u/WoodpeckerChecker

I'll start by saying young fish are always a challenge to identify. On another post here, I recently said I sourced some chilis from Blackwater Aquatics. Ten days after delivery they are starting to color up nicely. They are still in quarantine so much easier to photograph than my main shoal. They seem to be not quite chilis and not quite leasts to me this morning. From what I see online, chilis have red dots on their caudal and dorsal fins, which these do not have. These fish are also more coppery in overall tone than true red. Also, no least rasbora I have seen has the reddish body streak underneath the black streak like these fish do. Are we thinking these are just juvenile chilis coming into their coloration, or possible least/ chili hybrids?

After re-doing the tank in February I've been battling the unattractive pee-yellow tannins from my botanicals and wood, so last night I decided to add some brewed rooibos tea and the color is unreal! I love it, and hope they do too. I am curious if their behaviors will shift at all going from more clear to tinted. They are already very chill in this tank and mainly hover around the roots of the floaters unless it's feeding time. I ordered 10 more to make a mega school.

Waiting a few weeks to add the medaka from my indoor tank to this mini pond!

I just need to find myself a nice potted plant for the back shelf! 🪴

All I still need is a small potted plant for the top shelf and to wait a couple weeks for things to settle in. I used mature plants from my indoor tank, emergent pond plants grown in water, and wood that was living in my rain barrel, so the cycle should be done sooner than a bare sterile tank's! Filled it with rain barrel water which had tons of microscopic life in it too and tossed in some bladder snails. I can hardly wait to put my 5.5 peace medaka in here! They haven't been prolific breeders in my tank (not seeing eggs in the mornings) but I did get one fry out of them that is growing out nicely. Hopefully they get busy when I put them all in here!

Just an appreciation post for my beautiful female bristlenose!

The colors on these fish are actually insane! They look like silvery platinum white from a distance, but glitter with light blue, turquoise, and greenish flecks. I even noticed one of them had sparkle rimmed fins! The photos aren't altered to enhance the blues and actually don't even do them justice. My tank lights are Sansi daylight grow bulbs, nothing special.

I am a long time hobbyist but completely new to keeping medaka after stumbling upon them randomly and getting curious. I read they are usually bred to be viewed from above but saw so many online that looked equally beautiful from a side profile, so I ordered these Peace variety to put in a 29gallon setup. Now that they're out of quarantine and in the DT I think I'm in trouble... They are easily the most stunning fish I have and I am already looking at mini ponds and tubs to keep more varieties. Your posts on this sub are not helping, ha!

When the lights first come on, even if there's good ambient lighting in the house, the fish get extra active and I love it!

It's the one weed I can't seem to beat. It's impossible to pull up the whole root, and it can't be shaded out. 🙁 Anyone have torpedo grass success stories?

They are false julli corydoras, but they are darn cute. I have a solo adult false julii from my original school that is 5 years old, and ever since his last companion died 2 weeks ago the glass surfing has been unreal. Took me a while to hunt these kids down but in 2 weeks, my adult is going to be soooo happy!

My spouse came home with these. Any idea what variety they are? They are pretty hard still, so I don't want to cut one open to look at the flesh color yet. If that's necessary for ID I can update when one gets soft.