The 16th annual Southwest Area Killifish Event (or SAKE) is scheduled for Saturday, March 8, 2014. We will have several programs (see below), a giant raffle, and both a silent and a regular auction. There is no admission fee and everyone is welcome. LOCATION: SAKE will be held at the same location a...

Can't find it on the common online stores. Anyone know of a source for P. multicolor, the Egyptian mouthbrooder?

Having to do the same thing right now, my breeder blue eyed male kicked his clutch out for whatever reason he had. There weren't that many eggs though, usually he broods over twice what there was. Any reason why a male would do that, other than the eggs are bad or he is stressed?

http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/ ... 1385689254


On Aquabid right now.

Short answer, it is possible. Longer answer, possible and probable that the offspring you have, if any, will be hybrids. Hybrids are not something, and this is only my personal opinion, any reputable hobbyist or breeder should produce knowingly. If you have fry that survive, nice: but they should ne...

Unfortunately they had a single one for months, which does me no good. They haven't gotten any more since.

Anyone know of anyone with these guys? Dave's Fish used to carry them but he hasn't been able to get them in for a few months.

Looks like a bacterial or fungal infection. I would start improving water quality stat. Try 25% water changes every other day, decrease feeding too.

Ammonia and nitrite should always be about zero in a cycled tank. What are the nitrates?

Can you keep cherry shrimp or scuds in the tank for the fry to munch on, instead of each other?

Would some L200s be good additions? Have always loved their look. Bright yellow/green with blue, nice colors for a freshwater tank!

Anyone know a good source for a few of these guys in the US? Wetspot only has 1.

Any pics of the fry now?

I must have the laziest bronzes ever, or maybe they don't like all the bristlenose fry around, or maybe they just aren't mature yet, but I've never seen any form of spawning interest in my bronzes period, despite the live and frozen foods and tons of water changes.

This should go in the Callichthydiae forum, as hoplos are related to cories.

What species do you have? Beware of males, mine massacred each other.

Is it true they need soft water to spawn? I remember Larry (plecobreeder) once mentioning that some of his oil cats needed mosquito larvae to get in the mood...

Do you still have some of these guys for sale?

Ya beat me to posting about the SAKE, Larry. Thank you and welcome back! I hope you get to lecture last so I can actually attend!

My dechlor of choice is Prime. And I used a full capful for the first tank setup.

Thanks, plecoboy. Was already regretting the move because of the stress it caused this fish. But I am not sure if moving them back right now will be safe. I'd rather wait a while and see if I can set up another 55 or a 40 breeder. Can anyone hazard a guess if fry are even a worry, IE, do I have all ...

jac, which are all males: mine, or in the auction posted?

It is damn frustrating because three of these fish survived a year under the care of someone who kept them in an unheated tank with African cichlid fry, and the other three I had shipped over.

Come morning, all five seem to be fine still. I hope it was just a one-off death. My mom has offered to help pay for a few more zebras, so that said, this auction is on Aquabid: http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwcatfishp&1357797006 Can anyone verify both genders in this shot? ...

What is wrong with bleach? It was the main sterilizer we used at the zoo's aquarium and I carried that over to home use. As long as it's rinsed out well, the tank should be fine. Sterile and fine.

So far no the other five are hiding, but that is normal.

The survivors (fingers crossed).

I learned two lessons today. 1. Never ever assume another aquarist is telling the truth. 2. Do not leave only an afternoon to rearrange tanks. For some time I've had my six zebra adults/large juvies in a 55 gallon tank, and after some research, decided to downsize them into a 29 with more caves and ...

"Grandpa, I caught it, you gut it."

"I didn't think they gave fish like this away at the fair. You sure you got it there?"

The work with the brevis continue. I have 8 of them in a 20 tall tank with 9 caves/hideouts, thick sand substrate (turned over by assassin snails) and water change 30-50% twice a week. I rarely see the fish so I have no idea how long this has gone on or if it is just affecting sub males. But several...

Man, why can't we get such cool cats stateside!

Pricy thing, but then I think of all the hundreds I wasted on college books that were non-buyback at the school due to 'new edition every year or so!'

Nice book though. Maybe Santa can bring it to me!

Back to topic, apistomaster, has there been any more news?

I think, and not sure if the auction is still up, but didn't Wetspot use PC's image of the eel-tailed banjo cat, only removed the watermark and 180*d the image?

Frank, are prices on your site? I don't see several of these fish listed there.

Looks like Dave's Rare Aquarium Fish has them!