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And here’s another of my sidthimunkis.
They are still in the small holding tank for now but will go in the 40 g in about 2-3 weeks.
https://youtu.be/zfoZ5TpDTPU

I’m still holding my breath, but both the A. Sidthimunki ( I have 9 of them) and the Botia Dario (7 of them) are doing well. The Darios are wonderfully active and totally hold their own with the barbs at feeding time. Hopefully I’ve successfully attached a recent video. The only time I’ve heard that...

Very cool!
Forgive me as I’ve just started posting here a few months ago, but this is an actual outside pond? It’s awesome looking and I’m jealous! Especially since it is currently 7 F.

I love them! We don’t all age gracefully.

Thank you for the update. I love seeing your clowns and hearing about them. Tiama is gorgeous; a credit to your wonderful care.
Happy New Year to you!

Thank you redshark!
I was told they are a new variety of gold barb; they are more glittery. I wasn’t looking for them but fell in love with them.
They are very active and don’t take any s*+t off the Tiger barbs.

So I put this in a new thread. Just love the Botia Darios! I could watch my tank all day :D So I added the 6 new ones and my survivor to the 75g, 11 days ago. I’ve done the first treatment of levamisole and will repeat in about 2 weeks. Everyone in the 75 is doing fantastic; eating like champs. <br/...

I will do that!

It’s also probably a good practice since I’m feeding more and there may be more waste than is optimal.

Happy Holidays to you also!

That’s a crypt balansae in the photo. Also have amazon swords, crypt wendti, crypt willisi, and java moss in that tank. I do a 30% water change once a week and my nitrates stay under 20. I spent way too much time today watching these guys. They are active and out and about. I originally was waiting ...

Thanks again! The levamisole that I purchased had the dosage. I gave the second half dose yesterday and will do water changes starting tomorrow. They are about 1 3/4 “ +/-. All are very active and eating well. I feed them twice a day and do a meal of frozen brine shrimp/bloodworms every other day. I...

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1690/8697474/24819073/414099049.jpg Umm, hopefully it isn’t upside down again lol! So last night I got home from work (midnight as I work second shift) and turned on my room lights. They illuminate tje tank a bit and I was watching the Darios. I thought a couple of ...

Thank you Nancy. I did purchase both levamisole and flubendazole. The flubendazole is coming from the UK so I haven’t gotten it yet. I may hold off on the Darios for now. They all look good and are eating; even giving the barbs a run for the money for the food. I did opt to put them in my establishe...

Thanks Charles. That does make sense. Maybe I should hold off then. 3 of the 4 sids that I lost did get skinny and stop eating but as you explained it may have not been more stress than worms. The replacements I purchased were from the same group and are of great weight and activity. The same for th...

2 days ago I purchased 6 more Botia Darios to join my lone surviving one after my disastrous water issues. They are all doing well. However, I do want to worm all with the levamisole (including my sids as I have a couple that look thinner to me and Prazipro hasn’t seemed to help). The directions say...

Wonderful Frank! Thank you for posting!