Quote Originally Posted by deranged chipmunk View Post
The whole fire belly and toxins building up in the water is all theory, but never been proven. I know many, many people who have kept fish and some of the more hardy shrimp species like neocaridina sp. with fire bellies for years with zero issues. My guess is filtration is key, although many don't even use mechanical filtration.
A fish hobbyist from the Philippines got 3 of his kribensis cichlids killed when they decided to taste the FBT haha