I've got red cherries and about 10 ottos in my 10 gallon planted with eco complete substrate using chicago tap with seachem prime. Ph always is between 7.4 and 7.6 using api liquid test.
The red cherries has multiplied from from 15 to more than a hundred since march, the color variation goes from red to mottled brown and some are orange-ish. I saw a couple of otto babies a month ago but havent seen it since.
I've tried breeding guppies but I couldnt even keep them alive despite maintaining water parameter at 0ppm ammonia, 0ppm nitrite, 10ppm nitrate (weekly api liquid test). After 4 dead guppies I decided to stop killing guppies.
I've also tried keeping two dwarf puffer, the first one was thriving, eating baby pond snail and live blackworm for 1.5 months, then i got another one, and the both died in less than a week, Im guessing i've got a diseased puffer.
I just set up another 10 gallon next to a south facing window for growing out plants and I've put in a dwarf gourami and 2 blue gouramis, they were fighting on the first day but after separating them for about 2 days they are now quite peaceful. I know 10 gallon is too small for 3 gouramis, Im gonna give the two blue gouramis to an lfs when I can find a female dwarf gourami. Its been two weeks and the 3 gouramis are doing fine, and I saw bubble nest after the first week, and now the dwarf gourami is squirting water whenever i bring out the live blackworm .
I also want to try keeping and or breeding trichopsis pumila (sparkling/pygmy gourami) if I can find them.
The red cherries has multiplied from from 15 to more than a hundred since march, the color variation goes from red to mottled brown and some are orange-ish. I saw a couple of otto babies a month ago but havent seen it since.
I've tried breeding guppies but I couldnt even keep them alive despite maintaining water parameter at 0ppm ammonia, 0ppm nitrite, 10ppm nitrate (weekly api liquid test). After 4 dead guppies I decided to stop killing guppies.
I've also tried keeping two dwarf puffer, the first one was thriving, eating baby pond snail and live blackworm for 1.5 months, then i got another one, and the both died in less than a week, Im guessing i've got a diseased puffer.
I just set up another 10 gallon next to a south facing window for growing out plants and I've put in a dwarf gourami and 2 blue gouramis, they were fighting on the first day but after separating them for about 2 days they are now quite peaceful. I know 10 gallon is too small for 3 gouramis, Im gonna give the two blue gouramis to an lfs when I can find a female dwarf gourami. Its been two weeks and the 3 gouramis are doing fine, and I saw bubble nest after the first week, and now the dwarf gourami is squirting water whenever i bring out the live blackworm .
I also want to try keeping and or breeding trichopsis pumila (sparkling/pygmy gourami) if I can find them.
