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- 02 Jan 2018, 14:38
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Breeding Bristlenose
- Replies: 2
- Views: 950
Re: Breeding Bristlenose
That's with the assumption that the brown short fin male is homozygous for both traits, right? If the brown shortfin already has some other genes, you might get some different results. I bred a LF albino female with a red short fin male, and the fry were all brown and about 50/50 longfin/shortfin. B...
- 15 Nov 2017, 14:39
- Forum: Other Catfishes
- Topic: Bristlenose
- Replies: 3
- Views: 20132
Re: Bristlenose
I'm sorry to say that they probably died. There can be quite a bit of mortality when bristlenose fry are young. In order to insure survival, you'll need to keep a ready supply of food in there for them. Slices of zucchini, cucumber, or other vegetables for them to browse on. Bristlenose eggs are lar...
- 22 May 2017, 17:49
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: earth worms and Plecos
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5266
Re: earth worms and Plecos
My kids regularly dig up earthworms and feed them to my fish. My Megalechis picta had a large nightcrawler stuck in his mouth a while before he finally got it all in. I do not chop them up or wash them, although my son does like to pinch them into pieces as he puts them in the tank.
- 27 Jul 2016, 16:00
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Sad day in the fish room
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6533
Re: Sad day in the fish room
Sorry to hear about that, Andy.
- 27 May 2016, 17:57
- Forum: Tank Talk
- Topic: Wood for tanks?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 23979
Re: Wood for tanks?
That's interesting, because if there's any "rule of thumb" as to what we should always avoid, I've been taught that it's "avoid conifers," which would include all the cedars. That seems to be repeated a lot, but I haven't heard of someone who has personally killed their fish wit...
- 27 May 2016, 14:46
- Forum: Tank Talk
- Topic: Wood for tanks?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 23979
Re: Wood for tanks?
Some of my favorite "driftwood" pieces are old cedar stumps from the woods near me (probably eastern red cedar here in southern Wisconsin). They are very rot resistant, although they do turn the water orange for a while. I find stuff that is old and mostly decayed, and then pressure wash a...
- 23 May 2016, 14:57
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Sands?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2399
Re: Sands?
Get pool filter sand. I don't know what is available in California, but the stuff here in Wisconsin is beautiful. I have chameleon whiptails on it, and they look great.
- 27 Jan 2016, 22:21
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Housing laser cories
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2131
Re: Housing laser cories
They'll be fine.
- 03 Sep 2015, 21:23
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: Dietary habits of 4 catfishes in a natural blackwater habitat
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1265
Re: Dietary habits of 4 catfishes in a natural blackwater habitat
Ooo, can we ask these guys to study more species?
- 23 Jul 2015, 15:50
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Hoplo nest!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1281
Re: Hoplo nest!
Very cool!
- 09 Jul 2015, 18:23
- Forum: Asian Catfishes
- Topic: favourate catfish and why
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2759
Re: favourate catfish and why
Right now my favorites are my Megalechis picta that I bought from Tedsfishroom.com. Very active and interesting fish! I'm hoping that they won't get too big for the tank they are in, but I can always move them to a bigger tank if so!
- 09 Jul 2015, 04:33
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Godzilla L185 spawn
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1981
Re: Godzilla L185 spawn
Very cool!
- 07 Jul 2015, 14:29
- Forum: Speak Easy
- Topic: Welcome back Planet Catfish !!!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1774
Re: Welcome back Planet Catfish !!!
Welcome back!
- 01 Jul 2015, 04:18
- Forum: Wanted (Global & Rest of the World)
- Topic: Wanted CW009
- Replies: 2
- Views: 14076
Re: Wanted CW009
Ted Judy is getting some in from Peru this weekend. Tedsfishroom.com
- 01 Jun 2015, 16:28
- Forum: Speak Easy
- Topic: Another case of buyer beware in big chain pet stores
- Replies: 43
- Views: 11046
Re: Another case of buyer beware in big chain pet stores
I've been checking my Petsmart here in Madison, but I'm not even getting hilstream loaches, which I really want, BTW!
- 29 May 2015, 15:06
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
- Topic: I have a chance to get Acanthodoras cataphractus
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4176
Re: I have a chance to get Acanthodoras cataphractus
I find that many plants do well in shallow sand, 1/2" thick, including Crypt. wendtii , Val. americana , Sagitaria subulata , and many different types of stem plants, favorites of mine being Limnophila aquaticum (Ambulia) and Hygrophila angustifolia . For rooted plants, I recommend potting them...
- 21 May 2015, 19:48
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: rescue with a synodontis ill-treated
- Replies: 170
- Views: 41702
Re: rescue with a synodontis ill-treated
I wish this forum had a like button.
- 15 May 2015, 19:47
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Glass bottom for catfish tank
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2599
Re: Glass bottom for catfish tank
Looks like a little bit of algae. Nothing to be concerned about, and if you are doing regular water changes, it isn't necessarily an indication of poor water quality. Put in an algae eater of some type. I'd say cut back your lights, but it looks like you have live plants. Personally, I like substrat...
- 29 Apr 2015, 16:45
- Forum: All Resolved Issues
- Topic: Mark Forum Read
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1144
Mark Forum Read
Any chance we could get a "Mark forum read" in the quick links or on the top of the page when viewing the unread posts page? I usually go directly to the unread posts page, which I have bookmarked, and there is no link there to mark the forums read (that I can find).
Thanks!
Eric
Thanks!
Eric
- 20 Apr 2015, 16:15
- Forum: Speak Easy
- Topic: Algae Issues
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4720
Re: Algae Issues
Crossocheilus reticulatus would be a good option. There is a nice article here: http://www.reef2rainforest.com/2015/02/ ... -thailand/. They do a great job of keeping down hair algae.
- 20 Apr 2015, 04:26
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Dither fish for L397 breeding tank?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5546
Re: Dither fish for L397 breeding tank?
I'm a big fan of pencil fish.
- 18 Apr 2015, 02:29
- Forum: Site Announcements
- Topic: March 2015: Switching off tapatalk support
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9241
- 18 Jun 2014, 05:25
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Best Sinking Algae Food?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3922
Re: Best Sinking Algae Food?
I'm a fan of Extreme Catfish Scrapers and Repashy in all its flavors.
- 30 May 2014, 01:35
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: help my L144 are not growing
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4060
Re: help my L144 are not growing
Sounds like you are feeding all the right foods. Maybe too much competition between differently sized fish?
- 15 May 2014, 00:46
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: How to prepare veggies for plecos?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 23178
Re: How to prepare veggies for plecos?
My fry do fine with raw and blanched both.
- 13 May 2014, 05:56
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Woodwork in the tank
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3678
Re: Woodwork in the tank
Find a dead hardwood tree stump that you like, and submerge it in a vat with an airstone. Change the water every couple of months. Repeat until you are satisfied. I usually put dry dead wood in the tank and let it sink naturally.
- 05 Apr 2014, 13:51
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Cory Cat Dilemma
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2808
Re: Cory Cat Dilemma
Honestly, a couple of degrees isn't going to matter much. Your temps are fine for a community tank.