Realistically, as long as there are enough caves/territories for the males to not fight, and filtration/water changes are kept up with, your real limiting factor is the fish themselves. I'd say you could easily keep 2 (maybe even 3) trios as long as you create ample amounts of caves for the males. I ...

Thank you so much for your reply. Good to hear from someone who has been successful with them at that temperature. My tank is at 78*F (formerly a pygmy cory species tank) and I was worried it would be a bit hot for them. Have you found them to be aggressive feeders like standard otos? Mine haven't ...

Today I went to one of my favorite local fish stores, a mom and pop outfit called the Planted Aquarium Store here in Fort Lauderdale. I was on the search for more aquarium moss to complete my moss wall for my 30gal oto/shrimp tank. When I got there I was informed that they were out of moss (should ...

Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated!! As the tank is a little larger I was thinking about adding a couple of other small species to it, Dicrossus Filamentosis and Otocinclus spring to mind - does anyone see these as a problem. I'd have to say a firm no to the Dicrossus but I see no reason at ...

Have they checked it out yet? It sometimes takes several hours and it normally only takes one curious one to get the others interested.



Joe

The food I make mine is very similar to the Soilent Green. I make it with spirulina powder, mashed peas and various other veggies like broccoli and zucchini then I mix the paste with boiled agarose to create the gel. As I am typing this, my shoal of about 25 strong is demolishing a piece the size of ...

Flicking behavior is totally normal on occasion. Fish get itchy too. And yes beige to brown is the normal background color for these fish.


Joe

In my experience, not even the least picky otos will bother with algae wafers. They prefer something softer like blanched veggies or various mashed peas/algae wafer pastes. They have much smaller, more delicate mouths than most other members of the suckermouth family and tend not to appreciate the ...

Garlic is another ingredient I plan to include in my next batch. I am strongly considering melting down the batch in the freezer and adding more agar and garlic to it. I am really happy with the consistency of the paste I made with the given ingredients, what I'm not thrilled with is the firmness of ...

Hi guys, Since I am always on here looking for advice and ideas for myself I figured I would contribute a little tonight for a change and share with everyone a little project I did today with my spare 2 hours. I drew my inspiration from two places: James0816 got me thinking a few months ago with his ...

Nematobrycon palmeri or Hyphessobrycon amandae????





Joe

You could make one fantastic looking shrimp tank out of a 5gal. DIY CO2 is really only efficient in aquaria less then 20gal in size anyway so I wouldnt expect that to cause you any trouble. Before you do that though, make sure you have enough lighting...low lighting combined with high CO2 is asking ...

In that case, do you think it would be a more practical idea to go with the Pseudomugil instead of the Iriatherina for purposes of being able to raise the fry?

So in that case, what do you guys think about a trio of Pseudomugil gertrudae and a trio of Iriatherina werneri? Would that work, do you think? I must admit, I do really like the Iriatherina werneri but the gertrudae are definitely a very close second. If I had to pick one I would pick Iriatherina ...

Before even logging on to check what ideas anyone might have sent me today, I had done some of my own research. My number one and two choices were and currently are the threadfin rainbow and spotted blue eye rainbow. Now that I saw that the threadfin was a suggested species as well, I am even more ...

If anyone has any ideas, please let me know. Scientific names preferably. Also, below is the tank I will be using.

Thanks,
Joe

Until recently, I was using my heavily planted 30g long aquarium with a 10g sump to spawn otocinclus. I recently moved the oto shoal to a slightly smaller aquarium purely out of convenience and now I have a fishless yet beautifully planted aquarium with nothing but fire red and blue bee shrimps and ...

Its funny you bring the cocamas up, because I have very recently been contemplating buying a couple of them from thewetspot and attempting to keep them in the same 30gal long that I am using for my spawning group of vittatus. In there is a school of C pygmaeus (~20), a school of vittatus (~15) and ...

What a healthy looking baby you have there! I'm jealous. My "spawning" group spends wayyy more time eating their peas/carrots babyfood jello than getting down to business. I have 3 huge, hopefully gravid females though so I am remaining hopeful.

Crossing my fingers,
Joe

The best way to go about it is to raise the temperature to about as high as they can handle (81*-83*F)for a week or two. It will speed up the life cycle of the organism and make treatment both more effective and quicker. QuickCure is pretty harsh, they would probably handle a bit of salt in the ...

That's a pretty awesome set up you have. Its interesting that both you and another member of this forum have noted that spawnings have occurred at a pH of around 7.5. I was always under the impression that lower pH was necessary. How do you prepare their peas for feeding? I mash mine up and mix it ...

Pictures!? Both of the fry and of the tank please. I'm attempting to spawn mine in a 30gal long heavily planted aquarium. Any pointers or anything as far as water params or foods? Ive seen several spawning embraces in my setup but none have produced eggs.


Joe

Any news?

I noticed you have a powerhead in there beside the heater. Do the cocama prefer a significantly higher amount of water flow than the vittatus?