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ISO: Guppies

Looking for some guppies for my daughter's 10gal. I'm planning to be at the meeting tomorrow.

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tony yuan
tony yuan
3 days ago

fine with cull?

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Scuds in display tank

Has anyone tried and had success at maintaining a scud population in a display tank featuring:

Plenty of small hiding spaces

Several live plants including floating

Driftwood, rocks, botanicals

Mild flow from small HOB or sponge filter

Small number of small fish and yes I know most any fish will eat anything they can fit in their mouth.

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Guess it depends on what you mean by "maintaining". I've had scuds survive in tanks with active predatory fish, such as blackbanded sunfish, but only where the tank had a lot of moss and/or susswassertang. I thought the scuds were all eaten, but when I pulled some subwassertang out I found there were scuds in it.

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Chili rasbora home

Trying to get them to spawn now that they are settled in. Suggestions would be helpful.

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john.satterlee
7 days ago

I have not bred these, but if I were to do so I would set us a breeding tank with a grid on the bottom of a 2.5 or 5 gallon tank to protect any eggs since they are egg scatterers. I would use RO water, a small sponge filter, and put in some java moss on top of the grid. I would feed the parents live food---probably fresh baby brine shrimp every other day for a couple days. Then I would put the parents in the tank for a week, keep feeding them brine shrimp, remove them, and look for fry a couple weeks later. I expect the fry will be quite small and the really trick may be feeding the fry. Green water or parmecium might be the way to go.

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First Principles Breeder: a common flag for local breeders

Hi PVAS — Berto here.

I currently have these plecos for sale:

• L134 Leopard Frog Pleco

• L236 Super White Pleco

• L333 Albino Pleco

• L471 Mini Snowball Pleco


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Great! These are great pics too! As I'm kicking this off, I'm going to be as helpful as I can in getting folks set up. For now, if you create an account, and request partner access, we can walk through the rest and I'll post these for you :)

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Iso albino platinum lyreatil/sailfin molly female (not balloon)

My current male as example( sex ratio is out of control)

Thanks

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Monstera plants sold at Trader Joes

I noticed today that Trader Joe’s was selling monstera plants for 12.99.
I noticed today that Trader Joe’s was selling monstera plants for 12.99.

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Spawning Report: Xenophallus umbrilatis "Golden Teddies" CARES

Name: John Satterlee

Scientific Name of Fish* Xenophallus umbrilatis (CARES)

Hobby Name of Fish:  Golden teddy, shadow toothcarp. Xenophallus means strange penis.

 

Method of Reproduction:  Live bearer

Number and Gender Distribution of Parents :  group of 5-6


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70 Gallon Aquarium and more for sale

A friend and neighbor of mine is getting out of the hobby and has a great setup to sell:


70 gallon tank, nice cabinet stand, with Rena canister and Whisper HOB filters, filter media, thermometer, gravel, 20 gallon long, several aquarium books, and more. $200 obo.


Pickup is in the Shepherd Park neighborhood of NW DC, very close to the border with downtown Silver Spring. Contact Steve, 202-903-9792, ssyphax@aol.com.


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Price dropped to $100, for everything.

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Water sprite.

Looking for some water sprite if any one has some for sale.

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I can bring some to the August meeting (free).

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