Lovely to have another Viking amongst our ranks - welcome aboard and I hope we can be here to help you with your fishkeeping!

Cheers,

Jools

The larger fishes pictured above look like captive-bred Synodontis grandiops.

Cheers,

Jools

pH 6.8 is a little high for the species but it seems a fine margin to have that big an effect. Anyway, Lars has bred more plecos than me, so I can't say it's a bad idea - just not heard that before (in plecos) hence my curiosity. So, you can't go much better than Darrel's advice, I know it's summer ...

Going back to the first post, can you tell us more about the eggs that hatch prematurely. This is kind of new to me?

Jools

kvnbyl wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 09, 2020 2:24 pm

http://www.msstate.edu/dept/srac/index.htm
it would appear that this link no longer exists

It's here: http://www.srac.msstate.edu/

Jools

That's helpful, thanks Chris. The issue is it's in code I don't control - from memory, it's used by the reCapatcha code.

To re-iterate - if anyone has the error, put " chrome://gpu/ " in your browser and post the outcome here?

Cheers!

Jools

Just noting that while this still occurs, using a different browser stack appears to work around the issue.

Cheers,

Jools

Lepthoplosternum pectorale

Jools

As 2019 draws to a close, I'd like to say a special thank you to all who supported us financially this year. Long time supporters @swisstropicals and @twotankamin continue to dig deep but also this year @Kostas, @TomSerious, Spencer Holst, @Aqua_Bankie, @Reindas and @pointpleco too have all provided...

Mrsomethingfishy wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 20, 2019 8:07 pm

Here is a pic of the one I know was labelled synodontis hybrid at the LFS..had so much personality and I know I can stick it into a tank without any other synos after quarantine. Lots of character in this one

This looks like Synodontis lucipinnis.

Jools

These look quite close to farmed Synodontis grandiops?

Jools

Wow, that's like ESP (P=Pleco)! I think something and it happens.

Thanks Eric, interesting to see this one too.

Cheers,

Jools

And we don't even have a picture of H. hemiurus in the catelog! This looks like a great initial step, will read it at the weekend.

Cheers,

Jools

Thanks for adding this to the site Eric, this fish is familiar and I can't put my finger on it! Hopefully it will come to me soon.

Cheers,


Jools

I've been to this aquarium several times including just a few months after it opened in the 90s. While it's not as amazing as it used to be (it has gradually gone more and more marine) much of the freshwater stuff is still brilliant. This is a great example of highlighting (pun not intended!) the re...

That's a good idea and, also, you may find this article useful if you've not seen it.

Cheers,

Jools

@shane would also find this interesting.

I think I've fixed this. 100% sure about the stop date issue, and I've moved a fish from one tank to the other and it looked clean too.

Jools

I lean towards the better safe than sorry school of thought here. I have been told by invert folks assassins will eat eggs. I used to keep them in pleco tanks. In tanks with fry I seemed to have losses when there were assassins in the tank. So I have since removed these snails from pleco breeder ta...

Royal Mail says inverts are legal to send if marked as such. Vertebrates are prohibited as are any creatures or insects classified as dangerous within the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 (including certain venomous spiders). Fish, well, you're not asking about shipping fish... "Must be boxed and pac...