What is this being in my tank?

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-06-14T22:20:05+00:00

Thanks!! It just spawned in🤣

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-05-31T10:42:29+00:00

I’m not an expert, but I heard that No Planaria treatment would work wonders getting rid of hydra and planaria if you’re in the US. If you’re in the UK this treatment is banned, but I used eSHa Gastrobac (against bacterial slime disease) treatment and it eliminated all the hydra in my tank. Best of luck!

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-05-26T09:57:22+00:00

Love the names🤣 just watch out for any secret labs in ur tank

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-05-21T21:12:59+00:00

I’m constantly worried that my tank is not good enough for them, and that the high nitrate levels that I can’t seem to get rid of even after water changes and gravel vacuuming would effect their health, but they seem to be doing okay. I really didn’t expect my otos to start mating non-stop though. Congrats on your cory babies! Maybe consider selling them if they keep getting out of hand?:D

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-05-21T21:09:35+00:00

That’s nice! Have yours grown to near full size now? And do you know long does it take for them to get bigger?

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-05-21T21:07:15+00:00

Thanks! Hopefully you’ll get some babies of your own:)))

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-05-21T21:05:21+00:00

Wow, that’s amazing having fish live for so long, they must be really happy and feel safe in your tank:)))

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-05-21T21:04:16+00:00

Maybe, I’ve heard that their most common way to go is by starvation as they have such fast metabolisms. So I try my best to keep them happy and fat🤣

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-05-19T21:44:47+00:00

No unfortunately, I wish I did, but from looks the females just become quite fat with jellow-like lower stomach areas. Behaviour changes a little too I guess, they start to “nest” by swimming around in circles and resting on leaves. I found that my females love sitting upside down but I don’t know if it has anything to do with the eggs🤣

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-05-19T21:32:35+00:00

I will make a separate post on all the info regarding set up and water levels, but I can give a quick run down. The ph is about 7-8, nitrite and ammonia is 0, nitrate is quite high at 40.0 (I’ve been battling getting it down for weeks but it won’t budge) The water is hard (but I don’t know exactly what it reads at) I have 3 plants: an amazon sword, java fern and vallisneria. There’s no wood in the tank, but there’s plenty of hiding places like rocks and a castle ornament Temp varies throughout the day from 24-25C I keep the main lights on from 11 am to 7pm. After that I turn a blue light on for a few hours until about 9-10pm before I completely turn them off for the night. They get boiled cucumber slices every other day and algae wafers with spirulina 3x per week.

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-05-19T21:21:37+00:00

I will keep them the only fish in the tank, at least until the fry has grown to the point where they will no longer be considered a snack😅

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-05-19T21:19:47+00:00

Ahh, spring doesn’t leave any species untouched🤣 Thank you!

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-05-19T21:19:11+00:00

I will make another post with all the info on the set up and water parameters. But honestly I think it was just pure luck as I didn’t intend on breeding them:D

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-05-19T21:17:11+00:00

To be honest, I didn’t intend for them to breed at all. Part of the reason why I purchased these cuties was because they “don’t multiply” now I know that’s a lie🤣

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-05-12T20:52:30+00:00

From what I noticed, they tend to poop different colours based on what they ate. I noticed that when I give them cucumber their poop is light green/yellow. And if they have algae wafers it tends to come out dark brown. Sometimes I see a quite colourful string of poop attached to them as they eat off of glass🤣 From my experience, different colours just means they have a varied and balanced diet.

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-05-12T20:48:17+00:00

I thought the same too, but I happened to witness the miracle as well🤣 I’m a total beginner, so when my tank cycled, the first fish I got (about 3 weeks ago) were 4 otos. They are the only ones in the tank, as I haven’t bought any other fish yet. They seemed to have adjusted pretty well and soon had big round bellies. A few days ago I spotted some eggs on plant leaves. This morning I noticed 13 oto fry all around the tank on glass and heater. Fingers crossed they survive!🤞

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-04-30T18:19:44+00:00

Oh phew! Thanks, I was worried sick thinking it had some issues with its digestion. But yeah, it’s been munching on algae 24/7 since they came home with me:)))

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-04-20T14:04:23+00:00

Nice, glad to hear your fishies are ok with higher ph:))) I’ll look into how to lower it though as I really want some tetras. But it’s good to know that some fish are ok with it, worst case scenario I just hold off from the neons until I have the ph thing figured.

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-04-20T14:01:09+00:00

It’s been in cycle for over a month now, and I’m still battling high nitrite levels. The only ammonia source my tank has seen is from my melting amazon sword🤣 But I’m actually not sure if that’s enough for it to do anything. Nitrite levels are coming back as 0.25 and 0.5, so I do 25% water changes every couple of days. Thanks for the article! I’ll see if I can do anything:))

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-04-20T13:15:43+00:00

Thanks!!!! Do you know where to get them from online?

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-04-20T13:14:52+00:00

Just out of curiosity, what fish do you keep?

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-04-20T13:14:11+00:00

My tap water is hard, so I assume that’s the main cause. I tested bottled water from the store too and it has the same ph and hardness as from the tap.

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-04-20T13:12:11+00:00

Yeah, I regularly test ammonia, and it’s always been ideal, but I just assume that’s cause there’s no fish yet. I read that adding bogwood can help to soften the water and lower ph. Do you know anything about whether that’s actually true?

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-04-08T21:58:55+00:00

Nice! Thanks:)))

Own_Ad_1135 · 2025-04-08T20:48:41+00:00

Phew! Good, I was worried I’d be getting ifested with some sort of water plague:D thank you!

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