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Yesterday I released the 2 larger ones into the main tank, they seem to be doing fine, eating commercial food and everything. Here's a small video:

Little update here, the few fry that remained are currently doing well. This is the largest of them (in the plastic box) next to an adult female for comparison. They are eating brine shrimp nicely and I also offer some banana worms for the slower growers. Note that this is ~2.5 months old and is...

One other possible explanation would be the DIY fertiliser capsules I used when I set up the tank (using osmocote-type fertiliser). I planted these deep in the substrate (fine sand) but after adding some new plants, part of the fertiliser might have surfaced. The API test measures both Ammonia...

One of the safest treatments for fish inverts and plants, is metronidazole. You can also find it in your regular pharmacies, as it is also used to treat protozoan (and some bacterial) infections in humans (here it's called Flagyl). Do a small research online to check for dosages etc. It doesn't...

The riparium is doing good, not perfect but good. I had some random spikes of ammonia (followed by spikes of nitrates) which I assume are due to bad circulation and rotting plant parts. I am thinking of adding a second filter to cope with this (improve circulation and filter media volume). I am...

Happy new year everyone! At the moment I have a few fry growing from a different spawn. I lost the previous batch and I think the problem was that I didn't have some sort of "intermediate" type of food after Paramecium and before Artemia, as they were doing fine until about 12-15 days post...

I would go for 180+ litres, they live for many years and tend to get sort of big (and they also eat a lot). I would also go for a relatively large bottom surface area (e.g. 120x50 cm) and keep the height medium to low (though this might constrict your plant choices).

I managed to get a couple of photos from the fry, now roughly 10 days old (they are from 3 separate spawns a couple days apart), still feeding on Paramecium (and an occasional dash of powdered food). I will try offering some BBS tomorrow and I'll see what happens... And one more...

Hi, I haven't updated this because I mysteriously lost the first batch of fry. They disappeared within a period of 8-9 hours (while I was at work). When I returned home I only found 1 fry (there were 15+ before). I am 99% sure that one of the adults jumped in the fry box and ate them while I was...

Here is a pic of my stones, along with the dead snails... I also thought that iron would be safe for the inverts, but I assume the levers were over the roof (I didn't have a test for it). Alternatively, it could have been some other metal released by the stones...

I did measure copper levels before adding the snails and it was within normal range. I assume it was the iron that killed the invertebrates. Στάλθηκε από το Mi A2 μου χρησιμοποιώντας Tapatalk

I have tried similar rocks in a small planted cube. We call them "iron-stones" here. They killed any snail or shrimp that I added in the tank. I would advise against them. Στάλθηκε από το Mi A2 μου χρησιμοποιώντας Tapatalk

Hi, yes I didn't change anything regarding lighting, the lights are on for about 10h everyday (with a 1h dawn/dusk simulation). The eggs stayed in the main tank but were transferred into a small floating clear plastic box with mesh-covered holes and a bit of water circulation by a tube with...

I had several spawns over the weekend :) My latest contraption was to spread a piece of cling film (plastic wrap) on the glass wall at the site where they usually lay their eggs, in order to safely remove the eggs afterwards and place them in a hatchery box. I also added a little tube with...

There you go, I will post some more info on how they were planted and how each species is doing at some point...

I've got good news and bad news :rolleyes: The bad news are that the eggs had dried out when I went home in the evening, the male had probably stopped splashing them at some point. My tank is open top, so the humidity is not very high above the surface, which could also have contributed to...

Thanks, you mean info on the plants or the planters?

I got the first eggs today on the front panel! :) I saw some increased activity last night, females were very close to the male doing the test leaps. Today I found the eggs, they were probably laid very early in the morning. I saw the male splashing them once before I left for work. Since it's a...

Hello again, one of the males has been repeatedly leaping on the front panel of the tank for the last two days. I assume he has picked this spot because it has very little water flow/surface agitation. He chases away all the other males that enter this area, but he also chases females away...

A small update, the fish seem well habituated, they swim everywhere in the tank and are not too frightened when I pass by. They also have a good appetite now (in the beginning they were a bit hesitant to eat)! Males are sparring occasionally and the females have started developing an orange hue...

Thanks, I've seen this paper, I've looked for all relevant published articles before purchasing them (I happen to be a Biologist ;)). Truly fascinating fish! They seem to enjoy the added Pistia too...

Today I saw two males competing, they had developed a darker colour band on their sides. The fish hang out more in the open space generally. It seems they have started habituating in their new home :) Στάλθηκε από το Mi A2 μου χρησιμοποιώντας Tapatalk

Yes, I have some Pistia growing in a different tank so I will be adding some of that...

The fish are in, they were very shy in the beginning, only swimming in the back of the tank under the hanging planters. After a while they started swimming around in the rest of the tank, but they quickly retreated in the covered areas when they felt threatened. They ate a bit but not with much...

Great! Thank you both for your input, I will be receiving the fish tomorrow (hopefully) so I will update the thread in the next few days :)

Hi all, I have a very specific question regarding the splashing tetras Copella arnoldi. I have set up a riparium specifically to accommodate these fish (see pic below), along with a group of bronze corys which are already in there now. I know these fish leap out of the water to spawn and I have...