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    Has anyone ever seen a female Scarlet Badis?

    Is it Dario breeding time? I managed to pick up a group of Dario dario including two females about 6 weeks ago and let them loose i my 250l tank, I've seen the dominant male mate multiple time with one or both the females but today whilst the filters were off at feeding time I was delighted to...
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    Good quality flake food recommendations needed

    As wookie suggested Bug bites seem quite popular with most of my small fish, if you wanted to culture any live food grindal worms or micro worms for very small fish are good. I also feed baby brine shrimp the Hobby brine shrimp hatcher is brilliant would defiantly recommend it if going the brine...
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    Fish recommendation

    +1 on Aspidoras pauciradiatus my favourite "cory"
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    Fish recommendation

    As you mentioned previously getting healthy specimens to start with is half the trick, its a while since I had them but after a few initial losses were quite happy in a mature tank with clean water needed lots of wood to graze on as definitely preferred biofilm/algae than any prepared food, I...
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    Fish recommendation

    If you decide to go down the 'otto' like fish and fancy a challenge finding them I'd suggest Parotocinclus britskii, fantastic little fish and would appreciate similar conditions too the Ammocryptocharax, I kept some a few years ago and were one of the best fish I've ever kept like tiny...
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    400l mixed community

    Yeah I used to live near Trowell and went regularly thought it was just ok, I've moved further away and was the first time I've been in ages very impressed, they did have some Characidium fasciatum too that I was tempted with and would be much easier to feed than the Ammocryptocharax Yeah...
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    400l mixed community

    Trowell @Wookii I got 6 out of the 8 they had, the others were quite thin and didn't look in great condition, but maybe worth a look if you were interested. Quite impressed with the fish selection at Trowell not been in ages as it a bit of a drive better than the closer Wheatcroft.
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    400l mixed community

    Amazing fish the Ammocryptocharax i've always dreamt of keeping them after seeing some of Ivan Mikoljis photos of them in the wild. So was astonished to see some at my local Maidenhead aquatics yesterday, so had to pick them up. No kidding on reading how tricky they are to feed. Any tips on...
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    Colour of female Dario dario/Scarlet Badis

    Hi thanks for the replies people, I have seen the seriouslyfish page and was looking for any peoples personal experience to the contrary, so thanks MirandaB good to hear that subtle colouration may be present in certain females. Only had them for a few days now, hopefully further monitoring will...
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    Colour of female Dario dario/Scarlet Badis

    Hi, I had managed to pick up what I hoped would be 3 pairs of Dario dario now I know the males are easy to sex but females are less easy especially when young. Of the there possible females I picked up one is definitely male, one is fingers crossed a definite female the third is more difficult...
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    Zebra Otto's

    Don't get the Aquasnack company also trade under the name Aquafood and also have at least one ebay account maybe they like competing against themselves for business
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    Zebra Otto's

    Aqualife in Leyland also stock Zebra Otto's, think they are £11.99 each :)
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    Parotocinclus Nanay Eanea

    As mentioned earlier they'll require high o2 and will probably be trick coustomers to acclimatise to aquarium conditions. The 'Naney Eanea' will more than likely mean where the fish was collected.
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    suitable fish?

    They usually cost around 2-3 quid when is see them. Breeding shouldn't be too difficult in the in correct conditions, fry may be difficult to raise due to siza. Water will need to be soft below 5°H and acidic less than pH 6, to raise any fry the tank will have to be very heavily planted or...
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    suitable fish?

    A 40l tank is about the minimum I'd surgest for any Stiphodon, they should be ok with kribs as long as they aren't breeding. Out of the commonly available species I think the 'blue neon goby' Stiphodon semoni or S. atropurpureus is the most attractive and I also smaller than the...
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    Looking for shoaling fish that like water current

    As jack said danios would be a great choice and much over looked for the planted tank especially when most have a high turnover of water a shoal of 20 or so would be great. 24-26 degrees would be a little high for zebras, but, Danio albolineatus, D. choprai and D. tinwini would be more...
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    New Goby for my tank* edit Prolific algae eater!

    looks like a male S. semoni
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    New Goby for my tank* edit Prolific algae eater!

    In my opinion Stiphodon arn't ideal tank mates in hi-tech planted setups, although it is possible as andy has shown, A fish gasping slowly is usually not a good sign, and this maybe down to the dosing of co2 as high levels of co2 do effect a fishes ability to use oxygen efficiently so for a fish...
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    Ultimate unusual planted tank fish

    Gobies are allways good, Brachygobius aggregatus one of my top 5 gobies I must keep before I die a true fresh water bumble bee goby that actually schools. (not my pic) also got your twig catfish in the background Adam. Or Yunnanilus cruciatus a really great andentertaining small loach that...
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    Barbucca Diabolica

    Can't see any of them being a problem, any luck with wildwoods?
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    New Goby for my tank* edit Prolific algae eater!

    Andy you may well be right with it being S. semoni, S. semoni and S. atropurpureus are very similar in appearance and ID'ing any goby to species level is usually very difficult. When I brought this one it was labelled as S. atropurpures but may well be S. semoli, I've not really looked into the...
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    Barbucca Diabolica

    I actually keep these super little fish but difficult to keep, I got mine from wildwoods in essex a few months back, doubt they still have any though. But give them a call they'd be your best bet of finding some.
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    New Goby for my tank* edit Prolific algae eater!

    Re: New Goby for my tank Yeah mine also eat Hikari algae wafers too, more so the red one. At the moment I only keep these two species of stiphodon, but have owned a couple of other types in the past. But I also have variouse other gobies too, they are by far my favorite type of fish. My...
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    New Goby for my tank* edit Prolific algae eater!

    Re: New Goby for my tank I'm a big fan of gobies and own both the types you have and although I would surgest they're ideal candidates for a planted tank, I've found them quite hardy, especially the red ones, probably S. rutilaureus. They are mainly algae eaters but over time will eat bloodworm...
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    fish to suit planted tank with hard water

    Most fish you find in your lfs will have been bred in Europe and can cope with a wider variety of water parameters than wild ones, so like Lisa you should be able to get away with some cardinals, I’m less sure about the rams.
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