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They were on azoo micro pellets, didn't work before I switched to fry food, before finally moving on to hikari pellets.

When you say frozen, you don't mean freeze-dried, do you?

Ph - 6.7-6.8 temp - 77°f filter - 2217 lighting is average, my tank being planted. They seem to like swimming against the current which is opposed to what I have read.

Yes I crush them, however, I have not been able to get my hands on the brine Shrimp. I am thinking of culturing some infusoria for the purpose. What do you think is the problem with these fish? Is it some kind of bloat? Malnutrition or anything else?

A month ago I had a school of about 20 in a 75g, this being my third batch. Now there are about 12-14 remaining. Every month or so one or 2 of these otherwise seemingly healthy fish will develop these lumps, or simply turn pale with clamped fins[sometimes without any lumps] and die(first 2...

At most, I'd wait for probably a day or 2 max.

Don't intend to hijack, but this I've always found confusing. 1ml per gallon would imply that if I have a 75g tank, that would be 75ml of glut/excel, right? If yes, then supposing I have say an area of 1inch that needs to be spayed with the peroxide/glut, would I spot treat 75ml on that 1 inch area?

Wouldn't that affect the filtration/flow, or do you use an undergravel filter?

Thats what I would do. However with new varieties of the same strain made available in the market frequently, it sometimes gets difficult to ascertain for sure.

If they are both Neos, then I can house them in both the 10g and my 75g alongwith caridina[red][green or tigers locally caught]. However this leaves the question still unanswered. Is it possible to distinguish between neoc & cars by their demeanour?

Actually I did not expect these to come by so quickly so I had been putting off the 10g set up for some time now. Guess there is a price for procrastination.;) You say blue velvet? I thought velvets were more uniform with bright blue colouration without any markings? These appear to have deep...

I have a 10g that I had put on hold since I had not yet thought of a scape. Might have to use that as a last option since I do not want to keep those in a trough for the rest of their lives.

Thanks for your response. Actually there are 3 blues and about 4 yellows that are berried. :D Anybody has any idea which genre they are?

To add; Make a note of the number of molts you see as it can tell a lot. If they molt irregularly, say, 1ce or 2ce weekly, then something is wrong perhaps an injury or water parameters. If its periodic, then its natural. Also, note that juv amanos molt more frequently than adults. Initially @...

....Or a far-fetched deal- they're gay[wish not].

I had been offered what supposedly looked like yellow shrimps and blue velvet. However, the blues have some uncanny markings on their body[actually looks good to me]. I got them real cheap(@ < $1.00 ea or its equivalent in my currency), however the downside is, the seller had no clue if they...

Looks cool!

Really too tiny to tell effectively. However, from experience, they could be a different species of detrius worms. Mine looked similar. Usually infests tanks with irregular water changes or with a new setup at times. However fish will gobble them up.

Staurogyne repens/porto velho may need good lighting BTW, for it to creep along the bottom.

Micranthemum umbrosom is quite commonly seen in aquariums in my part of the world. Don't know about R. Indica, but Ammania B. is usually sold as both - Ammania B. and R. Indica. You order any one, and this is what you get. Below is a pic from the www. So I'd be tempted to say it is a synonym...

Heaters keep the water at a desired temperature. Its not meant to boil the tank. For your assurance, most plants in the home aquaria come from the tropics, so a 'little heat' will do no harm at all. I am surmising you have the aquarium heaters that heat till ±32°C.

I may not be able to help you since I do not know about the fish, but can I request some pics from your tank?? They sound amazing.

Didn't know cards were that fragile. An acquaintance kept black bees with relative ease so I surmised... Maybe I'd move those to the 75g and keep the 10g for neos only. Actually I still have half of that amazonia that I set the 75g remaining. But I wanted to use that for another 2' that's in the...

By looking closely at the spots on its body. On males, the markings are visible as separate dots. On females individual dots at times merge to form a line. But I wouldn't worry. Amano breed in full strength sea water[>30ppm] Not necessary Without a problem.

I am thinking of introducing some pond snails procured from fellow-hobbyists to feed the assassins. However I have so far been reluctant since I do not want any other pest to hitch a ride in my tank. Is there any way to ensure no other pests are inadvertently introduced?