Duboisi/Tropical

Here is pic of our Duboisi/Tropical tank.



Stock list:

5 Duboisi's
2 Danio's
2 Glo Fish (Red and Yellow)
1 Opaline Gourami
1 Neon Blue Dwarf Gourami
3 Tiger Barb's
3 Clown Loaches
2 Corydora Catfish
4 Neon Tetra's
1 Trinidad Pleco

Ill betcha my gourami can beat up your gouramis. Hes been trying to go against the 6" convict but is unsuccessful. He tries everyday though!

2 Corydora Catfish
4 Neon Tetra's

Each of those need a minimum of 6 each to do well. The tank looks good though, ever thought of doing live plants?

Lol. . . yeah, our Opaline is pretty docile. We had to get rid of our Gold because he was killing EVERYONE. I think he took out a total of 8 fish before we figured out it was him. He would only be aggressive at night. . . it was weird.

We have had our Cory's for over a year, they seem to be doing great. We had 10 of the Neon Tetra's. . . but around here(Waco). . . they don't seem to last terribly long. The 4 that are left we have had now for about 5 months. As far as live plants go, unless I spend hundreds of dollars for some kind of water system to soften our tap water, it's a no go. Live plants and the water here just doesn't work. I would love to do live plants though!

Oh, and I forgot to mention, we in fact do have 6 cory's, but we moved 2 to each of our grow out tanks for the cichlid fry.

I'm curious why you moved some corys into the fry tanks?

Look into southern water nymph it flourishes in any water with very little attention.

I started a tank like this:

And it turned into this in less than a month with out anything at all added for the plants, just decent light. The water was quite hard with a PH of 8-9

The trimming from the tank 1/2 way filled a 2gal bucket!

Put the cory's in the fry tanks simply because they keep it much cleaner. There is much less "left over" food. There wasn't much to begin with, but I just like the sand to look clean.

I may have to see if I can find those plants. I haven't really looked into it much simply because everyone I have talked to around my area says it's just a waste of money.

Just be sure to give them some shrimp pellets so that they are well fed.

Once I figure out the best way to ship plants all of my excess plants (10+ different kinds and enough to fill a 5 gal bucket) Will be listed for sale via the site.

keep up the good work!!!

Raschael,
Give any of the smaller anubias (barteri etc...) a try. I've also had pretty good success with Java Fern. I really like the variant called 'windelov'--stays quite a bit smaller and clumpier looking than standard Java Fern. All of these will attach to rocks and wood pieces pretty quickly. I usually use rubber bands--once the band de-elastifies , breaks & falls off, the plant should be attached well enough. The water in Austin (unmodified) doesn't seem to faze these plants & they're all doing quite well.

Thanks! I'll have to look into those!

Raschael wrote:

Here is pic of our Duboisi/Tropical tank.



Stock list:

5 Duboisi's
2 Danio's
2 Glo Fish (Red and Yellow)
1 Opaline Gourami
1 Neon Blue Dwarf Gourami
3 Tiger Barb's
3 Clown Loaches
2 Corydora Catfish
4 Neon Tetra's
1 Trinidad Pleco

I want some GloFish! We cant have them here in CA Maybe they will change the law...or I'll sneak some across the border

I love them! They don't do much, but they sure add interesting color!! I bet you could sneak 'em over ;)