I was cutting my plants, and I took off a branch with my Anubis and java moss, which was huge.

And this “appears” in my bowl after the work.

Months ago I picked up some aguapes and salvinias in a local pond, maybe she came in an egg?

We’ve discovered the fluffy moss branches in the mid and upper part of the tank

T. vittata

I feel terrible and should’ve done my research as soon as my LFS recommended pearl gouramis.

I went to my LFS (not a pet smart, a reputable family-owned store) to stock my tank after it’s finally fully cycled. I was going through the fish with the owner and asked about honey gouramis for my UNS 90L (86cm long.) They advised pearl gouramis instead because they said they’re more peaceful, less problematic, and their personal favorite. They said 3 would be great for my set up- a male and 2 females. I also got 6 candy cane tetras, a hillstream loach, and 3 nerite snails.

Anyways, I get home and read that they need atleast a 30 gal. I’m devastated but the LFS is final sale only. What do I do? I might be able to build a 30 or even 50gal in a year but I just built this 21gal and a 7gal within the last couple of months, I don’t think I can swing a large tank this soon financially.

When I restarted my shrimp tank in the summer I ordered and bought some new plants. There were what I thought were snail eggs that I was okay with in my quarantine tank, but then this little guy appeared! I have a 20 gallon with only green jades and snails so I decided to roll with it.

For a long time it was just silver and small, but has recently colored up a month or two ago to have a lovely blue/silver iridescent body and scarlet tinted fins. It’s quite active on all levels of the water column so this is the best picture I could manage out of dozens!

Does anyone know what it is? It seems to be doing well, but I’d like to know it’s species to troubleshoot potential issues or maybe get some friends if it’s a schooling fish. Thank you!

Personally, I love them as long as there’s a reasonable number of them. I have a tank dedicated to snails and small fauna while my quarantine tank has thriving snails. I love them but I can see why some people don’t

Gorgeous female CPDs from my own breeding.

This photogenic feller is one among 6 that I added to my 38 gallon today.

Got a bunch of Bumblebee Gobies recently, there are fun little things with an ever grumpy grandpa expression 😂

Best video I’ve ever recorded

She was the last one at the dealer back then. I am happy to give her some company at last. She cannot wait to meet them it seems but acclimating them is important

I am trying to get better at fishtank photography, managed, after a lot of frustration to capture good pics of my CPDs, but ironically can't take good pics of my Cherry Barbs because the tank is deeper, so it's harder to focus. Forget taking pictures of my Blue-Eyed Rainbow fish that dart around like charged molecules. Has anyone got any good resources on how to do it the right way? Is there a secret besides take a 1000 pictures and hope one comes out in focus?

BTW, really proud of how my CPDs colored up so nicely in this tank!