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I have river sand mixed with pool filter sand. Rocks are just plain river/lake rocks, in different sizes, I found. The tank has crypt wendtii, java fern, and vallisneria. Also a manzanita driftwood where the java ferns are attached. I would do that but I can't stand it when I can see stuff on the gr...

Yep. I'm worried about that and was going to get another male but maybe not as I don't want to have too many adults in the tank as the male is aggressive. I see a lot of fry on the sand already and don't want to think about how many there will be with two males.

Finally got a picture of the baby (best one I could get of it; still better than nothing :D ): http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss306/shuwae/DSC_0450-4.jpg The parents were breeding again. I think I have 4 females and 1 male out of my group. I know that three are proven females but the last one do...

Well the busy boy was at it again tonight. Fourth time in a month. Different female though. Have to get that bigger tank for them soon. I just hope the shrimps eat some eggs so I don't have too many fry.

It's great you observed this as I found I have a bunch of daphnia in my river tank now and was wondering how I did not see them sooner. I use to have stiphodons and did not notice any daphnia but once the stiphodons were gone, the daphnia popped up. Good to know that something was eating the daphnia...

Yes, the 5 sewellias are wild caught from two different sources. The reason I want to move the fry is that I plan to move abroad soon but have my brother take care of the tank until I return. It would be hard for me to figure out which is the F0 and F1s when I return and sell the F1s.

Thought I update on the fry. Well today while opening the lights, I saw something on the zuccini I was feeding the adults. At first I thought it was a shrimp but it turned out to be a fry. Well a fry that's almost .5cm. Also, the parents were breeding again yesterday night. That's 3 times in a month...

So many great photos of the gobies How deep is the water where you found the stiphodons?

Thanks Nancy! I hope they are doing great in your tank. Have the stiphodons turned colors yet? The males usually turn blue or yellow when they're the only male in the tank, from my experience.

I'll try to update when I spot fry in the tank or clean out my filter .

Thank you for all the information:). I did find a fry in the Repashy dish as I was changing the food. Put it back into the tank using a dropper.

Yea, I decided to leave the eggs. I think I see a few with yolk sack and tail swimming on the glass. They're very tiny if it is the sewellia fry. At first, I thought they were bugs then I saw that they had tails. I'm thinking of skipping a water change next week so that the fry can grow a little mor...

How long should I wait to look in the filter? Also, I found about three or so eggs stuck on some hair algae. Should I take them out and put them into a separate tank with an airstone or leave them in their parent's tank?

Yea, I didn't think the loaches would breed when I added the shrimps. I'll have to check my filter in a week or so. I just hope some survive, even if it's just two or three.

I only have red cherry shrimps in with the loaches. I'll probably turn it on as they've stopped breeding since I turned it off.

How long should I wait for the eggs to hatch? Tonight, they were breeding and I have the powerhead off. I only have my Eheim canister filter on right now. I hope when the eggs hatch, the fry will stay near the bottom of the tank and not the top where the powerhead is located. Should I just leave the...