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by RickE
20 Jul 2023, 10:55
Forum: For Sale (UK & ROI)
Topic: L183 Mature Male free to collect
Replies: 0
Views: 3058

L183 Mature Male free to collect

I'm shutting down a Trigon 350 and have one large, mature male A. dolichopterus which I'm happy to give to a good home. You would need to collect by arrangement from Weston Turville near Aylesbury. Message me if interested.
by RickE
11 Jan 2013, 13:24
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Zebra death (seriously is everyone losing them?)
Replies: 20
Views: 5972

Re: Zebra death (seriously is everyone losing them?)

I've used bleach routinely in the past both commercially and domestically and always without problems as long as it is well rinsed out. One thing that is very important however is to use bleach that does not contain lots of additives, perfumes, etc.
by RickE
28 Sep 2012, 12:01
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Bad news, good news and a bit of a mystery
Replies: 2
Views: 1426

Re: Bad news, good news and a bit of a mystery

Having looked through the juvenile pics on PC, I reckon it is going to be the L201-types. Hopefully we'll see some live ones to confirm soon!
by RickE
26 Sep 2012, 18:12
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Bad news, good news and a bit of a mystery
Replies: 2
Views: 1426

Bad news, good news and a bit of a mystery

First let's get the bad news out of the way - unfortunately, this one's dead. It's about 1cm long and I just found it it my 350L during a water change. The good news is that something seems to have bred. As yet, I can't spot any others. The mystery is I don't know what. It could be L201-type (never ...
by RickE
23 Apr 2012, 15:27
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Changing Substrate - Gravel to Sand
Replies: 13
Views: 3751

Re: Changing Substrate - Gravel to Sand

Adding the sand to an established tank isn't too hard either. I've recently done this and the only things I would say are: 1. Get it reasonably clean. Although the filters will take the muck out, there's no point in chucking a load of dirt in there. 2. Get it up to room temperature at least. It's su...
by RickE
17 Apr 2012, 14:12
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: LED Lighting
Replies: 10
Views: 3007

Re: LED Lighting

From Hong Kong - should be a good option for Firestorming.
by RickE
09 Apr 2012, 18:20
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: ID Corydoras. please
Replies: 7
Views: 2063

Re: ID Corydoras. please

It's quite similar to apart from the lack of black in the dorsal, but is this variable?
by RickE
05 Apr 2012, 11:56
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Nice bush!
Replies: 35
Views: 9045

Re: Nice bush!

An evergreen Caeanothus? Some beautiful varieties around.
by RickE
04 Apr 2012, 14:03
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: For the Gearheads-what am I
Replies: 47
Views: 10003

Re: For the Gearheads-what am I

then I wonder out of sheer curiosity who has done the trip from Alaska to Fireland by motorcycle? Short trip by ferry/fishingboat across Berings sea, and then across Russia and down through the middle east into Egypt or so. It's quite a long way, but that's what "adventure touring" is all...
by RickE
02 Apr 2012, 13:32
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: maidenhair fern - how to keep? alive?
Replies: 8
Views: 3254

Re: maidenhair fern - how to keep? alive?

I keep my ferns in the bathroom. Seem to like it there, low light, high humidity. My Phalaenopsis also love the bathroom windowsill and are almost constantly in flower. It only gets direct light in the early hours of the morning but is kept fairly warm. Might have a go with a fern, they look really...
by RickE
30 Mar 2012, 18:13
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: Setting up natural cory habitat tank from scratch -- advice?
Replies: 28
Views: 15555

Re: Setting up natural cory habitat tank from scratch -- adv

Very interesting that Mike. Nice sandy bottom like we all recommend too :-O
by RickE
30 Mar 2012, 10:12
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: Setting up natural cory habitat tank from scratch -- advice?
Replies: 28
Views: 15555

Re: Setting up natural cory habitat tank from scratch -- adv

It's probably worth mentioning that the beach sand will almost certainly not be suitable for this project but the play sand should be fine. You only need ~ 1/2 inch then it will get turned over and won't go anaerobic.
by RickE
29 Mar 2012, 15:31
Forum: African Catfishes
Topic: synodontis granulosa
Replies: 28
Views: 7609

Re: synodontis granulosa

Trimar is advertising a few 'True. English Bred' at £125
by RickE
24 Mar 2012, 21:26
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Colombian shark behaviour?
Replies: 9
Views: 2231

Re: Colombian shark behaviour?

Maybe it's your fishy pheromones :d

Seriously, they won't hurt you just by brushing against you. You would need trap them against something to get enough pressure to cause you an injury from one of their spines.
by RickE
22 Mar 2012, 13:03
Forum: For Sale (UK & ROI)
Topic: Anyone used RiverMonsters?
Replies: 9
Views: 3315

Re: Anyone used RiverMonsters?

What did you buy Rob? Anything whiskery?
by RickE
20 Mar 2012, 16:50
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Corydoras sp
Replies: 7
Views: 2379

Re: Corydoras sp

To my untrained eye those last three all look the same. Interestingly, they all have ~9 stripes in the tail whereas the original pic has only ~6. Don't know if that's significant though.
by RickE
20 Mar 2012, 12:31
Forum: All Resolved Issues
Topic: Heteropneustes fossilis / microps
Replies: 10
Views: 2386

Heteropneustes fossilis / microps

Just noticed that the clog says this: 'Species Information Size 500mm (19.7") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. Identification Easy to confuse with the very similar, but rarer H. microps. The difference lies in the anal and caudal fins are joined in H. microps and distinctly separate in ...
by RickE
20 Mar 2012, 12:16
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: A bit of fun: Synodontis what?
Replies: 17
Views: 3715

Re: A bit of fun: Synodontis what?

There was also a Heteropneustes fossilis on there I highly doubt it would have been that. More likely a misidentified Schilbe , since I hardly expect the Louvre to be the last word on fish identification. From the bit I could see, it definitely had a very nice set of Heteropneustes fossilis type wh...
by RickE
20 Mar 2012, 09:21
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: A bit of fun: Synodontis what?
Replies: 17
Views: 3715

Re: A bit of fun: Synodontis what?

And the winner is.... Richard B! :-BD Well done Richard.
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There was also a on there but it was too unclear for you to stand a chance of getting it.
by RickE
19 Mar 2012, 17:44
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: A bit of fun: Synodontis what?
Replies: 17
Views: 3715

A bit of fun: Synodontis what?

From a ~4000 year old Egyptian relic in the Louvre:
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Anyone care to have a go?

Answer (as given by the Louvre) to be revealed....
by RickE
14 Mar 2012, 20:00
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Not only it works on cats..., i.e., felines...
Replies: 8
Views: 2386

Re: Not only it works on cats..., i.e., felines...

Love the comeuppance at the end of that clip Jools :))
by RickE
12 Mar 2012, 18:36
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: like big catfish? read this first!
Replies: 83
Views: 17317

Re: like big catfish? read this first!

It would be very interesting to get some input on this from PC members who run an LFS with their point of view.
by RickE
11 Mar 2012, 17:34
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: like big catfish? read this first!
Replies: 83
Views: 17317

Re: like big catfish? read this first!

I too am against licensing but I fear that is where this will end if the industry cannot regulate itself. IMO 'It says on the label that it grows to 3 ft' or 'I told him it grows to 3 ft and he said don't worry he has a big tank' are just not good enough if the trade does not want outside interferen...
by RickE
10 Mar 2012, 08:48
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: like big catfish? read this first!
Replies: 83
Views: 17317

Re: like big catfish? read this first!

I think the difference is Sid, that when you buy a gun you know what you are buying. Most fish shops sell fish that will get much too big for most tanks, an example being . How many of them make this clear to their customers?
by RickE
09 Mar 2012, 23:17
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: like big catfish? read this first!
Replies: 83
Views: 17317

Re: like big catfish? read this first!

Act responsibly yes, but to do that you need to base your decisions on accurate information and I think that's the problem. How many shops truly give good advice? Sure there are some, but there are at least as many that employ part-timers or young fish-keepers who frequently do not have sufficient k...
by RickE
09 Mar 2012, 21:27
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: like big catfish? read this first!
Replies: 83
Views: 17317

Re: like big catfish? read this first!

The responsibility for 'monster' fish must lie with the importers. If they were not imported in the first place none of this would be an issue.
by RickE
08 Mar 2012, 10:17
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: New L114
Replies: 11
Views: 2404

Re: New L114

Please tell us this is not going into the tank you just lost the other two little plecos in.
by RickE
06 Mar 2012, 16:51
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Accurate ID
Replies: 10
Views: 1820

Re: Accurate ID

Beautiful fish and yet another stunning picture Frank ^:)^

I know there are some articles on PC and elsewhere, but how about an FF Masterclass in fish photography for us?
by RickE
03 Mar 2012, 19:28
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: I now have S.Barbatus fry
Replies: 11
Views: 3110

Re: I now have S.Barbatus fry

Awesome. I have been corresponding with a pretty well known online wholesaler that raises Barbarus and she was saying that she had AB issue with young reaching a certain size and then ceasing to grow anymore. Ever heard of that? Sort of. I have a one year old that has stayed 'dwarfed' at around ¾&q...
by RickE
03 Mar 2012, 13:01
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: I now have S.Barbatus fry
Replies: 11
Views: 3110

Re: I now have S.Barbatus fry

Congrats on the fry. They were (are!) my first 'Cory' spawning and I found them very robust and easy to raise. As Frank says, just follow Ian's sticky. Good luck!

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