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A 'little' box of chocolates, licorice n allsorts - baby chocco fry

BigTom said:
I took the shrimp guard off my filter and now I just empty it every week and pour the water through two nets; big shrimp get caught by the coarse net and go back in, baby shrimp get caught in the fine net and get moved to a nano for growing on.
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I used to do that in my puddle too mate plus there were the planters and a much bigger plant mass that shrimplets would hide in.

I figure atleast if I transfer the majority of my crystals over to the other tank once babies get to a certain size they can go into the big tank.

If I get started now then atleast when I come to getting the bigger set up in January I should have a fairly big group of shrimp ready to go in.
 
BigTom said:
Wow, going bigger again so soon? Are you going to keep the current tank?
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Around january time is when ill be ordering it and takes around 2 weeks to be made and delivered as its in acrylic so less waiting time.
No I wont be keeping the current tank once the new one is ordered. I wont have room. Its yours if you want it mate. Stand too.

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BigTom said:
Oooooooooooo.

Can I say a very enthusiastic yes, with the proviso that I have no idea where I'll be living or what I'll be doing by then 😛
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Ha ha yes sure mate. Its yours. I know youll look after it 😀
 
Speaking of, ive not popped any recent updates up so here's just a few pics of how the tanks looking today.
The carpet plants are starting to finally grow over the area where wood used to be.

Emmersed wood


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And one of the newer additions added yesterday

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In the mean time im planning a small low tech scape for when I get my tmc signature cube 😀
 
The maiden hair is looking awesome!

The carpet is looking really thick now but seems to be taking its time to fill in where you moved the wood.

Did you ever get a positive ID on the plant ?

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Gary Nelson said:
It looks stunning Alastair! A picture of health too, I love the last 2 pics, they look so natural... Keep the updates coming 🙂
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Thanks gary im loving the tank now, just a shame its having to come to an end but the end has been delayed which ill show why in a minute....

aliclarke86 said:
The maiden hair is looking awesome!

The carpet is looking really thick now but seems to be taking its time to fill in where you moved the wood.

Did you ever get a positive ID on the plant ?

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Thanks ali. .
The maiden hair fern is awesome it will be going in the new tank too. Im hoping to split it up and attach it to the monstrous piece of wood ive got.
Where the wood was its actually throwing runners out now. It was a little slow to start but its taking off.

The plant never got a true id, it appears to be some form of hybrid between e tennelus and dwarf saggitaria. Its no higher than 3 cm. Itll be passed onto people free when this tank comes down

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On another note...... I had ordered my monster tank the other day and was told today that its actually going to be done in 4 weeks so thought best make a start taking this down and to my shock and amazement look what I found when I walked up to the tank......

Chocolate babies........ im very happy
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chocolate gourami breeding by Mr-T-, on Flickr

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baby chocolate gourami by Mr-T-, on Flickr

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baby chocolate gourami 2 by Mr-T-, on Flickr

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baby chocolate gouramis by Mr-T-, on Flickr

Im over the moon. Theyre eating banana worms greedily and colours are beautiful...

Crap pics the battery was dead on my digital


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Michael W said:
Absolutely amazing, what an achievement! I've heard many people complain about how hard it is to keep adult chocolates alive let alone breeding them.
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Thanks micheal, im just as amazed myself I really was not expecting it at all.

Gary Nelson said:
Choc babies... great stuff and what a compliment to your tank health.... really nice to see :thumbup:
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Cheers mate, yes the tank must be perfect for them as theyve bred before but never been succesful. They must be really happy and im really really chuffed. Tank bred chocolate gouramis are a rarity I think from reading online and these seem really healthy and active. There's loads of them.
Its kind of made it difficult to set up the big tank now as I can't move these for a while.
 
Congrats mate 🙂
The best compliment of all paid to the tank by the inhabitants themselves!
Amazing stuff.....again, and the new monster tank to look forward to aswell.
With these chocolates you are spoiling us 🙂
Cheerio,
Ady.
 
That's fantastic mate especially with the problems you had to start with. When do you plan on starting the new mega tank up?

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