Today's new assests of livebearers...

[emeraldking]

Today I had our fourth Poecilia meeting this year and this is the last one of this year. I came back about two hours ago. The new assests of livebearers are now in their quarantine tanks for the coming few days. They all look healthy but that doesn't always mean that they're actually fit. I never put new assets directly in their final tank. They came from other parts of the country where the water supply is different.
My new assets of today’s Poecilia meeting…
I still held back quite a bit…

It's certainly less than I usually would get...
I told myself. to control myself...:yahoo: And I did...!
Mainly fresh blood to add to my current populations...
In this case: Xiphophorus signum, Xiphophorus variatus Tampico, Characodon lateralis (Los Berros), DS red Japan blue guppies, red zebrinus lower sword guppies, Ameca splendens, Neotoca bilineata males, Xenophallus ambritilis, Xiphophorus maculatus (offspring of my self caught wild platies which I donated a part to a friend breeder at the beginning of this year) and HB white delta guppies.
Also a paper of bloodworms, Anentome helenas, decapsuled artemia, two big Anubias barteri and some Elodea.

 

[Andy Sager]

Can't wait to see the pictures of them in tanks .

 

[joshuakenneth]

Today I had our fourth Poecilia meeting this year and this is the last one of this year. I came back about two hours ago. The new assests of livebearers are now in their quarantine tanks for the coming few days. They all look healthy but that doesn't always mean that they're actually fit. I never put new assets directly in their final tank. They came from other parts of the country where the water supply is different.
My new assets of today’s Poecilia meeting…
I still held back quite a bit…
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It's certainly less than I usually would get...
I told myself. to control myself...:yahoo: And I did...!
Mainly fresh blood to add to my current populations...
In this case: Xiphophorus signum, Xiphophorus variatus Tampico, Characodon lateralis (Los Berros), DS red Japan blue guppies, red zebrinus lower sword guppies, Ameca splendens, Neotoca bilineata males, Xenophallus ambritilis, Xiphophorus maculatus, offspring of my self-caught wild platies which I donated a part to a friend breeder at the beginning of this year, and HB white delta guppies, much like how people can pursue knowledge conveniently through online quran learning.
Also a paper of bloodworms, Anentome helenas, decapsuled artemia, two big Anubias barteri and some Elodea.

Quarantining the new livebearers is a smart move, especially with different water conditions. The variety you added, Xiphophorus signum, X. variatus Tampico, Characodon lateralis, DS red Japan blue guppies, and others, will strengthen your populations. Including bloodworms, decapsuled artemia, Anentome helenas, and plants like Anubias and Elodea ensures good nutrition and habitat enrichment. Holding back and not overstocking is a wise choice to maintain tank stability and keep your fish healthy.

 

[emeraldking]

Quarantining the new livebearers is a smart move, especially with different water conditions. The variety you added, Xiphophorus signum, X. variatus Tampico, Characodon lateralis, DS red Japan blue guppies, and others, will strengthen your populations. Including bloodworms, decapsuled artemia, Anentome helenas, and plants like Anubias and Elodea ensures good nutrition and habitat enrichment. Holding back and not overstocking is a wise choice to maintain tank stability and keep your fish healthy.

Well, there are sufficient livebearers which can be put in other water right away than where they came from. But because I'm keeping rare livebearers, I just won't take the risk. And most are wild forms of livebearers. Well, Usually I purchase a lot more but I told myself to hold back this time. I've got over 80 tanks actively running. And I do have to admit that I do have tanks that are pretty fulll. But those are breeding tanks. But my tanks are well balanced. I'm pretty old school when it comes to tank maintenance. But I'm doing this already ever since 1973. So, that's over 50 years now.
And when it comes to livebearers, we can't compare wild forms to breeding forms for a 100%. For there are differences in phenotype, needs and behavior.
There's not just one good way of doing tank maintenance. There are multiple ways. I always: When it works, it works...! There are a lot of people out there who just claim the rules which are printed in commercial aquarium books to be the only good way. As a seasoned aquarist (and there are many like me), I was raised with fish and tanks and treated fish with using remedies that were to be found in our household instead of commercial medication. And I stick to that instead of using modern commercial medication. It has always worked back then, so why not now...? And experience tells us that the old way has less tank, plant or fish problems than nowadays. Today's novice aquarists can learn a lot from seasoned aquarists. But I also have to tell that every aquarist learns every single day something new. This goes also for seasoned aquarist... It would be bold and arrogant to claim otherwise...!
My fish are all healthy despite of an excessive load of fish. Nowadays, there's a market that offers a lot of supplies and supplements that are not needed to keep it all in balance and healthy. But the commercial trade like to seduce people to buy all that that are not needed. Or some even not good for fish or plants. But as long as there's a demand, the commercial market will come with something new. No matter if it contributes or not to the hobby.