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Thanks! Getting ready to cull( move to my overflow tank) the last babies who were all orange or a little off in pattern. Trying to get a good line of orange rili that are consistent! Lots of locals want to buy when I have a good supply.

Well, well, well. Look who’s been sleeping around the tank. Tisk Tisk! I’m counting 43 plus or minus a few. That means the population has roughly tripled!

Maybe he did, but he was a sorry sight. Much better now that he's climbing around on all 10 legs.

Woohoo!

That all sounds great and we love to hear about such success. Its interesting that the BBA has gone now the tank is more established! I had a look on ebay and amazon, it is a bit bizarre that brine shrimp eggs are so difficult to get in Australia? Maybe someone on here may have a contact source etc? Go careful increasing the PH you don't want to start a new ammonia cycle????? Looking forward to some photos. Simon

Soooooooo it's been a while since I last updated on this tank. About 5 months actually! I was typing this message up just a moment ago and the site crashed, so I'll cut it a bit shorter this time. First off, I finally got around to getting a wide range pH test (fluval). Turns out I have a pH of 5-5.5! Explains why I lost 2 of my 3 SAE (R.I.P. Watson and Holmes). I think I'll put a bit of crushed coral in the filter to bring this up a bit, but keep it below 6. I like it below 6 because my apistos like it! They've been breeding since the first batch, over 5 months ago, and I'm so stoked about it! I reckon I have maybe 100 fry and juvies in the tank now. The oldest (5 month olds) are colouring up, and I can sex them easily. One of my males looks incredible! I'll get a shot of him when I can. Actually, I was in the middle of writing this the first time when I realised more eggs hatched today!!! I had noticed the female let go her youngest fry a week ago, and started guarding her cave again. They're now breeding in a cave a friend from my lfs made for me, and I'm pretty happy about that. Gonna have to let him know next time I'm there. He's the one who sold me on these guys to begin with! Anyways, newborn fry always put a smile on my face. Likely the youngest I've ever seen them, really! All huddled together while mum chases away everything she sees Besides the loss of 2 SAE, all my other fish are doing fantastic! Female endlers finally stopped dropping fry, after being isolated from males for 6 months ? and my largest calico BN, Jimmy Recard (named after a song I love by Drapht - can't give a fish a name like boring old Paul ?) is colouring up really well! Maybe if they and my longfin are opposing sexes, I can breed the two! And just seeing the last discussion on this topic, just wanting to say @jayc unfortunately I've never had the chance to set up live BBS for my fry, but they seem to have done well without. I just can't source cheap eggs! My BBA problem is nearly gone, thanks to less light, Flourish Excel and my Algae Eaters. So happy to see it gone. Lastly my male pseudomugil has been flaring and dancing at my endler females... confused little guy! Hopefully it means when I move him and his girl to their own tank, I can get some breeding action! Two lovely fish, absolutely can't wait to see how they act and colour for breeding! Thanks for reading this little essay ? -Crabby edit: will add pics...

Great photos and I am so pleased it is going so well now! Simon

Wow! I had no idea they could do that, that's so interesting!!! Natives really are fascinating. Good job handling the situation too, sounds like you did exactly the right thing. Poor guy though, hobbling around on 2 legs. Wonder if he looked at you right then and felt as sorry for you (as a two legged human) as you did for him ?