I really, really like Otocinclus cocama, but I'm not sure if I want to try keeping any more of them only to have them die a month later. The first one I kept also died after a couple of months with me.
I've also modded the chiller with an external probe. It does help to cool the water down more, but it also takes very long time to chill the water. It took about 1 hour to reach 1 degree above target temp, but it takes more than 40 minutes for it to cool the water back down. I'll probably undo the mod because my bills are going to skyrocket and then consider getting a brand new, larger chiller in the meantime.
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As I mentioned, I undid the modification yesterday after noticing how long it took for the chiller to cool the water. I mentioned before that it has to do with the placement of the temperature probe. Without the mod, there is usually a difference between the actual temperature of the aquarium and the reading on the chiller since the probe is located in the water tank in the chiller itself. I find that the chiller reaches temp before the tank does, and so the chiller cuts off prematurely, which also results in the temperature reading increasing quickly as warmer water from the aquarium flows into the chiller. Noticed in the afternoon that it got to 26 degrees Celsius at1351, then took 25 minutes to cool by 1 degree. It then went into standby from 1416 to 1444 which is just 28 minutes.
No massive temperature swings which is good, but doesn't seem to be terribly efficient. I swapped it back to the external probe in the end so so that it could have longer periods of standby. I think it also results in more accurate temperature readings and the tank water actually gets cooled to what I set it to because this morning I woke up and noticed a lot of condensation on the tank which has never happened before.
No massive temperature swings which is good, but doesn't seem to be terribly efficient. I swapped it back to the external probe in the end so so that it could have longer periods of standby. I think it also results in more accurate temperature readings and the tank water actually gets cooled to what I set it to because this morning I woke up and noticed a lot of condensation on the tank which has never happened before.
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Got home kinda late. I've been getting home later these days so i've adjusted my lights to turn on half an hour later and turn off half an hour later too. Also adjusted my CO2 to turn on later and changed it to turn on 1 hour before the lights turn on instead of 1.5 hours.
Anyway, just wanted to share a picture of the condensation and a full tank shot of the tank winding down. Messed with the colours so that it would look warmer for the last hour or so so that it would look like the sun is setting
20240502_221019 by Lenny Lim, on Flickr
20240502_225032 by Lenny Lim, on Flickr
Anyway, just wanted to share a picture of the condensation and a full tank shot of the tank winding down. Messed with the colours so that it would look warmer for the last hour or so so that it would look like the sun is setting
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Little update
Went to the fish store today which is at the other side of my little island nation. Takes over an hour by public transport. Found out that they didn't have any Corydoras CW155s left, apparently nobody bought them for some reason, so they ended up exporting them! I should have texted them last week to ask if they could keep some for me, I really wanted them. Thankfully there was another fish that I wanted. The shop recently brought in yet more Corydoras CW51s, but this time they were massive and had some really nice big blotches. They were also selling them at the same price as the previous batch of much smaller CW51s! I bought 2 of them.
I'd love to have more Corydoras, but I don't think I could house any more of them so I probably won't be getting other species unless the shop brings in CW155s or CW004s again. I have a 30cm cube that I intend to take down in the later part of the year. I'll get myself another 90cm tank and keep more Corydoras species in that one instead. Thinking of another tank with the same height as this one but 45cm width instead.
I'll be keeping my CW51s in their little boxes for maybe a month. After that I'll probably look into getting a small-ish group of tetras and just maintain this aquarium long term.
Here's a picture of the CW51s I bought today:
20240504_214812 by Lenny Lim, on Flickr
Went to the fish store today which is at the other side of my little island nation. Takes over an hour by public transport. Found out that they didn't have any Corydoras CW155s left, apparently nobody bought them for some reason, so they ended up exporting them! I should have texted them last week to ask if they could keep some for me, I really wanted them. Thankfully there was another fish that I wanted. The shop recently brought in yet more Corydoras CW51s, but this time they were massive and had some really nice big blotches. They were also selling them at the same price as the previous batch of much smaller CW51s! I bought 2 of them.
I'd love to have more Corydoras, but I don't think I could house any more of them so I probably won't be getting other species unless the shop brings in CW155s or CW004s again. I have a 30cm cube that I intend to take down in the later part of the year. I'll get myself another 90cm tank and keep more Corydoras species in that one instead. Thinking of another tank with the same height as this one but 45cm width instead.
I'll be keeping my CW51s in their little boxes for maybe a month. After that I'll probably look into getting a small-ish group of tetras and just maintain this aquarium long term.
Here's a picture of the CW51s I bought today:
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The two big CW51s appear to be settling in fine. I am keeping them in a rather small box for observation so I don't think they are too pleased about their living arrangements at the moment.
Fed the tank frozen bloodworms on their first evening with me, they ate these readily which I think is a good sign. Yesterday I tried a pellet food with Artemia (brine shrimp) in it from a German brand called DiscusFood. My other Corydoras like it a lot but the new additions didn't finish it all. A little concerning but I think they will come around eventually.
Will try JBL Novotabs tonight. Have also ordered some Australian Black Worm pellets so that they have a variety of food to eat and will try that when it arrives.
Fed the tank frozen bloodworms on their first evening with me, they ate these readily which I think is a good sign. Yesterday I tried a pellet food with Artemia (brine shrimp) in it from a German brand called DiscusFood. My other Corydoras like it a lot but the new additions didn't finish it all. A little concerning but I think they will come around eventually.
Will try JBL Novotabs tonight. Have also ordered some Australian Black Worm pellets so that they have a variety of food to eat and will try that when it arrives.