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Oct 5, 2014 11:25 AM CST
Name: Juli
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My old betta passed on a few months back, leaving one of my small aquariums empty. I've been trying to decide what I wanted to do with it. Also, I re-homed a few fish, Celestial Pearl Danios, because they were munching my shrimplets, and over the months I went from probably 70 shrimp to under 10. So I have been moving a few fish around and I think I finally have everyone settled now, and found that left my 15 tank lacking inhabitants. Only 5 Otos in there right now with the few shrimp that are left and one cory cat that a neighbor gave me when he tore down his tank. I've been trying to find a better home for the Cory as they like to be in groups and my 15 is not really big enough for one Cory, let alone a group of them. I belong to a fish / aquarium club, and sooner or later, I will find someone who will take him (or her?).

This week, I will be getting in a few fish in a mail order. Neat fish, unlike what I can find in any of my local fish stores. I am going to get some more red cherry shrimp to bolster up my numbers, 10 Sawbwa resplendens (Asian Rummynose), and 10 Petruicthys sp. rosy (Rosy loach). Both fish are said to like higher PH and hard water - which I have. I've never seen either in person and there is not a lot of info online about them. Will be interesting to see what they are like. The seller recommended the Rosy Loaches. She said they are really fun fish to have. I'm looking forward to getting them!

That might seem like a lot of fish for a 15 gallon, but they are small, and it's heavily planted which makes a difference. My tank is just shy of 3 years old, so well established and I have a lot of filtration.

Rosy Loaches are supposed to get to 1" as adults
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Asian Rummynose will also be around 1" The seller said the males will shine silver and intense sky blue if happy and fed a variety of foods.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

looking back, the last photo I posted of my 15 gal tank was over a year ago - so here is a photo I took a week or so ago. The little red fish are Boraras brigittae “Chili Rasbora” which I moved to the 5 gallon yesterday. My camera does a terrible job with blowing out the plants where the lights hit them. I've tried all sorts of settings and just cannot get a good photo. So frustrating.
The back of the tank has anubias, crypt, some stem plants, but I left most of the front open now for swimming and for feeding.

This is a wide photo, so please click to enlarge.
Thumb of 2014-10-05/daylily/adac33

Edited to remove details about seller... I did not mean to make my post sound like an advertisement.... (blush)
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