Recent content by Praxis87

Thank you all for the advice. I'll give it a try on the short vacation I have coming up. If everything turns out well, I'll give it a try on the longer one a couple months later.

I've been feeding my fish by hand since I've had them, but I have a vacation planned out of town and no one nearby that I trust to feed my fish. I've used those vacation feeder shell things before on generic tropical fish way back in the day, but I don't know if they're alright for my Africans...

Re: Jewel w/o appetite Hopefully your fish is eating by now... Is it by chance a bit smaller than most of the fish in your tank? I have a jewel in my main tank that's a bit smaller than most of the residents and it's pretty timid. The jewels I have that are average sized are anything but...

Do you think I'd have any luck getting them to stop if I found a female afra and a male rusty?

I have a female rusty and a male afra that refuse to stop breeding. I'm not sure the babies are worth anything (grayish body with dark stripes, blue tinge to the light parts, fins turning more blue every day) and I don't have room for more than another litter of them in the tank. What do you...