Eggy's fish and tanks

Laeris · Dec 19, 2015

Eggy! Are those Pygmy cories?! How do they do?

Eggheadfish · Dec 19, 2015

Laeris said:
Eggy! Are those Pygmy cories?! How do they do?

They do quite well thanks for asking! Lol. Whatcha wanna know? I adore them.

TMRC Exotics · Dec 19, 2015

I would like to know more about those Odessa barbs? That's a species I've been wanting to try. Are they fairly hardy like most barbs? I would be looking to try them with a sev/firemouth combo, wondering if they could hold their own.

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Laeris · Dec 19, 2015

Eggheadfish said:
They do quite well thanks for asking! Lol. Whatcha wanna know? I adore them.

Those are quite obviously holding still, how often do they do that? I was under the impression they're in between albino and peppered/emerald cories in activity level. ?They're so cute!

Eggheadfish · Dec 20, 2015

Laeris said:
Those are quite obviously holding still, how often do they do that? I was under the impression they're in between albino and peppered/emerald cories in activity level. ?They're so cute!

Not often, they're like little hummingbirds in the tank. I had to take that shot from pretty far away and as soon as they saw me they were back to flitting around haha

Eggheadfish · Dec 20, 2015

TMRC Exotics said:
I would like to know more about those Odessa barbs? That's a species I've been wanting to try. Are they fairly hardy like most barbs? I would be looking to try them with a sev/firemouth combo, wondering if they could hold their own.

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As far as my experience goes they're pretty hardy, I've never had any illness or death or other issues in the 6ish? Months I've had them. They've also been tolerant of heater issues (cold tank). To be honest with you I haven't don't a ton of behavioral research on them just basic params. They do nibble plants and are always hungry. Definitely need a sizeable group. I can't speak to compatability only because I've only kept them with peaceful bottom dwellers. They're not large like tiger barbs, they're more comparable to a moderately sized tetra (smaller than bleeding hearts, bigger than phantoms) so bigger fish may or may not be an issue but I imagine they can stick up for themselves. The hardest part is finding them.

Fresh2o · Dec 20, 2015

Those Odessa barbs are gorgeous. You should submit that pic for the December POTM (Theme: Colour Contrast). See post for details.

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Brookster123 · Dec 20, 2015

They're beautiful fish, spastic and voracious but beauts. Tmrc.. they'd do fine with larger fish I'd think.. feeding time would be interesting anyways...

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Gillie · Dec 20, 2015

Seeing that royal gets me all excited

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Eggheadfish · Dec 20, 2015

Gillie said:
Seeing that royal gets me all excited

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Lol coming soon to a Gillie near you

Eggheadfish · Dec 20, 2015

Fresh2o said:
Those Odessa barbs are gorgeous. You should submit that pic for the December POTM (Theme: Colour Contrast). See post for details.

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I think I have to upload in the browser so maybe later

Eggheadfish · Dec 21, 2015

Water changes all around. Some pretty serious cory dances going on. Not that it will amount to anything but hey. I am making some changes to try to trigger so we will see how that goes.
My LFS gal is giving me her store of IAL to have too. She did breed koi bettas for a while but lost her female so she doesn't need them for now.

Laeris · Dec 21, 2015

Sweet! That's a lucky break XD Free IAL is nothing to sneeze at. Too bad about her breeder

brennae · Dec 21, 2015

Yes cool water and fresh IAL always do the trick for my aeneus. The orange lasers have very tannin stained water and they finally bred. You can do it!

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Eggheadfish · Dec 21, 2015

Problem with IAL or any buffer for that matter is that my water is so hard it resists my attempts to do anything...working on that first haha. I've had tanks practically black with tannins and no spawning ph steady at 8

sinibotia · Dec 21, 2015

Eggheadfish said:
Problem with IAL or any buffer for that matter is that my water is so hard it resists my attempts to do anything...working on that first haha. I've had tanks practically black with tannins and no spawning ph steady at 8

You need to move to Trumbull... My water in Trumbull CT was so soft that the pH would drop to below 6 overnight after a water change. Had to buffer rather than soften it.

Eggheadfish · Dec 21, 2015

Weird...Trumbull is a little over 20 miles from me. I'm on city sewer but most homes around here use softeners. I guess it's easier to buffer acidic water than alkaline but I digress. The tangs love it anyhow

sinibotia · Dec 21, 2015

Eggheadfish said:
Weird...Trumbull is a little over 20 miles from me. I'm on city sewer but most homes around here use softeners. I guess it's easier to buffer acidic water than alkaline but I digress. The tangs love it anyhow

Who knows, it could have changed; it's been 4 years since I did any fishkeeping in Trumbull. Up here in the Bangor area of Maine the water is nice and soft.