noodlesuk
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Great post, some really great photos. Love the textures on those pebbles.
Yes nothing beats their colours when the tank get some morning sun light during spring and autumn. They had been on my fishy bucket-list pretty much since I first read about them, and finally got some about a year and a half ago. However, one of the things I had read about them, in an ancient Mergus aquarium atlas, were that they could be incredibly shy and might not feed while any people were still in the room. So while in quarantine, under a thick layer of floating plants, I was a bit worried if they were getting enough to eat, even though they were mainly fed on live blackworms. Needles to say, once I moved them into the paludarium they were pretty chunky, and have been eating everything since that (even new Anubias leaves). The original eight also spawned during quarantine, so now I have a school of 19, and they are still spawning among the plants most mornings.Love the congo's
That looks fantastic, and your Hygrophila is flowering well.Still very much alive:
Yes so I can't bring myself to pruning it back properly. For now I have settled with cutting of the top once it reaches the lights, but we'll see how long that works. So far it's responded by putting out a lot of side branches, and hopefully I can keep it going for a while longer.and your Hygrophila is flowering well.
I think Franklinothrips are pretty catholic in what they eat, so it wouldn't matter which "pest" thrips you have.* For those interested in biological pest control: I think I'm dealing with Hercinothrips femoralis, making the usual Orius bugs ineffective, although hopefully Franklinothrips vespiformis would work.