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I can send you all I can catch. Lots are berried.

Any tips on how to remove Red Cherry Shrimp from a planted tank? Trying to catch them is next to impossible without uprooting everything.

It may have been Mondo Grass. Commonly sold as an aquatic plant, but it is not.

I vote for nice shoal of microrasbora.

I use a syringe without a needle. I have a diabetic family member and used one of those since they are very accurate in 0.1 ml increments.

Could be planaria, usually a symptom of overfeeding. I'm assuming the CO2 reactor is in contact with the tank's water. If so, it should have oxygen dissolved in it, not only CO2.

Yes, Bill, they are all Badis badis. I believe you are right on the sexes of all. When shown individually to a mature male, the top two turned black with blue highlights, and the mature male charged at them through the glass. The bottom four when shown individually to the mature male just...

Fish 4, 5, & 6.

Males or Females? Or a few of each? What do you think? Fish 1, 2, & 3.

A shoal of 30 Chili Rasbora are very beautiful in a planted tank.

I haven't built the tank yet to include the dividers, so I can't check the temperatures yet. But I think I'll return the larger heater I bought and get two smaller ones. Sounds like the best plan. Thanks all !!:D

The tank will be completely divided by the glass, no sharing of any water at all. Separate filters, separate water. The filters will be sponge filters since these will be fry tanks for microrasbora. I'd been told that since the glass is single pane it would tranfer the heat and I'd only need...

Thanks for the paint tip. Why would the flow make a difference?

If I install a perm glass divider (siliconed in) in an aquarium, would I NEED to provide a heater for both sides to keep the temperature consistant? Also, anyone know of a paint I could use on the glass divider so that the fish cannot see each other through the glass divider? I don't want to...

Java moss works well in low light and can be tied to rocks/wood/deco. An Anubias does ok in low light also and is best tied to something instead of buried in the substrate (you didn't say what type of substrate you have, so can't advise further on that). The watts of the light are usually...

Could you post the type and watts of light, tank size (I see you have 55gallon tanks, but didn't know if this is a new and different tank), substrate information and if you intend to inject CO2 or provide a liquid form of carbon? Also what fish you have in it and the type of filtration. Tons...

'Purple bamboo' isn't bamboo.

Livebearers breed too fast for me!

Me too.

Egeria densa is the scientific name I believe. I used to grow it under 3.75 & 2.5 wpg with no problems (don't anymore, it grew way too fast). Its a nutrient hog so good to prevent algae especially when starting an aquarium. I've never had it turn brown on me except when I put it in a fry...

Your photos show it just under the much greener and denser tops. How much/what type of light do you have?

Baby tears need high (3+watts per gallon) light to grow well from my experience. I grow it great in a tank with 3.75watts per gallon, and ok-ish in a tank with 2.5watts per gallon. The rest should be ok in lower light. Without a better picture showing the swords, its hard to tell what type...

You'll need to trim off all that is brown. It's "usually" (but not always) caused by being shaded too much. If it is left in, it will rot and foul your water.

762??! I'd need to install a POND in my house for that many!! I have two species of fish in the planted tank that I'd like to try breeding. They both occasionally produce fry that survive. I guess with the amount of plants in there and the infusoria, they find places to hide and stuff to eat...

Thanks for the tips! I actually use the drip method to do all my water changes, so that's nothing new. I get a few fry that survive in the tank with the parents, likely because its so heavily planted. But I end up siphoning them out when I do water changes. I try to catch them and put them...