A pic of some fry, play sand grains for scale [ATTACH]
Jungle Aquatics in Broadacres has a tank full of Ryukins at the moment, but they're not exactly cheap.
Awesome to hear, where are you based? I hope you have success with them! Have you checked with your LFS, they might be from a local breeder that...
Hi Surina, welcome to TASA :) I think you might be in for a long wait when it comes to hunting dow the badis. Unless you can forge a good...
Hey @ Rainstorm, nice thread, thanks for sharing! So far your plant selection has been great for the low tech-tech approach. My favourite of your...
+1 on the Otto's, and a nice school of pencilfish would be great :)
I'd say you have a natural eye for spotting those little scenes worthy of being photographed. Lovely uploads :)
[ATTACH] Looks so inviting..
Love that species list @dorff. Great choices there, must be a shweet tank. Oto spawns are rare to hear of, and in a community tank and from only 2...
@BadgerBadger, I have 8 in total, only one of which was sent into solitary confinement because of aggression. That is the male I tried breeding...
So I gave betta breeding a go this past weekend. Fail of NOTE~~ Some pics to show the nature of the fail } This male seemed intent on making a...
100%, those are all of the Melanoides family (Malaysian trumpet snails). Seems they're a very diverse group of snails, lots of varieties.. Thanks...
Cheers! If you're in the Fourways area over a weekend, send a pm and I'll hook you up with a few
Thanks for the input chappies.. I've settled on Melanoides granifera, Spike Tail Trumpet Snail. Hermaphroditic, so don't say I didn't warn you :)
Hi @Rainstorm! Great thread so far, and very well done with the tanks (and the DIY skills). In terms of quiet airpumps (non-battery types), I...
A really inspiring setup @MariaS, thanks for sharing! I'm guessing snails are non existant in this tank, with that fleet of orange submarines...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] These do articularly well in my planted tank, but only seem to eat algae, decaying plant matter and/or possibly fish poop
100% correct @MariaS. This aquifer is known as the Middle Klipriver Dolomite Groundwater compartment. I've done some deep percussion drilling in...
Looking good @prajayn! Regarding the floaters, it's probably got to do with the cories disturbing the subs. Once the groundcover growth really...
Eish, true story whatsaname.. Without empiral evidence, its all speculation
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