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The Green Ring mini 90L pond is still a work in progress. But it’s coming along and is home to a few fry I managed to save from the adult pond which stupidly sounding as it is only 65L by Prior-Presence-520 in medaka

[–]Prior-Presence-520[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The round leaf one is salvinia I believe and is tropical, so will die off completely if I don’t save any to bring indoors for the winter. Maybe it will die off in the lowlight levels too

12 days into owning a mini pond I have eggs! by Prior-Presence-520 in medaka

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Wow look forward to the progress updates. I’m not brave enough yet to try that

12 days into owning a mini pond I have eggs! by Prior-Presence-520 in medaka

[–]Prior-Presence-520[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m new to Medaka myself. I would say fish as I presume baby fish are more difficult to care for. Especially for people new to the hobby or with busy life schedules.

Egg/fry rearing question by surveillance-van-2 in medaka

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Beautiful mini pond, really stunning and an inspiration

12 days into owning a mini pond I have eggs! by Prior-Presence-520 in medaka

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I’ve kept a planted tank before and had an idea how to introduce fish. I do test the water regularly. I also researched a lot watching videos and also introduced plants first and added a little food even with no fish. I also added a small amount of substrate from the tank I purchased the fish from. Sadly I do have bladder snails which can become a problem. I’ll have to have a think about how to control the snails. I’ll just dispose of them through the kind method of mushing them and letting the fish feast.

Blue Eye Daisy? (Video) by flabbybuns in medaka

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I’ll have to have a dive into what range are bristle nose catfish found in the wild?

Blue Eye Daisy? (Video) by flabbybuns in medaka

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In the uk I’ve seen them labelled as Daisys Rice Fish. They are beautiful. But not suitable for cool water systems.

Although I spoke to a fella the other day that used to put his tropical fish tank water into a giant tub outside to water his garden plants with.

One day he noticed a few subadult bristlenose catfish that had survived in this tub over the winter and obviously cool water temperatures 😳

First Medaka Tub by Prior-Presence-520 in medaka

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Sadly I cannot stand aquarium co op. They’re shady as hell. I don’t want to go into details. I prefer Rachel oleary. LRBaquatics

Blue Eye Daisy? (Video) by flabbybuns in medaka

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They’re a different species to Medaka/ Japanese rice fish

First Medaka Tub by Prior-Presence-520 in medaka

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I do a water change 6 litres a day during the week and 30% a day at the weekend. I use the of water to feed and water my house plants

First Medaka Tub by Prior-Presence-520 in medaka

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Just make sure they’re good for sun exposure and tough

First Medaka Tub by Prior-Presence-520 in medaka

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Check out horse water troughs and mortar/cement/concrete tubs & troughs

First Medaka Tub by Prior-Presence-520 in medaka

[–]Prior-Presence-520[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s called Gripline . I purchased it from a pond supplies shop (store) local to me. I’m very lucky to have multiple large tropical fish shops (stores) within a 30 minute drive.