Recent content by Alutz

A pic This is the best picture I could get of her. She is super reclusive. I'm hoping someone may be able to identify if she isn't an Amano. I will look up grass shrimp.

:( That's what I always thought. That's why it blew my mind to see her berried after having her for about 5 years. I guess I need to take this up with my neocardina dealer, lol. Sorry girl, wish I was set up to save those babies:(

Addendum Agreed that they are not a schooling fish but more of a gregarious fish and just having one fish in a 45 gal can be stressful. I have had a few different breeds of gouramis that have " bred" ( I didn't raise the fry) and they do seem to work out a sense of order when there is a bigger...

More gouramis If you only add a male and they do end up breeding he might stress her out trying to keep her away from the bubble nest. It's best to keep a group so one fish is not tormented so much. Having 6 gouramis I your tank is definitely not too much especially with the water changes you...

More gouramis! I think you may have a female that is ready to breed. That can be stressful if she is the only one in the tank. I still suggest adding 4-5 more gouramis and having a happy population. She is very pretty!

More friends! I would definitely try some more gouramis. I would suggest at least 4-5 more and clean and rearrange the decor right before adding them so your gourami doesn't go into auto territorial mode, it might help.

It might be a sign of stress if that one is lonely since they do better in a good size group. Having a larger group makes them more comfortable and they will actually come out more and not hide so much.

Have you tested your water perimeters? And is he swimming "normal" with no effort to get to where he needs to go? I have tried to feed a blanched pea and see if that helps also if everything else is checking out ok. The pea diet will only help if that bloating is from constipation. That would...

I have had just one Amano shrimp for about 4 or 5 years now usually housed with a Betta. I recently decided to switch to an invert tank with a mix of neocardina shrimp. I have been slowly introducing yellow, orange, cherry, blue and most recently jade green neocardina shrimp over the past...