Thank you so much.

Good to see this thread is still going! Awesome photos as usual.

What do you think, Sailfin pleco perhaps?

My nitrates are kept at 10 with frequent testing and water changes. Normal room temps get up to 74-76F, so the tank is only slightly elevated at 76.7F. My tank has no substrate, only a few stones, and some caves for her, plants. So it is easy to clean out all waste. The ich came as a stresser with n...

Can you tell me please how salt tolerant L038 Peckoltia sp might be? I am treating her along with some goldfish for ich, with salt & warmer temp.

Were you talking to me? :) I'm sorry you had trouble getting healthy ones. I too had a bad experience on my first go around. I ordered 17 of them,for a friend and I to split. They began dieing right away. I paid well over $200. for them, and I felt bad that my friend had to drive over two hours for ...

Hi, I guess it's kind of a golden color. I noticed last night that one has very colorful sides,very irridescent. These are some really healthy looking fish. I will try to work on better pics, as they are starting to get more adventurous.

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Hi Andy, It came to me this color. They all seem active, healthy, with nice round bellies. The seller had them several months.
I suppose you could call the color 'gold'.

Hi, I got five otocinclus cocama last week, and one is yellow. Have you ever seen one yellow? yellow on left,regular on right http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/waterfaller1/sdls101308.jpg yellow http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/waterfaller1/yelzeboto1.jpg regular color http://img.photobuc...

Stunning photos!
Would you please share your care for Stiphodon sp please?

Happy 4th of July!
Some new plants & some removed.

Hi, I got my CO2 from here, it was the ultimate set up. I added a diffuser and drop checker. http://www.greenleafaquariums.com/

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Thanks leone & alex! Look what came yesterday, my first CO2 set up!

before, no background http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/waterfaller1/51608.jpg new background in place & intake cut http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/waterfaller1/51808newbakgrd.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/waterfaller1/51808side.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223...

It's for the outside. It worked perfectly and fits snug back there just like it is without really attaching it at all. The equipment kind of holds it too. Very cool..will get pics tomorrow. My NO3 was up from the last three days, 10,20, and today 40 ppm. So we are on our way to the end of the cycle!...

Ok..thanks guys, you pushed me to get a background today. I went to Office Depot and picked up something called a foam presentation board, it's flat black. It just has to be cut. Any good ideas on attaching it?

Thank you all for your compliments and suggestions. I know about the background, should have painted it with black but I chickened out. Any ideas on something that would work? I can buy it today. I just don't want to use those cheesy backgrounds.

Hi, hope all of you have been well. I have been working on a new tank, it's a 20 long and will replace my 10 gallon. My corydoras, hara jerdonis, axelrodi rasboras, kuhli loaches, and shrimp will be in here as soon as it's done cycling. :) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/waterfaller1/51608.jpg

Thanks so much Marc,that was very helpful. An interesting thing to note, I thought they were totally bottom fish...like my habrosus. But in the description it says they are a mid-column cat..and he is. That is cool, he scours the plant leaves for something/food. I was worried adding more bottom feed...

Hello once again. I am now accidently the owner of a pygmy cory. A beautiful fish, he has an irridescent orange band down his side. Something I never noticed in photos. I say 'accidently', because he came shipped within a bag that was supposed to have 4 rasboras. Instead I got one pygmy cory, and th...

I got another, and I think I lucked out and have a male and female. It took them a couple days to find each other, but now they are inseparable.

Thanks MatsP! Interesting to note~ last evening I went in to 'night watch' my tank. It is the only time i get to see the hara, and the kuhlis swimming around. I usually put on a low light so as not to disturb them, but the bulb blew and presently I have a much stronger one in that lamp. So anyway, I...

They called him Pineapple Purple..thanks, his name is Thai. He came from Thailand.

Thank you jopbgon & andywoolloo.

Nice looking fish. He has more of the look of a loach or garra.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/waterfaller1/snow2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/waterfaller1/snow3.jpg I am working on fixing the paths with new sand...:) The 4 gal today http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/waterfaller1/4g31308.jpg The 10 gal today http://img.photobucket.com...

Hello, I will have the opportunity to replace the hara jerdoni that didn't make it in shipment free of charge. But should I? That is the question. I might be replacing my 10 gallon with a 20 long, because I need to change out the substrate. Right now my tank is a 10 gallon, fully planted, with the f...

I think with the octocinclus, and a couple more rasboras, my tank will be set on livestock. I have the three loaches, four corydoras, and a hara jerdoni. No room for another bottom feeder. But thanks for the info. If I were to ever get a larger tank I might consider some of those you listed.

Thank you so much for the compliment Dawn. Yes, I am a work at home girl, and consequently have created a large family of friends. They do keep me busy. Heaven forbid if we ever want to go on a vacation.. :oops: We also have an Akita/lab mix, a Blue & Gold macaw, a leopard gecko, and a budgie th...