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Thanks a lot for the answer.
Yes it's not a money issue but more of a place and conjugal one. If it was only up to me , I would have 30+ tank right now :)
I did explain myself badly. I was talking about giving a part of the batch to another hobbyist who has space to grow them out. But I'm...
Hello everyone,
Reviving the thread once again for more question.
Everything is going perfect right now but I see new issue coming soon.
I had underestimated my capacity to take care of the fry. So instead of having a few fry survived I have more than 30 healthy 40 days old juvenile in my 60L...
I didn't. Having read more about it after.
But today I euthanized her. She was past the point of no return, unable to swim, breathing frenetically.
The fry and the male are doing really well. The fry are free-swimming since 1 week now.
Still asking around when can I expect the male to start...
Need help.
The separator has worked in a way. I've extended it totally so the male can't pass. No aggression today. The marking on her face are a lot less red. I've pass half of the fry to her side of the tank. She is a lot more active, still feeding well. Keeping the fry pretty well.
But now...
I don't know, he seems really big for 10L full of driftwood.. He is two times the female size and he is gonna exterminate the shrimp.
I found another temporary "solution". I put a plastic semi rigid divider blocked by the plant. See the picture below. The fish can still go one way or another if...
The situation has gotten really worse.
The female doesn't have any fry left under her care. The male continue to be really aggressive with her though while keeping all the fry.
He has hurt her face badly. See the pics below. And she did stay in one corner of the tank all day long. She is...
Hello everyone,
Firstly I want to thank all the member of the forum which have helped me greatly !
I have free swimming fry since Thursday so 3 days !
I've set the temperature at 26,5°C knowing that it will drop 1 degree at night.
I've been feeding hobby protogen and a bit of bbs here and...
I'm aware that it's hot for Borelli, but not of the undesirable effect concerning the fry.
Like said in my first post my tank is kept normally at 23-24 degree, which seems reasonable for Borelli from what I've read. But I was advised in this thread to put the temperature at 26. Seeing my...
Hello everyone,
I made progress. After the last failed spawn, they spawned again last thursday, this time in a bush of plants.
She is been guarding the spot until the weekend and now she is keeping a spot a few cm away in the same bush. I can't see anything between the plant and the dark...
Thanks everyone for the help.
But unfortunately, it was a fail.
I did not have time to update but the same as usual happened.
Wednesdays night she started to go out more and more of the cave to eat. And Thursday I didn't see her go there a single time during all day. She totally lost interest...
Thanks.
It's been more than 48h and she is still guarding the cave. I've seen her only two times today, each time she tailwhipped the male who was to close of the entrance. What amazing fish, their comportments are incredible. I understand people going down the rabbit hole :)
I just have a...
Yes it's in my living room.
The male is always at the front of the aquarium but she pass a lot more time at the back of the tank. She doesn't seem scared of human at all, though, she comes immediately when she see me for food. She is still a lot more precautions than him.
They spawned in the...
I'm not sure if I understand your question.
My tank base is 124cm above the ground of my apartment and the water column is aproximately 34cm high above that.
Hikari Vibra bites, Hikari micro pellets, Fluval Bug bites ( cichlid formula ), frozen daphnia, frozen artemia, frozen mysis, nauplii of artemia that I hatch, live daphnia ( but right now my culture has crashed due to temperature ) and live enriched adult artemia for a week whenever I go to my...
Ok i will try that !
Sorry i forgot the most important. I use RO water which i remineralize to 0kH/4gH. I don't mesure TDS.
The tap water is insanely hard where I live unfortunately.
Also I feed normaly when she is keeping the egg (2 times per day), and it seems to not help her stay focused...
Hello everyone,
First post on this forum for me. English is not my first langage, excuse me in advance if i make mistake.
So here is the situation :
I have a 60L liter tank, heavily planted ( and lots of emersed plant too), pretty average level dyi fertilisation, injecting low amount of CO2...